Heiho Niten Ichi-ryu Kenjutsu - 42nd Japanese Kobudo Demonstration (2019)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Kajiya Takanori Sensei and his students demonstrating Heiho Niten Ichi-ryu Kenjutsu during the 42nd Nihon Kobudo Embutaikai held at the Nippon Budokan on February 3rd, 2019. The event also commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai.
Yoho Niten Ichi-ryu is a kenjutsu school founded by the famous Miyamoto Musashi. Mostly known for its use of two swords, this school also provides instruction in long and short swords and sticks. Niten Ichi-ryu is mainly known for the two-sword-katana and wakizashi-kenjutsu techniques Musashi called Niten Ichi (二天一, "two heavens as one") or Nito Ichi (二刀一, "two swords as one").
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Its game over when you see someone pull out the third sword, and then proceed to wield it with their mouth
Zoro IS a beast...
"it's not about the quantity of swords but it's weight"
That's Santo ryu sword style
@@user-sr7kk6yh4r Dragon Slayer?
wait what.. zoro is lost again?
Real techniques demonstrated by real practitioners. Simply elegant moves. Love it.
The real ninja came in at 3:21 in the background lol
Lmfao 😂😂😅
they never knew
Must be late
LOL😂😂😂
don't want to ruin the joke for you but ninja and samurai are not exactly the same
Imagine facing musashi and the last thing you expect is for him to throw his wakizashi at you and while you manuever to dodge/ deflect it (if that doesn't kill you) he closes in lightning fast to expose an opening and strike you down... 🤔👌
R0nin Musashi May have been a good swordsman but he had no honour. He fought dirty basically.
@@fortnitepros8025 he utilized strategy and developed his own style that perfected the art, how is that dirty? Fighting is not the same as dancing in some highly regulated and planned choreography developed by the first shogun. Your path has diverged from the true way. You must study this deeply.
@@creed22solar123 He used dirty tactics in some of his duels
@@fortnitepros8025 Everyone fought dirty at that time, only the dead would play strictly by the rules.
Well, I heard someone said : "If you fight fair, you did it wrong"
Musashi teaches that a good swordsman should be able to use a sword efficiently with just one hand.
Kinda reminds me Zaraki Kenpachi from Bleach even though its an Anime he's still badass.
But Zaraki is stupid and hate to think diuring fight. Musashi was more like Kyoraku.
@@Vatras888 no zaraki is incredibly wise. Don't mistake brashness and brutality for stupidity.
Kenpachi was simply unaware you can swing a sword with both hands until someone told him.
more like having 2 swords will give you a better chance to cut your opponent and block incoming strikes.
And you always have the option to just use 1 of the 2 swords instead of dual wielding.
It reminded me of Tengen Uzui too. Although his weapon had a chain
Musashi brought me here.
Ditto
same
Me too
Likewise good sirs
Legend has it that Musashi's dual wield was inspired by something. Imagine if Musashi lives in modern world where he watches one piece. He would probably invent a wakizaki with his mouth!
i just started reading vagabond
That's it
So did I😂
Vagabond?
Himaji a manga about the life of miyamoto musashi and the way he created the double sword style
dude same
If Musashi were watching this, he will smile and proud for generations used to follow his style.
When Yoshio Sugino was asked to join Aikido practice at a dojo he was visiting, half of the students quit after he declined saying "This is not Aikido." Imagine how much Niten Ichi-ryu has changed over 400 years. Musashi would probably say "wtf have you done to my style, this is not what I taught my students!" Sad but true.
Musashi truly was the Kensei or sword saint.
In the book of five rings he described his style as being purely efficient. Why not carry a second shorter sword? There's places where a shorter weapon can reach that a long sword can't. Also useful while surrounded.
As mentioned earlier, it is a shorter second sword, and it also is for the exact reason you thought of. Also, before Musashi started using two swords, people already carried two swords. Musashi just thought: since i have two swords may as well use two swords
Musashis adaptation also says flintlocks (guns) were a difference maker in many instances, so wielding a flintlock and wakizashi was not out of the question
Interesting how simmilar style of combat developed in very simmilar time in Europe - with longer blade (most often rapier) in the right hand and shorter in the left for the support. I wonder if it was connected in some way (did he take base from Europeans or was it the reverse) or just it was develloped completly indepenent and it just happened that it happened in pretty much the same period.
