Welp I’m the knife sharpener enthusiast like I sharp so many knife and sell them in my knife, I also sharpening katana and stuff, so I think this is why they’re recommended me
é isso aí meus amigos eles estão projetando a cena de crime eles acabaram e projetar um monte de baixaria com a falta de respeito isso na cara dodesejo a você se você está escrito que eles coloca a falta de respeito e o crime de mentira que nunca existiu que nunca existiu eles acabaram de projetar sobre a minha vida dentro do congresso emeles acabarem de projetar uma cena de crime uma atrás da outra sobre a minha vida junto com a área dentro de um congresso na cara Iris projeto sobre a minha vida e projetando crime e estou projetando a cena dos crimes que coloca projetado na cara do nada eles prova só o crime que
it's really inspiring how Japanese keep their traditions in a ceremonial form of arts, honor and sports. I hope we could be more serious to preserve the chinese traditions, lots of which have been lost because of few continued preservation nowadays.
not only the sports but a lot of real war schools still exist to this day, the so called "Koryu" schools, the style that I'm learning for example has more than 400 years. I feel like a part of the blame for the loss of Chinese culture is the ccp and their "pacification" of the people
@@djyppo That could be a reason. One of the few institutions that still teach serious combat skills are the national military schools. Not only were cultures and skills lost because masters were prosecuted during the cultural revolution, many ancient buildings were also torn down by mad activists at that time. However, many legacies were also lost in the previous dynasties before the ccp for different reasons
@@djyppo It's a little bit deeper than the CCP - it is said that India sacrificed its independence to preserve its traditions; China its traditions to preserve its independence. In the early 1900s, China underwent a 'doubt antiquity' movement, which recast in a skeptical light all the claims of Chinese tradition and history, for there was a lack of archeological evidence at the time. It was reflective of a much broader intellectual current which blamed Chinese traditions for the calamities that Chinese people as a whole were undergoing at the time. Even under the RoC government, China began to turn against its old traditions. Another part of this, as it relates to martial arts, is just goddamn depressing. Zhou Enlai, an otherwise pretty great leader, personally disliked the injuries and 'uncivilized bloodsport' aspect of early Chinese mixed martial arts, and effectively banned combat competitions in China, in favor of performance and tradition preservation. In the USA, MMA got through that lawless early period, to know what the hell they were doing. Because of this, Chinese martial arts culture descends from an unbroken line... of generations of people who never actually had to apply their martial arts, and learn how exactly it was supposed to work outside of forms, so little surprise when it doesn't actually work.
My jaw hit the floor when they talked about the smithing of the sword and showed the blade... That is the most beautyful thing I have ever seen. That is extreme craftmanship. Just wow....
Nandha Walrost a cool fast kicking guy once said “i am not afraid of a person who knows 10.000 moves, I’m more afraid to a person that practice 1 move 10.000 times” Edit : grammar is kinda cancer bcause im not born english
Thanks for the beautiful video! I stopped practicing kendo several years ago due to my profession as a pianist. It was one of the hardest decisions because I loved kendo so much. I am still cherishing all those great moments and life-learning experiences in the dojo. I miss it sooooo much...
May I ask why you actually stopped? To prevent your hands from damage or rather lack of time for training? The nice thing about kendo is that you can start again at any time. Futhermore I don‘t think you stopped doing kendo completely. Kendo is life. So many aspects of kendo aren‘t exclusive to kendo. This dedication that lead you to being a pianist is the same dedication you can find in kendo. Your career as a pianist profited well of your kendo experience and if you chose to start kendo again your kendo will profit from your dedication in playing the piano. Kendo will be a part of your life forever. Kendo is more than just consensual shouting at each other and hit each other with a „stick“. It‘s a state of mind. There might be people who say you can‘t do kendo on your own. I think you can. Suburi, foot work, reflecting on kendo. Keiko is the fun part about kendo, but reflection after keiko moves you forward. Even if it‘s not much fun to think about your own mistakes. So, don‘t be sad and keep going.
@@sontyp8271 yeah I agree. Kendo is for lifetime and it's an amazing journey. it's been more than 10 years already since I stopped practicing kendo. Yeah it was mainly for the possible injury of my hands, and I also was busy during my music school years. kendo practice is very dynamic and brutal exercise u know. It's the big part of it since it's a martial art learning. I had constant small bruises and damages on my wrist, elbow, shoulder from the drills and Geiko. and as I improve my skill it gets worse (meaning more fun). I vividly remember how my skills got better, how my body got faster with all the moves, and it's getting more and more fun... ichi dan, ni dan, san dan....crazy!!! you know how it hurts when u take hits on your kote even though you r wearing gears, and elbow and shoulder by mistakes can be very bad. so... I had to decide! I can't move like that again even though I have all the skills and moves in my head...lol I don't know about back to kendo, but Ive been interested in iaido since. hope I can grab a katana oneway. thanks for your thought!!
Its beautiful but purely show it has no tsuba and the indents would cause more friction reducing its cutting force of course its lower so doesn't matter as much but still it also though very barely weakens the blade
@@depressedasfook2893 The "indents" are called bo hi and they lighten nihonto significantly. Since they form an I-beam shape, almost no structural integrity at all is lost in the blade. The blade is also resting in shirasaya. No fittings other than the original habaki are used which is made solely for long term storage to protect the blade, so no tsuba would ever be on one. No master Japanese sword smith spends 18+ months purely for wall art either. These limited registered smiths in japan that are well known all around the world today make fully functional swords regardless of the engravings and design work. Not to mention that hamon on the blade is also the most basic least intricate variation, called suguha; a very straight line that is deferentially heat treated.
i agree but the biggest failing is the CONTENT,which is a complete croc of shit. nothing but drivel spouted by someone from kendo with very little knowledge on ANY of the true history of its roots
It is so inspiring to see the proper attitude of someone walking the path of attainment. He exudes the confidence of decades of sincere practice. One of the enlightened.
