Seth your videos on trying different martial arts got me to finally get back into martial arts after a nearly 10 year break. I ended up driving nearly an hour twice a week to train with a Japanese swordsmanship club in iaido and kendo. glad you got to try Iaido
@@SenseiSeth I'm in southern Oregon. I could ask Sensei if you ever make it out this way. There is kind of a weird taboo about filming iai that I've been told goes back to ancient schools trying to keep there techniques secret so their practitioners have an advantage. We've done public demos that have been filmed though so I don't think sensei would mind.
@@tom5662 Well, the All Japan Kendo Federation, which also oversees Iaido, has their own channel with katas among other things, so it would be strange sentiment to hold.
In a world where so much martial arts discourse is solely centered around what would or would not work "in the streets" I really appreciate these videos more focused on the cultural context of martial arts
It gets so toxic too. It's crazy because most of the argument that happens are between people who have not, nor ever will need to fight someone "in the streets." It may sound goofy to say something like this through secondhand knowledge, but I have done a lot of reading, seen interviews, I just love learning about things in general. People who live in a situation where they fear for their safety daily, the mindset is so different. They are constantly in survival mode, every aspect of their life revolves around "what do I need to do to be safe and make sure I have what I need to make it till tomorrow or next week." If you've ever lived paycheck to paycheck you might relate. These people aren't taking martial arts classes generally speaking.
in da streetz seth would have slaughtered everyone cause he was just swingin around his sword, instead of screaming kiai from the lower abdomen to channel power in his arms cause he wants to cut a whole tree in one slash
but true, there is nothing wrong with beauty and health of martial arts instead of always looking at the dark side. Regarding what works and works not there is no general recipe only improvise, adapt, overcome.
Sensei Seth, you looked amazing in the performance! If you didn't mention you thought it was goofy I probably wouldn't have noticed you had done anything wrong even still it looked good!
Hey Seth! Loved this episode! As a kenjutsu school, seeing more japanese sword arts represented is so cool. Keep up the good work and hope to meet you soon
What a lot of us think when it comes to Bushido or the samurai is an overly romanticized version of their history- akin to chivalry and European knights.
also similarly to samuraicode the writings about knight code came way after knights were established. There is a theory that during peaceful time knights misbehaved and that made nobles to write manuals how an knight should act among ladies, peasants, nobles and other people. This theory relies on a thought of "if knights already would had followed such code there wouldn't had been a reason to write it down". Not the most solid theory but could be true.
Really cool video! No way I had no clue I had seen that guy. He seems like he truly has that sensei aura, that calm and collected, zen. The class seems like meditation through action. Yet they still had the social awareness, ability to laugh at fun while being so focused on training properly. Very interesting. There was a time I was learning about daoism and how there is a belief that people wear different roles, like masks or hats. With family, when going to work and so on. I think that describes well this change in attitude and behavior when you enter a dojo for practice in some Japanese martial arts, you enter a different environment and even though the values start bleeding into your other life, at the dojo you're in a different world and focused on that different part of yourself. I'm so in awe of the wording of the seven virtues of bushido as well. I mean I do judo because it spoke to me on more levels than just physical training, but these are so resonating and worth striving for. Like respect "no reason to be cruel", honor "only measure by themselves of how they truly are" and compassion "they are special and it is to be used for good". Those are values I want to live by. Especially honor is often times misunderstood in the world in my eyes. Twisted into some rhetoric for violence and saving ego instead of showing how you stand above the challenges and misfortune and maintain your beliefs to justice and whatnot. It doesn't surprise me that the code wasn't always there and I've heard stories, but it also speaks about what people wanted to believe in and what the times needed.
I don't usually comment outta recommendation but I highly suggest you try Montante sometime, its not as well known as the Zweilhander but its such a wonderful blade. I'd love to see it get more exposure
Hey Seth, loving this video. I’m an Iaidoka and have been training in Musō Jikiden Eishin Ryū for a little over a decade. It’s great to see you trying out a sword art!
Dude, I absolutely LOVE that you had fun and came away with something positive and shared it with us!! Your humility and humble nature make it fun to watch you learn. I thought it looked great for only working for an hour!! Great job, man!!
