After enduring an interminably long blistering stare contest with his opponent, our hero Musashi finally dropped the stick wielding hobo with a single strike, and thus reclaimed the title of the most unkempt ronin in Japan.
interestingly, according to legend, Musashi never took a bath. apparently, he was ambushed or he ran into an enemy or three while taking a bath several times, buck naked and unarmed. so, he swore off bathing entirely as an excuse to always carry his sword with him XD
@Chris Greey Jesus never taught a pantheistic worldview. Yahweh is a personal Being outside space and time. Not some force that permeates all living things.
@Darius Kang Sorry, but the association with natural elements and spirituality/mysticism is Shinto in Japan. Sure Zen has some elements of that, but Zen is more concerned (obsessed) with the phenomenon of sunyatta (emptiness) which isn't animism or spiritual at all, really.
This is where the "80% talking and explaining fight mechanics and the strengths and weaknesses of the characters and 20% being actual fighting" rule in anime comes from.
Only its a pain in the ass in anime but enjoyable in the old movies. If this was an anime the background voice would say a lot more and the characters would be constantly talking about their emotions, believes and backstory and would brag about their fighting style and whoever is cockier about it, will usually loose.
I think you misunderstand the actuality of Japanese Philosophy. Mfs would talk about talking about talking about fighting, and then use that talk to make a poem describing the thoughts on the talk about talking about talking about fighting.
At 1:31 he didn't really say "An extraordinarily strong demon." He said "人の道から外れた鬼だ。" - "Hito no michi kara hazureta oni da." This means "A demon who has strayed from the path of humanity." I suppose he is saying Musashi has forsaken his humanity and has become a demon as well.
@@keirfarnum6811 The older the translation to English, the worse they tend to be. With more Americans being aware of, or even able to understand, the languages originally spoken in movies and shows from other countries, subtitle and dubbing companies tend to put more work into getting at least the INTENT of the original dialogue, if not the actual words. - Not that it is always an easy proposition. Not all languages share the same sentence structure rules, and some languages take longer or shorter amounts of time to say a thing.
Of course, when Musashi realized that his opponent could read his mind, Musashi knew instantly that he would be victorious in this battle. He knew this because Musashi never fights with a set plan or strategy: he reacts to his opponent spontaneously and naturally. Meanwhile, his opponent is fixated upon the external world for his cue when and how to attack. In a strange way, his opponent's greatest strength is also his greatest weakness. When the leaf touches the ground, Yuki strikes but Musashii instantly counters. The leaf is simply a symbol of the external world. Yuuki's strategy depends on studying his opponent, while Musashi employs the no-mind of Zen which is a mirror. Yuuki never had a chance. In his last seconds of consciousness, Yuuki asks if Musashi read his mind. Musashi replies that no, the leaf told him, meaning that it was Yuki's penchant for waiting for an external cue, i.e. reading someone's mind, that determines the outcome.
However, according to sources Musashi almost always devised clever strategies before entering duels. Arriving too late to anger or too early to surprise to gain the upper hand in psychological warfare. Also improvising a taller bokken from an oar and taking the sun behind him when confronting Kojiro this is a pretty elaborate strategy.
@@yegenek Which is why his way of fighting worked so well when he got to the scene. With his enemies being on edge at almost all times, it makes it it far easier for him to just stay focused & react accordingly.
While Musashi and the master Katayama yuuki waited for each other to take action, a leaf fell between the two. Musashi was not distracted, but Katayama might be distracted, thinking that he would win first. But Musashi knew that when the leaf fell on the ground, Katayama would definitely take action, so he already knew of the best timing to deliver the killing strike.
Even though it is drawn out how they make it intense with just the monologue and you know what’s coming next it makes you feel closer to the characters portrayed here. True art in choreography and performing display
Wow, the Japanese made movies with this, all the way back in the (60s)? Having a voice explain what is happening inside the character's inner-world can turn such a simple scene into an epic world class event, if done right. Very creative, effective and inexpensive. I think I saw that used in anime, back when I watched alot of it.
"During training, train your eyes. You must be able to push your enemy back with your eyes. In a duel, focus everything to winning. Every bone, every muscle, your entire skin, every strand of hair..."
@@Eon-Nova Yes. But if this has piqued your interest in Musashi, I suggest watching the "Samurai Trilogy" in its entirety. All 3 films about his life, filmed in the mid 50s, the incomparable Mifune starring - heck, one of them even won an Oscar as I remember. Must-see films, even if your're not a Samurai fan. Nothing about Musashi has ever been better.
"When your spirit is not in the least clouded,when the clouds of bewilderment clear away,there is the true void" Shinmen Musashi(1645) Go Rin No Sho-The Book of the Void.
@@alexm7627 In Buddhism we don't worship any 'God',that's for Christians who only comprise about 31% of this world's population. Your downright incomprehension of Asian belief systems is quite evident.
