I FOUGHT A Kendo 5 Dan Master!｜Karate vs Kendo!

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[@SenseiSeth]

Awesome video! That looked like a lot of fun. I’m jealous 😂😂

[@vicmeyer7190]

Sweet T

[@wigrammartialarts]

You guys should do a video together :D

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Hey you should give it a try!

[@quiteinfluential1886]

@@vicmeyer7190 He is Sensei Seth.

[@vicmeyer7190]

@@quiteinfluential1886 ah yes he looks like Sweet T.🤣🤣

[@LetsaskShogo]

I love the idea, awesome video!✨

[@Jin_Sakai]

Oh nice to See u here and i have the same point of view

[@Kid-A2]

Ayoo!

[@Azlak-hj9yi]

Love how these videos are done. None of this “let’s see which martial art is best” stuff we often see in the west but let’s see what we can learn from each other and mutual respect and humility.

[@Liliquan]

You know what’s also popular in the west? The bullshit east vs west dichotomy.

[@mjokffsgfjs]

and those "this won't work out on the street" warriors

[@PhinTheShoto]

The “you need to add ground game or Kendo won’t work” guys

[@DefactoStyle]

The main reasons that Kendo practitioners push past their opponents after they land an attack, is because it was developed very long ago for battlefield using swords. Try to block a sword with your arm (or with anything else) and that bodypart gets cut off, allowing them to press forward and focus on the next enemy. It does not transition visually well into modern world practice sparring, but on the battlefield...I'm sure it was Sublime.

[@bremexperience]

The thing with a sword or katana, is that you can only block the blade once... then you lose an arm :-)

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Ninja had a solution: their climbing claws could also be used to defend against a sword.

[@jephilologist]

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y This. Or wear gauntlets (even of the mail kind)- by a skilled grappler applying some of the successful entries we saw from Yusuke here, and the "no weapon" guy has a chance to take away the sword leverage by attacking the sword's weak. There might be bruises and cuts as a result, but better than death or amputation.

[@rev.paull.vasquez4001]

No one (who considers these things realistically) thinks that unarmed versus armed is an ideal combat situation. In such fights, often the best result to achieve is minimizing damage. In the first fight, this was admirably achieved.

[@juilescieg]

Karateka lost his live at the very beginning in 1:09. so to say. and there would be no further sparring. i thought, that the kendoka could have actually rush more in the karetaka, because he has not much too lose. but interesting video anyways. it is something new.

[@rev.paull.vasquez4001]

@@juilescieg Whoever has more reach has more motivation to keep distance since they can potentially damage without being damaged or countered in turn.

[@seilaoquemvc2]

lol! Being a shodan in both Karate and Kendo, I could be in either side of that sparring session. I'd imagine I'd rather be in the Kendo side.

[@mituc]

This is so unexpected, and the outcome is way more educative than I anticipated. Thank you!

[@longkong9343]

As a sho Dan kendoka I find this very cool. I would love to try this

[@kdefensemartialarts8097]

I love how after the match, you both mentioned that it was fun!

[@miguelcregogarcia6451]

As having changed from karate to kendo 15 years ago this video I like

[@AlphaProto]

You did better than I expected. I thought you would just get slashed up. I kept imagining what would have happened if that kendo stick was a sword.

[@percivalconcord9209]

Honestly in pretty much all of the exchanges he does get slashed. He doesn’t really land anything significant that would incapacitate the Kendokas ability to continue cutting him or at least rhe action breaks too soon after its presumed a hit landed. This match is interesting in the sense that its a point-style match between a weapon and unarmed discipline where the Karateka treats his punches and kicks as if they are “lethal” or “armored” to be able to block-parry; the Kendoka also applies its own ruleset, limited to targeting the waist, head and forearm. Under a “realistic” ruleset, he loses unless he KOs, disarms, submit/pin or throws the Kendoka.

[@haffoc]

Yeah. This is fun. Done the same thing in the HEMA world. But as here, you learn pretty quickly that a cautious swordsman will 'kill' the unarmed guy most of the time. This is why in koryu jujutsu and in HEMA sources, unarmed defenses against the sword involve evading committed attacks and then countering. Here you have a cautious swordsman who does not make committed attacks so it's really hard for the unarmed guy.