The kendo master's footwork is so flawless when he was side stepping and countering. He glides across the floor with no tell he's about to move. In combination with the baggy dark pants it's harder to tell where his hips are facing to try and track where he will be moving next.
I love that there is an acknowledgement that martial arts is not always about self defense and combat, its an emphasis on the "art" of martial arts in a way
Yes, so many styles are just this but insist they are the real thing. There's nothing wrong with being it being a fun thematic athletic and cultural pursuit.
Interesting and revealing. This is from post Edo period, which is why it was unarmored opponents versus unarmored opponents. That is why the attacks to the body are the way they are.
I'm so sad I missed this class! I've been taking this class since August, and its my favorite day of the week. The performance was great! Saori was so wonderful as the lead!
There is too much negativity around martial arts these days. Everyone takes a dump on things like Aikido or Kung Fu, not realizing that people train for a ton of different reasons. Being a capable fighter is not always one of them. If someone enjoys Aikido, more power to them. I don't know why everyone cares so much about how other people spend their time.
Tbf, the mcdojos have done these arts no favours. We have decades of bullshido and hollywood pertuated myths about fighting that has yet to be fully dispelled
Originally samurai had nothing to do with fighting. Samurai means "one who serves" and basically this meant "government employee." The samurai class were originally a class of government bureaucrats that served as secretaries, accountants, engineers, paper pushers, etc. They were a a higher social class that was privileged and educated so they could make the government function. Around 700 ad Japan faced a major food shortage and people were starving. Not enough food was being produced because the government owned all the land and farmers had no incentive to be productive. The government realized it needed some good old fashioned capitalism to give the farmers an incentive to be productive and produce more food. The government started to allow private land ownership and let farmers keep and sell most of what they grew. Now farmers could work for themselves and improve their lives so they worked their butts off and not only did food become abundant but for the first time people could move up in society. Formerly dirt poor farmers turned into a thriving middle class with many families becoming very wealthy. As families became richer the desire to own more and more land grew and with available land in short supply violence broke out as families started to raid and murder each other to acquire their land. Someone needed to keep the peace. Luckily at this time military service was compulsory with young men having to serve at least two years in the army and also having to purchase their own weapons and equipment. This meant that at the same time that all that violence was getting out of hand there was also a constant supply of young military trained and equipped men who were getting out of the military and they all needed jobs. The landowners hired these men to protect their lands from their neighbors and soon most had their own small army. These men were known as "bushi" which is often mistakingly translated as "warrior" but really it means peacekeeper, if someone was to disturb the peace by causing a ruckus their job was to stop them and thus restore the peace. As time went on the landowners became richer and more powerful and Japan became full of bushi. Many of the farming families moved up in social status becoming powerful lords and eventually the bushi demanded special status as well. The shogun decided since the country was full of highly trained private soldiers more numerous than his own army, he should keep them happy. It was decided to roll the bushi into the "government employee" class and they became samurai. This is why some samurai were humble foot soldiers and other were engineers who designed bridges and buildings. For a time the terms samurai and bushi were interchangeable but most dropped the name bushi because samurai was more prestigious. Thusly samurai became a class of both bureaucrates and warriors.
@machtheknife2751 I disagree. Do you have sources that support your assertion? I got this history both from personal study and from the writings of the late Shito-Ryu Hanshi Masayuki Shimabukuro.
darth vader wasnt just inspired by samurai . the star wars movies were a remake of an old samurai film called 'the hidden forteress' by akira kurosawa (legend) . scene for scene .
what you said about the sword becoming outdated and thus shifting to something more symbolic is interesting and pertinent, because what most people don't seem to know (largely because it's a stereotype pushed in media and by japan itself for a very long time) is that swords were used exceedingly rarely in combat by samurai; they were effectively the samurai version of a sidearm; in battle they wielded weapons with greater range, usually from horseback (eg. spears, bows, polearms etc). even honour duels, usually romanticised to involve swordsmen exclusively, took place in actuality with a variety of weapons, not just swords. the samurai put a lot of stock in martial elegance, so archery was actually placed above all else, especially equestrian archery, and the samurai were some of the greatest archers in the world. close combat was generally seen as undesirable, even unbecoming, of a samurai and generally viewed as the work undertaken by the ashigaru, but thanks to depictions of samurai all the way from kurosawa's cinema to ghost of tsushima to the shogun series (both of them) they've become synonymous primarily with swordplay. it's kinda like the way ninja are represented versus how they actually were, idealized and not wholly accurate
This is my favorite youtube channel. I appreciate how you give a platform to these niche things in the martial arts world! Keep it up n keep exploring!
