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That was really fun to watch. I enjoyed the different techniques used and you could see a definite difference in the style of fighting compared to the more formal Kendo style used in some of the videos. Nice work as always!
You can see why a thrust is so important with a katana even though the weapon is designed more for cutting. I think half of the lethal blows came from a thrust at the right time.
A thrust is just the fastest way of hurting your opponent , musashi was a fan of the thrust wat of wielding a katana . especially when the arms are tired to make the above head cuts
@Phillip Margrave that's because people sometimes have the tendency to take one theorie or say that as 1000 percent, the only truth or way 🤔 But that's never the case in martial arts or swordmanship , it's the same with, for example, some people say one should only block with the thick side of your katana, not the sharp side that's also utter BULLSHIT 🤔 Masayuki Shimabukuro once said 🙄 do you think when in battle you think or care of if your sword gets damaged 🤣😅 Swords damage anyway after battle it would have been chipped ectra , that's why you had to take care of them
Yup, and with a lightning fast thrust and pull back, you get to use the whole length of the blade to slice whatever was closest underneath or above the armpits. Human Sushi
It was great to see longer engagements and a definite fighting approach to kendo, as opposed to the formalized tournament sparring. I'm hoping these become more common as a separate league.
Note that for safety reasons, these sparring weapons are a LOT more flexible than real swords. One of the ways this is relevant is that they will not transfer energy in the same way when the opponent's sword is beat down or to the side. With these flexible swords, the defender can regain composure and move the sword back to the center line very quickly. With a more rigid real sword, a strong beat against your blade is difficult to recover from, meaning the attacker has more time to strike before the defender is able to recover. Another detail is that with sharp blades, the two blades will actually stick together if the edges make contact, even at an angle. So it is possible to push against the other sword differerntly. When the blades are dull, the blades will easily slide against each other in parries. Dull blades have a feeling of slipperiness that is very different to sharp blades. It's worth (carefully, professionally) going through partner exercises with real swords just to get a feel for it. Real, sharp swords have a feeling of precision and control that's hard to imagine if you've only ever attempted techniques with metal/wood/polymer sparring swords. Obviously you wouldn't spar with them though, that'd be nuts 😂
@@weaponism want to also point out I didn't intend any of that as a criticism of the sparring video, which I thought was really good. Just wanted to point out something I thought was interesting about the behavior of the metal sparring swords since it was easy to see in the video.
@@skyereave9454 Never felt particularly dangerous to me. I think it's probably less of a big deal than people tend to imagine. I think Roland Warzecha also has quite a few videos demonstrating drills with (Carolingian type) sharps. If you have good control and you and your partner are used to each other I don't think it's anymore dangerous than other activities. I've only practiced blade binding/slow speed attack and defense drills with a partner. I think it's similar to cutting practice in that it can help someone to understand intuitively how a real sword behaves, and then this understanding can be taken into sparring to make the practice more realistic. someone who's done a lot of cutting practice should have a much better understanding of what strikes would or would not be likely disable the opponent in sparring for instance, while someone without experience cutting may have difficulty understanding why a light touch or a bad cut was ignored. I think this is similar, but for understanding blade contact and why a sword can or can't be manipulated in a particular way. Performing a beat out of measure and without advancing on your opponent, for a simple example. How can you possibly hit them with your sword? You can't reach them, but you can see how the stiffness of a real sword changes the dynamics of a beat. Or practicing gaining a dominant blade position back and fourth with your partner. You can see how the swords don't slide the same way dull swords do, but how could you hit each other? There's no forward momentum, you aren't entering each other's space. That's why I say it sounds more dangerous than it actually is.
Fantastic job! This is harder than it seems. There is a reason why oftentimes there was no winner in sword duels. And I think it highlights the value of a jutsu to be combined with kendo.
Your sword fighting skills have improved a lot over the short time I have been watching your videos. Your hard work and practice are paying off. You should be proud.
I think I speak for most Kenjutsu practitioners here in that they would like to see more sparing in their clubs and learn from the HEMA folks in what they do. I shared this video with a friend of mine as well, awesome!!
Nice video! Please keep up the excellent work! I'll suggest you guys upgrade your gloves. The one you are using is nowhere near enough to take a proper hit from the trainer you are using. The SPES gauntlet might be too large for the tsuba, the Kvetun Xiphosura gloves or the Michael glove from China will be good options.
