Miyamoto Musashi - The Water Scroll 宮本 武蔵
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- My favourite extracts from the teaching found in the water scroll, from the book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi, (1584 - 1645) history's most famous Japanese Ronin and sword master.
If you like this concept I will also dedicate one video to the other scrolls, fire, earth wind etc
ps: I'm aware Musashi ment a katana when he talked about long sword, but I only have a nodachi at the moment, these concepts still apply ;)
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It is said that Musashi did not take a bath or brushed his hair for years. As I dedicated myself to follow his teachings and to walk in his footsteps as a warrior I have not washed me or my clothes over the last three years. The effects are truly mindblowing My CHI has grown to a level that when I walk the streets people faint and fall to the ground like dead at a distance of 5 up to 10 meters! They literally loose conscience.
One thing I havent figured out is the following phenomenon, the power of my CHI seems to depend on the weather, on a hot summer day with no wind it is like a perfect circle around me whereas on cooler and windier days only those people standing DOWNWIND feel its k.o.effect but those UPWIND have to be as close as two meters before they take one deep breath and fall like dead flies. Any ideas?
PS: All these people that don't believe in CHI, I tell you, it's real! But it is not for anyone, you need the mindset of a true warrior with a stonecold heart, as you have to deal with the fact that you work with a power that is so strong, normal people can not even bear your deadly presence. I tell you nobody dares to mess with me now, people flee wherever I go! Isn't that amazing?
this deserve more thumbs up
You need to consume more garlic in your diet during your Shinto ritual prayers. This will embolden your inner spirit and thus amplify your chi such that when you do deep breathing exercises within a few feet of others they will faint even if downwind! Hope this helps!
To strengthen your Chi or Ki, I further recommend implementing not only garlic (like TheScaleless said), but also onions and possibly hot peppers. Peppers would help Chi exit or emit in really strong and hot form from your rear end, whereas garlic or onion will from your front end.
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No lie, I would have been scared shitless if I walked up to that lake and you were there in that samurai armor.
MORENO MAN I would have been freaked out lol
MORENO MAN you would have seen a samurai, and a modern person filming him :p
Not me. One Halloween night a man with a machete and a hockey mask came out of the woods and started stalking my car. My friends started freaking out and yelling for me to drive faster, but I stopped and rolled down my window.
He came over, pulled up his mask and simply said "hi." You can meet so many interesting people if you're not afraid of death.
DrTheKay he certainly tried, it seems.
uhm, indiana jones any one ;)
I understand how the mask is intimidating now. Once the eyes and skin are covered in shadow, the main traces of human within that armour is shown only in the skin of the hands. It is a black silhouette and shadow of death on the fields of war.
Archive 405 if he wore gloves, he would look like a walking set of armor, and ghosts are always spooky
One of the reasons why I like them more than knights. Sure they have all that armor and look like tanks, but when I charge at my enemy I want to look like a freakin' demon!
PREACH
Another thing is that a mask or full faced helmet is hiding the identety of the warrior. In peacetime you might spar with a warrior from another court, or see them fighting someone else. With the face covered you can''t recognise and prepare your moves based of knowledge of his skills.
Even though he makes a point in an other video that samurai did not wear face mask in battles. In fact there isn't a single representation of it in art when it comes to battles. Also in reality samurai armors were pretty colorful. Some were black as his, but most was painted and laced with brightly dyed silk cords
"it is the strongest spirit that wins, not the most expensive sword" - Miyamoto Musashi
So your argument is
1. Musashi was a coward
2. Americans like him
3. Therefore Americans are cowards?
How does this follow?
I've heard historians say things like that, he's a child killer, though strangely a lot of them don't like to explain why he killed that kid. But it's their opinion, and be that as it may, I prefer the historians to state what happened without trying to impose their moral views on their readers. People these days get shit for wanting historians to be impartial and just state the facts much like journalists should, Sadly, that's not so in a lot of cases these days.