Deb Talukdar that is depending on if you want to focus in on melee combat or just warfare as a whole. Having said that, polearms have almost always been the predominant primary weapon of soldiers throughout history (think about things like spears or pikes or even pollaxes and partisans etc.); if you look at warfare as a whole, you could also deem bows and other projectile weapons (stoneslings, javelins) as primary weapons. Usually these people weilding their primaries would carry with them a sword or axe or something as a backup weapon, like if their primary broke or got lost, or just to surely finish someone off that is coming into closer range. One of the few places swords were primaries was in self-defense; simply because swords are easy to wear and carry around, which makes for great sidearms and everyday carry weapons (back then atleast).
@@chopstick1671 I always used to think that spear like weapons would not be very useful for armies during face to face combat, I imagine it would be very uncomfortable to fight with a long stick where the actual weapon is at the top end, also if soldiers are using spears as a long distance weapon (aiming and throwing it from some distance), it would become a one time carry. And there's no guarantee that you are going to hit anyone from that distance, and then the sword comes out when your spear is gone and you are in a hand to hand combat with your enemy. A bow makes much more sense as a long range weapon since one can carry a number of arrows with oneself.
Gassan is almost Godlike in his old style smithing abilities. Bless him for keeping the culture alive. He is in a great documentary regarding the "katana" in general and how why ahead of it's time it was when it was created.
I had become very interested in kendo, however i had already been enrolled in fencing and found many things from the two structured forms clashed, it put a sour taste in my mouth for structured technique, however i stumbled across a book which was ficitional in regards to its content however it was a japanese style story of a swordsman travelling deep into the mountain ranges of japan to find enlightenment from the deitengu, he stumbled across 3 deitengu conversing about kendo and other principles as the lesser tengu demonstrated each technique below the tree they sat, he paid respects and inquired if he could learn to fight as a tengu would, they laughed fiercely, and then began discussing with him the principles and the weight they carried, storys like when a centipede and snake where inquiring how the other lives the way they do, in the long and short the tengu told him to revel in his humanity and to not be distracted by what others could do, but to see that as his new limit to strengthen himself, and so i ended up loving structured technique after reading the book a few times
The title is "Demons sermon on the martial arts" i forget the author name unfortunately, however he states he had spent time in the temples and had created this book as his own kind of ancient text, which is why its considered fictional
Ive always had an appreciation for Kendo regardless of not being from Asian heritage but after watching this video it made me have a much greater respect and knowledge for it.
Glad to know more about Kendo. Interesting facts and very well presented. I'm a Kendo & Kyudo practitioner and working as an artist. Unfortunately, I had to stop Kendo due to arm injury. I hope I could practice Kendo along with Kyudo in the future. Kinda love both of it!
Kevin Reardon what is “true” swordsmanship though. All the technics showed here wouldn’t be able to kill an armed opponent since they are a dull down version of their previous iterations. The same can be said about sports fencing.
That's correct, you don't deserve one. However, remember, the greatest Samurai who ever lived, Myamoto Musashi... won a duel with a wooden oar from the boat he took to the duel, which he carved into a bokken and slew his Katana armed adversary with. He made his oar sword just a little longer than what he knew his opponents sword to be... a Katana is like a gun, useless without the hand which wields it. You are the spirit which animates it.
I personally found interest in Kendo because, I have an inner urge to fight. But not out of anger or violence, but for some reason, I enjoy friendly combat. I've worked in the private security sector and studied criminal justice, however I have recently left the field in pursuit of the medical field. Primarily because I wasn't satisfied that I've fulfilled my families legacy (I descend from Spanish crusaders/aristocrats). And healthcare is a cause I feel is truly noble; and so I have pursued it. However there's still that inner urge to fight for honor, as with my ancestors during tournaments for the royals. Kendo has allowed me to fight for honor. And fill my need to fight. Sounds odd, but for some reason that's how I feel about it. I don't like conflict, but I do enjoy how it feels to get honor from friendly combat with likeminded individuals, and saluting my opponent even if I lose in a combat sport.
Avenging Angel agree,If want more fighting sports,try judo or fencing,especially fencing if you want a more relaxed fighting style (it can be intense if you want) Kendo really improved my confidence
if you want to fight crime so shoot to kill any fucking punk you can, simply, if you have a gun and you can see any crime so shoot, kill and end of tale, cause if you want to have a katana to fight crime you will be killed quickly by any social shit that walk around armed maybe you born one or two century late because in this times kendo or fencing or any martial art has been struggle by GUNS, and that is the real state of thing in this world now, if you like martial arts so you can practice any of it, asian or european martial arts, but just like a sport to practice and have a good health you want to fight some crime? buy any pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, etc etc ( and be sure to have tons of ammno to practice to be good in it) and kill all the social scum you can, this way the world will be a better place to live
Yoru the legendary sword from one piece brought me here it all started with a fictional sword from an anime now I want to learn kendo and later on in the future own a katana one that is worthy of the greatness I will one day achieve
3:11 what a coincidence. I didn’t even seek this video out but I recognized the Wahiawa Hongwanji Mission (Kendo Club location in O’ahu Hawai’i ). I visited in 2014 for the Obon festival! It was beautiful and their community was so welcoming. Much respect to Hawaiian and Japanese cultures from California.
I study Chinese Kung Fu, with an emphasis on weapons. I really liked the presentation here as respectful and informative. Even though I study a different system, I also believe we can all benefit from 'mutual learning'...
Um, okay. I never said that I do 'Monkey Style' (I don't). Any style that has been around for hundreds of years will work, you just have to be good at it. I don't claim to be good either. I just love the arts. My study is more philosophical, and less barroom brawl. Also, I specified that I liked the weapons, so I'm not sure how you'll be "pounding ya head in the dirt" when I've got three feet of razor sharp steel in my hands - philosophically speaking. :)
and that is what it shut always be only use it for self defending but kung fu kind of got a bit out dated when mma got on the stage ( for thoes that know how to fight in the ring or even streets ) as you know most fights end up in a ko or ina clinch and in a clinch we go to the ground taking the other dude out of his comfort zone n into ours but its all good martial art practing for the soul no doubt there just not my choice of self defends ;)
Godfather : Your response to Madness is lack of respect and an embarrassment to all martial arts forms what they’re stand for. You’re comment prove you have little or no wisdom at all. You have low to no comprehension skill to what he said about sharing knowledge will benefit all. In stead, you challenge him to a fight over the internet. You said your mom taught you to tell the truth. Can you accept the truth of what you are?