[@sherlockinvestigatesjapan8302]

Perfect timing :-) I had literally just had a conversation about Kendo Vs Karate

[@pavb964]

This reminded me a lot to the Kuro Obi movie, there is a scene of a fight betwwen some soldiers with katana and a karate dojo, you should react to it, it would be interesting to hear your point of view.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

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[@thedivineofsin]

3:55 the sword is very deadly, so one strike is all you need, but since it’s a sport we go past each other. In hand to hand martial arts it’s a combo kind of thing.

[@PsiParanormal]

I enjoy watching your videos. I have trained in Tatsuo Suzuki wado Ryu. I haven't trained in 25 years but am slowly getting back into it. The styles have changed over the years.

[@SaulGarcia-sc2dl]

No amigo el karate no cambia se perfecciona diferente es un cuerpo a cuerpo y un enfrentamiento con katana

[@IsaacW.]

In short, if you get to choose between a katana, or empty handed combat, always choose a spear.

[@Lovethelife.]

Lets go

[@arcbueno1]

This remembered me a manga (Karate Shokoushi Kohinata Kinoru) that a character trains fight against a naginata to learn to fight against long ranged fighters

[@KurtAngle89]

I thought the same, he also fought against a kendoka in the same series

[@slavsterbater]

What a very informative and interesting video. Really appreciate your respectful tone regarding their technique

[@burningreaper333]

awesome, and you did great, I think the kendo person was somewhat at a disadvantage because they did not have the kote to hit, and also always pointing the shinai to the opponent is the typical kamae for kendo. I loved the vid please keep it up

[@jcred6935]

Great vid i love kendo as well and will check out their channals, i also second the idea of karate vs judo

[@DrPocalucha09]

Love how the mutual respect is so true and natural. A way of living. Really enjoy watching this kind of material.

[@oscarpearson3903]

I loved analysing the distance game we had there. The lateral movement and high guard as well as explosiveness of movement seemed to be really efficient for the karate guy to use against the kendo guy whereas the kendo guy wants to pre-empt the lateral movement, maintain range and hit the karate guy as he moves or stay still when he’s in range.

[@BastardOfTheNorth]

You should react to the movie Best of the Best from 1983

[@alunoluisfernando6264]

OSS🥋

[@karaterevolutionkaizendojo]

Looking great in glasses

[@kewnst]

i never seen karate vsd kendo before. this is fun! thanks for the video.

[@miguelcregogarcia6451]

Already when I was doing karate I heard about the influence of kendo in Shotokan karate ( fumikomi like jumps, ippon shobu). Would be nice to hear your thoughts/feelings on this.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Coming up in the future video!

[@idunvarvin]

Wow! What a great fight! (By the way I love the english translation in red and blue, great detail :-) )

[@TheWingedHedgehog]

That was so interesting to watch. I replayed it immediately. Thank you very much! Keep up your amazing work.

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

Kendo is about one strike one kill. Because we use shinai for practice. The going past is follow through.

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

Don't forget the bottom of the shinai is considered to be the sharp side--every time you touch his sword, you cut your fingers off. Btw, from jodan no kamae, he hit you with katate men.

[@kaim2437]

Love your videos sensei, from wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿(also the word fought is spelled wrong in the title)

[@yin-tzai_happy1121]

This fight is basically Akaza vs Kokushibo

[@Aoitori365]

this answers what a ninja vs a samurai might look like

[@10yrsjointguy]

Like someone once said 1:33 the game boss sees you as a game boss too

[@worthalook4870]

Love your videos - I studied Muay Thai when I was younger - love to see more of that on here also. All the best from England

[@stryderblaze80]

I can dig this! Your martial arts will continue to advance if you continue to do things like this. Love it! Love it!!!

[@yuhtanizawa7686]

That was cool! I personally think that the main advantage karate has over kendo is the technical fact that karate is linear and kendo circular. 🙃

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Ninja had climbing claws, that would also allow them to defend against a sword. But one wrong move probably meant one less finger.