I kinda admire how all his defeated opponents stand there and have a conversation after the strike. I'd be like "HOLY FUCKSHIT THAT HURT OW fuck you bitch!" *falls over
@@elpacificador2852 I've read it, and honestly I'm not sure if this should be taken seriously of if it's just a giant trolling game. On the one side they're saying reasonable things and it looks like it's trying to make an argument for logic, deductive reasoning and a world-view based on evidence... but at the same time they're saying that every human already lived several times as a "lesser lifeform" to even become human. And on top of that, they're really trying hard to look scientific but hilariously fail at that (e.g. equating consciousness with energy as defined by theoretical physics and even trying to link it to Newton's third law of motion). From what I see, it just a product of “too much thinking”, trying to justify what the author think about “truth”. Problem is, the author doesn't even understand the difference between existence and immortality and already has a pre-determined “truth”.
1:06 Chills, every fucking time. If you've never read the Book of Five Rings, you should. It's a super easy read. But even in the martial arts manual you knew Musashi didn't fuck around. Ever.
The silence between you and death is enormous . There is real conversation with yourself while death stares at you ... 2 pleasures GOD gave to Warriors kill a Man who was trying to kill you, and conquer a women, whos Waiting for you.
StormWolf01 to the samurai, that was unkept. the demon was even more so and to the point that he wasn't liked in polite company. if you notice the looks of the observers.
I don't know why you think that, seems Americans think that. Musashi had a painting of him while he was having his fortune told, there is nothing unkempt or dirty about him. He had his hair tied back and is clean shaven and wearing decent clothes.
Wrong, Musashi wasn't unkempt and what you are talking about are Oni and they are not dirty men either. The samurai class were actually a rich class, Musashi was a samurai and he was originally raised by his Monk uncle and being a messy vagrant isn't a trait of Buddhism, Musashi is painted and he wasn't a dirty man. He tied his hair back and had nice clothes and was clean shaven. So you Americans basing him off stupid pictures that western people draw of him on deviantart really need to get an education.
This is the series that was shown on pbs many decades ago. I remember in the duel with Kojiro, Musashi strategized making sure the oar he used was two inches longer than Kojiro's famously long sword giving him the reach advantage to strike him in the head without himself suffering a fatal blow.
You mean despite the fact he was already exceptionally tall and out reached all his opponents substantially? He was a 6 footer in a land of 5'3" people of course he destroyed everyone he fought.
@@bojangles2492 Musashi famously won 60 duels. If he had an average of just two percent chance of losing in any given duel, his odds of pulling that off would already be down to 30% Winning as consistently as he did, required every conceivable advantage; height, insane skill, researching his opponents, tricks like showing up late, and then possibly still a decent amount of luck.
If you have 6ft scalpel-matches on the regular, you know very damn well that in the kenjutsu game and ALL of the excellent and ennobling! daily practice of fencing, if you blink it's often all over.
The point of the leaf is following intuition, the plane of action above reasoning. As timing is everything, this shows how far the soul travels once you "leave" the mind behind
Reason is a High Order action of consciousness, Intuition is a reflexive action ie. it is not a conscious act. Anyway, what the OP wrote is in upside down order: following Intuition is a Plane of action below Reason, and thus faster. With fewer moving paths.
Where do you think Cowboys got it from? Wait, the Cowboy cinematic genre came first... But there were no show-downs in the old West...just tall tales. There were lots of showdowns in Japanese history, well documented ones. sigh Don't know which culturally exploitive entertainment to cling to anymore!
" Hey look, a movie that doesn't use the same narration types and rythme than the one I grew up with and therefore is more difficult for me to understand. Let's mock that strange thing ".
“Listening with the soul they call it martial artist, being able to read your opponent mind or behavior” from hxh, honestly I always thought it was more using the 5 senses and analyzing the opponent to predict his patterns
I watched this entire series a few years back (except the second to the last episode which was not on the list, and which sucked because a big confrontation was being set up). It was amazing. I don't speak Japanese and still don't, but after watching 50 something hours, I was starting to understand what they were saying before the subtitles came up. I was not so much understanding the specific words as much as the sentiment and who the person was talking about. Did I mention this was amazing?
That is Jujutsu, every Samurai learnt it. "The secret of aiki is to overpower the opponent mentally at a glance and to win without fighting." Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu.
THE SUSPENSE! THE INTENSITY IN MUSASHI'S EYES! THE TENSEION IN THE OPPONENT'S EXPRESSION! THE ONLOOKERS WITNESSING SHEER SKILL AND POWER! THE LEAF! OH THE LEAF FELL FOR AN ETERNITY!
Nangid Kram I believe the scene on the beach where Musashi kills his opponent with a club he carved out of an oar. At least out of the three movies that is the one I like the best.
Shout out to @marko19914 who I think explains well the "the leaf let me in" sentence, my interpretation of it as follows (probably everybody knows this by now and I'm repeating myself and everything but, if so please bare with me): I think the leaf represents the principle of what in Aikido is called Irimi, which is the idea of getting into your opponents blind spot while stepping forward, outside the line of attack of the opponent. This is done in order to not receive the attack and move into the open spot of your opponent after the strike as an advantageous attack position(although in Aikido this is used to perform the technique, not to attack). The leaf highlights the attack line, which is being telegraphed as well by Katayama's pose. Musashi realizes about this and he decides to go outside the attack line and forward, striking Katayama. "The leaf let me in" is a poetic way of explaining this and adding drama ofc. If I'm wrong please let me know, thanks haha.
