Kendo in High Speed Camera(Slow Motion)
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- This Kendo clip is from Japan Public Broadcasting's documentary on " A Human's reaction ablitiy".The show includeded a short track start,Pro Baseball batter and Light weight Boxcer as well.
Interest thing about the show was that former studies suggested that Human
can not react no faster than 0.2 second limted bb the speed of electric pulse running through eye - frontal cortex brain - the body muscle..But, new sport analysis studis found
some athletes could react in less than 0.2 second.
Mr. Tanakanabe had much better reactive ability than Mr. Teramoto's. But,
he could not catch up Teramoto's Men already released before his.
Takanabe mentioned in his interview later that" He froze for a moment when
Teramoto change his move from aiming DO to MEM". This split second frozen
moment made his defeat. The narration concluded the segment stating that
" Takanabe won in reactive superiority, but Teramoto won in Kendo". - Sport
Man, that hit at 0:50 is just a masterpiece. The way he pushes the opponent's sword out of the way and then uses the same momentum to swing from the other side is magnificent to look at.
Its a pretty well known move in sword dueling actually. At least i see it quite often. But still, it owes me everytime never the less.
I've seen this in a lot of HEMA matches, it just looks awesome how you convert a parry into an attack
*COUNTER!*
It's dope like if that was a real katana his head would be sliced in 2
It’s called parrying and hitting back lmao
No one is faster than the guy with the flags.
HAHAHA THAT EYE
No doubt about it
The 2 kendo fighter is too slow for him
@@whitecunt6903 lol he's clearly on another level
How did he see that 😳😳😳😳😳
Crowd: *Claps*
Me: 🤔
*Slow motion plays*
Me: 😲 👏👏
same here, man!
Yah. Me too.
me tree
Me four
Me fine :)))
To those who commented that the winner would also be injured/killed in a real sword fight:
1. Kendo is a sport. Based on real sword fights, but still a sport. You have to simplify and apply artificial rules to make a sport work. Shooting is a sport, and you don't see the audience complain that your enemy/game doesn't stay still like a shooting target in real life.
2. Defensive and evasive techniques are very important parts in Kendo. They might not be exactly the same like what happens in real sword fights, they are almost as close as it gets.
3. One of important reasons it's almost impossible to simulate a real sword fight with Kendo, is that if a valid Kendo strike happens in a real fight, it would inevitably break or at least interfere with your opponent's momentum. If you want to deliver a valid strike and stay uninjured, you need to anticipate how your strike could break/change your enemy's attack and then evade accordingly. That's almost impossible to simulate in a sport as nobody gets truly injured (hopefully) in a game.
4. If any of you fuckers gets into a real sword fight with a Kendo master, my money is not on you.
Very well written.I practice shastravidya,an ancient Indian swordsmanship art.My teacher tells me that sparring with sticks doesn't amount to real sword fight with sharp blades but sparring builds your reflexes and teaches you how to perform under pressure.But yes,when it comes to sharp blades people don't jump in with committed blows. You need to angle away from the edge of the weapon,get inside the opponents weapon range and then kill him.If he's wearing armour,then remove the armour and take him out.
I like your comment but Kendo is not a sport. I practice Kendo in Japan, and one of the common things I hear at the post practice drinking parties is "Kendo is not a sport, that's why....." I'm not saying its war training, but marital art (budo) not a sport.
+bambooswordsman1 Well martial arts literally translate as "arts of war" and my teacher teaches us not just fighting man to man but also fighting in battle formations.I dont know much about kendo but from what I have seen,it seems like the focus is on duelling rather than fighting in groups like an army.One reason could be that samurais of old always preferred small unit skirmishing.
When I said martial arts, I was refering to the Japanese word, budo, which can translate in several ways, but I think way refers to a way of training the mind rather than just learning to fight. Not a sport, but as you said, not for war. I'm not sure where the term martial art comes from but I've learned translation never work very well.
As for the other part of your comment, none of my teachers in the US or Japan have actually mentioned dueling, but I have gotten that sense myself. Using preferred Kendo methods would make even small group tactics impossible. It does seem to be meant for one on one.
in HEMA we do count it when both men die.