It is important to know that the katana is not the best sword ever made. European swords were way better, because Europeans started forging iron 1000 years earlier than the Japanese. A European sword is made of better steel and can easily break a katana. There are scientific studies and videos about this. However, Japanese culture is beautiful, but maybe over hyped.
The only game which they give each other an immense respect after the match. No harsh word not even a harsh look, jst smiling n appreciate each other for their work n efforts put in after years of training.
May be the Filipinos can say that Arnis is the principle of bolo fighting. I remember the old folks in my town how they learn and trained arnis so they will know how to use the bolo in a fight. The Arnis using woods or bamboo makes training safe.
But over the long or the short you will have to use the real stuff, otherwise you may have knowledge concerning the techniques but no real time experience on a real weapon. And there is definitely a considerable difference in many ways.
In my younger days when I took up Kendo and other martial arts, I felt the same way as the speaker, and still do, about respect and social conduct. But I had a nagging thoughts about the phoniness of the Kendo matches. The scoring system is very strict. I am not saying that Kendo practitioners are not skilled in Kendo. I am saying that if the practitioners were to use real swords in a match, even a friendly match, and not with a shinai, they would be a lot more calculating and cautious with their moves due to the fact that even a slight contact with a blade on any part of the body can cause serious injury. However, points are only given to strikes on the specific parts of the body. The contestants have complete disregard for injuries because injuries are rare to none in Kendo matches.
Tyrone Kim you have a really good point there.. And maybe for the sake for being a sport discipline and not real bujutsu kendo is softened to the point that it became something different from its roots really. Luckily, there is enough kenjutsu styles there if one is lucky enough to find such dojo in his city.
That's a good point. Considering that the old fashioned way to test blades were duels or human bodies kendo was the next best thing. Also, maybe kendo was used to help tone done aggression in peacetime while still creating a difficult sport.
Phoniness is probably too strong a word to use. I practised Kendo for close to 8 years before I quit because I started training in Koryu Kenjutsu. Specifically Tatsumi Ryu. The reason why Kendo has such a striking system is because Kendo wants to incorporate certain attributes in its practitioners hence thats why the strikes are only to the Men, Kote and Do and one thrust to the throat. And yes, unfortunately, the Shinai is a poor representation of a sword. It really is nothing more than a light weight tubular stick but for safety and for scoring matches, it is a perfect tool. Modern Kendo has very little to do with its Koryu Kenjutsu antecedent in terms of the actual mechanics but it still has many intangible concepts like distancing (maai), timing (hyoshin) and awareness (zanshin) built into its framework courtesy of Koryu Kenjutsu specifically from the Itto Ryu. So in order to cultivate these factors into practitioners on a large scale, Kendo was modified to become a sport like scoring system so that it became a lot easier to teach to large groups and to create a competition environment. The end of WW2 also forced the Japanese to change a lot of the prevailing martial arts into more peaceful watered down versions of their original selves so that they could gain approval and recognition by the Americans and the public in general. So in short, modern Kendo today isn't about fighting in a life and death manner with actual swords but more about cultivating Japanese martial and moral characteristics in its practitioners.
That's the same thing with competitive sparring in any weapon art - the bottom line is, it's hard to replicate the fear of death, or horrible injury in a sport, especially if you're conscientious about safety.
Maybe eliminate scoring. First good strike wins as with a real sword. They make a make deal about balance and poise, so lucky hit when off balance doesn't cut but in real life, a sloppy cut still can kill.
Excellent presentation. I studied aikido for several years and I can appreciate much of what you have said. Well done in terms of the explanation and overall production.
Years ago I came across some lore of the katana, specifically the long katana, to the effect that one was never re-sheathed without drawing blood. Is there any historical legitimacy to this?
5:48 The kusanagi no Tsurugi of the imperial regalia was a double-edged straight blade that appeared 1,000 years before the katana. The Katana was invented in the mongol invasions of the 1200's, and by then the emperor wasn't even in power.
@PusabumCanuck Wrong, Yari and Naginata were the main weapons when on a battlefield. Samurai have katanas as a weapon to carry with them at all times, and a sidearm.
Samurai were mostly using different types of yari, daikyu (war bows), naginata, tetsubo/kanabo/konsaibo, otsuchi, nagamaki, odachi, tachi (katana's ancestor, was longer and slightly more curved) even chinese liuye dao, chang dao, guan dao and muskets. Not every samurais could afford the daisho (katana + wakizashi or tachi + wakizashi, and a third belt weapon called tanto). Saying a samurai is a swordsman beforehand would have been considered quite an insult (you would have been beheaded for that offense). They were mostly horseback archers, which is even more complicated than using a sword on foot. This is also a very famous tradition called "Yabusame" in Japan.
I saw a manga about it and it says Kendo teaches you patience. And this clip adds 'respect', that also explains about Harakiri. Respect your opponent for he rather die on his own sword than yours.
I've wanted to practice Kendo since I tried fencing as a kid. I've been trying to find a dojo here in Tampa. Hopefully one day I can finally give it a shot.
To more accurately reconstruct the martial skills that a fighting samurai would have had you'd have to train kendo, kenjutsu, iaido, sojutsu, kyudo, and classical jujutsu, as well as Japanese horsemanship.