"Think as we say instead of thinking for yourself and forming your own conclusions." seems to be the way of things.
Mocks me? Who? Are you assuming I'm American now? Lol.. way to logic!
dreadrath lol amazing comment mate
DrTheKay he didn't say that, and you are underestimating the Metatron's viewers intelligence, troll.
"It is crucial to think of everything as an opportunity to kill" love it
miyamoto musashi is one of my favorite historical figures so to see one of my favorite historical youtubers do a video about him is a dream come true
Just a note, when Musashi-sensei refers to a "long sword", he is referring to a katana, not a no-dachi. Though the principles can apply to both. As a practitioner of Heiho Niten-Ichi Ryu (Santo-ha Hosokawa-dento), we study the Go Rin No Sho quite a bit. It's quite interesting how much deeper meaning can be drawn from the text when you start to understand the actual techniques of the style and can see their practical application.
I think he's only using a nodachi because he doesn't have a decent katana.
At that range, even a monosteel "katana" would look decent, though. TBH
Or a huge oar! This is the water chapter, am I right? :p
+spykez spykez He said in his "what i think about japanese swords" video that he doesn't own ANY katana currently so unfortunately he had no choice but to use the Nodachi. He said he actually prefers his Nodachi to a Katana now though anyway, due to the balance etc..
Of course I know that and I have now realized I need to write it in the description or this video will be flooded. I don't own a katana.
Next video: swimming the lake with armour.
Well if the Romans could do it....oh wait, that was cork....
Was waiting for some water bending
Spot on.Went like ctrl+F and typed in bending.
Whoa, production value! Thumb up!
My apologies Metatron, but I would have ran away screaming if I walked up and saw you in that armor.
Now I know the feeling of seeing a new upload just as your about to go to bed
These shots are absolutely BADASS! :O And scary as hell!
Knight fanboy wants to be a samurai now :')
You wait to see today's video, the Wind Scroll, than you teel me what's scary :D ;)
Btw. for People who don't know.
Musashis Sword School still exists to this day.
Hyôhô Niten Ichi-ryû.
There also some Training Groups in Europe and the US/Canada.
The Gorin no Shô(book of five rings) is the denshô of this school.
And while the translations of this is very nice and pleasing to hear
only students of Musashis School, who learned the Kuden to deceiver the japanese text, will understand the true intended meaning.
Ok, THIS time your intro was badass. I love it. Well done.
I’ve watched this so many times. Love it thank you brother
You are not a good warrior according to Musashi, you dropped your blade's sheath.
He is using a Nodachi...
one does not simply draw a nodachi from the hip.
Well, it looks like a lot of you didn't get the reference. Search about the duel between Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro and you'll understand.
Not to mention he is holdiing it with both hands
That dude's form is wack in the first place you can tell by his stance
Hey metatron, these videos you doing on the book of five rings are really cool.
Do a video on the void scroll! I love this book. I've trained and coached in MMA since 2004 and every time I read the book and meditated on the concepts I found certain things that I struggled with begin to work well for me.
Great video! I think you're really getting better at these cinametic video's. It may be just me, but I prefer your relaxed and to-the-point tone of delivery in terms of your voice. It makes the whole video much more serious and enticing IMHO.
Lovely visuals and nice excerpt. Thanks for sharing this
One of Metatron's most epic video's.
Awesome video! Well done.
My goodness you have really been bringing the quality of the videos up at such a fast rate... what have you tapped into? My mind is just being overwhelmed by the sudden changes in the recent videos. Keep up the good work!
I have watched alot of your videos and when it comes to subscribe and likes im lazy about that for some reason but you, you have earned my sub and like on a lot of videos. You're for sure the best Medieval/Ancient/Samurai youtuber in my oppinion. Good Job :) !
beautiful site, so tranquil. the mountain in the background wasn't lost on me either. very artistically portrayed Signori Raffaelo .i thank you full well. i apologize for the original posting mispelling your name.