THose referee's eyes are made with 16x camera or what??? How could they saw the red guy hit it first. Damn!!!
+Thanh Nguyen i think they judged it not by eyes but by hit sounds and the vibration of the air .
risktakerdaito Lol. Master skill!
KIX spotter Sorry, I didnt know that...
+Thanh Nguyen The judges get it wrong all the time. Besides, unlike in fencing, they judge it on who has the best form, not who hits first by a fraction of a second.
cygil1 Thanks. That makes sense.
Makes you wonder how crazy fast Musashi must have been to have won all of those duels with real weapons.
Cagedand Enraged is that fictional character?
idunusegoogleplus
Musashi was a Japanese duelist from way back
he was probably a phony and exaggerated everything.
Yeah, Musashi was the greatest sword fighter Of Japan!
Thing is... not only him, entire Japan exaggerated everything if you put it that way
10 years after that it got confirmed that Sony used the eyes from the refree to make slow-motion cameras.
I'm Japanese.And I used to practice kendo.Kendo is not learning how to kill but learning what Bushidou is.So it's not important which one is more fast.A samurai in the Edo Era was taught right attitude and manners by practicing kendo.The purpose of kendo is fostering samurai's humanity.Sorry for my poor English.
i know it's been years but your English is fine. People who are born and raised here don't have as good grammar as you. XD
I'm Simon もうちょい短くまとめて
it's late but what you called samurai humanity is bullshit when at that time period, the samurai betray, kill each other. humanity my ass..
Your English is far better than any of our Japanese. And your comment was very informative. Thank you.
@@xSy7 are you really lecturing a japanese about his own culture?
What the fuck is this sport ... This is so speedy, so nervous, and so calm. This is one of the best sport i ever saw :o
+Jason Savelli Its like S3x.someones gonna get tapped weather they like it or not
It's a martial art. Japanese sword fighting.
It's called kendo
@Jason Savelli, Kendo, Japanese sport fencing.
When I see many comments mention that "if this is the real fighting...", I'm exhausted and realized some people are still confusing what Ken-do is made for. Ken(sword) Do(path) is the practice of concentration through the invisible communication using by swords, and it helps for your mental self-growth. Not the practice to prepare for the real fight, entirely NOT. Same as Fencing, it keeps its fairness with point match. Sorry if you were looking for the Oriental one like Kurosawa movies, you need to understand this is the "Real". But if you challenge Kendo or other Japanese martial art, you'll see its fun, i swear.
+she oaken But isnt it how would be a fight using real Katanas? If not, how a Katana fight is? I mean, how the moves will be like? The attacks, the parries.. I thought it was like in this video.
+Clever Azevedro Cruz Junior You are confusing Kendo with Kenjutsu there
Gungrave123 Hmm, Kendo is that above, and Kenjutsu is..?
+Clever Azevedro Cruz Junior is samurai :)
she oaken aak
Looking at this, the ease at which Palpatine killed those 3 jedis sounds much more legit...
Well, to be fair. He *was* the Senate.
To be fair, they had chosen.... *death*
It was treason, then.
That was a beautiful deflection and counter strike at 0:50.
It really was :)
I have to agree on that. Really shows the Swordmanship they have.
That was a parry you casul.
Whatisbow 28 its the same thing..-.-
Uchiha Madara
It's a dark souls reference you casul
Really cool video. The High Speed shots are great when it comes to seeing the precise moment when the hit was made. In real time, if offten looks like "mumbo-jumbo-ponit!-what the hell just happened?"
If you've practised kendo in your life, you know the beauty of this video.
This is how side charecters anime feels like you can't see the movements of the Mc because its too fast
The announcer is so into it, you can tell he’s invested. It’s great.
これを見分ける審判達も凄い
The referees be like:
“ *SHARINGAN!* “
Hahahaha
They use alot of chakra
Such an awesome compilation ~ !
With differences so minute like that I can't even begin to imagine how anyone can judge that. That is just truly amazing.
For people who aren't Kendoka and are questioning about why some hits are being counted and some aren't, and the whole "this would never work in a real sword fight because both people would be dead from many many hits I offer this comment that will probably better explain whats happening.
