@pernordin2641 3 жыл бұрын
Miyamoto Musashi was not only a great swordsman. He wrote a book about skill, saying that one could apply this skill to anything, not only swordsmanship. He proved it by giving up the sword and becoming a fantastic painter in his old age…
@RHCole 3 жыл бұрын
The Book of Five Rings is excellent.
@Attilles 3 жыл бұрын
1. Do not think dishonestly 2. The way is in training 3. Become aquainted with every art 4. Know the ways of all professions 5. Distinquish between gain and loss 6. Develop intuitive judgement 7. Percieve that which cannot be seen 8. Pay attention even to trifles 9. Do nothing that is of no use
@michaelb1761 3 жыл бұрын
Episode 80 of the Jocko Willink podcast was a little over 2 hours of discussing Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings" (followed by 20 minutes of Jocko discussing how to be a better man through his supplements, etc.). I found it very interesting.
@timjohnson1199 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was a philosopher. The 21 Lessons are the best .
@mrshinebox1803 3 жыл бұрын
I came to the comments to mention this specifically. I read it back when I trained in martial arts. I was a blue belt at the time and was able to implement some of Musashi's teachings before I had even finished the book, and kept doing so even up to 1st Dan. The book was so influential that I bought a copy (along with Sun Tzu's The Art of War) as a gift for one of my instructors who helped me train for black belt.
@coleallen8115 3 жыл бұрын
"Ran away from home at the age of 23" sounds funny to me
@pixiesouter9419 3 жыл бұрын
I know right. Isn't that just called moving out? Or "flying the nest".
@blackc1479 3 жыл бұрын
If youre a millennial or younger thats the equivalent of being an orphan. Gen x: youre doing ok Boomers: what the hell are parents?
@christopherrhodes3228 3 жыл бұрын
Because nobody likes you when you're 23
@blazethealaskanmalamute4633 3 жыл бұрын
As my 19 year old step daughter says: who has guardianship of me then 🤦🏼♀️
@thorthethunderdawg5289 3 жыл бұрын
@@christopherrhodes3228 they'll never learn, that was about the time she walked away from me...
@jessica_in_japan 3 жыл бұрын
The use of Oda Nobunaga's portrait for Ito Ittosai amused me more than it should have.
@Lngbrdninjamasta 3 жыл бұрын
" we just did the opposite of what I don't like" business model perfection
@DiracComb.7585 3 жыл бұрын
Mad Jack Churchill is one of the greatest swordsmen on principle simply for how much of a meme he was.
@kenninast 3 жыл бұрын
Musashi allegedly lost one single duel. He fought a master with the six foot staff (a foot of those days was 35cm, so a six foot staff back then was 210 cm, not the modern 183). He won. The master sought for a new weapon to try it again, and he found the not yet commonly known "kusari gama", a blade with a long chain. (Most often a sickle, but there were daggers with a chain as well.) This surprised Musashi and he lost the only time ever.
@Ater_Draco 3 жыл бұрын
How could this list not include the greatest British swordsman ever, Lord "Flash" Flashheart?
@Dizzyruptor 3 жыл бұрын
Captain Darling? Funny name for a guy isn’t it? Last person I called darling was pregnant 20 seconds later!
@CAP198462 3 жыл бұрын
Most of the infantry think he’s a prat, ask them who they’d prefer to meet; Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart or the man who cleans out the public toilets in Aberdeen and they’ll opt for Wee Jock Poo pong McPlop any day of the week.
@Ater_Draco 3 жыл бұрын
@@CAP198462 😂
@davidboysel4509 3 жыл бұрын
Bob
@blackcorp0001 3 жыл бұрын
Flash by name...Flash by nature...Wooof
@pamelamays4186 3 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: The top ten gunfighters of the Old West.🤠
@BakuranTV 4 ай бұрын
Say when?-Doc Holiday
@macmcelveen1241 3 жыл бұрын
Inego mantyoa didn't make the list? Inconceivable..