Beautiful video Seth! I appreciate Sensei’s point about Samurai honor being primarily about winning for the “team” or the Samurai’s particular lord. To expand on that, there’s this silly idea today of Samurai honor and you’ll often see like with the depiction in Last Samurai where the Samurai refused to use guns, the implication that modern weapons were somehow “dishonorable.” In reality the Samurai INSTANTLY recognized the strategic advantages of firearms and immediately started purchasing, replicating, and integrating them into their military forces as soon as guns were available. The most “honorable” thing a samurai could do was win battles for his lord and if guns would help them win, they were 100% on board with that. During the Satsuma Rebellion (the real events that inspired Last Samurai) both sides used guns extensively.
One of your best videos, Seth. Not just cause the topic but how well put together it is and the way your voice overs seamlessly flow from one clip into the next, like your comparison with the horse and it cuts directly into the sensei talking about modern bushido (which is a book written by the founder of Shinkendo named Taiso Obata -- check it out). Shinkendo is a sword style derived from Toyama Ryu Battodo which was the sword style practiced by the Japanese army in ww2 when they used gunto on the battlefield. Shinkendo slightly modernizes it and codifies it and most members are ranked and tested on in both Shinkendo and Toyama Ryu systems together within the same school -- I was. Modern Bushido is a book written by the founder
I only have a little bit of weapons training from Kali, but this looks awesome! I gotta Google if there's a dojo anywhere near me that emphasizes katana training. After I finish this video, of course. Sensei Seth deserves the full playthrough.
I think it's really important for martial arts to have theatrical representatives who understand the art, as film is a great way to preserve and spread the art. Not everything has to be about sparring.
This was a good video, thank you for doing this. It was very refreshing to see you taking things a bit more serious and not joining the keyboard warrior club :p . So many kids bashing on traditional martial arts that take years of study to understand and appreciate what thier application to a modern way of life, not just combat, can help them achieve. Kenjutsu is a beautiful art, and so is Jojustsu(Jodo), and its history involving Miyamoto Musashi is facinating. Have a look a Shinto Musu Ryu and it's founder Muso Gonosuke. Aikido's use of the Ken and Jo and tying thier use into our every day life, not just combat, is just a beautiful thing( movenment(Kuzushi), combative distancing(Maai), focus(Zanshin), discipline, etc).
Awesome, I did not know this existed and now want to try it. Maybe a fun thing to look into is stage combat, it's the European version of this. It just involves more wrestling
Ok, I was prepared to leave a snarky comment, maybe like.. a laughter or something. But I think that you did extremely well, Seth. The "attitude" with wich you went into the performance, was very "stunt-man" like. You know: combats in movies are always coreographed, but in order to make it believable you need to have the "aggressive attitude", like you mean it, and you struck that chord perfectly in my opinion Bravo, sir, bravo
At first this video for me was just a "oh, another kendo story", but your insights on when something from the past, so a former war discipline stays as a form of art really meet same thoughts of my own. As a stunt-fencer and a HEMA practitioner I couldn't agree more❤ Also - I strongly believe that choreography is harder than real fighting on a way. If it is high-level - then your timing, coordinating with your partner and explosiveness must be crisp, or else there is no magic
Nice to see I am not the onlyone to strugle with counting in Japanese while doing something in between numbers. Longer the action in between and it is harder to keep track where I was. Often mess up around roku.
you may want to look up the use of swords in modern military contexts. I knew a vet briefly who fought in iraq that had local units who would fight along side them who used swords in stead of guns. For clearing rooms in a building hand to hand and sword fighting has a lot of advantages over untrained people using guns. Obviously, its best to have the training and use the gun primarily, with a knife and hand to hand training to fall back on, but the purpose of a gun is to equip untrained weak people, and for that to work you need to be using the gun at range, not clearing buildings.
