Isao Machii - Modern Day Samurai or Just Another Guy?
Vložit
- čas přidán 9. 02. 2017
- Here is my opinion on Isao Machii and his skill with the Katana.
ps: correction he cut a 820 km/h baseball ;)
Isao Machii wikipedia page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Ma...
Gudkasma's video • Video
Samurai (侍?) were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi (武士?, [bu.ɕi]) or buke (武家?).
By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi, and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai were usually associated with a clan and their lord, and were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy. While the samurai numbered less than 10% of then Japan's population, their teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.
As aristocrats for centuries, samurai developed their own cultures that influenced Japanese culture as a whole. The culture associated with the samurai such as the tea ceremony, monochrome ink painting, rock gardens and poetry were adopted by warrior patrons throughout the centuries 1200-1600. These practices were adapted from the Chinese arts.
In general, samurai, aristocrats, and priests had a very high literacy rate in kanji. Recent studies have shown that literacy in kanji among other groups in society was somewhat higher than previously understood.
Some samurai had buke bunko, or "warrior library", a personal library that held texts on strategy, the science of warfare, and other documents that would have proved useful during the warring era of feudal Japan. One such library held 20,000 volumes. The upper class had Kuge bunko, or "family libraries", that held classics, Buddhist sacred texts, family histories, as well as genealogical records.
A samurai was usually named by combining one kanji from his father or grandfather and one new kanji. Samurai normally used only a small part of their total name.
Follow me on my social networks:
/ themetatron
/ metatron_youtube
Metatron-153...
/ puremetatron
/ realmetatron
Music:
intro ES_Knights Templar 1 - Johannes Bornlöf
outro ES_Knights Templar 2 - Johannes Bornlöf
Simple answer: not a samurai, because being a samurai is more than being able to cut well with a sword, a lot more...
DrTheKay
Well, you summed up a samurai in one word.
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar where's Ginger?
The God of Hellfire
Died a few years ago unfortunately, but I'm still going strong, won't rest until my nemesis is defeated.
Exactly. Someone wouldn't be a "modern day knight" just because they can cut well with an arming sword.
He is a kenutsu expert not a samurai, samurai is the warrior who served feudal japan
Fun Fact: Being a samurai had nothing to do with skill or martial prowess. The meaning of the term means serviceman. A warrior (bushi) who pleageed allegiance to a Lord. Even when he had no martial training whatsoever and spend his live counting bags of rice!
Yeah, samurai are romanticized now. We don't imagine them as lazy, out of shape and never touching a sword.
True.
There were some knights who were like that too, I believe. Made enough money to pay the knight's fee, and not have to go to war themselves.
The Edo Period in a nutshell, nobody left to fight, then becoming hereditary Bureaucrats/Firemen/Swat team/Lawyers/Or teaching swordsmanship as a sport or discipline with wooden swords.
Didn't you have to be born into it?
He was featured once in a show called " Stan Lee Super Humans " i belive it was the name, however they never used " Samurai " bullshit on him, he was featured on that show because of his " hand / eye " coordenation and speed since he did the bb cutting.
That's where I've seen him, cheers mate
yeah, saw him there too! Also saw that Shaolin monk that lives in New York. Now where are they going to find a knight in kansas?
TheAquarius1978 that's where I know him from, I thought he was skilled at what he does, but never thought of him as a samurai.
TheAquarius1978 wasnt this bb cuttung debunked?
the guy just shot a short sec. after he pulled his sword. so nobody could tell the differrence.
Sral Neman I never heard that mate, so i really cant tell.
But can he slice an incoming pommel in half?
Himura Kenshin yes?
noep
Now hold on. He can't even cut a second grand canyon let alone a thrown a pommel.
But what about fire arrows...
lol
whatever might that guy be, he is surely a badass
Sagrotan Or, if you had actually cared to listen carefully, you would have known he is actually an Iaido master and the Head of his school...
pol ara
Uhh, he’s still a badass.
@@whatisahandlebruh Did you read what Pol Ara writte?
About cutting sheet metal. I saw video made by Thrand and Eldgrimr about cutting sheet metal with bronze sword.
Should we call them modern day bronze age warriors? xD
Nick Fedorov
got the urls handy?
hahaha nice one xD
+siekensou77 just search bronze cut steal like a normal person
i found it afterwards. the sheets that were used had different thickness. the one in the show was held further apart and had less movement. the one used by eldgrim curved back and forth despite being held at a closer distance.
i don't know how much of a difference it would have made but the metal not being the same difference might have been a significant variable.