@owenshebbeare2999 3 жыл бұрын
Ahh, yes, the nerds all dragging out their favourite fictional characters! Sorry, but you aren't being either funny or profound.
@macmcelveen1241 3 жыл бұрын
@@owenshebbeare2999 My ten to one ratio proves you wrong. People get the joke and the sarcasm..
@parlainthtownie85 3 жыл бұрын
Running away from home at the age of 23 is called Moving out.
@b3ans4eva 3 жыл бұрын
Obi-wan Kenobi was the greatest swordsman.
@soullessevangelist3652 3 жыл бұрын
Nope Yoda was better
@benjaminmarquart969 3 жыл бұрын
@@soullessevangelist3652 I came here to say that
@owenshebbeare2999 3 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the obligatory Star Wars geeks!
@seananonymous9289 3 жыл бұрын
Obi-wan is fake mon...😆😆😆
@timjohnson1199 3 жыл бұрын
Not science fiction. Fantasy.
@YSOTDAN 3 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥Miyamoto Musashi🔥🔥🔥 Number ONE 👍
@christinacarmichael325 3 жыл бұрын
The greatest troll of that whole century
@wastelander138 3 жыл бұрын
Started watching this thinking "I wonder if there will be any Scottish guys on this list" seconds later "Number ten, Donald McBane" 😆
@mikesuarez5366 3 жыл бұрын
Cesare Borgia who once locked thirty men in a room and killed them all with a sword should definitely make the list. Hans Talhoffer is another well known fight Master who wrote several manuscripts on many European fighting techniques including several types of sword fighting.
@Themaxwithnoname 3 жыл бұрын
Talhoffer would have been a scary person to fight in combat
@protoclone138 3 жыл бұрын
Long time fan of Musashi's tales.
@protoclone138 3 жыл бұрын
Musashi's total battles fought, and won, was 60, allegedly. Consider losing meant death, and in such a way of a violent activity, making it to 60 wins is incredible.
@fortawesome1974 3 жыл бұрын
Musashi didn't use a wooden sword against Kojiro. Kojiro fought with an abnormally long sword called a Nodachi (well that's what they believe it was anyway). As he could outreach Musashi he used a wooden oar from the boat he rowed over in and whittled it down a bit which gave him extra reach. And he killed him with that oar!!
@Battle_Beard 3 жыл бұрын
Sir Christopher Lee 😎
@antonylaws6554 3 жыл бұрын
Obviously Wesley and Inigo Montoya are the greatest. Who needs facts when fantasy is superiour. Oh!... as you wish 😂
@davidboysel4509 3 жыл бұрын
Throwing Errol Flynn and you have the Three Musketeers
@ryproar11 3 жыл бұрын
Now we need the greatest archers/marksmen to round this list out. There are A LOT of them. 👌
@mrnancy1114 3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to give props to swords men of African descent, and especially a Black French man born in the Caribbean. [ Born to George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave, Saint Georges enrolled in a fencing school at 13, becoming one of the best fencers at 15 and the fastest at 17. According to the son of Saint Georges’ Master:] Should add he was a noted composer as well.
@mrnancy1114 3 жыл бұрын
[ The art of fencing is believed to have originated from Spain. While the modern rules and mechanics of the game can be traced back to the 18th century, memoirs from Europe indicates that men of African descent engaged in the art as far back as the 1500s.] [These swordsmen were documented in a variety of books including the books by German fencing master, Hans Talhoffer.] This Hans Talhoffer mentioned in vid loved sparring with Africans or Afro- Germans??.., sorry I can't put the link to pics or text because KZfaq hates outside links.
@kevinbeaugez2769 3 жыл бұрын
Simon, I challenge you to a fencing duel, if I win you have to shave your beard 🤣, if you win, you get to start a new channel
@LJ-ki7ub 3 жыл бұрын
Simon you post so much I love it keep it up. An entertained vet.
@kyledamron 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the new video Simon!