@@connorperrett9559 Yeah I know, Idk if you would need to practice kendo tho, rather sparring in general as Kendo is basically kenjutsu made into a simplified sport
@@daggercatz7297 Many of the principles of kendo are good training tools to get into the mindset of a genuine fight even if they are not 1:1 approximations. You could leave tradition behind and do reconstructive sparring in the way that HEMA and HAMA do, and I know there are groups that do that, though that might be frowned upon in many ways. Even tournament sparring in HEMA is unfortunately starting to sportify at this point.
@@daggercatz7297 HEMA is Historical European Martial Arts and HAMA is Historical African Martial Arts. The former seeks to reconstruct the historical combat arts of Medieval and Early Modern Europe, and the latter seeks to reconstruct the historical combat arts of Pre-Colonial Africa. What you were talking about with pressure sparring using techniques meant solely for sharp steel swords is basically what those two martial arts seek to do, which is why I mentioned them in my reply.
@WIKIPEDIA I agree for the most of the part But I don't agree for the last one because Kendo is more to be like a sport. Every Japanese martial art that ends with "do" is sport (such as "kendo", "kyudo", "iaido", and more) The sword martial art used by samurai is kenjutsu, and that's really for realistic sword combat
_Weeb_ is just a derogatory term. It's used by trolls intending to hurt your feelings. It tells you more about them than it does about yourself. So don't worry about it.
Johnny English, PhD, no its actually a thing that normal people like i use. People who are actual weeaboos don’t have a real life. Living in a material anime world is not living. You won’t go to your grave being proud of being a weeb. I was simply joking, nobody here has called me a weeb.
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413, Well these are both subjective... 1. Normal people. 2. Living a real life. I never implied that I was a "weeb". I never implied that any person would be proud of being a "weeb", nor dying as a "weeb". And I never implied that someone here called you a "weeb". That was all created in your own imagination.
Johnny English, PhD, you referred to the subject in the second person rather than saying it in a hypothetical third person. This gave me the impression of you were trying to console me, and not just anyone. You have mistaken your own comment. The wording suggests something that you do not in the second reply.
The blade is so beautiful.
Give it a name
@HenryDavidT Not even for self defense?
HenryDavidT to me it’s a work of art...it’s really beautiful.the blade has it’s own story
@HenryDavidT Or modern weaponry simply lost its artistic beautiful.
@@311man2 chunchunmaru
I got recommended Kendo video on UA-cam. 2 days later I've watched 50 hours of kendo videos and wanna join a club. thanks youtube.
And did you join? :D I can tell, you'd nkt regret it
It’s a lot of work but it’s good exercise and play. Even without a club.
But 2 days is 48 hours, and even if it’s a general meaning, you haven’t eaten or slept
DEVOTION
Also I can tell it’s a joke so yh
Welp I’m the knife sharpener enthusiast like I sharp so many knife and sell them in my knife, I also sharpening katana and stuff, so I think this is why they’re recommended me
é isso aí meus amigos eles estão projetando a cena de crime eles acabaram e projetar um monte de baixaria com a falta de respeito isso na cara dodesejo a você se você está escrito que eles coloca a falta de respeito e o crime de mentira que nunca existiu que nunca existiu eles acabaram de projetar sobre a minha vida dentro do congresso emeles acabarem de projetar uma cena de crime uma atrás da outra sobre a minha vida junto com a área dentro de um congresso na cara Iris projeto sobre a minha vida e projetando crime e estou projetando a cena dos crimes que coloca projetado na cara do nada eles prova só o crime que
it's really inspiring how Japanese keep their traditions in a ceremonial form of arts, honor and sports. I hope we could be more serious to preserve the chinese traditions, lots of which have been lost because of few continued preservation nowadays.
not only the sports but a lot of real war schools still exist to this day, the so called "Koryu" schools, the style that I'm learning for example has more than 400 years. I feel like a part of the blame for the loss of Chinese culture is the ccp and their "pacification" of the people
@@djyppo That could be a reason. One of the few institutions that still teach serious combat skills are the national military schools. Not only were cultures and skills lost because masters were prosecuted during the cultural revolution, many ancient buildings were also torn down by mad activists at that time. However, many legacies were also lost in the previous dynasties before the ccp for different reasons
Indeed
中国传统文化毁于中共
@@djyppo It's a little bit deeper than the CCP - it is said that India sacrificed its independence to preserve its traditions; China its traditions to preserve its independence. In the early 1900s, China underwent a 'doubt antiquity' movement, which recast in a skeptical light all the claims of Chinese tradition and history, for there was a lack of archeological evidence at the time. It was reflective of a much broader intellectual current which blamed Chinese traditions for the calamities that Chinese people as a whole were undergoing at the time. Even under the RoC government, China began to turn against its old traditions.
Another part of this, as it relates to martial arts, is just goddamn depressing. Zhou Enlai, an otherwise pretty great leader, personally disliked the injuries and 'uncivilized bloodsport' aspect of early Chinese mixed martial arts, and effectively banned combat competitions in China, in favor of performance and tradition preservation. In the USA, MMA got through that lawless early period, to know what the hell they were doing. Because of this, Chinese martial arts culture descends from an unbroken line... of generations of people who never actually had to apply their martial arts, and learn how exactly it was supposed to work outside of forms, so little surprise when it doesn't actually work.
My jaw hit the floor when they talked about the smithing of the sword and showed the blade... That is the most beautyful thing I have ever seen. That is extreme craftmanship. Just wow....
10:26 that counter was so fkin clean
years of basic move practice, absolutely a persistent practicioner
Beautiful
Nandha Walrost a cool fast kicking guy once said “i am not afraid of a person who knows 10.000 moves, I’m more afraid to a person that practice 1 move 10.000 times”
Edit : grammar is kinda cancer bcause im not born english
you'll see more cleaner ones if you watch tournament videos haha
Thanks for the beautiful video!
I stopped practicing kendo several years ago due to my profession as a pianist. It was one of the hardest decisions because I loved kendo so much. I am still cherishing all those great moments and life-learning experiences in the dojo. I miss it sooooo much...
May I ask why you actually stopped? To prevent your hands from damage or rather lack of time for training?