Or the station is not stationary
I think before saying he's not a modern samurai, one must analyze what is a samurai? What made a person a samurai? what are the qualifications to be a samurai? I think in that we can truly find our answer.
you are talking about philosophy at this point(which isn't incorrect) but we are also talking about the actuality of the matter. That is, samuari's no longer exist. yes you can think and act like one, but never can anyone be one.
The issue is in so many people conflating animerai and Samurai.
The Samurai were not *just warriors who fought* - they/it were/was an entire class in society. Somewhere between the real nobility and the commoners.
Philosophy aside, 'being a Samurai' is a *lot more* than just knowing how to use a sword in a single style/martial arts method.
Whatever the case: Samurai, as has already been said all over the comments section, no longer exist. You can pretend to be one, call yourself one, and even prove yourself similarly-skilled to one, but you literally cannot be an 'official Samurai'. They lost nearly all of their power by/during the Restoration, and following that became purely honorary/ceremonial, before eventually disappearing entirely.
Much like being a knight, being a samurai was first and foremost a social class thing. The meaning and value of the samurai as a social caste effectively died during the reign of Emperor Meiji with the modernization of the military and the institution of conscription even if there is a minor trend for those who would, by heredity, be part of the samurai class to make a thing of that fact.
Despite their co-opted resurgence during the early 20th century the philosophical aspects of being a samurai, which were reasonably important part of being part of the social class, have largely been out of favor since the modernization of the military as well and, anymore, mainly seem to have the most social stock among Japanese martial arts practitioners.
These two aside there is the skill set of the samurai. Both the martial and civil skills practiced by the samurai live on, but one effectively needs to be independently wealthy or else able to make a living off all of these skills in order to have and justify the time to put in all the dedicated practice needed to have each of these skills honed to the level that would historically be expected.
vlademir1 very well said. I think that is very close to the answer, but let's look at this more simply.
You see if someone wishes to be a knight, it's as simple as being knighted by the queen herself. He may not have any qualities typically associate with a knight, but if deemed worthy by the queen, then it is made so irregardless of his qualities. Can this this still happen in japan today? Is there a similar process that person can take to become a samurai?
Lugz X no. there is not if so we would still have samurai like we do knights. Although being a Knight today is not nearly the same as being knighted back then. so really knights also don't exist (if we are talking about "real" knights like we are samurai)
You know these CZcamsrs who reuse the same old intro in every video for over two years? Our dear Mr does a new one every day :O
Just saying ^^
ahah ;)
metatron, i fully agree with you, the issue with the point on cutting the metal sheet, is this: that demostration is showing the ability to cut with perfect alignment, as the shit was so thin and under such tension, the minor deviation would translate in the sword cuting to one side or the other, and not straight down
True, but is it really that impressive? Serious question is getting that kind of edge alignment of a vertical cut that far above the norm? I don't have any real evidence to go off of, which is why I am asking, but my gut tells me no.
Imperium Americanum
A straight cut down without much or any deviation isn't that difficult. In relation to other cuts you can do. For one thing you are going with one major forces in existence, gravity. Rather than having to compensate for it.
I probably could've done that with one of the cold steel machetes I own. Assuming I sharpened it a bit before hand & though they have weight to them, preventing deviation. They are not known for finesse.
Federico Olivares
i dont think it was that thin of a sheet. but he was still required to cut a basically flat piece of metal from the edge to the opposite edge.
i think this is more difficult than cutting on the side as with a pair of scisors or punching through the side. you can punch through glass on one of its faces but can you punch on edge and clear it to the other edge? it is tougher to go directly through edge to edge. would be nice to see the width/depth of that sheet though.
i wonder if some personal tests could be done for this. also how much more difficult would varying degrees of curves (on the sheet) make? curved outward or inward?
paper cutters cut along the face rather than directly through the edge.
It's not more difficult to go through the 'edge'.
The 'difficulty' comes from the fact that you have to strike (punch/cut/etc.) through *more [insert material]*.
If we take a glass sheet, for example, it is fairly easy to punch through it, as there it's fairly thin. But to punch through one 'edge' to another requires you to go through more material, making it much, much more difficult.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is: if the distance between two 'edges' is a short one, there should be very little (if any) difference in trying to strike through it, and trying to strike from one edge to the next.
Of course, surface area is also a factor.
Federico, ther's no need of particular tests, simply think about one finger, pushed against a side of a paper sheet, if u try to pass through it u're going to pass it side by side. Matter of mass, with a sharp edged sword I think that a few skilled man could do so.