Every time the practitioners go back to center with the tips of the swords crossing it's like the fight restarted. From here, the object is to strike either the head,torso, wrists or throat with a unification correct posture,good cutting technique, correct footwork and alertness after the attack in case of counter. The judges will only count the best strikes, and of course even though weaker strikes might kill the other person like I said it's treated like every time the practitioners go back to center the fight basicly restarts and it goes on a best of 3pts system. In this way competition is SUPPOSED to be used be used as a polishing of technique under pressure(Some people are overly competitive and lose this though with blocking and overemphasis on winning ) instead of who hits first like in fencing.
In higher ranking 8th dan competitions, the match is closer to a real sword fight as both practitioners will most likely be able to get a point when they strike so they spend most of the time trying to obtain an opening before ever actually striking in order to obtain a strike that can't be countered by their opponent and will be sure to win.But still goes by 3pt match usually and the whole restart thing is still present if they don't get a pt. There is a lot less blocking(common now) and random strikes as you see here.
Ryu
"and alertness after the attack in case of counter" which is not displayed in this video. None of these fighters display "alertness after the attack" (aka "zanshin"). Notice how the flags go up before they even have a chance to display zanshin? Instead, the fighters show "hikiage" (showboating) which is technically incorrect, but nobody cares.
star wars brought me here
dude. same here!
Lol same. Man, just hearing those shinai clash reminds me of practicing with my sensei. Been hit with those without protective gear, it hurt like a bitch.
Bussaniga Ovadahed And yes George Lucas did get inspired by the culture and sport with the help of Joseph Campbell and George Jung.
Im here from the magic roundabout movie
Understandable. Jedi are space magic samurai.
Slow motion is great, you get all the details you couldn't see otherwise.
And I'm actually quite shocked and awed. For I have learned that that's fast enough to fool my eyes.
Of all the times I had to guess on who hit first, I could only get 1 right
yeah well.. if you see the time it takes them to hit the opponent and the time difference between the hits then it's obvious why it is so hard to tell.. damn those guys are lightning fast..
Dunkelelf3
Yes indeed
You will have to see the fight with your own eyes, videos recordings are limited by frames.
I've never seen a shinai bend like that if not for the slowmo camera. A very good fight, both are very fast and decisive.
such a splendid sport omg
I used to fence many years ago (epee) and I remember fencing a Swedish junior champion. Every so often we'd stand and just size each other up, waiting for one of us to do something. This bastard (and I'm just saying it with all the respect 'cause he was a great dude and he used to beat my ass all the time) would just wait for me to blink and when I did, it was all over. By the time I opened my eyes, he had pretty much closed the distance and it was all over with. Depressing but very cool to fence against people like that. Probably the dude I enjoying fencing against the most :)
I MISS the old days :)
Now, I'm not trying to take anything away from the Kendo guys. Just thought I'd throw that in there...
It's interesting to hear about parallels. I've had similar experiences.
bambooswordsman1 I don't know about Kendo but Fencing is not a big spectator sport, probably due to the speed. Hell, it's hard enough to know what's going on when you're in the room, on tv...hell no. :(
TotalDesignZ I don't know where you're getting your info from, but Fencing in an Olympic sport. It has a ruddy huge following, from the far corners of the world.
rpsteele12 You answered the wrong person but I still want to comment. It's not a big spectator sport due to the fact that it's hard to see what's going on. It's simply too fast and yes, I know it's big if you're a fencer but most people have never watched it.
Could you have countered by practicing to blink 1 eye at a time?
Did you ever feint a blink to force his move?
Beautifully executed.!
Talk about timing and dedication. Respect.
When studying Kendo, you're supposed to treat each strike as a killing blow. You don't tap on the head, you aim to cut through to about eye level. You're right about simultaneous hits though.
選手はもちろん、審判の方々の動体視力はスゴいですね。
はい、そうです。
@@user-it8zi8xo8b すみません。私はスキルを高く評価しようとしています。あなたを怒らせるつもりはありませんでした。あなたのメッセージがわからない場合は申し訳ありませんが、中国 語しか話せません。
@@user-it8zi8xo8b 私はあなたを誤解しました。しかし、あなたは正しい、彼らは剣道をオリンピックに戻すべきだ。資格のあるレフリーが見つかる場合のみ。
俺なら確率2分の1だしテキトーに旗上げちゃう😑
ただ当たれば良いわけではないからね
kendo is simply beautiful...Japan must be happy to share all the martial arts with the rest of the world.