The nice thing about kendo is that you can start again at any time. Futhermore I don‘t think you stopped doing kendo completely. Kendo is life. So many aspects of kendo aren‘t exclusive to kendo. This dedication that lead you to being a pianist is the same dedication you can find in kendo. Your career as a pianist profited well of your kendo experience and if you chose to start kendo again your kendo will profit from your dedication in playing the piano.
Kendo will be a part of your life forever. Kendo is more than just consensual shouting at each other and hit each other with a „stick“. It‘s a state of mind.
There might be people who say you can‘t do kendo on your own. I think you can. Suburi, foot work, reflecting on kendo. Keiko is the fun part about kendo, but reflection after keiko moves you forward. Even if it‘s not much fun to think about your own mistakes. So, don‘t be sad and keep going.
@@sontyp8271 yeah I agree. Kendo is for lifetime and it's an amazing journey.
it's been more than 10 years already since I stopped practicing kendo. Yeah it was mainly for the possible injury of my hands, and I also was busy during my music school years.
kendo practice is very dynamic and brutal exercise u know. It's the big part of it since it's a martial art learning. I had constant small bruises and damages on my wrist, elbow, shoulder from the drills and Geiko. and as I improve my skill it gets worse (meaning more fun). I vividly remember how my skills got better, how my body got faster with all the moves, and it's getting more and more fun... ichi dan, ni dan, san dan....crazy!!! you know how it hurts when u take hits on your kote even though you r wearing gears, and elbow and shoulder by mistakes can be very bad. so... I had to decide!
I can't move like that again even though I have all the skills and moves in my head...lol
I don't know about back to kendo, but Ive been interested in iaido since. hope I can grab a katana oneway.
thanks for your thought!!
5:45 that's gotta be the most beautiful sword i've ever seen
Its beautiful but purely show it has no tsuba and the indents would cause more friction reducing its cutting force of course its lower so doesn't matter as much but still it also though very barely weakens the blade
"Engravings offer no tactical advantage."
@@SirDankleberry hence the word beautiful and not Tactical
@@hyperkaioken4982 It's a quote.
@@depressedasfook2893 The "indents" are called bo hi and they lighten nihonto significantly. Since they form an I-beam shape, almost no structural integrity at all is lost in the blade. The blade is also resting in shirasaya. No fittings other than the original habaki are used which is made solely for long term storage to protect the blade, so no tsuba would ever be on one. No master Japanese sword smith spends 18+ months purely for wall art either. These limited registered smiths in japan that are well known all around the world today make fully functional swords regardless of the engravings and design work. Not to mention that hamon on the blade is also the most basic least intricate variation, called suguha; a very straight line that is deferentially heat treated.
Did this art for 16yrs in the 80s and 90 s but had to stop !! But it never goes away! Thank you for the happy memories
Man that was one of the most beautiful swords I seen that old dude had
Very beautiful presentation...the info and content, the style, the background music and video quality. Thank you.
Yes, this was an EXCELLENT presentation.
i agree but the biggest failing is the CONTENT,which is a complete croc of shit.
nothing but drivel spouted by someone from kendo with very little knowledge on ANY of the true history of its roots
jadekayak01
THANK YOU
I'm more impressed by that crazy engraving on that one sword.
Sad that we cant see any hamon though
There is a hamon and it's straight (runs through the curve of the sharp edge). It's called suguha.
I like a hamon but not a crazy insane one that stands out too much
Some of the best Katana ever made has a hamon that is well hidden. Like a soul inside the blade.
Wow! This is awesome. Beautifully recorded!
Thank you for this beautiful insight in your art.
It is so inspiring to see the proper attitude of someone walking the path of attainment.
He exudes the confidence of decades of sincere practice.
One of the enlightened.
“the most powerful weapon before the gun” *sad historical accuracy noices*
i think he was talking about the sword in general
Rafael the sword still was a sidearm (most of the time) and not the primary weapon
@@chopstick1671 what was the primary weapon?
Deb Talukdar that is depending on if you want to focus in on melee combat or just warfare as a whole. Having said that, polearms have almost always been the predominant primary weapon of soldiers throughout history (think about things like spears or pikes or even pollaxes and partisans etc.); if you look at warfare as a whole, you could also deem bows and other projectile weapons (stoneslings, javelins) as primary weapons. Usually these people weilding their primaries would carry with them a sword or axe or something as a backup weapon, like if their primary broke or got lost, or just to surely finish someone off that is coming into closer range. One of the few places swords were primaries was in self-defense; simply because swords are easy to wear and carry around, which makes for great sidearms and everyday carry weapons (back then atleast).
@@chopstick1671 I always used to think that spear like weapons would not be very useful for armies during face to face combat, I imagine it would be very uncomfortable to fight with a long stick where the actual weapon is at the top end, also if soldiers are using spears as a long distance weapon (aiming and throwing it from some distance), it would become a one time carry. And there's no guarantee that you are going to hit anyone from that distance, and then the sword comes out when your spear is gone and you are in a hand to hand combat with your enemy. A bow makes much more sense as a long range weapon since one can carry a number of arrows with oneself.
Love this discipline. Would love to learn more now I’m retired. Albert In Aus.
Gassan is almost Godlike in his old style smithing abilities. Bless him for keeping the culture alive.
He is in a great documentary regarding the "katana" in general and how why ahead of it's time it was when it was created.
Great presentation, I really enjoyed it.
Thank you.
I really loved this video, it makes me wish for the day when I can return to Kendo as my time was far too short due to injury...
That sucks. Hope you can get back to it!