Excelente demostración de la escuela del gran Musashi. Inolvidable.
Que buen bait
@@yarithrodriguezmoran3996 ????
As someone who does Hema and Early medival reenactment i'm so jelous of the japanese, whom to my understanding have clear lineages between the source matereal and modern day! imagine how structured Hema could have been if we haven't been stuck at educated guessing!
Same man, same. They really held onto the culture of the sword in Japan and yeah, the modern sword techniques are more or less the ones used hundreds of years ago with only a few styles being lost to time.
It really sucks Europe basically discarded the sword when guns became viable and all the many techniques were just lost with all we have left being single still images from manuscripts
Fiore dei Liberi wrote some fantastic lessons with illustrations which are still good resources today if you're try to get into longsword techniques
I imagine a medieval professional soldier was probably a d1 wrestler in armour. Looking at the hema type stuff it's clear that wrestling is far more important than your weapon against another armoured guy
@@manfrombritain6816 we don't know for sure but the reality is that in battle putting yourself on the ground surrounded by armed men is a terrible idea bound to get you killed. One on one fights would of been duels with honor involved and likely would not of devolved into something as "vulgar" as wrestling
niten ryu is just the result. the reason is deeper. a result caused by 5 circles. the life of a legend. miyamoto mushasi the legend Kensai. a guide for those who want to learn strategy
5:07 that was so smooth
don’t underestimate this guys
its very hard to do even.
if you can remember it in one try maybe its easier but its like a dance, a dance you have the sync with your partner
Its a demonstration of Miyamoto Musashi’s technic
정말 멋진 무술입니다
I just finished young samurai came here to see if it was accurate
soccer punch need to add this style to Ghost of Tsusihma
Hate to burst your bubble but that game's set three hundred and sixty... six years too early. Musashi lived in the sixteen hundreds. he didn't devolop Niten Ichi Ryu until about 1640.
@@theo-jamesmoulton2000 I don't think that matters, it's a video game. Besides, the fighting style in The Ghost of Tsushima was partially based on Tenshin Ryu, school that (according to their claims) started around the same time.
Cool, but Tsusihma is ≈1200, this style ≈1650
@@user-od8xx3nx6k Again, that didn't stop the studio from using Tenshin-ryu Hyoho for their character animation despite its lineage being murky at best. It also didn't stop them from using period inaccurate armour or weaponry either...
Contrary to the claims of most of the people here it would probably be reasonable; Musashi wasn’t the first.
Here before the Miyamoto arc in Baki reaches the anime
I suppose this style is ambidextrous. Meaning the short and long sword can be interchangeable according to one's whether he is left handed or right handed?
I guess it could be done but it's very much so designed to be used in this particular way. Long sword in the right hand, short sword in the left hand.
The main line teaches strictly tachi in the right and kodachi in the left, however there is a side line of the style referred to as Gyako Nito where the kodachi is carried in the right hand. There is a theory (with admittedly scant evidence) that Musashi himself was a “corrected” left handed person, which would add a particularly nasty character to the thrown-sword techniques he taught. Musashi’s father, Munisai, was respected for his skill with the jitte, and despite their difficult relationship it is to be supposed that Musashi was at least well-acquainted with his father’s techniques.
From my readings, and studying, of Musashi and Niten Ich-Ryu, it was preferred to have the long and short in specific hands, but he does emphasize the exact value of being able to wield two long blades or two short blades where necessary, which does imply the importance of being able to switch between the two with proficiency.
Generally with any two weapon style you put the smaller weapon in your off hand and it’s main purpose is for defense
@@MCShvabo You have to admit, it's still not a bad combo.
Just to look at musashi waifu's technique in fgo
Nice if u play na, good luck rolling for swimsuit musashi
i was looking for someone who mentions that musahsi XD
I just wanted to see how accurate Baki is
lol 10%
I honestly think most Japanese don't understand Miyamoto Musashi at all, they take his teachings and practice some of his techniques in that same strict manner that the Japanese put into their arts. This is the opposite to Musashi, he was a rebel who hated these strict traditional approaches, instead he says you must forge yourself to become the best fighter, by living and learning the 5 elements and only through figuring things out on your own will you understand. But these obsessive shows of strict tradition doesn't really have anything to do with Musashi. These people read his book but do not listen.