While it's just theatrics and kind of over the top with the choreography, this was one of those things that would've looked really fucking cool if you had put a lightsaber animation on their swords.
Nice, you should try saber fencing. They cut and thrust and matches are not scripted but do have rules governing the sport. You did foil and epee I think but you'd be more a saber guy as it is more aggressive.
Great video and great editing! :) The Podcast Lions led by donkeys does a great description of the samurai class. Mostly drunken, problematic and completely shitty as soon as they became obsolete (and even before that). But the powers that be didn't know what to do with them for a long time. They were literal sword trained higher class military brats walking around being utterly shit and doing lots of painting and poetry, but otherwise being lawless. Bushido was an absolute nonsense concept, especially toward the end. They always raped and pillaged.
tate, sometimes called satsujin, can be translated as stage combat. it's not uncommon for actors who need to perform tate in movies or tv shows to join kenjutsu school too.
at least not Rob Schneider's Surf Ninjas, although there would probably have been more alternatives like sekiro, onimusha or samurai warriors they even have Kotaro Fuma vs Hanzo Hattori
Seth your videos on trying different martial arts got me to finally get back into martial arts after a nearly 10 year break. I ended up driving nearly an hour twice a week to train with a Japanese swordsmanship club in iaido and kendo. glad you got to try Iaido
I want to really bad! Where do you train? Have yet to find someone who would host me
@@SenseiSeth I'm in southern Oregon. I could ask Sensei if you ever make it out this way. There is kind of a weird taboo about filming iai that I've been told goes back to ancient schools trying to keep there techniques secret so their practitioners have an advantage. We've done public demos that have been filmed though so I don't think sensei would mind.
The point about martial arts flourishing in times of peace was really profound. For many martial artists, the point is not badassery.
Heck yeah, all the cross training made me comfortable exploring Sayoc Kali alongside my MMA so thanks for all the variety and informative contact Seth
@@tom5662 Well, the All Japan Kendo Federation, which also oversees Iaido, has their own channel with katas among other things, so it would be strange sentiment to hold.
It'd be awesome if you and Jesse meet with Seki Sensei one day
This!
it would be awesome if seth is running around in kimono with top knot one day in america
@@FuryoTokkosho Seth to star in remake of American Samurai
@@Geburah82 seth still white, he has do a series Shōgun, i think it was re-released last year?
Great crossover
In a world where so much martial arts discourse is solely centered around what would or would not work "in the streets" I really appreciate these videos more focused on the cultural context of martial arts
And even then a lot of what people claim would work in the streets wouldnt
Except many of these martial arts don’t actually work even with historical context.
It gets so toxic too. It's crazy because most of the argument that happens are between people who have not, nor ever will need to fight someone "in the streets." It may sound goofy to say something like this through secondhand knowledge, but I have done a lot of reading, seen interviews, I just love learning about things in general. People who live in a situation where they fear for their safety daily, the mindset is so different. They are constantly in survival mode, every aspect of their life revolves around "what do I need to do to be safe and make sure I have what I need to make it till tomorrow or next week." If you've ever lived paycheck to paycheck you might relate. These people aren't taking martial arts classes generally speaking.
in da streetz seth would have slaughtered everyone cause he was just swingin around his sword, instead of screaming kiai from the lower abdomen to channel power in his arms cause he wants to cut a whole tree in one slash
but true, there is nothing wrong with beauty and health of martial arts instead of always looking at the dark side. Regarding what works and works not there is no general recipe only improvise, adapt, overcome.
Not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous. You may have felt cooler than you looked, but it looked pretty dang cool.
Sensei Seth, you looked amazing in the performance! If you didn't mention you thought it was goofy I probably wouldn't have noticed you had done anything wrong even still it looked good!
Hey Seth! Loved this episode! As a kenjutsu school, seeing more japanese sword arts represented is so cool. Keep up the good work and hope to meet you soon
What a lot of us think when it comes to Bushido or the samurai is an overly romanticized version of their history- akin to chivalry and European knights.