I had become very interested in kendo, however i had already been enrolled in fencing and found many things from the two structured forms clashed, it put a sour taste in my mouth for structured technique, however i stumbled across a book which was ficitional in regards to its content however it was a japanese style story of a swordsman travelling deep into the mountain ranges of japan to find enlightenment from the deitengu, he stumbled across 3 deitengu conversing about kendo and other principles as the lesser tengu demonstrated each technique below the tree they sat, he paid respects and inquired if he could learn to fight as a tengu would, they laughed fiercely, and then began discussing with him the principles and the weight they carried, storys like when a centipede and snake where inquiring how the other lives the way they do, in the long and short the tengu told him to revel in his humanity and to not be distracted by what others could do, but to see that as his new limit to strengthen himself, and so i ended up loving structured technique after reading the book a few times
What book was that? It sounds very good
The title is "Demons sermon on the martial arts" i forget the author name unfortunately, however he states he had spent time in the temples and had created this book as his own kind of ancient text, which is why its considered fictional
@@brendansmith9674 author is Issai Chozanshi
beautiful documentary. this man has the spirit of Budo.
Ive always had an appreciation for Kendo regardless of not being from Asian heritage but after watching this video it made me have a much greater respect and knowledge for it.
Klid těla a mysli, soustředění srdce a duše, moc děkuji:),,,
Kendo is a sport that I love as well and not just that I live in Hawaiian island called Maui I love what you said and what you do
Glad to know more about Kendo. Interesting facts and very well presented. I'm a Kendo & Kyudo practitioner and working as an artist. Unfortunately, I had to stop Kendo due to arm injury. I hope I could practice Kendo along with Kyudo in the future. Kinda love both of it!
What injury?
Such a beautiful piece of art, I would love to own one of those swords.
4:50 someone fell into hell
😄 Yeah, probably would sound something like that.
OddOneOut 1 oddly your name sounds like a UA-camr
@Joe 4769
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Well done! I will start practicing Kendo too!
2:43 Damn, his guts would've been hanging out after that one.
Basically 😂
Kendo is a beautiful sport. I sparred with my friend, Danny, when we were in Middle and High school. I have a strong urge to pick it up again.
Hey i seen Gassan Sadatoshi before in another documentary. He's a master at what he does.
I'm glad to see this shows true swordsmanship. Thank you.
Kevin Reardon what is “true” swordsmanship though. All the technics showed here wouldn’t be able to kill an armed opponent since they are a dull down version of their previous iterations. The same can be said about sports fencing.
That is really awesome! It is good to know you and others are keeping this art, honor, and way of life alive! Jonathan :)
A Beautiful, and respecful way as martial art, but also as a way of life .
all I can say is wow. I have always wanted an authentic Japanese sword but after watching this i realize that I don't deserve one.
Don't idolize it because remember it is just a steel blade. But if you must then refer to Saving Private Ryan, "Earn it."
It's just a piece cutting tool overly romanticized by Hollywood and some martial arts practitioners.
agentofchaos1 I already see these comments are about to start getting ridiculous. thanks for the suggestions but I'm good people
That's correct, you don't deserve one.
However, remember, the greatest Samurai who ever lived, Myamoto Musashi... won a duel with a wooden oar from the boat he took to the duel, which he carved into a bokken and slew his Katana armed adversary with. He made his oar sword just a little longer than what he knew his opponents sword to be... a Katana is like a gun, useless without the hand which wields it. You are the spirit which animates it.
Well, there's a way to earn it. Now THAT would be worth it.
That blade gives me chills
When she said 😩😩 at 4:51 I felt that
Domo arigato gozaimashita, from a Kendo student in Texas, Semper Fidelis, Keep Fighting the Good Fight , Keep Up the Great Work!!! Oorah Carry On!!!
I personally found interest in Kendo because, I have an inner urge to fight. But not out of anger or violence, but for some reason, I enjoy friendly combat. I've worked in the private security sector and studied criminal justice, however I have recently left the field in pursuit of the medical field. Primarily because I wasn't satisfied that I've fulfilled my families legacy (I descend from Spanish crusaders/aristocrats). And healthcare is a cause I feel is truly noble; and so I have pursued it. However there's still that inner urge to fight for honor, as with my ancestors during tournaments for the royals. Kendo has allowed me to fight for honor. And fill my need to fight. Sounds odd, but for some reason that's how I feel about it. I don't like conflict, but I do enjoy how it feels to get honor from friendly combat with likeminded individuals, and saluting my opponent even if I lose in a combat sport.
Avenging Angel agree,If want more fighting sports,try judo or fencing,especially fencing if you want a more relaxed fighting style (it can be intense if you want)
Kendo really improved my confidence
Avenging Angel youre a jedi lol
Jokes aside sounds awesome the way you think
Avenging Angel wow that's how I feel and have always felt. I thought I was the only one left who still though like that.
I may not be alone after all
if you want to fight crime so shoot to kill any fucking punk you can, simply, if you have a gun and you can see any crime so shoot, kill and end of tale, cause if you want to have a katana to fight crime you will be killed quickly by any social shit that walk around armed
maybe you born one or two century late because in this times kendo or fencing or any martial art has been struggle by GUNS, and that is the real state of thing in this world
now, if you like martial arts so you can practice any of it, asian or european martial arts, but just like a sport to practice and have a good health
you want to fight some crime? buy any pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, etc etc ( and be sure to have tons of ammno to practice to be good in it) and kill all the social scum you can, this way the world will be a better place to live
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
Yoru the legendary sword from one piece brought me here it all started with a fictional sword from an anime now I want to learn kendo and later on in the future own a katana one that is worthy of the greatness I will one day achieve
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing!
Never has a crafted chunk of metal inspired so much awe.. I really enjoyed this!
3:11 what a coincidence. I didn’t even seek this video out but I recognized the Wahiawa Hongwanji Mission (Kendo Club location in O’ahu Hawai’i ). I visited in 2014 for the Obon festival! It was beautiful and their community was so welcoming. Much respect to Hawaiian and Japanese cultures from California.
I study Chinese Kung Fu, with an emphasis on weapons. I really liked the presentation here as respectful and informative. Even though I study a different system, I also believe we can all benefit from 'mutual learning'...
Um, okay. I never said that I do 'Monkey Style' (I don't). Any style that has been around for hundreds of years will work, you just have to be good at it. I don't claim to be good either. I just love the arts. My study is more philosophical, and less barroom brawl.