[@husam-al-din-baybars]

It is you (karate guy) who should be scared to attack, and not him!!! This is a sword that the kendo guy is carrying, not a stick!! 😄Now for the Kendo guy, what is this?? The moment Karate guy starts to move, his whole body is a big target (hands and legs included), Dude, even if you cut with your eyes closed it should land a fight ending blow!! Ideally, any step forward karate guy makes should lead into impaling himself by the sword that is pointing at him. Usually people in karate guy's position should mostly defend rather than attack. Now for the reach, Karate guy has reach equivalent to zero here because you are fighting against a guy with weapon! Respect and thanks for the video :)

[@pawned79]

I am familiar with the old videos available on KZbin of Hironori Otsuka Sensei (founder of Wado Ryu) demonstrating unarmed defenses against knife and sword. I’m curious about analysis of those old videos and how they compare to this experience. Thank you for the videos!

[@waynesdojang]

Wow! I have no more words then Wow!

[@RoseKB22]

Such a cool sparring experience! Thank you for sharing!

[@manorueda1432]

This was great! Now I want to do this myself!

[@midgetslayer678]

9:43😂 he looks like he's magical.

[@jerosa07]

I've seen your channel before...In reality you have to think of the kendo sword being an actual sword!! So the times you blocked with your arm to punch, your arm would've been cut off!.....I practice lightsaber combat training, which is mostly Chinese sword but has elements of kendo and fencing....If we see a leg or arm coming, we intercept it with the sword.....I also was an ITF instructor for 20 years.....it was an interesting video!! Keep it up!! 👍

[@BenOlsberg1995]

I'm always intrigued to see how a hand-to-hand discipline fairs against a weapon based one. I mean more often than not the advantage is obvious but I still love viewing stuff like this because I'm interested to see what techniques the combatant without a weapon may implement to defend/counter against their opponent. I also genuinely liked how humble you both were at the very end. That's a huge part of Martial Arts. I get so sick and tired of "style supremacists" who can't drop their pretentious egos long enough to just recognize and respect each other's disciplines and the effort that goes into them respectively. It's wonderfully refreshing to see a video that was done comparatively for the sake of learning about both styles in use instead of "Which style is better, A or B?"

[@SaulGarcia-sc2dl]

Karate creado para combatir la katana

[@christopherstrecker3136]

Little suggestion from a Judoka training since 1993(we actually have this constellation in kata): It is OK to touch the blade, but you have to keep in mind where it is facing. The spine and sides can't cut you. In Kendo, strikes usually come from above, so your blocks must go down as well, or at least to the side. Te nagashi uke stepping forward should work great, followed by uraken to the nose. If the opponent uses large swings, you can go for the sword handle, but Kendoka seem to snap their strikes mostly from the wrist, so that's nearly impossible. If you can close in enough to grab the arm, just do so, the swordfighter will instantly lose the ability to use his primary weapon, while Karate offers dozens of cool techniques at this distance.

[@SaulGarcia-sc2dl]

Eso es la esencia del Jiujitsu la práctica de un kendoka desarmado contra la katana

[@ken2000X]

Kendo played a huge role in the development of jiyu-kumite.

[@Hy-jg8ow]

It was very interesting, thanks!

[@Esaukan]

you have very excelent videos, please keep uploading videos, you are very talented

[@Samperor]

Kendo was art i learned for a quite long time.

[@Byakuya_ML]

Real life Akaza vs Rengokou 😂😂😂

[@guyblew1733]

Definitely not easy to fight a Kendo master.

[@breebrat56]

I’m watching this while putting on my Karate Dogi for class! Really fascinating to see other styles!