Exactly, because it was made up after the samurai class was abolished.
also similarly to samuraicode the writings about knight code came way after knights were established. There is a theory that during peaceful time knights misbehaved and that made nobles to write manuals how an knight should act among ladies, peasants, nobles and other people. This theory relies on a thought of "if knights already would had followed such code there wouldn't had been a reason to write it down". Not the most solid theory but could be true.
Really cool video!
No way I had no clue I had seen that guy. He seems like he truly has that sensei aura, that calm and collected, zen. The class seems like meditation through action. Yet they still had the social awareness, ability to laugh at fun while being so focused on training properly. Very interesting. There was a time I was learning about daoism and how there is a belief that people wear different roles, like masks or hats. With family, when going to work and so on. I think that describes well this change in attitude and behavior when you enter a dojo for practice in some Japanese martial arts, you enter a different environment and even though the values start bleeding into your other life, at the dojo you're in a different world and focused on that different part of yourself.
I'm so in awe of the wording of the seven virtues of bushido as well. I mean I do judo because it spoke to me on more levels than just physical training, but these are so resonating and worth striving for. Like respect "no reason to be cruel", honor "only measure by themselves of how they truly are" and compassion "they are special and it is to be used for good". Those are values I want to live by. Especially honor is often times misunderstood in the world in my eyes. Twisted into some rhetoric for violence and saving ego instead of showing how you stand above the challenges and misfortune and maintain your beliefs to justice and whatnot. It doesn't surprise me that the code wasn't always there and I've heard stories, but it also speaks about what people wanted to believe in and what the times needed.
I don't usually comment outta recommendation but I highly suggest you try Montante sometime, its not as well known as the Zweilhander but its such a wonderful blade. I'd love to see it get more exposure
Hey Seth, loving this video. I’m an Iaidoka and have been training in Musō Jikiden Eishin Ryū for a little over a decade. It’s great to see you trying out a sword art!
Dude, I absolutely LOVE that you had fun and came away with something positive and shared it with us!! Your humility and humble nature make it fun to watch you learn. I thought it looked great for only working for an hour!! Great job, man!!
2:55 that “you can say cut” from Sensai roughly translates to “mfer, my legs are starting to get sore, hurry it up”
Stop not funny
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN got a heart from seth, your jealousy is showing.
The kendo master's footwork is so flawless when he was side stepping and countering. He glides across the floor with no tell he's about to move.
In combination with the baggy dark pants it's harder to tell where his hips are facing to try and track where he will be moving next.
I love that there is an acknowledgement that martial arts is not always about self defense and combat, its an emphasis on the "art" of martial arts in a way
Sport, art and cultural heritage. They are enough reasons to keep them around, imo. :]
Yes, so many styles are just this but insist they are the real thing. There's nothing wrong with being it being a fun thematic athletic and cultural pursuit.
Nice perspective on the choreography bit of martial arts in peacetime. Hadn’t thought of it from that angle before. Good video as always!
The teachers movements are so satisfying to watch. Everything is so perfect. The little jump he did at 7:10 was just…wow.
Interesting and revealing. This is from post Edo period, which is why it was unarmored opponents versus unarmored opponents. That is why the attacks to the body are the way they are.
I'm glad the guy mentioned how bushido was a product of peacetime.
Teaching warriors to be at peace in the garden 👌🏻
Great video man! I love that you brought up the difference between Jutsu and Do. Oh, and I did buy Hayabusa gear because of you man! thanks!
This was so cool! Lots of good information and that class looks amazing!🤩
I'm so sad I missed this class! I've been taking this class since August, and its my favorite day of the week. The performance was great! Saori was so wonderful as the lead!
Hey Seth, could you do a dive into polish saber fencing? It’s extremely interesting with an awesome history behind its polish roots.
Wow! This was super educational and also looks like so much fun. I kinda wanna try haha! Great video!
When you’re back in the states we’ll go together!
There is too much negativity around martial arts these days. Everyone takes a dump on things like Aikido or Kung Fu, not realizing that people train for a ton of different reasons. Being a capable fighter is not always one of them. If someone enjoys Aikido, more power to them. I don't know why everyone cares so much about how other people spend their time.