I think ThegnThrand did a video cutting a metal sheet like that with a bronze sword...
Yes they did but the thing is not about the sword. Pretty much any sword can cut a thin steel plate like that or sheat of steel maybe as it is soo thin.
To do it perfectly and cut it really straight takes skill. You can do it with any sword but if you dont align the cut perfecly the cut wont be straight.
So it is not about the sword its about the wielder.
it's definitely a feat of skill but the certainly not as amazing as the audience thinks :p
No not the cutting of the steel sheat. It do require skill to cut it that straight but still noting extreme.
But things like cuttign the baseball and such that do require a lot higher skill.
And what anoy me is that many see the video where he cut the steelsheat and go like "Yeah look how amzing katana is. it can cut steel"
yeah the exaggerated gasps really tick me off
Diego De León Their videos are very useful at destroying bullshit.
To be a soldier is much more than to know how to shoot guns.
What does that have to do with America? Strongest nation in the world but they forgot about what's being a soldier all about? What you are saying is all Americans claim to be soldiers because all they know is how to shoot firearms when in reality not everyone owns a gun and not every single American claimed themselves as "soldiers".
Soldier = Army
Marine = Marines
Sailor = Navy
Airman = Air Force
You can call anyone anything you like, but you won't be taken seriously or appreciated for your lack of knowledge.
@James Black
huh?
I saw him long before before catching this video and was blown away by his ability to not only cut the BB, but the grain of rice and when he went 'Toe to Toe' with a robotic arm. He shows what someone with true dedication to his art is capable of, I loved the throwaway "No sweetheart, he couldn't" in relation to him cutting through the thin sheet at the end. As to him being a modern day Samurai, I'd say no, not in traditional use of the term, but he does his best to emulate one in the art of Iaijutsu
I watched this master on Stan Lee's show. He is absolutely amazing! His skill is over 9000!
What 9000!? There’s no way that can be right... can it?
"No, sweetheart, he couldn't."
That gave me a laugh. XD
I really enjoyed this video/topic. Wanted to say thank you for uploading everyday, I know you are very busy. That's one thing I love about you as a content creator, you always put out quality content. As always, I look forward to your video's every evening.
Skilled swordsman - yes. But samurai were more than just swordsman.
Sometimes less
They were soldiers.
Knights are more than what elton john etc are
his accuracy and speed sound phenominal but im curious how he fairs sparring
He wouldent be as good as sparring as in cutting projectals becouse no one will AIM for his blade like they do in film
He has extremely good accuracy and reflexes, this makes a big point in he potentially being a good fighter too. Then again, sparring (in my experience with Shotokan karate at least) is much more than that, but all the timing and ability to recognize opportunities is wasted if you do not react very fast.
My opinion is if he had practiced sparring for any decent amount of time he is probably a very skilled opponent, potentially losing to someone with not-as-godly reflexes but tons of experience with timing, feints, baits and all other amenities that make the middle-aged martial arts master kick the butts of the younger and fitter athletes and students while showing how to spar.
"if he had practiced sparring for any decent amount of time he is probably a very skilled opponent,..." Which is applicable to pretty much anyone.
Not really. Take your average guy, make him practice sparring for 5 years, he'll be your average opponent. Take a particularly talented guy and make him practice 5 years, he'll be a very skilled opponent. I've been practicing karate for 6 years and I cannot possibly be considered "very skilled opponent" by any means
They actually show his failed cuts in the full video. I just happened to stumble on it yesterday.
It's a lot harder to cut metal than you think it is. If the angle of your blade is off by a fraction of a degree, the sword will stick in the metal (like a bullet in a sand bag) and not go all the way through. It's more about skill than strength or speed.
ctam79 not with the thin sheet metal. If it was off, then the cut would just be wonky
ctam79 you can do it with a butter knife with a little training, and you cut at it from the edge of the material.
"you can do it with a butter knife"...LOL bullshit.
ctam79 we are talking about at most 0.5 mm mild steel sheet being supported from both sides. It is more likely something 0.2-0.3 mms thick. If you were to throw a puch at it it would be certainly ruined.
0.2 mm? wtf are you talking about sheet metal or tin foil? For sheet steel used in construction, it's got to be on the order of at least 2 or 3 mm and even then this is steel, not aluminum or some other cheap metal. And even if it was only 0.2 mm, the metal would tear like paper if the angle of the blade was off, not create a clean cut like it was cut with scissors.