Fantastic to watch these two competitors at the top of their game
As a HEMAist I never have any idea what's going on but always thoroughly enjoy it anyway. Also everyone else here calling their sport the one true sword fighting can we just get along? Every single one takes skill, respect that.
確かに実践ではこのような戦いにはならない。しかし真剣を持った場合、剣道をやっている人には攻め方を考えられる。そしてお互いに棒を持った場合には剣道をやっている人間には絶対に素人は勝てない。何故か？剣道をやっていれば分かるのだが、相手の棒の軌道が全て見えるからだ。
素人からすると経験者の打ち込みは見えないらしいね。
高校の体育で素人相手に無双してたわｗ
慣れっていうやつなのかな？凄え
I've done fencing for years (mainly sabre and epee) and I have done kendo for about 3 years now and I completely agree with ya on that. That actually is exactly how I thought when I first started fencing where we both hit just one hit quicker. However I thought long and hard about how sword sports could have the realism of a real duel, and I don't think it is possible. People know they don't risk dying and so they go for the fastest hit. So sadly, sword sports will always be Sports.
Great video. Thank you.
WTF?! How did those judges unanimously get the last hit correct? They must be superhuman to discern that 0.009-second difference...
Great fighters and Great referees.
Wonderfull !!! So speed and sharp.
THESE GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE
Huge respect for the referees to figure this out in real-time.
I've practiced arnis my whole life and I like to exchange techniques with a kendo practitioner. Seems like I could learn a lot things from them.
Amazing!
Okay, I learned something today. That is very cool, Thank you.
Final round : *Anime music starts playing
First fight are like:
Miyamoto mushashi vs Sasaki Kojiro
Bruh these uniforms are just scary and dope in the same time. I really respect Kendo !
Thanks for the reply!
Why isn't this on T.V. instead of all the crappy sports everyone else likes...
Because is crappy to the rest of the world and it just a few who watch this instead...
it is on TV. In Korea and Japan. Just not worldwide because most of the world don't give a fuck about this shit!
://SyCx1 Productions because everyone else likes those crappy sports? I feel like you kinda answered your own question there...
@Murat Gadjiev ironic
This and Sumo.
Bi monthly tournament started today.
Nattosumo is a good channel to catch daily condensation of the top division bouts.
03:00 am now.. and i can't sleep
I don't need sleep! I need answer!
Let's meet after another 12 years when youtube recommends this one.
@A3neas
The Men (the helmet), Do (the breastplate), Kote (the gauntlets) and Tare (the armored skirting) are the basic components of the Kendo Bogu (the armor). In Kendo, it's part of your form to call your targets when you strike them, to show the judges that it wasn't just a fluke that you hit what you hit.
だから、オリンピックの競技にしたくない
いやー本当にそうですね。オリンピックでやってほしくないです。
武道ではあるけどスポーツじゃないですもんね
そのせいで柔道もスポーツ化しちゃたもんね
When i hear him talk he sounds similar to Zoro from One Piece XD Santoryu!
watching multiple screens at the same time, finally we are in back to the future
For the answer to your question, I have in the past. I stopped going after a year because I felt I wasn't learning anything beyond how to tourney spar. The most I got out of it was physical fitness. It's fine to use overwhelming attack as a strategy in kendo tournaments, as kendo doesn't really train you to do much more than that.
I love the Bruce Lee sounds
Kendo guy - uses intimidate * "YOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYEEEEEE"
It was super effective
Me - * unable to battle
Kendo teaches us not to fear (or at least tries). These kenshi are fighting without fear - their goal is to commit to the attack. When Takanabe falters in his attack - i.e. he tries to defend Teramoto's men strike - he loses the point. Their technique is beautiful to watch - and the amount of processing that happens at that speed is simply impressive. In "real life" perhaps both men would be dead - but that means one less opponent on the battlefield, and they've served their purpose.