You might be right about the stance telegraphing possible suichoku giri from jodan. Might have been carried away by the shinto mysticism in this sentence + I guess they Katayama replying to his thoughts as if they were said aloud would support that as well.
Good! there is some truth there in that a technique is concern. However Minamoto Musashi main power for all his victories is the state of empty mind stale, like a true zen master. I think He is acting free and spontaneous to the challenge knowing that his mastering of body and mind will act accordantly. In this duel he did open the guard to his right side and wait for Katayama to strake first. Miyamoto Musashi moved to the right side to avoid the strake and in the same time passed the sword from the right to the left behind his head strait to the from head of Katayama. The leaf is a sort haiku for the state of freedom and spontaneity of the “empty mind” This how I see it (I practice aikido and the five stands of Miyamoto Musashi I hope I understood)
Yes, I think that you are right. The Aikido's (better Daito's) Irimi principle, in this case, is applied within the SenSen timing after Metsuke (deep looking) principle.
Musashi is the guy with good hair, Katayama is the demon with bad hair and bad moves that got his head bonked...Wonderful acting while fighting over a sentient leaf...
Legend has it that when he was a teenager musashi defeated a sword-wielding tough with nothing more than a knife. The guy was a true mutant. Just naturally badass.
Le Minh Duc I fancy myself a bit of a Swordsman, so I'd like to challenge you when you say that fighting isn't an art, it's a science. I say it's BOTH. You need to have a firm understanding of both your body and your weapon and how to move them as one. That's the science. You also need to see your opponent and imagine how he will fight and construct a narrative for the fight where you will win. There are so many different ways to create that winning narrative, a person's creativity and spirit will naturally shine through. That's the art. I have no pretensions that battle isn't brutal and horrific. I don't glorify killing in the slightest. Fencing is fun and has enriched my life. That's all.
Trying to add psychological depth with the reading thoughts and inner voice and so on. If you read Musashi's book, he is very unpretentious about his swordsmanship.
Seeing as mind games are also a part of swordplay and effective combat, this is not about pretentiousness, nor is it even about mind reading; it's about the state of mind of the two leading into their duel. The one used a bit of trickery that he's probably used in countless duels since realising he was an imposing figure, pretending to read his opponent's mind, Musashi ignored his trickery, whose purpose was to create self-doubt and unnecessary mental static before their fight. Since the correct answer is either seeing through it or ignoring it, Musashi won out. The falling leaf bit was just to throw his nonsense back into his face in a way he'd be thinking about for years.
Admiral Nagumo must have known this story because he hesitated and hesitated waiting for leaf to fall during the battle of Midway. Unfortunately for Japanese this was middle of the ocean and the battleships were quickly set on fire by Americans, long before he was ready to act.
Nope. He lost only one duel which was against Muso Gonnosuke. But he did win the first time round against him. In the rematch, Muso Gonnosuke came armed with a short staff called a Jo and defeated Musashi with it. And after that, Gonnosuke created his martial school called the Shinto Muso Ryu which focused on the use of the Jo. And is still being taught in Japan and around the world today
@@jwgoon There is no evidence outside of the schools teaching Jo techniques, that would profit from such a claim, that a second duel ever even took place, let alone that Musashi was defeated. Whatever happened was 500 years ago, so without multiple sources independently claiming it, there is no way to reasonably conclude it as fact. It is much more likely that this did not happen than did. But, 500 years later, we'll never know.
Man of culture knows what he talks about. When Musashi became Nobita's disciple, that made me laugh so hard. I already read finished Musashi Novel back then
i was thinking the same but fights between samurais back then should be messy and quick because one little mistake there goes half of your face, not like star wars laser battle scenes.
I mean, they could be beating the shit out of each other and the result would still be the same. This way is better as it saves a lot of energy and pain for the actors.
Mas Oyama's time in the mountains was publicised as his self exile In the wilderness to remove the modern world's distractions in his pursuits to find himself and perfect his training techniques. So good was this publicity that his student would search him out to join him and train alongside in this wilderness. What they didn't publicise was the fact that he was actually wanted by the police at the time LOL
"How did you read my attack?!" "You screamed like an idiot before you made it."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice joke ^_^ but the leaf helped him
The Best Laugh in Days!!🌝
Lmao
Make sense...
After enduring an interminably long blistering stare contest with his opponent, our hero Musashi finally dropped the stick wielding hobo with a single strike, and thus reclaimed the title of the most unkempt ronin in Japan.
Lmao
Lol !!😀😃
LOL!!
interestingly, according to legend, Musashi never took a bath. apparently, he was ambushed or he ran into an enemy or three while taking a bath several times, buck naked and unarmed. so, he swore off bathing entirely as an excuse to always carry his sword with him XD
I love the use of interminably long, as if one could take a break and come back
"The leaf let me in on it." And so, Katayama Yuuki died confused.
maybe his ki was revealed by leaf falling pattern so Musashi read from it
@Chris Greey Jesus never taught a pantheistic worldview. Yahweh is a personal Being outside space and time. Not some force that permeates all living things.