I just wanted to tell you that I really love your channel and I look forward to your new videos everyday...I'm watching from Northern Arizona, USA. , Best wishes to you, thank you so much for sharing the wonderful content that you create, it's brilliant. xoxo
I love your intros. makes me hype to learn about history!
I actually enjoyed the bit of music playing in the end while looking for the next video to watch, Metatron. I don't know if it was a cutting mistake, but it was nice. (Of course the video itself was alo interesting and entertaining :D )
Thank you very much and no it wasn't a cutting mistake I left it on purpose for 2 reasons, reason numeber one I know you nobleones like the music, reason number two, videos which go past 10 minutes monetize more ;)
Metatron Metatron you dog!
Jk I love your videos man.
Metatron Metatron you dog!
Jk I love your videos man.
I also just enjoy the music.
Well, I personally won't refer him as a "samurai" because he is not as skilled as a real one in the history. See, he is an Iaito master, not a sword fighting master. Iaijutsu is only a very small part in samurai swordsmanship. A samurai needed to be well versed in all weapons and all aspects of a particular weapon that were available to him at the time. I have no doubt Sensei Machii is one of the best in what he does but calling him a "modern day samurai" is simply inaccurate. It has more to do with modern media and popular culture, though. I doubt he personally takes joy in being called like that.
To my understanding, knives and swords are heavily regulated by law in Japan. You won't be allowed to have them unless you have legit reasons. Conveniently, practicing Iaito is considered a legit reason since they need a real sword to cut tatami rolls. So Iaito practitioners are the few people in Japan who can hold and wield a real sword. Thus, lacks of accessibility contributed to ignorance and misunderstanding in the public.
Stipulations in the laws allow people of samurai lineage to own, and wield their ancestors stuff for purposes of training and carrying on the legacy, if a heir is not established upon death the items are eventually collected and put in museum. The second stipulation is you have to practice the school of which your ancestor was registered under in the case of the schools extinction there are exceptions allowing for substitutions. To add to this people who are registered as inheritors of samurai lineage in the case of assault you are charged much more severely, should you continue your families lineage by practicing the school of your ancestor. Then there are the modern replica laws ...that you must have sufficient reason to own and carry one IE practitioner of Koryu, Sword laws are kind of a mess and have been since the Meiji.
Thank you for the clarification. It is indeed way messier than I thought.
9SS94Cr
Thats just the rough gist, most law text is in kanji... and I suck at kanji....like most of japan
wow that was a lot of info. thanks, mate. didnt know that sword laws in japan was that complicated
As usual Well thought out! Cheers from an old warrior! Love your channel!
Actually on the metal cutting, as you said you could probably punch through it because it was so weak or flimsy, but that is actually what was impressive about it. The metal was so weak that most people would have bent the metal but instead he managed to get a perfect clean cut through it without it bending which displays his accuracy and precision, not that he can cut metal
good point, just as punching (cleanly) through paper actually takes some good hand speed.
I've seen a video of him once, a long time ago. In fact, I didn't even know his name back then. I only knew him as "the Japanese katana guy who could cut a speeding BB".
Anyways, back then - obviously, I was younger - I thought it was amazing that he had cut through metal. Today watching this video - even before you mentioned it - seeing it again, I was like "eh... that's sheet metal..."
Honestly, the first time I saw that video I thought it was a thick metal lol.
I must be blind, I thought it was a plank of wood, and I asume that it was the kind of plank that are used for the karate showups or something like that. Then the sword cut it perfectly and then I thought it was some kind sheet of paper and I was wtf. It was suposed to be metal but it doesn´t seems to be like one.
Hi my name is chad and yes I agree with you because I'm also a prationer of battojutsu, iado , akido hapkido and my own personal style of Marshall arts so I can understand just how hard you have to train yourself every day to get to that level it's a lot of hard work in know from experience.