I'd love to see you go to Japan and explain that to the gentlemen with the bokken. I could sell tickets! XD
@@theo-jamesmoulton2000 the principal has some bearing using modern fighters. Bruce Lee abandoned the strict schools to take the best parts of each of the arts to become his own style-less fighting monster.
Even more recently, in the few years before the pandemic, Xu Xiaodong has been using MMA (mixed martial arts) had been traveling around China fighting the myriad classical Kung Fu masters to prove that most of the modern arts are laden with pomp and ceremony, better for show than real combat. He thought the masters were a bunch of charlatans.
Even here on UA-cam you can watch his fights with the school masters. The dude has an unbroken winning streak. It's incredibly easy to how ignoring the pomp and circumstance to just rush in and beat face has been the better tactic. Xiaodong has been dubbed the Mad Dog for his brutality.
The CCP has a vendetta against him though. Beating the Kung Fu arts has been deemed an affront to Chinese culture, and so they've stripping him of myriad freedoms.
But I believe these two modern era fighters illustrate Musashi's ideals well enough.
This is an incredibly cringe comment, don’t disrespect their tradition just because you read a manga.
It’s a double edged sword. Musashi was the greatest duelist in Japan, maybe ever. To have Musashi’s sword techniques addressed with such ceremony may make them seem weaker, but remember Musashi wasn’t a celebrated swordsman until he put down his swords. Before, he was a just plain murderer, and the Japanese people treated him as such. He spent a majority of his youth avoiding arrests and angry mobs. Until he started teaching. He’s not someone who traditionally should’ve been admired or remembered or celebrated, yet he is. He was a criminal back then, and Japan has always hated criminals. There have been plenty of strong people once called “monsters” that have been since forgotten for this reason. So on one hand, it is sad because his killing arts have lost an edge to modern Japanese culture. But at the same time, without Japanese ceremony and culture, Musashi’s sword style would be labeled plain violence by the Japanese people, and it would’ve been lost forever. Lesser of two evils imo.
@@hummus1973 No one mention anything about manga other than you
Awesome twin swords style
Hahahaha
Quick Question: How come two people are only paired with one performing the Niten Ichi-ryu (Two Swords) and the other person with a single two-handed bokken?
Can there be two people paired with the same Niten Ichi-ryu Kenjutsu stance: Like one person with two swords against another person with two swords?
Because the technique was not widely known. Aside from the fact that the technique is incredibly difficult to master? Musashi taught very few of his students Niten Ichi I think there were only three. Given the scarcity of swordsmen trained in this style a master of the Two Heavens as One would most likely fight a Samurai trained to use only one blade. If you look at the forms and stances he's using? It's designed with that purpose in mind.
Like the other commenters mentioned, its because a majority of people wield only 1 sword. The style is difficult to learn since you’re essentially teaching yourself to be ambidextrous while also learning to wield two swords at the same time. For sure there can be 2 Niten Ichi-ryu practitioners facing off against each other, its just extremely rare since very few have trained and mastered the art properly.
Something else to point out is that Niten ichi-ryu is not just about using two swords. that is a core part of it yes, but one handed techniques are also a core of the style. Niten Ichi-ryu is ultimately about flexibility and winning duels rather than sticking strictly to something to the point of it being a fault. Something Musashi himself pointed out in his book
@@corvuscolbrand exactly, niten ichi ryu is famous for being the two swords style. Buuut people that train niten ichi ryu also learn to use tachi, kodachi, nitto, naginata and kurisagana. It is about winning. Musashi himself said that you should be able to adapt to the circumstances
@@theo-jamesmoulton2000 the idea of using two swords simultaneously was not invented by Musashi. Katori Shinto ryu for example existed for a century before he was born, and taught ryoto/nito techniques.
This video makes me want to main Yone more.
Whos yone or what is yone?
@@floorcat7985 A character in league of legends who can dual wield.
sorry just a little question: why does she say "kyoto" or "kyo ho" but the title says heiho? is it the kyoto style? please explain. i am trying to learn japanese😅🙏🏻
also i like the combat style👍🏻 didn't myamoto musashi also use two swords
She says "hyoho" (兵法) which is just another way of saying the kanji (both heiho and hyoho are correct). You should know that some kanji can have multiple ways of pronunciation, then it depends on many things as to which is preferred, this beyond the usual kun'yomi and on'yomi.