Also, I specified that I liked the weapons, so I'm not sure how you'll be "pounding ya head in the dirt" when I've got three feet of razor sharp steel in my hands - philosophically speaking. :)
and that is what it shut always be only use it for self defending but kung fu kind of got a bit out dated when mma got on the stage ( for thoes that know how to fight in the ring or even streets ) as you know most fights end up in a ko or ina clinch and in a clinch we go to the ground taking the other dude out of his comfort zone n into ours but its all good martial art practing for the soul no doubt there just not my choice of self defends ;)
Godfather : Your response to Madness is lack of respect and an embarrassment to all martial arts forms what they’re stand for. You’re comment prove you have little or no wisdom at all. You have low to no comprehension skill to what he said about sharing knowledge will benefit all. In stead, you challenge him to a fight over the internet. You said your mom taught you to tell the truth. Can you accept the truth of what you are?
godfather: judo and jujutsu have their origin in kung fu in chinese kung fu, idiot.
❤🇯🇵❤, eine wunderbare Sportart ❤🇯🇵❤
true and very important to know
It is important to know that the katana is not the best sword ever made. European swords were way better, because Europeans started forging iron 1000 years earlier than the Japanese. A European sword is made of better steel and can easily break a katana. There are scientific studies and videos about this. However, Japanese culture is beautiful, but maybe over hyped.
Thanks very much for the video , Your excellent presentation gave me an understanding of the spirit that Kendo has to offer.
Holy smokes, this was Great!
This was truly educational, thank you.
Прекрасный фильм , божественной красоты меч.
wirklich?
Fascinating. Great video. I learned so much from you. Thank you. I have been training with Rapier for nearly 40 years in the Italian style.
That blade is illegal to be that beautiful
The only game which they give each other an immense respect after the match. No harsh word not even a harsh look, jst smiling n appreciate each other for their work n efforts put in after years of training.
Japanese culture is one of the most beautiful things
My takeaway from this is simple...respect!!! Well done fella
Zoro wants to know your location.
Thank you for sharing this great art anything that has character building is good and only makes us better martial artist.
May be the Filipinos can say that Arnis is the principle of bolo fighting. I remember the old folks in my town how they learn and trained arnis so they will know how to use the bolo in a fight. The Arnis using woods or bamboo makes training safe.
But over the long or the short you will have to use the real stuff, otherwise you may have knowledge concerning the techniques but no real time experience on a real weapon. And there is definitely a considerable difference in many ways.
Práctico kendo desde hace 40 años y aún sigo aprendiendo y practicando como un alumno más
5:51 That Shinto part is what I don’t get
Thank you for sharing your interesting information about Kendo. Well done :-)
In my younger days when I took up Kendo and other martial arts, I felt the same way as the speaker, and still do, about respect and social conduct. But I had a nagging thoughts about the phoniness of the Kendo matches. The scoring system is very strict. I am not saying that Kendo practitioners are not skilled in Kendo. I am saying that if the practitioners were to use real swords in a match, even a friendly match, and not with a shinai, they would be a lot more calculating and cautious with their moves due to the fact that even a slight contact with a blade on any part of the body can cause serious injury. However, points are only given to strikes on the specific parts of the body. The contestants have complete disregard for injuries because injuries are rare to none in Kendo matches.
Tyrone Kim you have a really good point there.. And maybe for the sake for being a sport discipline and not real bujutsu kendo is softened to the point that it became something different from its roots really. Luckily, there is enough kenjutsu styles there if one is lucky enough to find such dojo in his city.
That's a good point. Considering that the old fashioned way to test blades were duels or human bodies kendo was the next best thing. Also, maybe kendo was used to help tone done aggression in peacetime while still creating a difficult sport.
Phoniness is probably too strong a word to use. I practised Kendo for close to 8 years before I quit because I started training in Koryu Kenjutsu. Specifically Tatsumi Ryu. The reason why Kendo has such a striking system is because Kendo wants to incorporate certain attributes in its practitioners hence thats why the strikes are only to the Men, Kote and Do and one thrust to the throat. And yes, unfortunately, the Shinai is a poor representation of a sword. It really is nothing more than a light weight tubular stick but for safety and for scoring matches, it is a perfect tool. Modern Kendo has very little to do with its Koryu Kenjutsu antecedent in terms of the actual mechanics but it still has many intangible concepts like distancing (maai), timing (hyoshin) and awareness (zanshin) built into its framework courtesy of Koryu Kenjutsu specifically from the Itto Ryu. So in order to cultivate these factors into practitioners on a large scale, Kendo was modified to become a sport like scoring system so that it became a lot easier to teach to large groups and to create a competition environment. The end of WW2 also forced the Japanese to change a lot of the prevailing martial arts into more peaceful watered down versions of their original selves so that they could gain approval and recognition by the Americans and the public in general. So in short, modern Kendo today isn't about fighting in a life and death manner with actual swords but more about cultivating Japanese martial and moral characteristics in its practitioners.
That's the same thing with competitive sparring in any weapon art - the bottom line is, it's hard to replicate the fear of death, or horrible injury in a sport, especially if you're conscientious about safety.
Maybe eliminate scoring. First good strike wins as with a real sword. They make a make deal about balance and poise, so lucky hit when off balance doesn't cut but in real life, a sloppy cut still can kill.
Excellent presentation. I studied aikido for several years and I can appreciate much of what you have said. Well done in terms of the explanation and overall production.
Years ago I came across some lore of the katana, specifically the long katana, to the effect that one was never re-sheathed without drawing blood.
Is there any historical legitimacy to this?
no
The muramasas may be worth looking into.
Maramasa blades. That’s what your thinking about.
@8:46....that's one amazing engraved design
The best offence is the best defence , says every gun owner .
4:50 someone fell into hell
The best defense, is more offense - Johnny Lawrence
very nice
5:48 The kusanagi no Tsurugi of the imperial regalia was a double-edged straight blade that appeared 1,000 years before the katana. The Katana was invented in the mongol invasions of the 1200's, and by then the emperor wasn't even in power.
