🎫Purchase Your Ticket to the Annual Asayama Ichiden Ryu Training Camp in Japan: www.patreon.com/c/lets_ask_sekisensei/shop ⚔Join the Online Kobudo Training with Seki Sensei⚔ Sign Up HERE (One Lesson FREE): www.patreon.com/lets_ask_sekisensei Interested in taking lessons directly from the 22nd headmaster of Kobudo Asayama Ichiden Ryu, Seki sensei? Sign up to learn authentic samurai skills with 400 years of history with perfect English interpretation from Let’s ask Shogo (ua-cam.com/users/LetsaskShogoYourJapanesefriendinKyoto). ❶ No previous martial arts experience is required; you can catch up anytime ❷ Every lesson will be RECORDED and will be available to rewatch anytime ❸ You can ask Seki Sensei questions about the techniques and samurai culture/history ❹ You can join even if you belong to another Ryuha style ❺ You can receive OFFICIAL DAN RANKS by taking exams online (and opening a DOJO in the future) 🛍Purchase the Equipment You Need for Training: tozandoshop.com/letsaskshogo🛍 🗡Iaitō (training katana): tozandoshop.com/collections/habahiro-heavy-weight-iaito/products/byakko-tenryu-semi-custom-iaito?variant=34479502164101 *🗡Bokutō (wooden katana) with plastic Saya (scabbard): tozandoshop.com/collections/iaido-bokuto/products/the-nyumon-iaido-beginners-set 🥋Dōgi and Hakama: tozandoshop.com/collections/kendo-uniform-sets/products/basic-synthetic-kendo-uniform-set-1?variant=39417538216069 🥋Inner Obi (any color): tozandoshop.com/collections/iaido-obi/products/cotton-kaku-obi?variant=34282096230533 🥋Outer Obi (must be WHITE): tozandoshop.com/collections/aikido-obi/products/white-aikido-obi?variant=34120442413189 🦯Short Jō staff: tozandoshop.com/collections/polearms/products/4-21-shaku-jo?variant=39604823195781 🦯Long Jō staff: tozandoshop.com/collections/polearms/products/5-shaku-bo?variant=34073586106501 🧐Frequently Asked Questions About Our Online Lessons: Q❓: I have no experience with katana. Will I still be able to catch up? A💡: You don’t need any previous katana martial arts experience to participate in our lessons. Seki Sensei, the instructor of the online lessons, will carefully instruct you on how to handle the katana regardless of your level. You will also be able to access all the videos of the past lessons so you can watch what every other student has learned. You can also send us videos of your progress, and Seki Sensei will be happy to give you feedback. Q❓: What is the right length of the Iaito (zinc alloy training katana) I should use? A💡: Please purchase an Iaitō at least two blocks longer than the standard length. The standard length for Seki Sensei is about 177cm, so he should use a 2.45 Shaku long katana. However, he uses a 2.6 Shaku-long katana that is supposed to be used by someone 190cm tall. If the katana is too short, it becomes too easy to draw, which is not good for training. Q❓: Can I join even if I belong to a different Ryuha style? A💡: Yes, it’s not a problem at all. The Seki Sensei himself has trained in more than five styles and various other weapons. If you don’t want others to know that you are participating, you can join the online lessons with your camera off. To have the Sensei check your progress, you can send us a video of you practicing. 🗡Join the Online Iaido Training with Seki Sensei🗡 Sign Up Here (One Lesson FREE): www.patreon.com/sekisenseiiaidotraining Interested in taking Iaido lessons directly from the 8th Dan Iaido Master with 40 years of experience in Musō Shinden Ryu, Seki sensei? Sign up to learn authentic samurai skills with perfect English interpretation from Let’s ask Shogo. ❶ No previous martial arts experience is required; you can catch up anytime ❷ Every lesson will be RECORDED and will be available to rewatch anytime ❸ You can ask Seki Sensei questions about the techniques and samurai culture/history ❹ You can join even if you belong to another Ryuha style 💻Seki Sensei's Official Website💻 sekisensei.com/ 🎵Original Opening Theme Song "Hyakuren"🎵 Performance: Hanafugetsu (Singer/Suzuhana Yuko, Shakuhachi/Kaminaga Daisuke, Koto/Ibukuro Kiyoshi) Compositions & Arrangements: Suzuhana Yuko Mixing & Mastering: Watabiki Yuta ❓What is Asayama Ichiden Ryu? / Who is Seki sensei?❓ ua-cam.com/video/2aBKmWmJpJw/v-deo.html 📱Instagram📱 instagram.com/lets_ask_sekisensei/ *Please ask us questions through the DM here #katana #iaido #kenjutsu #kobudo #asayamaichidenryu
Jo was my favorite training my sensei would teach us. It’s a VERY effective weapon. Once a small boy tossed me (1.93m tall) over three shaku into the air just by using proper technique. It was due to my energy because I thought to myself, “This boy is small and I’m giant. I’ll just TAKE this thing from him and freeze his attempt.” Soon after, as I looked up from the flat of my back with sensei looking over me, I realized I’d learned a valuable lesson about leverage and proper technique.