This is the style that was developped by Miyamoto Musashi, there's several discipline taught in it (long sword, short sword, two swords, staff, truncheon, wrestling), the five kata of the two swords set is displayed at the end.
Damn.. sadly we might not live to see the day these techniques used again in the battlefield but this I believe is a more brutal but a lot more dignified and honorable way of killing each other in the battle field.. but now even without training anyone can kill anyone in the battlefield given he has a clear shot..
I mean there was never an honorable way to defeat your oponent. In a combat to the death in the middle of nowhere do you think anyone will have honor when fighting? Sure they had training, but remember it was to the death. Everything was on. Today maybe it is easier to kill someone sure but honor only exists in movies.
I don’t think there was honor when Musashi smashed to death the skull of the guy from Yoshioka with his wooden sword lol
Ishana Daitenshou
Is this supposed to be an actual dualing style?
It is stylised demonstration. No one will fight for real. It is not about wining but performing a form.
@@Vatras888 Exactly.
At OP, this was a fighting style. Dueling style almost implies a sort of sporting element to it, or some sort of ritualistic tradition. This was not that. This was a style developed to kill and survive. It might be a bit of a show in this video, but the style itself is intentionally un-flashy and direct when it comes to fighting.
Musashi Miyamoto the greatest samurai on record defeated 61 men in his life time. He was a dual wielder one was the short sword the other was the long sword. Read the book of five rings.
@@obiwanshinobi3940 or if you're a manga fan read the manga vagabond. It's an adaptation of the novel musashi which tells his story in manga form. And the art and story is beautiful.
@@obiwanshinobi3940 he was certainly not the 'greatest samurai on record'. look into other people like Tsukahara Bokuden, Kamiizumi Hidetsuna.
wHeRe'S tAkEzO???
3:28
Watched 2x speed.
you're a badass !
This dual Is good but what if the strike is stronger u need more power block it
I'm no expert (so take what I say with a grain of salt), but as far as I know power is barely needed in a parry. It's all technique, finesse, precision, and speed. The art of Niten Ichi Ryu is that one sword parries as the other strikes.
@@theqwertyman9309 Musashi... KILLED people though
@@hillbombsemi-pr1502 Not with the parrying hand
Generally better to allow the momentum of a strike to continue, set up an angle to ricochet and move the path of the edge outside of your body and gain control of the center.
My comment is why kata is shown at slow speed, aka old man speed or purposed demonstration speed. In real life it is fast and life is at stake, train at that pace. There are schools that do train fast, to get used to fast movements, increase your reaction to movement.
How do I learn this?? Where do I need to go? I'm in San Francisco CA
Try searching for a Kenjutsu gym next you. I don't know how it is in San Francisco, but in Brazil, where I live, there are usually some of them in the biggest cities.
@Daniel kader They were almost nonexistent in the 90s and early 00s, now they are more common though still rare compared to modern martial arts.
I Know there is a branch of school in Canada
so are all of the moves planned making it a demonstration? or were they trying to "beat" their opponent by landing "hits"?
Is there any style that uses two katanas of the same size without the wakizashi?
Don't think so, it is more natural or easier to use the wakizashi on the off hand.
IIRC Shingyoto ryu does.
Why is the demonstration slow? Couldnt pjcture out lightning speed technique of moshashi
Does anyone know where the main school is, I am going to japan when I am older, and when to know where I can learn it.
Hi,
Our hombu is based in Kokura, Kyushu. If you let me know where you are now (private message), I can see if there is a contact near you to help facilitate your practice.
@@budomelbourne6122 How do I learn this?? Where do I need to go? I'm in San Francisco CA
@@chvrzvrd Most kenjutsu scools are in Japan, but since you're living in one of the worlds' largest cities, there ought to be at least some around.
A simple google search ("Kenjutsu San Francisco") shows me there are quite a few there, here are some examples:
1. Seibu Ryu Japanese Sword San Jose
2. Bujinkan San Francisco Dojo
3. Kamome Iaido of Emeryville
4. Suio Ryu Iai Kenpo,Danceground Keriac, 1805 Divisidero St.
I could also find some "Kenjutsu at home classes" for free during Covid.
Here's a link: www.niten.org/kenjutsu_at_home/listar/2020/06/11/7495/next_open_online_classes_
Can't really tell you what any of those are like, I haven't tried any and I'm from Europe. But I think it should give you a bit of a starting point.