@Darius Kang Sorry, but the association with natural elements and spirituality/mysticism is Shinto in Japan. Sure Zen has some elements of that, but Zen is more concerned (obsessed) with the phenomenon of sunyatta (emptiness) which isn't animism or spiritual at all, really.
@@oratank How come you are so observant? That's amazing.
He said this dumbass is waiting for that leaf to hit the ground and hes too close to do any other strike all he can do is counter
This is where the "80% talking and explaining fight mechanics and the strengths and weaknesses of the characters and 20% being actual fighting" rule in anime comes from.
Only its a pain in the ass in anime but enjoyable in the old movies. If this was an anime the background voice would say a lot more and the characters would be constantly talking about their emotions, believes and backstory and would brag about their fighting style and whoever is cockier about it, will usually loose.
I think you misunderstand the actuality of Japanese Philosophy. Mfs would talk about talking about talking about fighting, and then use that talk to make a poem describing the thoughts on the talk about talking about talking about fighting.
The reason why it's done in anime is to save on the animation budget
That is barely 1% of actual action, how did you get 20%?
0.20%
2:22 Samurai: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
2:28 Samurai: ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
2:36 Samurai: ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Yes
😂😂😂😂😂😂
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The actor playing Musashi has the best wide-eyed stare in the business.
- Did you read my thoughts?
- No, you screamed and lifted your staff, telegraphing your attack and exposing your centre at the same time...
At 1:31 he didn't really say "An extraordinarily strong demon." He said "人の道から外れた鬼だ。" - "Hito no michi kara hazureta oni da." This means "A demon who has strayed from the path of humanity." I suppose he is saying Musashi has forsaken his humanity and has become a demon as well.
woooo, great, thank you for the clear explanation :O
I hate it when the translations are so incorrect. Thanks for the explication.
@@keirfarnum6811 The older the translation to English, the worse they tend to be.
With more Americans being aware of, or even able to understand, the languages originally spoken in movies and shows from other countries, subtitle and dubbing companies tend to put more work into getting at least the INTENT of the original dialogue, if not the actual words.
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Not that it is always an easy proposition. Not all languages share the same sentence structure rules, and some languages take longer or shorter amounts of time to say a thing.
It makes him even more badass then
oooo like Akuma! (gouki)
Of course, when Musashi realized that his opponent could read his mind, Musashi knew instantly that he would be victorious in this battle. He knew this because Musashi never fights with a set plan or strategy: he reacts to his opponent spontaneously and naturally. Meanwhile, his opponent is fixated upon the external world for his cue when and how to attack. In a strange way, his opponent's greatest strength is also his greatest weakness. When the leaf touches the ground, Yuki strikes but Musashii instantly counters. The leaf is simply a symbol of the external world. Yuuki's strategy depends on studying his opponent, while Musashi employs the no-mind of Zen which is a mirror. Yuuki never had a chance.
In his last seconds of consciousness, Yuuki asks if Musashi read his mind. Musashi replies that no, the leaf told him, meaning that it was Yuki's penchant for waiting for an external cue, i.e. reading someone's mind, that determines the outcome.
However, according to sources Musashi almost always devised clever strategies before entering duels. Arriving too late to anger or too early to surprise to gain the upper hand in psychological warfare. Also improvising a taller bokken from an oar and taking the sun behind him when confronting Kojiro this is a pretty elaborate strategy.
amazing. thank you 🙏
it was the bloody leaf.... you gotta listen guys
@@yegenek Which is why his way of fighting worked so well when he got to the scene. With his enemies being on edge at almost all times, it makes it it far easier for him to just stay focused & react accordingly.
@@KlingonGamerYT Lol !!
Every immortal in the Highlander universe is happy that Musahi wasn’t an immortal.
Yep! Closest thing they had to Musashi being immortal was Aragami.
If Musashi was one of the imortals the prize would be his...😎😋
@@andredfreitas6909 ?
There would be only one. Lol
@@DANTHETUBEMAN you are RIGHT man!!! 😁😁😁
While Musashi and the master Katayama yuuki waited for each other to take action, a leaf fell between the two. Musashi was not distracted, but Katayama might be distracted, thinking that he would win first. But Musashi knew that when the leaf fell on the ground, Katayama would definitely take action, so he already knew of the best timing to deliver the killing strike.
That’s is a very good observation and explanation of how and why he won. Thank you.
Considering Musashi was obsessed with timing as the secret to everything I am inclined to agree.
Killed him with a wooden stick
@@j-dubb614 timing was everything in these kinds of duels. One move can be the end of it all.
@@victorrubahimbya1124 yeah he did we all saw it
Even though it is drawn out how they make it intense with just the monologue and you know what’s coming next it makes you feel closer to the characters portrayed here.