Yasugi Specialty Steel, which was developed based on the katana ironmaking method, is the modern high-grade steel and cutlery steel. Japan's Hitachi metals developed Yasugi Specialty Steel (yasugi hagane) from tatara iron manufacturing around 1970 and built a factory for sponge iron. Yasugi Steel has the same properties as katana, so it is hard, impact-resistant, and hard to break. Yasugi Specialty Steel is a cutting tool steel, high-end kitchen knife materials (kai corporation, zwilling), razor materials (Gillette, Schick, Wilkinson razor steel), automobile parts materials, automobile engine parts, aircraft engine parts, etc. used for its purpose. In the 14th century, katana craftsmen migrated to Seki City and produced katana in large quantities. Seki City manufactures a wide variety of products such as kitchen knives, knives, scissors, medical equipment, and industrial machinery
if y'all can, I would suggest modifying these by rolling the tip to further blunten them so you can go full contact on stabs with less fear of injuring each other. I know these attacks are rarer in kendo/kenjutsu but it would be good to have the option. stay safe and greetings from the HEMA community
They fought a Leichtenauer guy a year or two ago, albeit with kendo equipment so perhaps not what you are looking for. HEMA people in the comments seemed unsatisfied with their representative however.
To the two combatants. If you introduced some of the HEMA Longsword techniques I seriously believe it would give you an advantage. There was many actions that could have been done, to have taken the initiative that were missed.
I´m sorry, idk why but it seems as if there were kendo footwork moistly in this kenjutsu fight. Who was fighting here? in the first kenj vs kenj fight on ur channel you have more technique involved and it seems that people from the first video are more skilled than here. sorry if im wrong, correct me please im just making an observation
These are the same two guys from the kendo vs kenjutsu and kenjutsu vs kenjutsu videos. They are both kendoka, although one has also studied koryu, which probably explains their footwork. In this video they are using steel trainers which are much heavier than rubber bokuto, which means slower recovery times so they are probably more cautious. Hogu Yeom has also had more unrestricted sparring since those last videos so he has fewer blindspots for the unusual kenjutsu techniques.
They're using fencing masks for head protection, the jackets are SPES AP jackets, and the gloves are kendo/kumdo kote. basically, since they're sparring with steel weapons that hit harder than modern sabre fencing does, they have to use HEMA gear. if you want to learn more about what's used, search around for "hema gear" on youtube. for sparring katanas you need the same level of protection as longsword uses.
biurifull Dōjō, excelent level ov practis, sou, boken, shinai, ken, wat els..? cos ai hav seen yu meik odher taips ov sento ken or kumitō or kumiken or kumiiai, mmm diferenses bitwin kumi and sento and battō, interesting stady ai will... in may manshion, may sister, yeṣ wi lov ichodher own, ai niid protecshion dou..
without sound effects and cool anime editing, katana swordfights kinda just look like stickfighting. that said, fuck it they should bring kenjutsu into MMA
Not really, your not going full force, if you or your partner is then you probably shouldn't be doing anything with steel, especially with spring like steel not even thrusts hurt unless it's to the throat which you shouldn't aim for.
The original purpose of HEMA seems to have been to reconstruct historical martial arts from manuscripts and "experimental archeology". For japanese stuff we have surviving bujutsu traditions and the manuscripts are intentionally esoteric, thus when we understand the manuscripts there is nothing to reconstruct and it is quite apparent that the superficial interpretation is not the correct one. What you seem to want is japanese flavored free sparring. The trouble that you have is that the current generation of kenjutsu masters seem to be quite content with kendo for publuc purposes, any variation is for private purposes.
@@Ianmar1 the manuscripts are pretty damn clear about their system, ideas, and techniques. You imply that they are some strange moonruins that us foolish modern people have to reconstruct and loosely interpret. I’m sure even kendo people recognize that their system of sparring is only somewhat martially viable, what I’m proposing is a modernization push. The only reason it hasn’t gone this route already is because of cultural reasons, and I’m willing to bet, if they actually shifted towards this form of sparring, their sparring would look less… interesting
* How to order a steel sparring katana*
blog.naver.com/duadua921/223103556958
Blade Man B‘s Video!-
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This sword is on sale!
We sell at a lower price!
Check out the link for more details!🗡🗡
What about the jackets ? Where did you find those please ?
@@tafelzout7287 it’s purpleheart amoury’s jacket!(300)
@@weaponism Noted thank you very much !
hello, I m French, and I don't understand your Korean website... Can you tell me me another contact to order sparring-katana ? thanks ;-)
That was really fun to watch. I enjoyed the different techniques used and you could see a definite difference in the style of fighting compared to the more formal Kendo style used in some of the videos. Nice work as always!
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You can see why a thrust is so important with a katana even though the weapon is designed more for cutting. I think half of the lethal blows came from a thrust at the right time.