This feels like the most accessible self defense. A cane or something of similar length is more likely to be available than a full walking stick/sword nearby. haha Thank you and arigato Seki Sensei
Everone should have a go at this 😊 It's practical and a good way to keep fit and good fun 👍 Master Seki is brilliant 👍Take care. Stay safe 🙏 John and Kate
Greetings from Lithuania. I really enjoyed your videos using a short stick (Falcon Stick). Could you make a video on how to use a short stick if you are attacked with a knife or attacked by an enemy without a knife (for example, he wants to grab you or hit you in the head). Sincerely, Igor.
I can't say enough nice stuff about this channel. They upload very frequently. Every video is excellent. The video production is pretty flawless. They do a perfect job catching the perfect angles to show how this stuff is done. Seki Sensei is the perfect Master Splinter for us to learn from in this crazy new UA-cam age. As far as martial arts content goes, Lets ask Seki Sensei is AAA youtube fair, really good stuff. Shogo is lucky to have such an awesome sensei to learn from and build with, and Seki Sensei should be proud of this Shogo kid
Starting my training with this considering I have a broom at home until I get my equipment. Thank you for your videos, its all I needed to get me back into martial arts. Had to leave Karate after learning my technique and sensei left then the next one told me my techniques were wrong teaching a different style.
I'm only familiar with the Aikido version of the Jo suburi (i.e. jo 31 kata) and these exercises are somewhat different although I also see some similarities. Thanks!
Jo staff is my specialty and i love it. Its funny how its my best but the specialty of the style i made is a sword lol. With the jo staff i prefer it to be on the long side incorporating alot of wide swings keeping both distance and flow
I have a new idea tho... How about a western cavalry saber that's curved or a cutlass vs a katana and let Sensei try the cutlass/cavalry sword and see how he judges it comparing it against a traditional katana as the cavalry sword doesn't allow double handed techniques. Also, some historical fact: After the Meiji Restoration period and the collapse of the Bafuku, the Japanese military was very westernized and after the whole Satsuma Rebellion, katanas were fallen out of favour as suddenly making blades like a katana was painstakingly hard to arm a ever swelling army of conscripts thus what the Meiji military officials did was implement the western cavalry concept and merge it with Japanese blademaking techniques. So it has "sanmai" blademaking techniques but with the ornate furnishings of katanas but instead hilts like western military sabers of it's time and this culture of "Japanese military saber" happened till somewhere in the 1930s where the "Gunto" was made to bring back the "Samurai warrior" culture prior to WW2. So with Japanese military officers already using such blades and proficient with such techniques during the 1880s-1930s, it will be fun to see Sensei trying kenjutsu techniques with a cavalry saber going toe-to-toe with a katana. Also, that did happen in "The Last Samurai" so it'll be even better to see how Sensei uses the cavalry saber to his advantage with Japanese swordplay style.
You guys really should do a follow-up on the video you made where Sensei tried out a longsword! A few videos have been made as responses by some great HEMA channels like Matt Easton and Skallagrim, and it'd be great to hear Sensei's reaction to their videos and the explanations they have for certain things, such as how Sensei didn't like the grip being in line with the guard (this is because in HEMA you guard with the edge of the blade, not the flat). You'd probably get tons of views if you did make a video like that, too, because it's a very unique perspective on something that has a very dedicated community!
Thank you very much i love the last swinging exercise, upon some thinking all 6 Jo Swinging Exercises can be link together in any combination am i correct?..🤔🤔🤔
Idea for another Seki Sensei reaction video: Two vs. One: Steel Longsword - Sparring Showcase. Three experienced HEMA practitioners sparring 2 vs 1. Would be interesting to hear his views on this.