Tbf, the mcdojos have done these arts no favours. We have decades of bullshido and hollywood pertuated myths about fighting that has yet to be fully dispelled
Sensei seth: due the nature of the training it felt wrong to do something out of place
Also sensei seth: i kinda want to see how long they go.
😂
Originally samurai had nothing to do with fighting. Samurai means "one who serves" and basically this meant "government employee." The samurai class were originally a class of government bureaucrats that served as secretaries, accountants, engineers, paper pushers, etc. They were a a higher social class that was privileged and educated so they could make the government function.
Around 700 ad Japan faced a major food shortage and people were starving. Not enough food was being produced because the government owned all the land and farmers had no incentive to be productive. The government realized it needed some good old fashioned capitalism to give the farmers an incentive to be productive and produce more food. The government started to allow private land ownership and let farmers keep and sell most of what they grew. Now farmers could work for themselves and improve their lives so they worked their butts off and not only did food become abundant but for the first time people could move up in society. Formerly dirt poor farmers turned into a thriving middle class with many families becoming very wealthy. As families became richer the desire to own more and more land grew and with available land in short supply violence broke out as families started to raid and murder each other to acquire their land. Someone needed to keep the peace.
Luckily at this time military service was compulsory with young men having to serve at least two years in the army and also having to purchase their own weapons and equipment. This meant that at the same time that all that violence was getting out of hand there was also a constant supply of young military trained and equipped men who were getting out of the military and they all needed jobs. The landowners hired these men to protect their lands from their neighbors and soon most had their own small army. These men were known as "bushi" which is often mistakingly translated as "warrior" but really it means peacekeeper, if someone was to disturb the peace by causing a ruckus their job was to stop them and thus restore the peace.
As time went on the landowners became richer and more powerful and Japan became full of bushi. Many of the farming families moved up in social status becoming powerful lords and eventually the bushi demanded special status as well. The shogun decided since the country was full of highly trained private soldiers more numerous than his own army, he should keep them happy. It was decided to roll the bushi into the "government employee" class and they became samurai. This is why some samurai were humble foot soldiers and other were engineers who designed bridges and buildings. For a time the terms samurai and bushi were interchangeable but most dropped the name bushi because samurai was more prestigious. Thusly samurai became a class of both bureaucrates and warriors.
Thank you for educated me
Almost none of that is correct.
@machtheknife2751 I disagree. Do you have sources that support your assertion? I got this history both from personal study and from the writings of the late Shito-Ryu Hanshi Masayuki Shimabukuro.
I don’t comment a lot so just wanna say I love ur videos man
short haired girl is the bee's knees.
darth vader wasnt just inspired by samurai . the star wars movies were a remake of an old samurai film called 'the hidden forteress' by akira kurosawa (legend) . scene for scene .
Is there a comparison video?
@SomeGuy-mt4hq ya on UA-cam. Many.
what you said about the sword becoming outdated and thus shifting to something more symbolic is interesting and pertinent, because what most people don't seem to know (largely because it's a stereotype pushed in media and by japan itself for a very long time) is that swords were used exceedingly rarely in combat by samurai; they were effectively the samurai version of a sidearm; in battle they wielded weapons with greater range, usually from horseback (eg. spears, bows, polearms etc). even honour duels, usually romanticised to involve swordsmen exclusively, took place in actuality with a variety of weapons, not just swords. the samurai put a lot of stock in martial elegance, so archery was actually placed above all else, especially equestrian archery, and the samurai were some of the greatest archers in the world. close combat was generally seen as undesirable, even unbecoming, of a samurai and generally viewed as the work undertaken by the ashigaru, but thanks to depictions of samurai all the way from kurosawa's cinema to ghost of tsushima to the shogun series (both of them) they've become synonymous primarily with swordplay. it's kinda like the way ninja are represented versus how they actually were, idealized and not wholly accurate
This is my favorite youtube channel. I appreciate how you give a platform to these niche things in the martial arts world! Keep it up n keep exploring!