True art in choreography and performing display
The actor playing as Musashi is also is a movie titled Hara-Kiri: Death of A Samurai. I strongly recommend it.
Wow, the Japanese made movies with this, all the way back in the (60s)? Having a voice explain what is happening inside the character's inner-world can turn such a simple scene into an epic world class event, if done right. Very creative, effective and inexpensive. I think I saw that used in anime, back when I watched alot of it.
What movie is this ??
This is not a movie. TV drama "Musashi" in 2003.
It’s certainly a merit for clarity, but I don’t really agree on creative haha.
Yeah it’s fascinating to see that live action anime precedes anime!
Having a narrator is by no means new or innovative.
It can also turn a simple scene into a drawn own yawn-fest too boring to watch, as in this scene.
"During training, train your eyes. You must be able to push your enemy back with your eyes. In a duel, focus everything to winning. Every bone, every muscle, your entire skin, every strand of hair..."
Imagine beating someone so well the subtitles stop working
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this is from the taiga drama " musashi" if you are interested.
I loved this series when I was growing up
aboulabs n
HI, I am interested but am having trouble finding it. what year would this be listed as being filmed?
is it this one wiki.d-addicts.com/Musashi
@@Eon-Nova Yes. But if this has piqued your interest in Musashi, I suggest watching the "Samurai Trilogy" in its entirety. All 3 films about his life, filmed in the mid 50s, the incomparable Mifune starring - heck, one of them even won an Oscar as I remember. Must-see films, even if your're not a Samurai fan. Nothing about Musashi has ever been better.
"When your spirit is not in the least clouded,when the clouds of bewilderment clear away,there is the true void" Shinmen Musashi(1645) Go Rin No Sho-The Book of the Void.
The true void is something we all have, and only God can fill it
@@alexm7627 In Buddhism we don't worship any 'God',that's for Christians who only comprise about 31% of this world's population. Your downright incomprehension of Asian belief systems is quite evident.
@@prof.yurivaldesalvarezarza3998 but you worship something right? Whatever that is, it is your god
@@prof.yurivaldesalvarezarza3998 whatever a man loves the most, that is his god
@@alexm7627 indeed, for i love myself, i must be god 💪💪
Book of Five Rings is a perfect companion for The Art of War. Thanks for putting this on. 👍
"Did you read my thoughts?"
'Nope! I read the script...'
Yup plot armor to blame for everything
Lol nice one
I kinda admire how all his defeated opponents stand there and have a conversation after the strike.
I'd be like "HOLY FUCKSHIT THAT HURT OW fuck you bitch!" *falls over
lol
I read Samurai are known to be extremely polite. Even to their foes.
@@rotyler2177 yeah, that's truth in your books. in reality, you know.
@@rotyler2177 certainly not if you became their captives. They were among the world leaders at the time for ways to torment captives.
So did Yuuki sound should we perceive it without the leaf's mediation
I played Ghost of Tsushima once and UA-cam already spamming me with these recommendations.
They’re always watching
Relatable.
*HOLD TRIANGLE*
@@elpacificador2852 I've read it, and honestly I'm not sure if this should be taken seriously of if it's just a giant trolling game. On the one side they're saying reasonable things and it looks like it's trying to make an argument for logic, deductive reasoning and a world-view based on evidence... but at the same time they're saying that every human already lived several times as a "lesser lifeform" to even become human. And on top of that, they're really trying hard to look scientific but hilariously fail at that (e.g. equating consciousness with energy as defined by theoretical physics and even trying to link it to Newton's third law of motion).
From what I see, it just a product of “too much thinking”, trying to justify what the author think about “truth”. Problem is, the author doesn't even understand the difference between existence and immortality and already has a pre-determined “truth”.
The same comment on every samurai video 🙄
1:06 Chills, every fucking time.
If you've never read the Book of Five Rings, you should. It's a super easy read. But even in the martial arts manual you knew Musashi didn't fuck around. Ever.
first part of fight, lets see who can stare at each other the longest without blinking.
Darkgreen Marine I’m fucking saying....😂😂
The silence between you and death is enormous . There is real conversation with yourself while death stares at you ... 2 pleasures GOD gave to Warriors kill a Man who was trying to kill you, and conquer a women, whos Waiting for you.
LOL... 🤣🤣
Are you 5 years old?...lol or just awkward? .lol
the animé fight can take 5 days... this..is better...
Awesome video.
It's been a while since I've seen a fight like this.
Musashi is a true Legend.
Thanks.
"Yuuki was responding to musashi inner voice"
In age of 8Jahrs was the firthst Time in TV see Musashi. Now i,m 63 Jahrs and still i Love this old Films.
High Friends, i am from Germany and Thank you very much to sending this anwer 😉🙏👍
Thanks for upload. Awesome.
It was pretty cool how the tengu dude read Musashi's thoughts just from the expression on his face and then answered them vocally.
I thought that Musashi was the guy on the left. I heard he was wild and didn't care for his appearance.
StormWolf01 to the samurai, that was unkept. the demon was even more so and to the point that he wasn't liked in polite company. if you notice the looks of the observers.