Admirable
0:44 OH MY GOD
ikr
The conclusion is: the referees have 16x speed eyes :D
Amazing 🙌
im a fan of sports like this.
剣道は武道でなければなりません。
スポーツであるという考えは間違いではないが、正しくもない。
speed level god detected.😂😂👍👍👍👍
Their speed is so incredible.
0:45 was an incredible exchange. Parry and counter faster than I could see
Hmm.. Should have thrown the pummel.
The Japanese talk of honor... but can they truly end him rightly?
how the hell the referee saw that?
Teramoto had the skills to win but I see his height made a huge impact on this victory. Superior skill and reaction displayed on both sides
Kendo is really fun and meaningful, it is unfortunate for those who doesn't get a chance to be involved to understand ~"~..
Makes you glad you weren't born in the sword era. Even if you kill your opponent, you're likely to die yourself or sustain lifelong injuries.
as a kenjutsu practioner ill assure you the victor of a sword fight in history would not wounded or life-long injured. The reason is the video above is not actual ancient sword technique of history its sport, and it follows sporting based rules while kenjutsu or literally ken= sword, jutsu=technique has no rules other than killing your oppenet while you yourself survive at all costs.
think of it like this you would never use kiai like kendoka do becuase its useless and in a real right itll telegraph your entire technique to a seasoned swordsman who wont use his kiai yelling until hes firmly commited his sword into you.
kendo practioners do things that would have their wrists, forearms, and of course shoulders cut wide during a real fight such as resting the shinai on them because during a bind the judges dont regonize the little resting on the arms and wrists as bad technique while the two go at it, while in kenjutsu the second you get into a bind you get away via kicking or pushing the enemy off you never let his "ha" edge rest upon your arm during a bind even in armor
***** Isn't that exactly what I meant? I in no way implied that kendo IS how sword combat is in real life. But the brutality and the ease of striking a lethal blow gives you an inkling of how quickly sword fights actually end in real life (for unarmored combatants anyway). No fancy 5-minute wuxia fight scene, but over in a blink of an eye. And you'll likely get yourself killed as well.
Angreh Kittunz
apologizes, your post seemed from that of one who thinks kendo was legit i misread your post and for that i apologize.
but in history we have plently of warriors whom survived many duels some survived entire wars it was a matter of technique vs technique he whom was better trained will live uninjured to fight another day.
a kenjutsu duel typically lasts 4-5 different movements depending on the practioner after that period has passed he whom had better form will have won uninjured as no swordsman will allow himself to be injured to gain victory.
war was fair then you couldn't just nuke a whole city or country,you could block most things if you had talent,and fighting was an art not just pulling a trigger
@@masterdude134 Which ryu are you from may I ask? My sensei always said that there's 3 outcomes to a duel. One, you are better than your opponent so you kill him. Two, your opponent is better than you so he kills you. Three, you are both equal in skill and you kill each other. So what that means is that you have a one in three chance of getting out alive in a fight meaning the odds are immediately against you.
0:51 this is me when my girlfriend tells me that was all because of something I did
thanks for the help
Cool Video !
So what's funny is it's not just who hits first like you would think. You actually have to scream, stomp your foot, and strike with "emotion" all at the same time. I've asked many Japanese to explain how to score in kendo and none can easily, they just say its the "emotion". And where I live everyone does kendo lol
剣道やってればなんとなくわかると思う
Indeed, he also used his two sword style (Forced too i should say) when he was attacked as a young teenager by around 7 bandits. It is written by a local witness that after he slain two with his single sword, he drew the second and used it sort of as a shield as the account writes, then striking hard with his katana held in his right hand. the yoshika battle came after to which indeed true to form when fighting multiple enemies (around 25 this time) he used two swords again. amazing man.