Top tier Metatron, top tier. Sorry I have but one thumbs up to give.
It is a great book, and the most recurrent advise in the book is something simple and quite obvious that applies to everything in life but most people forget. If you want to excel insomething you must devote your life to it.
I am more interested in the reactions of passers by noticing a man in samurai armor, yielding a nodachi by the lake and posing for the camera.
That is seriously excrement into pants inducing levels of awesome Metatron!
Hi metratron! Could you do a video about hairstyle of samurai(chonmage)?
thanks and good work! (from an italian fan)
After seeing some of the close ups in this video, I now understand why the samurai mask was so frightening, it was just unsettling to see it in a video. I can't imagine what it was like to see on the battlefield.
It brings me a surprising amount of comfort to know Metatron roams the countryside of Sicily clad in samurai armor and wielding a nodachi.
Are you Just BPRD: Sicily?
Really good production man.
Distraction, deception and disturbance are three necessary things needed when battling. In case of blocks, the ability to disturb your opponents pace of blockage determines your escape from getting a rebound by the enemy. This movements can be understood from interaction of five elements, water fire earth wind and sky which water represents that which grasps or engulfs, wind as that which brings movement, earth as the substance of it, fire as the thing that converts and sky as the thing that holds. The interactions between these five elements with respect to time matter and space brings many aspects within its range of characteristics form and activities which leads to movements like holding, blocking, spreading, engulfment, predictibility of pattern, focus to break the engulfment, speed that distracts the focus through multi directional spreading etc
Metatron and Lindybeige are the history teachers I never had.
If there were a mist around you, that would be even more intimidating and epic ! Should have woke up earlier :D
That armor looks really good, and that nodachi is enormous !
The armour, sword and some of the music retracts emphasis from the words; they also make the video more appealing. Personal opinion; I am not a professional media anything.
I loved the Wind scroll video, too! I think I like the quotes and presentation here more though somehow. Can't wait for more Scrolls!
I didn't even thought you was under that Vader suit ! Deym that's the badass if the ancients!
The way the armor absorbs light makes him very difficult for the eye to track even in broad daylight.
Great video! Love your samurai armor
Amazing! Very atmospheric.
The moustache looks funny in my opinion :D
we need more vid like this, keep up the good work m8 :)
Nicely done! Please do more of these videos.
Metatron, best anime protagonist.
Can't wait for more excerpts. :D
Excellent video. Hope you do the other scrolls as well.
Yyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Beautifully done!!
Hey if you haven't already I recommend reading the manga vagabond it's a re-telling of the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, and it's really really good.
Nice outdoors stuff - Please try a "Dolly Zoom" effect - just give your armour a bit of added menace as you hold a stance.
I taught myself from reading the Book of Five Rings! My mom got it for me when I was 12 so I would stop cutting myself messing around with the katana I bought without telling her!
Well done great work like always. Side note have you or will you do a video on the Boshin War?
Can you recommend a good English or French translation of "The Book of Five Rings"?
Those mustaches make it go from looking terrifying to looking goofy af XD
Love that nodachi and Takeda samurai armor.
this is a great video you did, Metatron. do you intend to post videos about the other scrolls within the Book of Five Rings?
Nice cinematography
I'd like to see more videos like this one...I thought it was pretty awesome!
Davvero spettacolare!!!! Complimenti amico mio !!
Great editing and filming. Very well done!
Sharing this. It's amazing.
That size of Katana was normally in shrines and used in ceremonies. Not many were seen on the battle field. They were, but not many. To large to use on horse, somewhat hard to wield in combat in close quarters. Also very hard to make at the time.
0:54 was the most frightening thing I've seen all day
Oh yes. More like this, haha. Awesome. Now I need to read Gorin no sho again. :D
Just wondering if you have any intentions on doing any videos on taijutsu and or jujutsu?
best intro yet
Go Rin no Sho is a very deep and interesting text. Fantastic book and a good read for those who love historical literature and/or martial arts and Zen etc.. You should do some more of these, and make them longer so we can actually get a decent context of the lessons entailed!