I don't know why you think that, seems Americans think that.
Musashi had a painting of him while he was having his fortune told, there is nothing unkempt or dirty about him. He had his hair tied back and is clean shaven and wearing decent clothes.
Wrong, Musashi wasn't unkempt and what you are talking about are Oni and they are not dirty men either. The samurai class were actually a rich class, Musashi was a samurai and he was originally raised by his Monk uncle and being a messy vagrant isn't a trait of Buddhism, Musashi is painted and he wasn't a dirty man. He tied his hair back and had nice clothes and was clean shaven.
So you Americans basing him off stupid pictures that western people draw of him on deviantart really need to get an education.
StormWolf01 me too.. Musashi was very unkempt and refused to bathe, because he didnt want to be separated from his sword.
it was true when he was Shinmen Takezō, not when he became Musashi Miyamoto
Now this... this right here is real life anime scene.
80% - background info
10% - inner voice
10% - fight
And the leaf, don't forget the leaf
1% fight. So many cuts in the shot. Animes actually show the fight half the time
I love the music soooo much.
I adore this dysonant melodys🤩
Alone this epic music is enough reason for me to watch this movie
Ennio Morricone
I can't link the original music for some reason. It's the Lulu Suite by Alban Berg and I am pretty sure this is Section 5. Adagio.
@@ReesArchibald thank you, you are my savior
@@ReesArchibald Are you sure? I thought it was Toru Takemitsu, but you might be right. I came onto the comments to find out.
This is the series that was shown on pbs many decades ago. I remember in the duel with Kojiro, Musashi strategized making sure the oar he used was two inches longer than Kojiro's famously long sword giving him the reach advantage to strike him in the head without himself suffering a fatal blow.
What’s the series called?
@@TJCha-fe2lr _Musashi_ (2003).
You mean despite the fact he was already exceptionally tall and out reached all his opponents substantially?
He was a 6 footer in a land of 5'3" people of course he destroyed everyone he fought.
My wives boyfriend has a sword 2 inches longer than mine too and he delivered a fatal blow 😻😥
@@bojangles2492 Musashi famously won 60 duels. If he had an average of just two percent chance of losing in any given duel, his odds of pulling that off would already be down to 30%
Winning as consistently as he did, required every conceivable advantage; height, insane skill, researching his opponents, tricks like showing up late, and then possibly still a decent amount of luck.
So much esoteric knowledge, I can't even.
Note to self: Never have a sword duel in autumn under foliage.
and remember your eye-drops.
This video was uploaded 7 yrs ago, and the stare down is still going!!!
I have ZERO idea what the context of this scene is, BUT HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, that was intense
"How did u read my attack??" "I was aiming at that leaf, lol"
We did that in elementary school and called it a stare down. You look away, laugh or blink, you lost.
Really beautiful. So delicate and raw. A brutality and beauty as one. Japanese cinema just hits that spot perfectly.
Staring contest, looked like they were trying to read each other's mind or waiting to see who would blink first.
If you have 6ft scalpel-matches on the regular, you know very damn well that in the kenjutsu game and ALL of the excellent and ennobling! daily practice of fencing, if you blink it's often all over.
Never, ever, trust a leaf!
Day of the rake when?
Especially the hidden ones
It ain’t a classic standoff without a leaf or two floating in the wind.
The point of the leaf is following intuition, the plane of action above reasoning.
As timing is everything, this shows how far the soul travels once you "leave" the mind behind
What the hell was I thinking then?
It's really funny to look back...
Nah ur comment is very lucid
Reason is a High Order action of consciousness, Intuition is a reflexive action ie. it is not a conscious act. Anyway, what the OP wrote is in upside down order: following Intuition is a Plane of action below Reason, and thus faster. With fewer moving paths.
I wanna say. I appreciate all of you whl commwnt these wonderful insights. You are the hidden gems that foster our world
Thank you falling leaf. We wudda been here all night otherwise.
the fact that these dudes are blankly staring into one another before they kill each other is equivalent of 2 cowboys in a duel
Where do you think Cowboys got it from?
Wait, the Cowboy cinematic genre came first...
But there were no show-downs in the old West...just tall tales.
There were lots of showdowns in Japanese history, well documented ones.
sigh
Don't know which culturally exploitive entertainment to cling to anymore!
" Hey look, a movie that doesn't use the same narration types and rythme than the one I grew up with and therefore is more difficult for me to understand. Let's mock that strange thing ".
Superbly crafted
Preoccupied by a single leaf... And you can't see the tree
Wow. 90% of the video is explanation
10% is the fight lmfao. So this is where anime came from
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try watching a sumo match among the top rikishi.
🤣u got that right...lol..
Rocky Dee thats the real life
😂😂😂😂😂
Flow State: The BOok of VOid nice
"The leaf let me in on it." (c) 😎
this was a great show, it got me into watching the other yearly NHK taiga dramas. Ten Chi Jin, Ryomaden, King of Zipangu, etc..
after all that buildup it was decided by simultaneous over head swings where the challenger didn't even attempt to use his superior reach.