@@budomelbourne6122 Hi. Did trained with Soke when i was in Japan last year. I was in Yahata and a friend drove me to the Dojo.
1:08 the guy on the right is using the Ghost Stance
Lmao
Love the music at the end of this video. Is it available to buy or download somewhere?
Sorry, it's just something I wrote to spare myself a copyright strike :D
@@guillaumeerard I hear you there! Thanks so much for replying. If you still have it somewhere, and are happy to send me a copy privately, please do get back to me.
Sure, I'll try to get something decent out soon and post it for download. Thanks a lot!
@@guillaumeerard Awesome! Thank you! Looking forward to it.
where can i get those cloths? can someone help me and link a website pls
The mouth sword is really more of a tanto
I really want to do nito kendo
This is not nito kendo.
Wouldn't work in real fight
@@BigBoss-kn1yx oh you mean no ones going to square up to you in perfect form with a bokken yeah no kidding its not about fighting
@@BigBoss-kn1yx I'm pretty sure a katana through the throat works in a real fight.
Sebastian Castellanos if you learn to swim on land will you swim on water?
real practice perform by real practicetioner :))
"i have two hands so i use them both fool"
I was expecting a Rengoku Onigiri...
Zoro's technique?
HAJIME !
Zero idea what this is but it makes me want a curved stick too
Top ten epic anime fights
Too elegant
Miyamoto musashi never move like that lol
@@sorrybroo8303 He definitely did. These kata wouldn't be in Niten Ichi-Ryu if Musashi himself didn't practice them
Myamoto Musashi...
👏👏
Why are they swinging short?
Because it kills
Three sword style onigiri
Musashi só mais 1 assassino na historia
....francamente...
Is this an a act?
Yeah from what I can tell it’s demonstration of technique
So it’s rehearsed ahead of time, and they end each technique before the killing blow is given... it’s also, not a good example of that compared to other martial arts
wait i'm the only one that read vagabond?
Came here from Musashi.
Whose idea was it to turn Musashi into a woman?
Alternate Univers Musashi
Different Musashi from our timeline
Fgo toxic fan services
Not happy with the maai in the first kata. Not at all. Uke shows no intent, and Tori is not within striking distance or angle. He could just stand there and Uke would miss.
They kept the distance somewhat far so that the shidachi could do the move at it's fullest. The kata isn't about realism, they're just demonstrating the move. If they were closer there could've been an akward situation of the shidachi having to stop the sword midway if they were too close so not to hit the uchidachi in the neck.
What is this
Its all funny games. Until the student puts the black durag and gets 3 katana
This is not the way specially to pull ot 2 swords for one guy
Dude......
I'm not 100% on what I'm looking at here.....
This looks about as deadly as my grandma and a wooden spoon.
It's a demonstration
棒を持った踊りにしかみえない。
型では
hopefully the opponent will make exactly the same moves in a real fight.
They don't have to, that's not how kata is applied.
Ok so what's up here? There's multiple times they could've returned to a defensive posture but didn't.
Isso parece brincadeira de crianças desajeitadas.
These guys aren't even close enough to hit each other
Such an boring video why don't they fight fast
This is so far from actual combat, it looks like a slow dance. Two opponents, one strikes, another one does not even parry or re-direct, but just shows how he landed a cut. If it's a Kata demo, I suppose this is okay.
This is so odd. everything im watching here seemingly goes against the style of combat described by musashi in the book of five rings. He describes fighting as if your life depended on it, and having a "attitude - no attitiude" teaching. I do not see the way, I see a highly rehearsed dance.
Its only a demonstration, basically to show random people what is it like etc etc, its slowed down and probably choreographed so more things can be shown and seen by unexperienced people. If you watch a lot of sword fighting it might seem boring, to people with no knowledge about sword fighting this is the best you can do to show them what they do
i like the effort, and atmosphere, but technically not so good...
Too bad nobody there saw this since all of them had there eyes closed
Stop Rituals, Stop thy whatever etc.
Get On with it.
this looks boring.
I thought sword-fighting would be more action not f****** boring
Just imagine what happens if the guy doesn't stop his strike before it reaches his enemy. It is not always about being able to strike. It is about being able to control
Because this is more of a demonstration of form and technique than fighting and all.
If you want that try kendo or HEMA and dont be surprised if the battle ends in less than 5 seconds, thats usually how it goes given this stuff (well for point scoring i guess)
boring.