I am relaying a question for a quadriplegic friend. She would like to know what the ettiquette is for (not)bowing when you meet an elderly Japanese man? She can tilt her head upward but not down, and wants to be polite since he and his wife are inviting her to dinner.
If possible could you make a video talking about why the katana tsuba is so small? One point of criticism that the katana gets is that the tsuba doesn't provide good hand protection, can you explain why the katana is like this and what Asayama Ichiden Ryu does to avoid attacks to the hand despite the lack of a good sword guard?
he seems to use movement and parries to avoid attacks to the wrist/hand, taking advantage of the agility of the Japanese sword compared to its HEMA counterparts with more robust crossguards.
What is the length of the shunjo? It looks like 3 shaku. We would call this a hanbo (half of a rokushakubo) in Bujinkan. Our jo is 4 shaku. The shunjo is waist high; the jo is armpit high on average people.
Would love to see your guys' reactions to the video series "Fiore Di Battaglia" (Italian for "Flower of Battle") by Polish UA-cam Channel "Akademia Szermierzy", specifically parts 2 and 3 which are the "Guards of the Sword" and "Plays of the Sword" respectively. "Fiore Di Battaglia" was a medieval fighting manual written by Italian knight and fencing master, Fiore dei Liberi (born: Fiore Furlano de Cividale d'Austria, delli Liberi da Premariacco) around 1404-05. Not only does the manual discuss sword fighting but also unarmed combat (especially grappling). The nice thing about the videos by Akademia Szermierzy is that they show us pages taken from the manuals as well as real-life demonstrations of each technique. This helps us understand what each move is trying to accomplish.
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❶ No previous martial arts experience is required; you can catch up anytime
❷ Every lesson will be RECORDED and will be available to rewatch anytime
❸ You can ask Seki Sensei questions about the techniques and samurai culture/history
❹ You can join even if you belong to another Ryuha style
❺ You can receive OFFICIAL DAN RANKS by taking exams online (and opening a DOJO in the future)
🛍Purchase the Equipment You Need for Training: tozandoshop.com/letsaskshogo🛍
🗡Iaitō (training katana): tozandoshop.com/collections/habahiro-heavy-weight-iaito/products/byakko-tenryu-semi-custom-iaito?variant=34479502164101
*🗡Bokutō (wooden katana) with plastic Saya (scabbard): tozandoshop.com/collections/iaido-bokuto/products/the-nyumon-iaido-beginners-set
🥋Dōgi and Hakama: tozandoshop.com/collections/kendo-uniform-sets/products/basic-synthetic-kendo-uniform-set-1?variant=39417538216069
🥋Inner Obi (any color): tozandoshop.com/collections/iaido-obi/products/cotton-kaku-obi?variant=34282096230533
🥋Outer Obi (must be WHITE): tozandoshop.com/collections/aikido-obi/products/white-aikido-obi?variant=34120442413189
🦯Short Jō staff: tozandoshop.com/collections/polearms/products/4-21-shaku-jo?variant=39604823195781
🦯Long Jō staff: tozandoshop.com/collections/polearms/products/5-shaku-bo?variant=34073586106501
🧐Frequently Asked Questions About Our Online Lessons:
Q❓: I have no experience with katana. Will I still be able to catch up?
A💡: You don’t need any previous katana martial arts experience to participate in our lessons.
Seki Sensei, the instructor of the online lessons, will carefully instruct you on how to handle the katana regardless of your level. You will also be able to access all the videos of the past lessons so you can watch what every other student has learned. You can also send us videos of your progress, and Seki Sensei will be happy to give you feedback.
Q❓: What is the right length of the Iaito (zinc alloy training katana) I should use?
A💡: Please purchase an Iaitō at least two blocks longer than the standard length.
The standard length for Seki Sensei is about 177cm, so he should use a 2.45 Shaku long katana. However, he uses a 2.6 Shaku-long katana that is supposed to be used by someone 190cm tall. If the katana is too short, it becomes too easy to draw, which is not good for training.
Q❓: Can I join even if I belong to a different Ryuha style?
A💡: Yes, it’s not a problem at all.
The Seki Sensei himself has trained in more than five styles and various other weapons. If you don’t want others to know that you are participating, you can join the online lessons with your camera off. To have the Sensei check your progress, you can send us a video of you practicing.