“Listening with the soul they call it martial artist, being able to read your opponent mind or behavior” from hxh, honestly I always thought it was more using the 5 senses and analyzing the opponent to predict his patterns
He got his wig split.
roach boy b
Dude should have been more slick with his blinky.
They cut off the scene where he got his cheek busted later.
Home boy should have lock and socked him.
I watched this entire series a few years back (except the second to the last episode which was not on the list, and which sucked because a big confrontation was being set up). It was amazing. I don't speak Japanese and still don't, but after watching 50 something hours, I was starting to understand what they were saying before the subtitles came up. I was not so much understanding the specific words as much as the sentiment and who the person was talking about.
Did I mention this was amazing?
Where can we watch it?
That leaf just reminded me of the Serenity scene - I am a leaf on the wind
Watch me soar.
The6thRonin .......killed with a big wooden splinter too.
+ The6thRonin
Uhhhh...that technique didn't work out so well in the end.
Nooooo why'd you remind meee
How do Reavers clean their spears?
They put them through a wash lol 🤣🤣🤣
Their staring contest was more intense than the actual fight 😂😂😂😂😂
That is Jujutsu, every Samurai learnt it.
"The secret of aiki is to overpower the opponent mentally at a glance and to win without fighting." Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu.
Love the bird just going along in the back...
That was hard, epic!😈💟😈
THE SUSPENSE! THE INTENSITY IN MUSASHI'S EYES! THE TENSEION IN THE OPPONENT'S EXPRESSION! THE ONLOOKERS WITNESSING SHEER SKILL AND POWER! THE LEAF! OH THE LEAF FELL FOR AN ETERNITY!
Boooooring
Some say the leaf is still falling to this day
Have I just watched one of the greatest scenes ever?
lol I do not think so
Nay.
Nangid Kram I believe the scene on the beach where Musashi kills his opponent with a club he carved out of an oar. At least out of the three movies that is the one I like the best.
Nangid Kram yes
no, you didn't
- Did you read my thoughts?
- No, I went for the cliche anime ending.
Awsome fight. So many good points of eye contact.......
Shout out to @marko19914 who I think explains well the "the leaf let me in" sentence, my interpretation of it as follows (probably everybody knows this by now and I'm repeating myself and everything but, if so please bare with me): I think the leaf represents the principle of what in Aikido is called Irimi, which is the idea of getting into your opponents blind spot while stepping forward, outside the line of attack of the opponent. This is done in order to not receive the attack and move into the open spot of your opponent after the strike as an advantageous attack position(although in Aikido this is used to perform the technique, not to attack). The leaf highlights the attack line, which is being telegraphed as well by Katayama's pose. Musashi realizes about this and he decides to go outside the attack line and forward, striking Katayama. "The leaf let me in" is a poetic way of explaining this and adding drama ofc. If I'm wrong please let me know, thanks haha.
You might be right about the stance telegraphing possible suichoku giri from jodan. Might have been carried away by the shinto mysticism in this sentence + I guess they Katayama replying to his thoughts as if they were said aloud would support that as well.
Good! there is some truth there in that a technique is concern. However Minamoto Musashi main power for all his victories is the state of empty mind stale, like a true zen master. I think He is acting free and spontaneous to the challenge knowing that his mastering of body and mind will act accordantly. In this duel he did open the guard to his right side and wait for Katayama to strake first. Miyamoto Musashi moved to the right side to avoid the strake and in the same time passed the sword from the right to the left behind his head strait to the from head of Katayama. The leaf is a sort haiku for the state of freedom and spontaneity of the “empty mind”
This how I see it (I practice aikido and the five stands of Miyamoto Musashi I hope I understood)
Yes, I think that you are right. The Aikido's (better Daito's) Irimi principle, in this case, is applied within the SenSen timing after Metsuke (deep looking) principle.
Musashi is the guy with good hair, Katayama is the demon with bad hair and bad moves that got his head bonked...Wonderful acting while fighting over a sentient leaf...
@M Heisenberg lmao what
@M Heisenberg Your comment is grossly inaccurate.
Legend has it that when he was a teenager musashi defeated a sword-wielding tough with nothing more than a knife. The guy was a true mutant. Just naturally badass.
They're both great swordsman except Musashi because he's a strategist in kenjutsu and understands the advantages and the nature on its way.
But oriental people are good on economy, that why their art sold, even its pure bullsht
Le Minh Duc japanese beat the Russians, learn history before trying to teach it. Moron
Le Minh Duc I fancy myself a bit of a Swordsman, so I'd like to challenge you when you say that fighting isn't an art, it's a science.
I say it's BOTH. You need to have a firm understanding of both your body and your weapon and how to move them as one. That's the science. You also need to see your opponent and imagine how he will fight and construct a narrative for the fight where you will win. There are so many different ways to create that winning narrative, a person's creativity and spirit will naturally shine through. That's the art.
I have no pretensions that battle isn't brutal and horrific. I don't glorify killing in the slightest. Fencing is fun and has enriched my life. That's all.