1:32 I bet he is defending against a turret from portal, they fire the entire bullet xD
Haha great video as always. Made my day per usual
I love your credit music so much. Can you tell what the title is or was it custome made for your channel
i havent thought about isao machii in quite a while, though i remember seeing him on some show talking about him cutting a an airgun round out of the air. for a long time that really impressed me, and im sure there is a great deal of skill in doing such a thing but with the more skeptical mind i have as an older person i have to wonder how much control he has on where the airgun is being aimed. because if he were to be able to have the airgun always aimed at the same spot, he only needs a certain level of precision in order to simply have his sword in the right place at the right time and practice having that sword there. the question then is really how important his skill is in the scenario because if the gun always hits the same target then you could have a blade sitting between it and the target and it would do the same feat that he does swinging it. i dont doubt that isao is incredibly skilled but i think that the feats he preforms require more scrutiny to truly give him as much credit as they are hyped.
they are fast and knowing when to swing your sword and swinging it very quickly are factors that you clearly need and isao is clearly incredibly good at, but i think the most important thing to ask is if he could cut a BB fired at him from any angle. what he is doing is impressive, i don't mean to belittle what he is truly capable of, at the same time i think it is being hyped as something fair greater than what it really is because its not advertised as "isao machii draws and cuts a BB fired from a gun he had angled so that he could predict where to swing in order to hit it" its advertised as "isao machii master of iaijutsu cuts a BB out of the air fired at him" or worse "isao machii master of iaijutsu can slice bullets out of the air" which puts him on the same ground as anime and deadpool. you know what kind of test would impress me more? if he were cutting some material by reacting to a laser pointer being flicked on and landing on a random area of that material and the stipulation was that he must cut the material over-top of where the laser touches and he is judged by accuracy and speed. its not as flashy but i think it would be a much clearer benchmark of skill.
I would go further to say can he even consistently cut one in a controlled environment designed to make it as easy as possible or is it simply the result of a series of attempts.
I have seen him the first time in this video and I agree with you, Metatron. For me he is an extraordinary skilled swordsman but no Samurai. I've come to this conlusion because of the fact that he is only practicing with the sword but not with a naginata, not with a (han-)kyu or any other weapons a Samurai had also to be skilled at using.
Love your videos! That being said, people really need to stop asking "what do you think" in the ending of their videos all the time. We get it, you want the comments. You are gonna get them regardless of if you ask or not.
im very pleased you made this video. needed to be done.
in regards to the metal he cut. i am willing to bet this is aluminum and from the thinkness he might as well had cut a soda can. not only that but notice how after he cut the sheet it had really high separation? well that means that there were stresses acting on the sheet. for the educated eye this is not impressive. heck i could do it*, probably a lot more clumsy but still. I recognise his skill and it would be far more impressive if he cut a brick, but ofcourse this was targetted to the general public and it had the shock value.
*actually on a second thought i can do it 100%, whenever i drink soda i always cut the can to drink all the sweet drops, dont judge me.
btw what is the ending song?
on second inspection thats definately aluminium, iron/steel wouldnt have bent forward.
I think they said "tetsu" in Japanese, so it would be iron ;)
Thrand cuts steel sheets occasionally, even with a bronze sword.
metatron, lying is not an option?
reminds me of the guy who could rapid fire a bow who went viral in like 2014 lol
Lars confuck Anderson?
Yeah, the WOAH LOOK AT HIM HALF DRAW AND QUICKFIRE AFTER (insert unknown number here) TAKES HE IS THE GREATEST ARCHER EVER guy
sladikk You forgot the I REDISCOVERED THIS ANCIENT TECHNIQUE guy
Pretty much my thoughts, both highly skilled at stunts which have very little to do with actually using the weapons.
What sets them apart as far as I can see is Isao isn't lying and saying he's revived mythical lost techniques.
Jim Giant Well, the media is lying, not him
Thanks for the speach about endure until the end to learn something. That motivated me to go back to Jiu Jitsu once again.
Unrelated question: will you make a video about all the different types of japanese swords?
So being a Samurai is all about showing off? I thought a Samurai was a warrior.
Read some of the historical stuff, samurai loved to show off, knights did too. If you are really good at something you are going to want to show it off, that's just how humans are :)
Rev Raptor Just to clarify. The point was about ALL about showing off. Of course you can show off what you can do. But I do not believe, being a Samurai is only that, isn't it?
Exactly, would he cut and run when blood starts to spill in the chaos of battle? Its more than just sword skill against inanimate objects that don't move.
That actually really depends on the period the samurai lived in. Some were warriors and some were only bureaucrats who never even entered a battle.
Rev Raptor Good argument, but I think it is a point with limited scope. I guess, we could all agree that there were Samurai who were bureaucrats but also there were those who actually had to know how to fight. So we're talking about different contexts, which leads to nothing, of course ;-)
Not a samurai, possibly incredibly skilled. I say possibly because if you have ever watched any Dude Perfect stuff they obviously don't get those things on their first tries and I am doubtful that he cut that little pellet or BB on his first try. Not to down on that achievement, but give all the people on Dude Perfect (or anyone) a few days and it will happen. If he pulled that off first try then either he got really lucky (still a possibility) or he's incredibly skilled.