I love the darkness of the helmet. It makes me wonder if there were any helmets or masks that had a reflective aesthetic. A smooth face mask that would have worked like a mirror so that my opponent could see themselves in it...
Masterly prepared my friend! Always at top, looking forward to make on with you!
Thanks!
pls do more of these Musashi videos, they are great!
The epic story of scrolls begins.
@Metatron I know in your Nodachi/Odachi video you had talked about proper technique to use with the blade, and this video seems to be a small step in that direction. I was curious though if you had considered supplementing training with Miao Dao techniques given the similarity of the Nodachi to the Changdao.
I would love to see more video on this book. Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to that you talked much about japanese swordfighting schools?
Awesome! You could take some small clip/image from this video to make a fantastic intro!
That meditarranean landscape though :D. Btw why are you wearing Geta?
It would be absolutely amazing if you did this for more of the Water Scroll teachings, as well as for the other Scrolls in the Book of Five Rings.
So mr metatron what are your opinions on the scimitar,and could you maybe do a video on them in the future.I think they look quite nice,but I really lack knowledge on them.
Armor question. The round arts on the sides of the face of the helmet? Is there a function for that or is if more a look? I ask the same of the gold disc on top. It looks really fierce. Cool video.
Thank you for the excellent video. Im going to reread Vagabond now :D
definately More Musashi videos!
תודה רבה על ההקראה
great demonstration Raphaelo
Great video and surreal.
Duuuddeee, that was awesome! 😂👌🏼
Could you do a video on the golden age of piracy. I would like to see you discuss some of the major pirates like Blackbeard and Bartolomew Roberts. Do you think pirates would be good with three weapons?
This video was really cool! I would very much like to see videos on the other scrolls. :D
Be water me friend.
Awesome video!
Book of 5 rings is amazing , What a beautiful set of armor where and how do I obtain this.
Man, that was awesome! Please, please, petty please do more!
Do videos like this more often please
Dear Metatron, I have two questions and would be ecstatic if you answered: First, was the shadow covering your face part of an edit or is that how it naturally is with a kabuto and mempo? Second, what do you think are the differences between eastern and western war/combat philosophy (be it in scrolls, manual;s, treaties, and etc?)
Kensei mains be like
i'm actually reading vagabond , so this is cool AF to me!!
I've been staring at my hardcover for years wanting to do a readthrough. I've a bit of Iaido training from the 2000s via Sensei Niclaus Suino. I saw sensei throw up some of his Iaido videos...a man with your training could likely appreciate his shtuff.
Good vid!
Every opportunity is to kill. Not to block. Or to escape. Or anything of that sort. Simply, to kill. That is your only objective. Anything else will only interfere. Keep your mind on the goal and it will make it happen. It will aid you like no other. The power of a focused mind is limitless.
ABA - Always Be Attacking. Every defense should also be an attack. The whirl of a moulinet deflects the enemy's blade while following through to the cut. Every movement should be a deliberate, linear chain leading to the defeat of one's opponent.
ciao, scusa la domanda da ignorante, ma le orecchie da topolino che spuntano sui lati del casco a che servono?
non sono solo una decorazione, vero?
ho dato un'occhiata ad un altro tuo video in cui valutavi (spero di poter dire così) l'armatura del samurai e non mi sembra ci fosse nulla sulle orecchiette, ma se mi sbaglio può dipendere dalla mia scarsa comprensione dell'inglese, magari potresti dirmelo in italiano?
grazie
I wonder if Miyamoto san would approve of the choice of ground. On the one hand, you can't be surprised or surrounded. On the other, you can't retreat...
Ah, he'd be late, so it's a non issue lol.
I've always wanted to read The Book of Five Rings. I'll have to get around to that, soon.
Have it read to you while you drive. Get the audible copy, it's quite decent.
Thanks, I'll probably give it a shot.