GeneralHysterics This guy Le Minh Duc is not wrong about western vs oriental fighting though
Trying to add psychological depth with the reading thoughts and inner voice and so on. If you read Musashi's book, he is very unpretentious about his swordsmanship.
Seeing as mind games are also a part of swordplay and effective combat, this is not about pretentiousness, nor is it even about mind reading; it's about the state of mind of the two leading into their duel. The one used a bit of trickery that he's probably used in countless duels since realising he was an imposing figure, pretending to read his opponent's mind, Musashi ignored his trickery, whose purpose was to create self-doubt and unnecessary mental static before their fight. Since the correct answer is either seeing through it or ignoring it, Musashi won out. The falling leaf bit was just to throw his nonsense back into his face in a way he'd be thinking about for years.
Quick!.... Somebody put some Robitussin on his head! 🗣️
The Coppered Legend LMAO
Greeks would use Windex.
The staredown alone could have its own movie.
I swear they could have a samurai movie set in space and the random leaf will always make an appearance
Musashi is a legend. Musashi Miyamoto. Subete no hyo Musashi!
Admiral Nagumo must have known this story because he hesitated and hesitated waiting for leaf to fall during the battle of Midway. Unfortunately for Japanese this was middle of the ocean and the battleships were quickly set on fire by Americans, long before he was ready to act.
That was badass.
this scene was great.
I love the legendary samurai Musashi
musashi never attacked twice he finish all the enemy just one attack that is why he become legend undefeated
Flm zato icci sungguh melekat dlm ingatanku sejak aku masih akilbalik di bdg umur..10 thn 1962
Wonderful Kiri-Otoshi!
Myomoto Musashi never lost any recorded sword fights, great swordsman.
Patrick Dalton - it is said he lost one sword fight ... against his ultimate opponent ... death itself
Nope. He lost only one duel which was against Muso Gonnosuke. But he did win the first time round against him. In the rematch, Muso Gonnosuke came armed with a short staff called a Jo and defeated Musashi with it. And after that, Gonnosuke created his martial school called the Shinto Muso Ryu which focused on the use of the Jo. And is still being taught in Japan and around the world today
@@jwgoon There is no evidence outside of the schools teaching Jo techniques, that would profit from such a claim, that a second duel ever even took place, let alone that Musashi was defeated. Whatever happened was 500 years ago, so without multiple sources independently claiming it, there is no way to reasonably conclude it as fact. It is much more likely that this did not happen than did. But, 500 years later, we'll never know.
So they say, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. Legends are ordinary men, and great stories have a tendency to exaggerate astonishing feats.
@@jwgoon no he is clearly recorded as no lost duals
Like if you own and have read " the book of five rings "
Great book
vlad dracul I literally just finished reading it like an hour ago lol
Read it the first time in early seventies.
Straight up slaughters video game AI.
The last ring emptiness is what makes myamoto the greatest wouldnt you agree?
In addition, a stern email was sent.
Ahhh,I miss old day when I always played samurai warriors 2.
The man playing Katayama should have portrayed Musashi. Disheveled, unwashed and unkempt.
The greatest swordsman that ever lived!! I didn't know he went against Tengu... Now I know!! B.A.M.F.
The guy on the left probably looked more like Musashi in real life.
This was the most intensive STARING contest I've ever seen.
nobita from doraemon was the reason why musashi is always late at every duel, hahahaha,anyone saw that episode of doraemon?
yes i saw that episode where Nobita went back through time and met Musashi
you mean nobita from "find your love in japan" ? xd
Man of culture knows what he talks about. When Musashi became Nobita's disciple, that made me laugh so hard. I already read finished Musashi Novel back then
O início de Musashi.
extra-ordinary person. r.i.p.
Io amo questa scena.
I love this scene...
Onida.
This is long before the incident with Yujiro
Ahhh a Baki fan i see
Almost 4 minutes long, the battle only took 1 hit...and done, Wkwkwk
If you want to get philosophical, all fights only take one hit. The final one.
i was thinking the same but fights between samurais back then should be messy and quick because one little mistake there goes half of your face, not like star wars laser battle scenes.
Wkwkwk = indonesian
It's super effective
I mean, they could be beating the shit out of each other and the result would still be the same. This way is better as it saves a lot of energy and pain for the actors.
Well, that was better than the last 10 Hollywood films I've seen!
It’s like a damn soap opera staring at each other before the commercial!! LoL
The 3 mins of build-up tho
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Anyone thinking Musashi was a dirty, mountain weirdo kinda guy... you're confusing him with Mas Oyama.
Actually Oyama was inspired by Musashi to isolate himself in the mountains.
Mas Oyama's time in the mountains was publicised as his self exile In the wilderness to remove the modern world's distractions in his pursuits to find himself and perfect his training techniques.
So good was this publicity that his student would search him out to join him and train alongside in this wilderness.
What they didn't publicise was the fact that he was actually wanted by the police at the time LOL
Mas obama
Maz cantina
i remember watching saint seiya episode as a kid, its normal for 1 battle lasts 20 episode just to nostalgic and stare each other
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