The video at least made it seem like it was the second try.
I didn't know about this man, I am new to this stuff and I find every video particularly interesting! Much respect to that guy's swords mastery! I can imagine the steady hand that is required to cut the metal sheet but still, it is just a metal sheet and the way it was put feels like the most beneficial for him bcz he applies the most pressure that way!
Your channel deserves more subs than 120k
5:33
Ling ling 40 hours a day?
Nah bruh
I practice 10 years per day.
not saying for this video but other u should get straight to the point. like for the for honor one just say that the samurai or knights would win in the beginning then explain why. (maybe?)
Lucas Simms That just leads to fan boys down voting and leaving without listening to the explanation.
But that wasnt the point of the video, not by a longshot. The point was that Matpat made a video touting his utterly shit understanding of history as fact. The only relevant part of the "who would win" thing was the Knight and Viking not being, between their hauberks and shields, neigh invulnerable to arrowfire.
i honestly didn't watch the whole video because i just wanted to hear who he thought would win
I don't really know why you're subscribed then, this is a channel all about historical information and its eccentricities. It is all about how we get to our conclusions as apposed to the conclusions we make.
You are absolutely correct in your analysis I think man. Taking into consideration the time he spent getting his muscle reaction time on point, to eliminate hesitation and strike on anticipation, so on and so forth as well as the ability to know when to draw preemptively and accurately so that the blade makes contact with a very fast moving, very small target...he has some extreme talent. When he cut the BB for example, he failed initially but the second time, remembered the timing necessary to pull it off as well as did so accurately and confidently. Very impressive.
Having the mental capability to perform these feats is what it takes to be a natural, so I think had he existed back then during any prolific samurai era with the same mental acuity but *also* with the correct training and battle experience, he would have made a name for himself at a very young age. At the very least he'd put on shows cutting arrows for nobility, if such a thing happened.
I don't know if anyone else noticed but when he cut the metal the poles went to either side into a 'Y' shape as if it was under uneven tension.
I'd heard of him before, and he's a badass, just not a samurai.
The most revered samurai in Japanese history was a ronin named Miyamoto Musashi. Who are we to really question if someone is a samurai by status alone?
Isn't that the guy that invented dual katana style because he was abnormally tall and long limbed (for Japan) and needed a way to defeat highly skilled samurai as quickly as possible? Then he went around the land killing samurai and declaring the superiority of his style only to be rejected as dishonorable for both his swordsmanship and his ronin status? Cool dude but I don't think he achieved much respect until late in his life when he mellowed out a bit, or maybe even after his death.
I totally agree with you. His precision and speed are very exceptional. Its not even a matter of the eyes seeing the target. I would like to ask you though. What do u think about all those videos on CZcams showing of with the Katana cutting mats? Cause I heard one katana master say once that its the alignment that matters and not the act of cutting itself. While I see many videos of people especially from the US showing off like they are professional katana masters just because they can cut some mats. Take for example the channel of "Cold steel" pretty funny stuff I think lol.
Did you guys look at the setup? The metal sheet is an inch apart after the cut. Look at the heavy wood frame. The metal was under extreme tension.
he's a master of the art of bullshido.
iconoclastic23 very possible
Bullshido won my day
He can probably cut you down faster than you can yell "bullshido!" though.
Bullshito
Mauricio Nice job picking up on the joke, bud.
ooooOOooo drama
Yes, I had heard of Isao Machii before. I think he's amazing, too. He's an inspiration to many of us swordsmen.
I first became aware of him on an episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans on the History Channel. They not only tested him with baseballs and a plastic pellet but they also electronically measured his speed and reaction time. In a non-combat test it was found his basic eye-hand reaction time was good but not "superhuman" so it was his anticipation and skill that helped more than how fast his hands react to what his eyes tell him. I have seen nothing to show his other skills which a Samurai may have. Horsemanship, archery, calligraphy, poetry, etc. All the same, he is an amazing human being and hopefully an inspiration for others to follow.
No, not everyone can do everything with enough practice. Genetics play a HUGE You roll in learning new skills. Can anyone get relatively good at something with enough practice yes, but 99.999% of people could not be as good as Mozart regardless of how much they practiced. Same thing with fighting you couldn't be as good as Anderson Silva. Or football Adrian Peterson. Some people are geniuses at the age of 10. Some people are just genetically freaks and gifted well beyond what the average person could ever achieve.