@planetdisco4821 3 жыл бұрын
What about Cyrano de Bergerac!? The French Musashi! Apparently the British explorer Richard Burton was also an amazing swordsman…
@you2angel1 3 жыл бұрын
Your beard has reached epic proportions! It's rare to see a beard that can rival the Wyoming crowd °~.☆.~°
@pipepicasso8112 3 жыл бұрын
"Tis but a scratch"
@ace1776 3 жыл бұрын
KOJIRO SASAKI! With The pole drawer! I still see him splendidly dressed in silk.
@sleepy314 3 жыл бұрын
Pole dryer. Japanese dried clothes on a long bamboo pole. Kojiro's sword was longer than usual, so got the nickname.
@fingerguns2484 3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest stories. And I watch every time a new video of him comes out.
@robertschlesinger1342 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
@metalhigh0043 3 жыл бұрын
McBane would be a great biographic 💡
@jasonbennett60 8 ай бұрын
English archers trained weekly from the age of seven to be able to shoot war bow weights of up to 140#. Archery training for war was not easy.
@bjelkeesrb 3 жыл бұрын
Wait, Musashi was not a female two-wielding swordmaster obsessed with eating Udon that travels through worlds?! My whole life was a lie...
@firstname__lastname 3 жыл бұрын
You insulted my honor... I demand satisfaction!!
@MarkPurcell 3 жыл бұрын
Great swordsmanship to beard transition!
@claysecora8734 3 жыл бұрын
Do a Biographic on Hanzo!
@blackcorp0001 3 жыл бұрын
Ban Guns they say...yes...bring back the age of swords
@wannabeslav 3 жыл бұрын
Miyamoto got his opponents mad then took advantage of it lol. Truly a smart and amazing swordsman
@WillBoothe3 3 жыл бұрын
Most underrated comedians of all time
@anubrakahn2970 3 жыл бұрын
Top ten Simon Whistler channels please thanks
@IsntTheInternetGreat 3 жыл бұрын
'Tokugawa Leyasu'? The 'I' in Ieyasu is an upper case i, not a lower case 'L'
@lordhelpus3955 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite ever quote is from mad Jack Churchill. "If it wasn't for those damn yanks,we could have kept the war going for another ten years".
@peachydls341 3 жыл бұрын
Let's grab a time machine and get all these swordsmen together to see who is the most skilled...
@glennmaidment3377 3 жыл бұрын
Congrats with the beard product wish u all the best with ur venture
@juliagoad1539 3 жыл бұрын
Tomo.e I will endeavor to never say anything about a pronunciation again, but I must say it is properly... Tomo.e
@northernboy7272 3 жыл бұрын
Never thought I d be interested in this......welllll this was amazing
@OrangeSolaire 3 жыл бұрын
"...it's more suited for one on one duels than coordinated unit-based combat." ***the Roman Legions have entered the chat***
@paulroberts3639 3 жыл бұрын
I thought America’s Jonah Falcon was the world’s greatest swordsman.
@greasygaymer3220 3 жыл бұрын
This is my Favorite channel super interesting and well delivered A++
@seanmiddleton2932 3 жыл бұрын
did he say he ran away from home at the age of 23? bwahahahahahahahaahha
@matthewrichards8218 3 жыл бұрын
And now I want to go play ghost of Tushima again.
@sonicgoo1121 3 жыл бұрын
3:30 Top Ten of generals who never lost a battle?
@terryenby2304 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this with Beardblaze in my hair and rotting turtle on my pulse points… in my sheath boxers and my “Am I Right Peter!” Shirt lol
@fricki1997 3 жыл бұрын
No Talhoffer? :(
@beeinthehive 3 жыл бұрын
I'm best sword fighter in Night City. Only Cyberpunk fans will get that one.
@BlackJoker29 3 жыл бұрын
can you do a biographics of miamoto and just go down the list of how badass this man was??
