Thanks for the correction. It’s difficult to read the nafuda in the video. I took these short clips for my own reference. Had I known there would be so much interest, I would’ve taken more. Damned 20/20 hindsight.

実戦剣道シリーズ 剣の秘訣 Practical Kendo Series Secrets of the Sword

@@much8351 Thank you very much!

@@much8351 does it has English subtitles? thank you

Unfortunately, the original video does not have subtitles.

Most welcome

そういう想定ってことではないですか？

Unfortunately, I do not have Kawaguchi Sensei’s Seitei Iai video; however, there is an online subscription service at gen-universe.com/ where you can find it, and many other training videos. I have yet to subscribe, but plan to when I have time for viewing.

If you think this is bad, the parts edited out are even worse. This was produced by the All Japan Kendo Federation many years ago. When it was first released, I shared comments similar to yours with an AJKF officer. In typical Japanese fashion, the response I got was a sucking of air through the teeth, a tilt of the head, a sigh, and a single word - muzukashī. Bottom line, low budget and a target audience that was a secondary thought. At the time, however, it was the first resource of its kind on the subject. It is better than nothing, but sad that there have been no efforts to advance it, or produce anything else like it.

We can actually make a better overdub using subtitles and AI voice tools to have perfect intonation and pronunciation. The video quality is dogshit though, even AI upscalers will fail.

Yes, you are very welcome to translate it and share it with others. This instruction changed my kendo and I am glad to see so many other kendoka are also finding it helpful. Thank you for helping spread the knowledge.

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