🗡Join the Online Iaido Training with Seki Sensei🗡
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Interested in taking Iaido lessons directly from the 8th Dan Iaido Master with 40 years of experience in Musō Shinden Ryu, Seki sensei? Sign up to learn authentic samurai skills with perfect English interpretation from Let’s ask Shogo.
❶ No previous martial arts experience is required; you can catch up anytime
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❹ You can join even if you belong to another Ryuha style
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Jo was my favorite training my sensei would teach us. It’s a VERY effective weapon. Once a small boy tossed me (1.93m tall) over three shaku into the air just by using proper technique. It was due to my energy because I thought to myself, “This boy is small and I’m giant. I’ll just TAKE this thing from him and freeze his attempt.” Soon after, as I looked up from the flat of my back with sensei looking over me, I realized I’d learned a valuable lesson about leverage and proper technique.
I appreciate the Jo staff
The focused power in the tip of the jo is amazing, and shattering rock or bricks is quite easy. Anyone can develop tremendous accuracy with practice.
I love the Jo so much, it’s so rare to see it on UA-cam.
This feels like the most accessible self defense. A cane or something of similar length is more likely to be available than a full walking stick/sword nearby. haha Thank you and arigato Seki Sensei
Everone should have a go at this 😊 It's practical and a good way to keep fit and good fun 👍 Master Seki is brilliant 👍Take care. Stay safe 🙏
John and Kate
Greetings from Lithuania. I really enjoyed your videos using a short stick (Falcon Stick). Could you make a video on how to use a short stick if you are attacked with a knife or attacked by an enemy without a knife (for example, he wants to grab you or hit you in the head). Sincerely, Igor.
There is sooo much detail! I would have to watch and analyse this video over and over, just to get one exercise right.
Wow! This video is among my favourite. I recognize staff's power, it's OP!
I can't say enough nice stuff about this channel. They upload very frequently. Every video is excellent. The video production is pretty flawless. They do a perfect job catching the perfect angles to show how this stuff is done. Seki Sensei is the perfect Master Splinter for us to learn from in this crazy new UA-cam age. As far as martial arts content goes, Lets ask Seki Sensei is AAA youtube fair, really good stuff. Shogo is lucky to have such an awesome sensei to learn from and build with, and Seki Sensei should be proud of this Shogo kid
It’s actually very rare to see Japanese staff videos on UA-cam. Good job 🎉🎉
I practice stick martial arts of many kinds. Many types of sticks are created from the wood in my backyard. -Zach
mesmerising
Thank you so much for your competent demonstration Seki San !
Very nice flow and function. Please keep these coming..
Hello, could you please do video on how to fight with nodachi? Thank you very much
Fantastic information thank you for sharing 🇬🇧☸️☯️
Nice stuff indeed👍
Starting my training with this considering I have a broom at home until I get my equipment. Thank you for your videos, its all I needed to get me back into martial arts. Had to leave Karate after learning my technique and sensei left then the next one told me my techniques were wrong teaching a different style.
Thank you Sensei!
Oussss, he is the best in Japan, 🙏👊
Thank you.
Awesome
I'm only familiar with the Aikido version of the Jo suburi (i.e. jo 31 kata) and these exercises are somewhat different although I also see some similarities.
Thanks!
What would are jo staffs typically made of? Is a different wood used for a training jo vs a real jo?
They are typically made from White Oak!
@@letsasksekisensei I appreciate that you respond to comments despite the massive numbers you produce.
Hey, would it be possible to make a video on how armor impacts sword stances?
Jo staff is my specialty and i love it. Its funny how its my best but the specialty of the style i made is a sword lol. With the jo staff i prefer it to be on the long side incorporating alot of wide swings keeping both distance and flow
if anyone wants a good shoulder and arm workout, this does it!
your lessons are subarashii! thank you! subscribed
Very nice brother, thanks for showing me ❤
I have a new idea tho... How about a western cavalry saber that's curved or a cutlass vs a katana and let Sensei try the cutlass/cavalry sword and see how he judges it comparing it against a traditional katana as the cavalry sword doesn't allow double handed techniques.
Also, some historical fact:
After the Meiji Restoration period and the collapse of the Bafuku, the Japanese military was very westernized and after the whole Satsuma Rebellion, katanas were fallen out of favour as suddenly making blades like a katana was painstakingly hard to arm a ever swelling army of conscripts thus what the Meiji military officials did was implement the western cavalry concept and merge it with Japanese blademaking techniques. So it has "sanmai" blademaking techniques but with the ornate furnishings of katanas but instead hilts like western military sabers of it's time and this culture of "Japanese military saber" happened till somewhere in the 1930s where the "Gunto" was made to bring back the "Samurai warrior" culture prior to WW2.