That's a brilliant idea O_O
Hello, I'd like to ask people who do Kendo, Japapenese if possible. What do you achieve in real life when you do Kendo? It probably helps you stay fit like any other sports but other than that ? For example I do boxing because I like to hit and being hit, it reminds me that I'm not made of glass, also it improves my eye-hand coordination and reflexes. I'm seriously asking this because it looks like a cool sport that I would like to try but its gears and classes are expensive so I'd like to hear some opinions. I also wonder if age matters
+Donny Darko Well,i am not japanese, but i have started kendo recently. First, it keeps you fit, yes, and it also increases your stamina a lot. But i have noticed, that you require a gread deal of concentration. Our sensei says that kendo is the best sport apart from chess to increase your intelligence. And since i am doing kendo, i have improved my grades in math, so i think you can achieve things in life with it. Also, age doesn't really matter, we have someone who is around his sixties, and he beats me every single time, eventhough i am a lot younger.
Thank you very much my friend. Since age doesn't matter then I will continue with boxing as long as I can. When my body cannot take boxing anymore I might shift to Kendo :)
+Donny Darko friendliest conversation on the internet so far
+Donny Darko I'm not Japanese aswell but i've been practicing Kendo quiet Long now and of course like every other Sport it keeps you Fit but it mainly trains your Mind you will get a better person and you will notice what it means to show respect of course Kendo is very very Hard. My sensei said that nobody on the World is good at Kendo nobody that is alive. So you will Fail very often you will be down very often but you will learn to get up every single time showing resepct every single time and Fighting yourself every single time.
I hope that kinda helped you and also it is my Opinion about kendo not every one Shares this Opinon alot of people just train kendo because of the ''Fighting'' Part or mainly because of the Shiai but however as a boxer you will have some problems with your Footwork. But yeah Kendo is the best Martial Art for me and it helped me very much in my Daily Live and it made me a better person and i highly recommend it to every one
as i said it's my Personal opinion and not every one shares the same :)
hoope i could help you
Thank you my friend, I will keep every comment in mind. You helped me a lot. Thank you very much :)
Go to 4:20 on the timeline and you'll hear *Yoshi*
@mikeymarshful Full medieval plate armor only weighs about 60 lbs. It is form fitted to the individual for minimum hindrance. The mail that you see in the gaps doesn't cover everything below the plates, it is just part of the cotton/wool gambeson worn underneath for padding.
Modern soldiers in full kit can be carrying upwards of 120 lbs depending on their combat role (Machine gunners have the most to pack around).
Magnificent
High Speddo camero xD
and i thought im fast
very nice footage!!! I hope my son would love to play "kendo "as I loved to fence
Awesome!
This is what happened in real life Lol Forget about those samurai duels you see on TV. A real fight will probably ends in under 1 minute.
Thanh Nguyen yea, not just samurai but any other duels. even if the superior swordsman only got cut but not seriously wounded he might still die because of bacterial infection of wounds. real battles are nasty. those period war movies of heroes surviving multiple wounds are bullshit like how modern movies are bullshit showing heroes dodging bullets
両方死ぬ？フェンシングだって同じだろ。
Both are dead?
fencing is also the same.
Kenshin kato then the moral of the story is: hide and shoot :)
now THAT is awesome!
That Nito player is awesome, really wish to see more videos of him.
Wouldn't a sufficient helmet make vertical blows ineffective in real life combat?
I had the same question when I first started Kendo. I've never used a real sword on someone wearing a good helmet so I tell you what I have been told. Even with a good helmet, a two handed blow will deliver a enough blunt trauma to kill or at least knock out one's opponent. This is why we use bamboo swords (shinai) which are designed to absorb force rather than wooden swords (bokuto). This argument become more convincing to me after I felt how hard my Kendo teachers hit me. This is also related to why just touching someone with the sword is not a point in Kendo. Only blows considered strong enough to kill are points in Kendo.
frostek
Thank you for the confirmation. I would very much like to hear the story behind that piece of testimony.
There's a problem with ALL of these tournaments, whether kendo, foil, epee or any other sword type. The participants simply don't have enough fear of being hit. What matters in these matches is to hit the other guy an instant or more before he hits you - but that's not realistic. You don't want to get hit AT ALL, not even a glancing blow or a cut on an arm, hand or leg.
Maybe a tournament would be more 'realistic' if hits were only counted if the hit was unchallengeable (the other man's hit is rendered moot because he would have already lost the ability to perform the hit) or if one man made a clean hit on another without getting touched by the other after the hit. You could limit the length of the match by awarding the win to the man who got the first clean or unchallengeable hit - a one point match.