So informative and entertaining! I was glued to my phone watching this! Haha
How did you watch the whole video when it came out 8 minutes ago?
Beautiful video Seth! I appreciate Sensei’s point about Samurai honor being primarily about winning for the “team” or the Samurai’s particular lord.
To expand on that, there’s this silly idea today of Samurai honor and you’ll often see like with the depiction in Last Samurai where the Samurai refused to use guns, the implication that modern weapons were somehow “dishonorable.”
In reality the Samurai INSTANTLY recognized the strategic advantages of firearms and immediately started purchasing, replicating, and integrating them into their military forces as soon as guns were available.
The most “honorable” thing a samurai could do was win battles for his lord and if guns would help them win, they were 100% on board with that.
During the Satsuma Rebellion (the real events that inspired Last Samurai) both sides used guns extensively.
One of your best videos, Seth. Not just cause the topic but how well put together it is and the way your voice overs seamlessly flow from one clip into the next, like your comparison with the horse and it cuts directly into the sensei talking about modern bushido (which is a book written by the founder of Shinkendo named Taiso Obata -- check it out). Shinkendo is a sword style derived from Toyama Ryu Battodo which was the sword style practiced by the Japanese army in ww2 when they used gunto on the battlefield. Shinkendo slightly modernizes it and codifies it and most members are ranked and tested on in both Shinkendo and Toyama Ryu systems together within the same school -- I was. Modern Bushido is a book written by the founder
I only have a little bit of weapons training from Kali, but this looks awesome! I gotta Google if there's a dojo anywhere near me that emphasizes katana training. After I finish this video, of course. Sensei Seth deserves the full playthrough.
you a real one
I love Japanese amd Samurai culture. This was very entertaining to watch.
Are you planning on doing anymore judo videos?
I want to personally thank you, Seth, and your editor for the 80s soundtrack in the training montage! It was fire!!!
Big fan of all your material on both channels sending some love from Australia 🇦🇺
Amazing as always, love this content Seth!
This looked fun.
*The student* "Could you make a noise please*
*Me* "Wheeee"
Your videos are always so great. Love this one!! Keep up the great stuff.
We've been waiting SO LONG for an iaido type video! This is great thank you for branching into weapon martial arts!
Yoo this is sweet I love insider videos like this! Those people look like real ninjas
It’s a great class! If you ever stop by NY I’ll hook you up 😁
This was maybe the deepest and at the funniest videos you made lately.👏
The kendo episode is coming soon, I can feel it 🙌
Super cool. Looks like a fun time 😊
Real talk, Seth - that was good for a first time doing it! Good stuff!
Love the Shohei Ohtani mention 😂
... I'll definitely quote you out of any context whatsoever that the sword is much like the horse. That's brilliant. You can't stop me.
I'd like to see you try Kendo, as a Kendo practitioner I think you'd love it!
Mate do a video on kalaripayattu
Toru Uchikado would love that Dojo.
That's right his cup of tea.
I think it's really important for martial arts to have theatrical representatives who understand the art, as film is a great way to preserve and spread the art. Not everything has to be about sparring.
Love the video. Cant wait for u to finally find a kendo club that will host you.
Cool stuff! First time seeing how they train for kabuki theatre scenes.
I actually mentioned this earlier. The martial arts become more elegant during times of peace, during time of war they are more applicable and "basic"
This was a good video, thank you for doing this. It was very refreshing to see you taking things a bit more serious and not joining the keyboard warrior club :p . So many kids bashing on traditional martial arts that take years of study to understand and appreciate what thier application to a modern way of life, not just combat, can help them achieve. Kenjutsu is a beautiful art, and so is Jojustsu(Jodo), and its history involving Miyamoto Musashi is facinating. Have a look a Shinto Musu Ryu and it's founder Muso Gonosuke. Aikido's use of the Ken and Jo and tying thier use into our every day life, not just combat, is just a beautiful thing( movenment(Kuzushi), combative distancing(Maai), focus(Zanshin), discipline, etc).
Thanks for the video Seth
Seth, if you have an opportunity to try Kendo, you should definitely try it out too! That way you could get an experience of sparring with swords!