A thrust is just the fastest way of hurting your opponent , musashi was a fan of the thrust wat of wielding a katana . especially when the arms are tired to make the above head cuts
It’s always funny to me to hear people say “Katana can not stab.”
@Phillip Margrave that's because people sometimes have the tendency to take one theorie or say that as 1000 percent, the only truth or way 🤔
But that's never the case in martial arts or swordmanship , it's the same with, for example, some people say one should only block with the thick side of your katana, not the sharp side that's also utter BULLSHIT 🤔 Masayuki Shimabukuro once said 🙄 do you think when in battle you think or care of if your sword gets damaged 🤣😅
Swords damage anyway after battle it would have been chipped ectra , that's why you had to take care of them
Yup, and with a lightning fast thrust and pull back, you get to use the whole length of the blade to slice whatever was closest underneath or above the armpits. Human Sushi
@@iKennectz 🤣🤣🤣
I love the realism of these fights. It really shows just how fast a real sword fight would end back then.
It was great to see longer engagements and a definite fighting approach to kendo, as opposed to the formalized tournament sparring. I'm hoping these become more common as a separate league.
This has to be one of the best if not THE best sword-fighting videos ever made on this channel!
Note that for safety reasons, these sparring weapons are a LOT more flexible than real swords. One of the ways this is relevant is that they will not transfer energy in the same way when the opponent's sword is beat down or to the side. With these flexible swords, the defender can regain composure and move the sword back to the center line very quickly. With a more rigid real sword, a strong beat against your blade is difficult to recover from, meaning the attacker has more time to strike before the defender is able to recover. Another detail is that with sharp blades, the two blades will actually stick together if the edges make contact, even at an angle. So it is possible to push against the other sword differerntly. When the blades are dull, the blades will easily slide against each other in parries. Dull blades have a feeling of slipperiness that is very different to sharp blades. It's worth (carefully, professionally) going through partner exercises with real swords just to get a feel for it. Real, sharp swords have a feeling of precision and control that's hard to imagine if you've only ever attempted techniques with metal/wood/polymer sparring swords. Obviously you wouldn't spar with them though, that'd be nuts 😂
We can't risk our lives for fun and experience😂😂
@@weaponism want to also point out I didn't intend any of that as a criticism of the sparring video, which I thought was really good. Just wanted to point out something I thought was interesting about the behavior of the metal sparring swords since it was easy to see in the video.
@Logan Wolfram How is this done safely though? What kind of drills could you do in a practical sense.
@@skyereave9454 Never felt particularly dangerous to me. I think it's probably less of a big deal than people tend to imagine. I think Roland Warzecha also has quite a few videos demonstrating drills with (Carolingian type) sharps. If you have good control and you and your partner are used to each other I don't think it's anymore dangerous than other activities. I've only practiced blade binding/slow speed attack and defense drills with a partner. I think it's similar to cutting practice in that it can help someone to understand intuitively how a real sword behaves, and then this understanding can be taken into sparring to make the practice more realistic. someone who's done a lot of cutting practice should have a much better understanding of what strikes would or would not be likely disable the opponent in sparring for instance, while someone without experience cutting may have difficulty understanding why a light touch or a bad cut was ignored. I think this is similar, but for understanding blade contact and why a sword can or can't be manipulated in a particular way. Performing a beat out of measure and without advancing on your opponent, for a simple example. How can you possibly hit them with your sword? You can't reach them, but you can see how the stiffness of a real sword changes the dynamics of a beat. Or practicing gaining a dominant blade position back and fourth with your partner. You can see how the swords don't slide the same way dull swords do, but how could you hit each other? There's no forward momentum, you aren't entering each other's space. That's why I say it sounds more dangerous than it actually is.
I was curious also but it adds to realism and yes for safety reasons I understand totally.
Fantastic job!
This is harder than it seems. There is a reason why oftentimes there was no winner in sword duels.
And I think it highlights the value of a jutsu to be combined with kendo.
Hi guys. Kenjutsu guy here🙃 The HEMMA jacket is really uncompotable😢
Your sword fighting skills have improved a lot over the short time I have been watching your videos. Your hard work and practice are paying off. You should be proud.
I think I speak for most Kenjutsu practitioners here in that they would like to see more sparing in their clubs and learn from the HEMA folks in what they do. I shared this video with a friend of mine as well, awesome!!
Good stuff! I'm happy to see that you did not have to adapt much from bokuto sparring.
I really appreciate that you are highlighting the afterblows as well as the first strike. This if very interesting to watch.
I really appreciate your music selection. You all produce the coolest sword fighting videos.
Love you two! Awesome to watch you go!