@stevethegeckotv 3 жыл бұрын
He already has
@KillEmAllContent 3 жыл бұрын
Hey ,Simon from V sauce here
@loke6664 3 жыл бұрын
Limited in the battlefield? Augustus legions disagree with that. But sure, it have always been more popular as an accessory you bring around that is also useful for self defense, spears are great in war but you don't want to lug one around when you walk around town. More like a fancy pistol for modern day officers then a rifle. That is also why swords often were decorated. Still, there have been many successful units using swords in history.
@MrEricleblanc26 3 жыл бұрын
Nobody told to that Churchill not to bring a knife to a gunfight? 😆
@bobbylon5 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome… Just Awesome.
@bentley4446 3 жыл бұрын
That musashi name worked out better for the swordsman than the battleship
@mm-yt8sf 3 жыл бұрын
that's so nice that he used only a wooden sword. but i'm assuming that meant he didn't kill with it, though i guess anyone could be killed with a stout stick. or if it led to someone's suicide from embarrassment then i guess no lives were really saved
@burningchrome70 3 жыл бұрын
There's no honor in an easy victory.
@sleepy314 3 жыл бұрын
It is deadly. Musashi killed Kojiro with the boken he carved from an oar. Head strike.
@scoop4363 3 жыл бұрын
22JUL2021 - Connor MacLeod, there can be only one. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.
@matttam646 3 жыл бұрын
How about Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de St. Georges? A black swordsman who was also a violinist!
@jayestrada3852 3 жыл бұрын
Half the list are Samurai🤣🤣🤣...I just won myself a free lunch!!!
@jamesricker3997 3 жыл бұрын
The Japanese recorded the names of their best swordsmen
@VcassCsoto 3 жыл бұрын
Actually it’s said sasaki died because he was not accustom to his surroundings and was blinded by a flash of light which was his downfall. Miyamoto was older and had greater experience with taking advantage of his environment. It’s all such a cute little story. Or stories given the variations lol.
@Linuxpunk81 3 жыл бұрын
I've been watching record of ragnarok and this video helped me a lot 😂
@georgehaynes217 3 жыл бұрын
Also, an excellent swordsman, William Marshall of the era of King John
@kjaubrey4816 3 жыл бұрын
Simon believes that you too can have an epic beard.
@jacobstaten2366 3 жыл бұрын
Greatest swordsman's favorite weapon; stick.
@sleepy314 3 жыл бұрын
That you carve yourself from an oar....
@jacobstaten2366 3 жыл бұрын
@@sleepy314 I was referring to the bokken, but an oar is basically a stick too.
@Qu.Z. 3 жыл бұрын
Khalid ibn Waleed was the greatest swordsmann of all time, never lost a battle.
@helgaformo2054 3 жыл бұрын
he is definitely in the top 3
@sandybarnes887 3 жыл бұрын
It's easy to be unbeaten if you rarely battle.
@helgaformo2054 3 жыл бұрын
@@sandybarnes887 he literally won over 50. Im no fan of Islam but smart people give credit where credit is due
@sandybarnes887 3 жыл бұрын
@@helgaformo2054 it was a joke
@helgaformo2054 3 жыл бұрын
@@sandybarnes887 lol
@tinypants7895 3 жыл бұрын
Hawkeye Mihawk is offended
@vernonbender3384 3 жыл бұрын
"Beardblaze" Compleatly reasonable.
@omniscientbeing4224 3 жыл бұрын
anyone watch record of ragnorok? where they try to say Sasaki Kojiro was actually the greatest swordsman? yeah it pissed me off to no end too.
@calebbean1384 3 жыл бұрын
Number 10 is an ancestor of mine I think, family is from Inverness anyway and there were a myriad of spellings ha
@paulc96 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon - a very entertaining and interesting video. But I would like to second the comment of PlanetDisco below. Surely Cyrano de Bergerac and Sir Richard Francis Burton deserve a mention in any list of great swordsmen ?
@Captofthisship 3 жыл бұрын
Yo , Samurai Showdown- Mr. Hanzo, all day son!~
@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS 3 жыл бұрын
A Book of 5 Rings.