I actually have never heard of Machii-sensei, but I do find the fact that he can cut through a BB pellet rather impressive.
PS: Seriously man, you have the most interesting outros and intros.
In the cut metal video, it was explained quite clearly that the point wasn’t that it was metal, the point was his cut was so vertically downward and fast, it didn’t bend the metal sheet forward or backward
Hello, thank you for this video. Would you consider doing a followup video on Samurai and what the term entirely encompasses. I am very interested but not very well educated in such a matter.
i hava a question: were samurai a social status of medieval japan or a type of soldier ?
What's the song that went through most of the video called?
he is amazing, just heard about it just now. most amazing part is the bb cutting bb size is typically .5 cm that is so precise for fast movement
I think your analysis is spot on, and I agree in your dissent of the critics that don't like the cutting on non-traditional objects. The skill on display is what's important. If we had a historical document accounting the story of a samurai who split a pebble fired from a sling, those same critics would be praising that feat, but it would essentially be the exact same display of skill; probably inferior, actually, since the BB would be traveling at a faster speed than a sling, but you get the point.
Didn't know about him before your video, just the fact that he is Guiness world records is impressive enough for my respect.
Whatever Isao Machii is, he’s a freak of nature in the best way when it comes to muscle memory and his brain-body communication is on a completely different level. Hitting a bb at the speed of an air soft gun is absolutely bonkers. Such a cool guy.
ive been wondering... is he really cuting at the bebe or is the bebe being shot at where the sword will be when he draws it?
I pretty much agree with you. But I would add that Samurai weren't *only* supposed to be good at cutting stuff, but were expected to be able to do many other things as well.
On german television i once saw an episode of an "educational show". They once tried to recreate his cutting a speeding projectile, but the only way they could manage to do it was via setup: the barrel was fixed in a certain position, which the swordsman then aligned his cut with and after countless tries finally succeeded. It got me thinking, did Isao Machii use the same setup or does he cut the bullet coming from a more or less "unpredictable" flight path?
he's a performer, which is obvious. But his speed, precision and reaction time is truly something to behold when he's cutting BBs I admit.
For a second there I thought he cut clean through paper without a single wrinkle and I was like OH SHIT but then the Metatron had to spoil the moment by saying it was sheet metal.
Hey Metatron! Please make a video about Mafia and Yakuza comparing both (maybe debunking the show Deadlist Warrior when they did the same).
is that as skilled as a samurai man the one who was featured in an episode of the Myth Busters as well? if so, I have seen him once before
The BB round cutting requires an incredible amount of precision and timing. I remember, it has been said, that he has to anticipate where the round will be, rather than relying on his eyes - otherwise he wouldn't make it in time to hit the projectile. Even if the whole setup will aid him, hitting something as small is still incredibly difficult. Considering how small these rounds are (6mm?), he only got a few millimeters of error margin (2-3?) - definitely less than the size of the round, since he needs to hit it relatively close to the center in order to cut it in two.
Ive seen his sheet cutting video before. Didnt remember the dudes name. I have to agree, he is no Samuri, and that he is supremely skilled. I wonder if he does Kendo on video. Im curious to see how his skills translate to a more fluid situation.
Thank you sir. Great video.
PS- Cutting that BB is really impressive.
If someone was as skilled or even more skilled than this man in historical times, do you think he could block or cut an incoming arrow. I know it sounds crazy but if he could cut a bb in half then just imagine someone who has practiced since they were old enough to walk. Like if he saw the arrow comming from far away and it happened to be windy and maybe the archer was drunk or something.
I did not know of Machii. After seeing him in action I have to say I'm impressed.
1:30 "we fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet per bullet."
Does he really intercept the bbs in mid-air or isthe guy with the bb-gun timing his shots to hit the blade?
germanvisitor2 Good point
This is a question that must be answered!
You also need to be able to see where the bb actually is and so on.
+Sagrotan
still, it's pretty hard to make a bb and a blade meet, well not unless the one shooting is good at it(which I suppose is a possibility). I was thinking it was just cg lol, but it actually happening without any sort of trick is still possible. I might agree with the multiple tries though.
There is a countdown. The strike itself is straight from the sheath, but he first watches how the pellet flies, then misses his first attempt, and then hits it.
Just FYI, think it (the sheet of metal that he cut) looks like coated iron we use for roof cladding and flashings for building.
I have a video idea. How much of a samurai's armor is practical, and how much is for intimidation/aesthetic purposes?