Nice video! Please keep up the excellent work!
I'll suggest you guys upgrade your gloves. The one you are using is nowhere near enough to take a proper hit from the trainer you are using.
The SPES gauntlet might be too large for the tsuba, the Kvetun Xiphosura gloves or the Michael glove from China will be good options.
We need a KenJutsu and Kubudo international fencing/sparring association.
Not bad ! the metal katanas should be adopted into kendo tournaments.
Yasugi Specialty Steel, which was developed based on the katana ironmaking method, is the modern high-grade steel and cutlery steel.
Japan's Hitachi metals developed Yasugi Specialty Steel (yasugi hagane) from tatara iron manufacturing around 1970 and built a factory for sponge iron.
Yasugi Steel has the same properties as katana, so it is hard, impact-resistant, and hard to break. Yasugi Specialty Steel is a cutting tool steel, high-end kitchen knife materials (kai corporation, zwilling), razor materials (Gillette, Schick, Wilkinson razor steel), automobile parts materials, automobile engine parts, aircraft engine parts, etc. used for its purpose.
In the 14th century, katana craftsmen migrated to Seki City and produced katana in large quantities. Seki City manufactures a wide variety of products such as kitchen knives, knives, scissors, medical equipment, and industrial machinery
you guys need more exposure, this was awesome
if y'all can, I would suggest modifying these by rolling the tip to further blunten them so you can go full contact on stabs with less fear of injuring each other. I know these attacks are rarer in kendo/kenjutsu but it would be good to have the option.
stay safe and greetings from the HEMA community
I dont know why but kenjutsu just feels so much cleaner than hema
Kenjutsu has a "shut up and train" ethos. They are better forcing beginners to drill boring technical fundamentals.
This is sick! I really wish to be able to do this someday (equipment and skills alike).
The kendo glove, damn that's brave.
This is a good step forward for Kenjutsu, because Sparring will expose any Bullshido 1:43
This is really beautiful to watch. Excellent form and control.
Posture, appearance, zanshin, none of it, it's just a child's play
some really interesting and good exchanges once you got into your stride!
I'd be interested to see japanese sword fighting vs HEMA
They fought a Leichtenauer guy a year or two ago, albeit with kendo equipment so perhaps not what you are looking for.
HEMA people in the comments seemed unsatisfied with their representative however.
@@Ianmar1 Japanese are notorious for stacking fights in their favor, otherwise they won't fight.
@@thedevilsadvocate3710 These guys are korean, so was their opponent.
Edit: here is the link
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Awesome vid! Fun to watch! :)
Very fast movements.Awesome to watch great techniques.
The Kendo overhead strike to hopping 😅
That. Is. Amazing. This must be a new Olympic sport!
Olympic ruined every single martial arts that they touched
If it's in the olympic it will just regress to kendo all over again
@@mailais3403 Or they may do their own federation. Like UFC did. I just meant it well deserve to be something, that millions watch and participate.
Love this action....i am From Malaysia🇲🇾❤️🇯🇵🙏
That counterattack at 1:43 was amazing!
Great use of the counter as they press forward. Let the opponent over commit and be patient.
they look like they really gon kill each other and thats the cool part the intense fighting/spar
very good idea !
To the two combatants. If you introduced some of the HEMA Longsword techniques I seriously believe it would give you an advantage. There was many actions that could have been done, to have taken the initiative that were missed.
This is the way sparring should be done in Kendo.
Some pretty intense exchanges!
This has been quite enjoyable - and instructive. Which HEMA-jackets did you use?
We used Purpleheart amoury‘s!😊😊
@@weaponism Ah, Spes-jackets. 300 or 800?
@@KlausBeckEwerhardy 300! 🦾
Outstanding movements! 🙏
hey
you can also check akado armory for sparring swords, jackets etc
It looks like so much fun! But, this doesn’t look like either pure Kendo or Kenjutsu. What kind of sport allows and teaches sparring like that?
HEMA
YEEEEAA! This is so coool! Im need this sport discipline!
Thanks for sharing this with us 👍🏻
I'd like to see HEMA vs Kenjutsu sometime that would look awesome
Fuck yes! This is what I want to see people doing with japanese swordsmanship
Wonderful display of swordplay! I would love to spar some day!
Sword sparring is so freakin cool
HAMA is real! Greatble! We are waiting and we want for in ru-fensing comunity!
It would be very nice to see kendo vs the Chinese Miao Dao sword!
That`s amazing!
Leg protection?
They definitely should wear it but i don't think they do.
They should take naginata sune-ate
what about those bare feet? Hate to get a strike there by accident.