@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS 3 жыл бұрын
After mastering the two sword technique, the next step is mastery of a mere stick, or any other object.
@JimTheFly 3 жыл бұрын
The Book of Five Rings is still one of my favorite reads. I'm so glad I found it on sale years ago.
@josephhargrove4319 3 жыл бұрын
Just a quibble: Tomoe is pronounced, more or less, TO-MO-WAY (no stressed syllable.) richard -- “There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now.” - Eugene O'Neill, A Moon for the Misbegotten
@someguy7842 3 жыл бұрын
didnt he do this one a few years back?
@DumbOhioFarmboy 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how modern swordsman would stack up.
@Atma_Weapon 3 жыл бұрын
SWORDS. nuff sed. my boi miyamoto got number one.
@thcusandsunny 3 жыл бұрын
Biased. Where's Roronoa Zoro?
@FourbooFourboo-sy6oj 3 жыл бұрын
Beards are so 2015…
@matthewgambrel568 3 жыл бұрын
Can you make a top 10 of your channels?😂
@JamesxKo 3 жыл бұрын
My name is Inigo Montoya
@davidthompson6834 3 жыл бұрын
Errol flyn
@IrishMike22 3 жыл бұрын
Simon; can you do a video on why things like a Jack-in-the-box or the money shot of a horror film still scare us, even when we know they're coming? It's always fascinated me, but I don't make amazing video after amazing video showing why things are, or were, anyway. Be well TT team 🤜
@captainspaulding5963 3 жыл бұрын
Fight or flight instinct. The same thing happens when firing a gun for most people, you know there is about to be a small explosion, but most people still flinch
@TheKidKniseBurgh 3 жыл бұрын
Is the GZA on this list? Cause...
@spacetheory831 3 жыл бұрын
Kojiro is number one under the Sun!
@michaelb1761 3 жыл бұрын
For an in depth discussion of Miyamoto Musashi and his "The Book of Five Rings", check out Jocko Podcast 80.
@sir.muffiniii7011 2 жыл бұрын
Umm, hattori hanzō used a spear, not a sword
@quintenwhyte6660 3 жыл бұрын
Sword Avengers
@A_Salted_Fishe 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, Simon, but I am all but incapable of growing facial hair. As Jenna Marbles once said: "I've waited my whole life to grow a beard, and now that I can, I can't"
@questingronin8510 3 жыл бұрын
How dare you, Madmartigan is the greatest swordsman to have ever lived 😂
@owenshebbeare2999 3 жыл бұрын
Is that another fanboy crush? Honestly, so many geeks here proposing various fictional characters, all thinking you are funny or profound.
@thomasseery7570 3 жыл бұрын
No-one runs away from home at 23 unless you’re the mummy’s boy of all mummy’s- boys
@owenshebbeare2999 3 жыл бұрын
Remember this channel's staff are all Millenials, and leaving home at 23 is seen as incredibly young!
@RestlessFisherman 3 жыл бұрын
It was actually the norm throughout most of history to live at home until you were married. Capitalism thrives off of making people move out young. And before you say anything, I moved out pretty young and bought my first house at 26. Millenials are lazy tho right??
@thomasseery7570 3 жыл бұрын
@@owenshebbeare2999 I get you, thanks
@thomasseery7570 3 жыл бұрын
@@RestlessFisherman I dunno. Perhaps I’m too old now
@ThomasMHead 3 жыл бұрын
Simon: "...Tokugawa LE-YAY-asu..." Us: How many times must we beat you over the head!? There is no "L"! That is an "I"! Pronounced "E-A-ya-su"!
@MacaulayConnor 3 жыл бұрын
Cyrano
@jaybee1196 3 жыл бұрын
where's your vincero?
@greymouser8659 3 жыл бұрын
Kojiro....2nd.
@jamesmeppler6375 3 жыл бұрын
He refuses to say Ieyasu correctly..that's a capital i not a low case L....no one uses lower case letters for the begining of someone's name, it's a proper noun...ee ay asu....ieyasu...eye...dude
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