Wow !!! ⛩️ Great video 👍
Beautiful! If you want to check the oldest kenjutsu still alive, it's Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu❤
I like the scene at the end 👏
Very cool and reminds me a little of the movie "Uzumasa Limelight."
You should give kendo a go!
Awesome, I did not know this existed and now want to try it. Maybe a fun thing to look into is stage combat, it's the European version of this. It just involves more wrestling
Ok, I was prepared to leave a snarky comment, maybe like.. a laughter or something.
But I think that you did extremely well, Seth. The "attitude" with wich you went into the performance, was very "stunt-man" like. You know: combats in movies are always coreographed, but in order to make it believable you need to have the "aggressive attitude", like you mean it, and you struck that chord perfectly in my opinion
Bravo, sir, bravo
At first this video for me was just a "oh, another kendo story", but your insights on when something from the past, so a former war discipline stays as a form of art really meet same thoughts of my own.
As a stunt-fencer and a HEMA practitioner I couldn't agree more❤
Also - I strongly believe that choreography is harder than real fighting on a way. If it is high-level - then your timing, coordinating with your partner and explosiveness must be crisp, or else there is no magic
This episode highlights that san soo kung fu takes itself WAY too seriously, lol!
Hapkido next.
Nice to see I am not the onlyone to strugle with counting in Japanese while doing something in between numbers. Longer the action in between and it is harder to keep track where I was. Often mess up around roku.
So next haloween sensei seth dresses as ghost of tsushima?
now we need a collab with sensei seki
Yoshi is the man, he is an awesome guy and very very funny.
Nice!
The sportification of martial arts is what happened.
You've done good!
The difference in martial arts and mortal arts is blunt sharp and brutal in reality
you may want to look up the use of swords in modern military contexts. I knew a vet briefly who fought in iraq that had local units who would fight along side them who used swords in stead of guns. For clearing rooms in a building hand to hand and sword fighting has a lot of advantages over untrained people using guns. Obviously, its best to have the training and use the gun primarily, with a knife and hand to hand training to fall back on, but the purpose of a gun is to equip untrained weak people, and for that to work you need to be using the gun at range, not clearing buildings.
While it's just theatrics and kind of over the top with the choreography, this was one of those things that would've looked really fucking cool if you had put a lightsaber animation on their swords.
That looks pretty fun.
"Who uses swords anymore." I do Senesi I do!
Nice, you should try saber fencing. They cut and thrust and matches are not scripted but do have rules governing the sport. You did foil and epee I think but you'd be more a saber guy as it is more aggressive.
I love samurai shit great video
Sensei Seth needs to try Kendo next!
6:35 I think it is extremely cool that he admits that he screwed up immedietally and has zero pride that keeps him from doing so.
Edição fantástica. Deve ter dado muito trabalho para fazer ❤
Let’s get you into a HEMA program and then set up a broad sword vs katana battle.
... you should do a co-op with the Metatron.
Really nice !
We did Haidong Gumdo in Taekwondo, it was a lot of fun, and will wear you out. It's harder than it looks. Love the different perspectives on the arts.
14:02 Sumo Jumping Slash!
Great video and great editing! :) The Podcast Lions led by donkeys does a great description of the samurai class. Mostly drunken, problematic and completely shitty as soon as they became obsolete (and even before that). But the powers that be didn't know what to do with them for a long time. They were literal sword trained higher class military brats walking around being utterly shit and doing lots of painting and poetry, but otherwise being lawless. Bushido was an absolute nonsense concept, especially toward the end. They always raped and pillaged.
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Great video, bump bump bump up the algorithm with comments ;) 👍
This was cool
tate, sometimes called satsujin, can be translated as stage combat.
it's not uncommon for actors who need to perform tate in movies or tv shows to join kenjutsu school too.
Very cool 😎 👍
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
2:30 bokken can and has killed people, so losing a digit would be a good outcome.
There are records of it, it's not really a toy.
Yo is that Deep Space Samurai by Forever Sunset in the beginning?
And about halfway through
at least not Rob Schneider's Surf Ninjas, although there would probably have been more alternatives like sekiro, onimusha or samurai warriors they even have Kotaro Fuma vs Hanzo Hattori