Give it a name

@HenryDavidT Not even for self defense?

Mailais lol katana is like a gun if you don’t know how to use he is dangerous for yourself you cant self dense

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!!

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 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.

😄 Yeah, probably would sound something like that.

OddOneOut 1 oddly your name sounds like a KZfaqr

@Joe 4769 🤔

That sucks. Hope you can get back to it!

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

Basically 😂

What injury?

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.

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.

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

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.

wirklich?

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.

4:50 someone fell into hell

The best defense, is more offense - Johnny Lawrence

It’s been 2 years and you still haven’t gotten a response, I sadly don’t know though :/

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.

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.

no

The muramasas may be worth looking into.

Maramasa blades. That’s what your thinking about.

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.

@@RonJeremy514 Tachi were worn differently right?

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.

@@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.

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