If you're fighting with blades, you're going to get cut. Especially if it were with Katanas.
Wait - please, I don't mean they should actually start swinging real swords at each other. :-) What I'm saying is that there should be an effort to move away from the "all I need to do is touch him before he touches me" mindset and make the requirements for scoring a point significantly more rigorous.
I can only speak to Kendo. In Kendo, we are taught specifically to not care if we are hit. You see your moment and attack with no regard for your own life. This attitude is taught in all Japanese sword arts. In view of the Samurai ideal of "if you wish to survive, you should not go to war at all," I do not believe your comment is valid.
bambooswordsman1 Something tells me that Musashi did not share your view on this.
He states this explicitly in the Book of Five Rings.
thank a lot.happy to you i wish.
kendo is a martial arts played like a sports. period!
Why doesn't Kendo attack the legs? Many commenters have stated this question as if the fact that Kendo does not attack the legs means that is is only a sport and not a martial art. In real martial systems no parts of the body would be off limits. The fact is that most sword fighting systems around the world do not attack the legs. A good explanation of why this is in in the video Sword & Shield Fighting with Roland Warzecha at min 27.40. Mr. Warzecha practices a HEMA style but the principles stated about reach are universal.
bambooswordsman1 Why is there a "real martial art" in the first place? Martial arts can range from simple exercises to improve strength and endurance to military training to quasi-entertainment (like war dances). All of which are tools used to prepare people (not necessarily warriors) for combat. Too many people watch wuxia movies and think "martial arts" refers to _actual_ combat. It does not. The goal is preparation, not maiming your own troops.
bambooswordsman1 First of all, things like straight up boxing don't attack the legs, but would you call it any less fighting than other martial arts? Second of all if you pay attention how quick these people are, that they only really need a couple of inches to go for your head. If you decide to go for the legs in a sword fight, chances are your head is going off really fast.
sslivkov Please read the whole comment and watch the video recommended in the comment. I am a Kendo practitioner and this comment is a defense of the fact that Kendo does not attack the legs.
bambooswordsman1 yep I've seen those hema longsword competition and they don't seem to even try and hit the opponent's legs.
I beleived that if you can't swiftly cut through his flesh and bones. That you'll give ou a wide open to your stomach and head.
to be honest, it doesn't really matter who hit the other one quicker, if it is in a real battle with real sword, they are both dead
What an insightful comment. Those of us who have been practicing Kendo for years never realized that when two people fight, they both might die. I'm glad you shared you and the thousand other people who had the exact same original observation chose to bless us with what I'm sure is your well researched and knowledgeable analysis.
bambooswordsman1 kendo is not a sport, it's for samurai to practice sword fighting because they are banned to use sword since tokugawa period. My sensei always taught me to have that mentality when practicing kendo
RisinSunTF2
No Kendo is not a sport. But if you really do practice Kendo, you teacher should have told you that the moment comes, you attack without regard for your own life. But none of this changes the fact that your first comment was obvious and pointless.
My sensei did taught me in really battle, you should be prepared to die at any moment or not being afraid to get hit, but it doesn't mean you should be allowing yourself to be hit like that. And the one you are talking about, sutemi, is only used by mostly beginners or in extreme situations like being surrounded in battle. For experienced trainers, I think not being hit while being able to hit your opponent is also a very important part of kendo. I know in this kind of competition, the only goal is to hit first, but is pointless in real battle.
RisinSunTF2 Kendo is actually a sport now, like european sport fencing. Kenjutsu is the martial art it is derived from and in kenjutsu you do learn to strike without getting hit as far as I know. Also it wasn't only used in battles but also as a self-defence tool and for that it doesn't really matter if you kill your attacker when you're dead yourself.
Really is a beautiful thing to watch. I would dearly love to learn this but alas, the nearest school is about 2 hours away. Because even though I live 30 minutes from the capital city in my state, and it is listed as a major growth corridor there is next to 0 fraking martial arts schools in my area.
I slays me when I think about it.
I did. I'm saving money so I can start my lessons as soon as possible :D