So with Japanese military officers already using such blades and proficient with such techniques during the 1880s-1930s, it will be fun to see Sensei trying kenjutsu techniques with a cavalry saber going toe-to-toe with a katana.
Also, that did happen in "The Last Samurai" so it'll be even better to see how Sensei uses the cavalry saber to his advantage with Japanese swordplay style.
Thank you, this was really interesting to me as I am disabled and require a walking stick to get around.
Great videos! Aways! Can you please talk about the Jo size? It looks smaller than aikijo.
I train in Aikido and judo
The more I train in Judo the more I want to learn Jo staff
Freaking awesome!
You guys really should do a follow-up on the video you made where Sensei tried out a longsword! A few videos have been made as responses by some great HEMA channels like Matt Easton and Skallagrim, and it'd be great to hear Sensei's reaction to their videos and the explanations they have for certain things, such as how Sensei didn't like the grip being in line with the guard (this is because in HEMA you guard with the edge of the blade, not the flat). You'd probably get tons of views if you did make a video like that, too, because it's a very unique perspective on something that has a very dedicated community!
Thank you very much i love the last swinging exercise, upon some thinking all 6 Jo Swinging Exercises can be link together in any combination am i correct?..🤔🤔🤔
Nice
Idea for another Seki Sensei reaction video: Two vs. One: Steel Longsword - Sparring Showcase. Three experienced HEMA practitioners sparring 2 vs 1. Would be interesting to hear his views on this.
I'd love to see A reacts to samurai Champloo and rurouni kenshin live action
I am relaying a question for a quadriplegic friend.
She would like to know what the ettiquette is for (not)bowing when you meet an elderly Japanese man?
She can tilt her head upward but not down, and wants to be polite since he and his wife are inviting her to dinner.
Nice to see someone else utilising the Jo on both left and right!
Is this applicable to the longer Jo staff?
Can we get same tutorial but for 5 shaku Bo?
If possible could you make a video talking about why the katana tsuba is so small?
One point of criticism that the katana gets is that the tsuba doesn't provide good hand protection, can you explain why the katana is like this and what Asayama Ichiden Ryu does to avoid attacks to the hand despite the lack of a good sword guard?
he seems to use movement and parries to avoid attacks to the wrist/hand, taking advantage of the agility of the Japanese sword compared to its HEMA counterparts with more robust crossguards.
What is the length of the shunjo? It looks like 3 shaku. We would call this a hanbo (half of a rokushakubo) in Bujinkan. Our jo is 4 shaku. The shunjo is waist high; the jo is armpit high on average people.
From a previous video, the shorter jo is 3.2 shaku.
Which martial art is this?
Isn't this Hanjo jutsu I practiced some in Muhimuteki Ryu in Kanagawa prefecture
สวัสดีครับอาจารย์🙏
Funnily I did all these suburi as part of Aikido dojo too...
At 6:14 Seki-sensei becomes Zatoichi.
Sensei, why is your Jo so short? I was taught using a Jo that is just below shoulder height
We use two different lengths of Jo staffs. This one is the shorter one, really the length of a cane.
Are my eyes 👀 deceiving me . But the jo in this video looks shorter than the usual jo staff . ?
Yes, our shorter Jo is about a Hanbo!
@letsasksekisensei, thank you for the response ❤
Would love to see your guys' reactions to the video series "Fiore Di Battaglia" (Italian for "Flower of Battle") by Polish UA-cam Channel "Akademia Szermierzy", specifically parts 2 and 3 which are the "Guards of the Sword" and "Plays of the Sword" respectively. "Fiore Di Battaglia" was a medieval fighting manual written by Italian knight and fencing master, Fiore dei Liberi (born: Fiore Furlano de Cividale d'Austria, delli Liberi da Premariacco) around 1404-05. Not only does the manual discuss sword fighting but also unarmed combat (especially grappling). The nice thing about the videos by Akademia Szermierzy is that they show us pages taken from the manuals as well as real-life demonstrations of each technique. This helps us understand what each move is trying to accomplish.
Would be a cool video maybe to react to for honor. Obviously its focus is not realism but hey.
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