I've seen him before, he is very skilled. I agree with you that I personally would not use the term "Modern Day Samurai" but I was also under the impression from research that the Samurai where horsemen that used bows. The whole concept of the wondering swordsmen was after the era that the Samurai where at their peek.
Hey Metatron do you like the black background?
if you don't like it, i will point you to a DIY video , if you like to see an alternative
ive been waiting for this video since the edo period
what do you think of the kursarigama metatron
what he does, he does incredibly well, essentially trick-shots, with a sword, it's impressive, and respect to him for his ability, and the dedication and discipline it required to obtain.
I'd like to see a video deconstructing the movements of the best swordsmen of the past 50 years.
How do we know that that bb was THE bb?
I mean, I’m not knocking his skill, but it takes awhile to find a dropped bb I can’t imagine how long it would take to find both halves of a one that was hit/cleaved after firing.
This is the first I have heard of Isao Machii. He seems to be a skilled swordsman and a competent showman from what you've shown in this video.
Im actually really interested in the Intro music for this one :P
Well, I would not call him samurai because samurai did more than just swordfighting: they were a caste of nobles, they also worked as functionaries and served a lord.
This guy however is amazing swordman nontheless.
Yup, I saw him on the Discovery channel many years ago. Also the video he did with the precision industrial robot arm.
I think the main idea behind cutting metal is that if his cut shifted from a straight cut it would stop in metal or be easily identified upon inspection.
That's just my take on it.
Ciao
Ho visto che sei italiano e allora volevo chiederti un paio di cose
Ultimamente mi sono appassionato di lotta e arti marziali, e dal mondo di Street Fighter sono passato a quello della spada, leggendo il Libro dei Cinque Anelli
Mi piacerebbe un sacco passare dalla teoria all'allenamento nella pratica; sapresti darmi qualche consiglio?
Grazie mille in anticipo
ciao ^^ cerca una scuola/dojo di katorishintoryu kenjutsu ;)
Ok
Grazie mille
The fact he sliced a 6mm BB bullet is not only evidence of his speed, accuracy and his skill with a katana, but also an evidence of his intuition, his paranormal seeing accurate enough to locate and hit something you can't see. You have no chance to see such little thing travelling that high speed and even Isao did not saw it. He sliced it although he didn't saw it and after he saw a high-speed camera record he saw that he did it.
Skilled? Yes. Impressive? Yes. Samurai? Never met one so I can't say yes or no. I never heard of him until now. I would watch his exhibition as I would enjoy it.
Interesting video. However if I may ask. What is Samurai anyway? How one can define samurai? Why there is no samurai in modern day? Thank you...
The distinction between modern Japanese martial arts and pre-Meiji martial arts is an important consideration in comparing Isao Machii's skills and those of the samurai. I don't know enough about classic iaijutsu and kenjutsu to comment on the differences between his training and theirs, of course, but it is significant that he will have practiced and trained without the real expectation of using a sword in combat, as they did.
could you make a vídeo about the Beati Paoli?
1:31 That clip cracks me up. Reminds me of the Portal turrets firing whole bullets. (65% more bullet per bullet.)
The way you just popped up at the start like Punch and Judy at a puppet show....that was beautiful.
I don't really think you could call him a modern samurai either, because, does he follow the code of bushido? I don't know anything about him really, this is the first I've learned, so I'm not sure. I certainly agree he's wildly skilled though.
First time ever seeing Isao Machii. He's obviously got skill but every sword has its limits. It might be harder for any old person to cut the metal without getting alignment right. Thanks for the video!
Another great video, thanks for posting!
Here's something I was just thinking about on katanas being portrayed as unstoppable (esp. by the Japanese):
A lot of cultures have the idea of the "uber sword" or "uber swordsman" but in Japan, since they only had one type of blade shape, wouldn't it stand to reason that any Japanese "super swordsman" would wield a katana-like weapon?
They're usually fighting guys who are also wielding katanas but those guys are never a match for the power of the "super sword(sman)"!
It seems like in the last several decades people outside of Japan were exposed to anime and Japanese films and just took that as _"Every katana is magic!"_ instead of _"This _*_particular_*_ sword (or swordsman) is supposed to be special."_
Recently the Japanese have adopted the "invincible katana" mythology but I think they just noticed the Americans have a hard on for katanas so they were like _"Oh yeah, definitely, katanas are like lightsabers!"_
Did anybody else see the complete error in that anime with that bullets? The gun apparently fired bullets along with the shell casings, propellant and igniter.