I´m sorry, idk why but it seems as if there were kendo footwork moistly in this kenjutsu fight. Who was fighting here? in the first kenj vs kenj fight on ur channel you have more technique involved and it seems that people from the first video are more skilled than here. sorry if im wrong, correct me please im just making an observation
These are the same two guys from the kendo vs kenjutsu and kenjutsu vs kenjutsu videos. They are both kendoka, although one has also studied koryu, which probably explains their footwork. In this video they are using steel trainers which are much heavier than rubber bokuto, which means slower recovery times so they are probably more cautious. Hogu Yeom has also had more unrestricted sparring since those last videos so he has fewer blindspots for the unusual kenjutsu techniques.
That was awsome!😢😮
These look great
Awesome video! Could you tell us what armor you used for sparring? Thank you!
They're using fencing masks for head protection, the jackets are SPES AP jackets, and the gloves are kendo/kumdo kote.
basically, since they're sparring with steel weapons that hit harder than modern sabre fencing does, they have to use HEMA gear. if you want to learn more about what's used, search around for "hema gear" on youtube. for sparring katanas you need the same level of protection as longsword uses.
biurifull Dōjō, excelent level ov practis, sou, boken, shinai, ken, wat els..? cos ai hav seen yu meik odher taips ov sento ken or kumitō or kumiken or kumiiai, mmm diferenses bitwin kumi and sento and battō, interesting stady ai will... in may manshion, may sister, yeṣ wi lov ichodher own, ai niid protecshion dou..
Very cool!
I'm more into bronze age combat or at least trying to recreate it a bit, but damn nice sparring.
without sound effects and cool anime editing, katana swordfights kinda just look like stickfighting. that said, fuck it they should bring kenjutsu into MMA
Please get some longsword gloves, those won't suffice in a worst case scenario. Great video anyway!
This is more to kendo fighting than kenjutsu.
great
Really wish I could spare with you guys ❤️
nice!
Where can I get that sparring katana? Is it available on Amazon?
damn even tho it is dull, it should still hurt like heal when hit by a steel katana tho, at like some bruise can't be avoided
Not really, your not going full force, if you or your partner is then you probably shouldn't be doing anything with steel, especially with spring like steel not even thrusts hurt unless it's to the throat which you shouldn't aim for.
Very nice.
Please buy better gloves, though. :)
will you continue doing nito?
Now do a nitoryu with these katanas 😂
The strike at 3:10 HOLY CRAP (TAEBAAAAK)
Holy double....😛
What is the difference between kendo and kenjutsu?
Kendo is a martial art for discipline, exercise, and mastery of the body . Kenjustu is the art to kill with a katana
We really need a hema style situation for japanese stuff, it’d work fine, just nobody wants to get it established
Hama (historical asian martial arts) 😂
The original purpose of HEMA seems to have been to reconstruct historical martial arts from manuscripts and "experimental archeology". For japanese stuff we have surviving bujutsu traditions and the manuscripts are intentionally esoteric, thus when we understand the manuscripts there is nothing to reconstruct and it is quite apparent that the superficial interpretation is not the correct one.
What you seem to want is japanese flavored free sparring. The trouble that you have is that the current generation of kenjutsu masters seem to be quite content with kendo for publuc purposes, any variation is for private purposes.
@@Ianmar1 the manuscripts are pretty damn clear about their system, ideas, and techniques. You imply that they are some strange moonruins that us foolish modern people have to reconstruct and loosely interpret. I’m sure even kendo people recognize that their system of sparring is only somewhat martially viable, what I’m proposing is a modernization push. The only reason it hasn’t gone this route already is because of cultural reasons, and I’m willing to bet, if they actually shifted towards this form of sparring, their sparring would look less… interesting
@@MansMan42069 I’m aware of hama’s existence, but it’s incredibly small it seems, and I’ve yet to see too much from them.
@@MansMan42069 (also that acronym is usually used for African martial arts, not Asian)
There is a store for these swords? Look like different to iaïto steel blades.
blog.naver.com/duadua921/223071308069
This sword is on sale!
We sell at a lower price!
Check out the link for more details!🗡🗡
I'm not a weeb, but this looks pretty fun. Those belly slashes looked cool.
Do you make a point of insulting people who are not bothering you?
🙂
#GhostOfTsushima
I can't watch this... too much bllod
And not a single jump of two meters?! Do you even know what a katana is?
@@rat4507 ure are in anime... Now! You be the hero of the nieborhood! Nobody knows that you left for good!
😂 it look like kendo not kenjutsu
Oh please, can't be considered a real fight when the steel blades are flimsy. A real functional Katana is HEAVY!