I will remember what you said as I begin my own journey- mastering flamenco guitar.
The most powerful weapon was either the spear or bow before the gun...
Ikr. Bows were the samurai's primary, the sword was a very effective sidearm. But katana are sexy, so there you have your pop-culture
@@Metalignant incorrect. All samurai were required to learn katana, as the primary, plus two secondary weapons and, allegedly, an art.
@PusabumCanuck Wrong, Yari and Naginata were the main weapons when on a battlefield. Samurai have katanas as a weapon to carry with them at all times, and a sidearm.
Samurai were mostly using different types of yari, daikyu (war bows), naginata, tetsubo/kanabo/konsaibo, otsuchi, nagamaki, odachi, tachi (katana's ancestor, was longer and slightly more curved) even chinese liuye dao, chang dao, guan dao and muskets.
Not every samurais could afford the daisho (katana + wakizashi or tachi + wakizashi, and a third belt weapon called tanto).
Saying a samurai is a swordsman beforehand would have been considered quite an insult (you would have been beheaded for that offense). They were mostly horseback archers, which is even more complicated than using a sword on foot. This is also a very famous tradition called "Yabusame" in Japan.
@@Doomguy-777 Tachi were worn differently right?
Humility is the way of living! I have trained Sho tokan karate and Wushu, to stll your mind is everything.
5:05 when mummie doesn’t give me tendies
I saw a manga about it and it says Kendo teaches you patience. And this clip adds 'respect', that also explains about Harakiri. Respect your opponent for he rather die on his own sword than yours.
この人の英語めっちゃヒアリングの勉強なる
Great Documentary . Thank You
Does anyone know the ost starting at 5:11 and ending at 8:50?
It’s been 2 years and you still haven’t gotten a response, I sadly don’t know though :/
I've wanted to practice Kendo since I tried fencing as a kid. I've been trying to find a dojo here in Tampa. Hopefully one day I can finally give it a shot.
I read these books called the Taiko, and then Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa . I started studying kendo after this.
Kinda wish I knew about Kendo when I lived in Hawai'i, I might have meet this guy
Kendo would be so cool if it was actually how Samurai really fought.
To more accurately reconstruct the martial skills that a fighting samurai would have had you'd have to train kendo, kenjutsu, iaido, sojutsu, kyudo, and classical jujutsu, as well as Japanese horsemanship.
@@connorperrett9559 Yeah I know, Idk if you would need to practice kendo tho, rather sparring in general as Kendo is basically kenjutsu made into a simplified sport
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Many of the principles of kendo are good training tools to get into the mindset of a genuine fight even if they are not 1:1 approximations. You could leave tradition behind and do reconstructive sparring in the way that HEMA and HAMA do, and I know there are groups that do that, though that might be frowned upon in many ways. Even tournament sparring in HEMA is unfortunately starting to sportify at this point.
@@connorperrett9559 I have barely any clue what you said right there but youre probably right
@@daggercatz7297 HEMA is Historical European Martial Arts and HAMA is Historical African Martial Arts. The former seeks to reconstruct the historical combat arts of Medieval and Early Modern Europe, and the latter seeks to reconstruct the historical combat arts of Pre-Colonial Africa. What you were talking about with pressure sparring using techniques meant solely for sharp steel swords is basically what those two martial arts seek to do, which is why I mentioned them in my reply.
Very well presented, great production values....I learned a lot..Mahalo. I'm just not starting my Kendo training via online, every bit helps
I want to learn Kendo but Kendo costs quite a lot for people who have a limited amount of cash. FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Jia L. F
I mean, the dojo can sort of help with equipment. Like borrow a shinai and bokuto. The hakama and gi don’t cost TOO much
Love the look of that sword
the most powerful sword he said...
A fucking myth
@WIKIPEDIA
I agree for the most of the part
But I don't agree for the last one because Kendo is more to be like a sport. Every Japanese martial art that ends with "do" is sport (such as "kendo", "kyudo", "iaido", and more)
The sword martial art used by samurai is kenjutsu, and that's really for realistic sword combat
@WIKIPEDIA
If you're looking for real samurai sword combat, kenjutsu is for you
Bruh
Amazing..tq for sharing..
I feel like such a weeb after watching all this.
_Weeb_ is just a derogatory term. It's used by trolls intending to hurt your feelings. It tells you more about them than it does about yourself. So don't worry about it.
Johnny English, PhD, no its actually a thing that normal people like i use. People who are actual weeaboos don’t have a real life. Living in a material anime world is not living. You won’t go to your grave being proud of being a weeb. I was simply joking, nobody here has called me a weeb.
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413, Well these are both subjective...
1. Normal people.
2. Living a real life.
I never implied that I was a "weeb". I never implied that any person would be proud of being a "weeb", nor dying as a "weeb". And I never implied that someone here called you a "weeb". That was all created in your own imagination.
Johnny English, PhD, you referred to the subject in the second person rather than saying it in a hypothetical third person. This gave me the impression of you were trying to console me, and not just anyone. You have mistaken your own comment. The wording suggests something that you do not in the second reply.
@@J2897Tutorials you disarm its negative use by using the word lovingly, and with pride among the community. Weebs UNITE! ;)
Beautiful. I have a keen interest to learn Kendo and Laido sometime in the future, albeit it’s violent purpose, the latter seems quite therapeutic.
excellent film.
This is so well done! Bravo!
His blade to me is manifesting some ononimus aura that has rended souls to nothingness
my goodness what an amazing beautiful sword..
finally someone who knows what they are talking about
thanks for sharing, give me alot
7:20 they know, we have pneumatic hammer and hydraulic press in our time!😁
O lol
Very good video I wish I had taken up Kendo, it looks very cool,!
Kendo: The Principles of tag as a competitive game.
Great video thank you
I have a principle of the sword too. It's "put it in the other guy" :D
This was a very interesting video. Thank you