[@salve8496]

i think the idea of going past is to either engage with other would be weapon users behind your opponent, or because you've slashed a guy so you probably don't need to look at him again

[@user-ct1mi1dl1x]

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[@MarkoObradovich]

Good one 👍💪👊 I did try some crazy sparr against bo. That's such hard thing to do because they strike from all sides and you have to move so much, and to be so quick, but it's a good thing for reflexes and endurance. Of course in real situation bo can break bones, so I don't recommend it outside of training. And also tried it with fake knife and man never try it in real. The knife can cut you in various ways, the self defense against knife on internet is so funny and fake. Yes, also tried in training to fight against three attackers and that was actually really fun and also demanding. But also the real situation, the best is that never happens. But anyway you can try it in training, all of those things, and it's really fun and challenging. That's my experience 😁 P.S. I never tried it in real situation and do not like or support such actions.

[@angelosmortis3081]

This like the like version of my favourite manga karate shoukushi menuro-kun.... Awesome sensei ..

[@kobayashimaruaikiken]

This was lovely. Also, his respectful attitude is really rare to see in western culture.

[@fabriciocaxias9572]

Passing by the opponent is the principle you kill your enemy in one shot and he will not be able to hit your back, which is a very disonorable way to be hit, as a swords person.

[@hanumanmusicalband4784]

Aweasome

[@creightonfreeman8059]

I think you lost your blocking arm a couple times. It is difficult to get in to the swordsman's arms when coming in under the blade. The downward strike is too fast when you have so much distance to cover. A better strategy would be to taunt the swordsman to make a downward strike, evade and trap down on top of the blade (the dull un-sharpened top of the blade) coming in with the punch over top. As long as you hit before the swordsman can switch to an upward or horizontal cut you should be alright. The slap to the side of the blade tip you did once has potential too, but is high risk. If the swordsman recovers fast you may take a thrust or cut on the way in.

[@juilescieg]

If that would be a real sword and the karateka without armor, first thing to do, would be say goodbye to life and accept, that the next seconds will be 95% death or severe bleeding. with that mindset, the karateka should do just everything within the next 2 seconds, to somehow survive this and rush into the swordsman and try to block and disarm him. if running away is no option. and if the karateka has an armor and good gloves on, he should try to block and disarm the swordsman as fast as possible. if running away is no option. I mean, I am no expert. I do Iaido, but there are so many ways to hurt someone with that long knife. faster than cutting, is often stabbing. but all depends on the armor. this videos was interesting. but it showed me, that the katana is often taken to easily. best thing, is to avoid the fight with such weapons. war must have been a nightmare back then. men vs men and no place to hide on the battlefield. most people probably survived by luck.

[@Simarodra]

Other than for fun, friendship and promoting each other's channel 😁, there is only one scenario I can think of that this could happen, two warriors in battlefield and one lost his weapon (broken etc), but both were wearing armor so the empty handed warrior have a chance. Otherwise, better practice your running speed 😂

[@airbourne35]

That was a interesting video. Karateka tries sparring with kendoka.

[@chun_8070]

My two favorite Japanese martial arts! What a treat!

[@fabriciocaxias9572]

The shinai is the straw flexible one, the Bo ken is the harder sword.

[@michaelcraig5295]

Note to self: when dealing with swordsmen, use the Indiana Jones method.

[@user-ck1xz6bc1s]

Good Video! Could you fight a judoka next time?

[@markcarbonaro7575]

You did a great job great sparring

[@CJ-uf6xl]

Looked like a lot of fun, thank you.

[@gersonluisdasilvanunesgnun8743]

Excelente 👍

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

Karate shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru live action looks great!

[@elvisthegamecollector7053]

Thy second match looked like you both had fun and respected each other when either of you got hit. It was like "oh wow, you got me, good going" 😊

[@jonc2648]

what a beautiful gym!

[@franklin3321]

A most interesting venture, Kumite match with most to learn. “Clear mind”, like you explained, clear all preconceived expectations and even previous training to maintain Fluidity and spontaneous actions/reactions, while adjusting not only to The Weapon but to the opponent. This Multi disciplinary encounter has many variables to note and be aware: a weapon l, a blade is presumed; weapon use in multidirectional Strikes/attacks and defenses as well, Greater space/ reach adding weapon; diversion movements of the weapon and of the arms and body of opponent; the opponents demeanor to faint readiness or relaxation; the speed movements of the body prior to the weapon or movement of weapon before the body moves. WOW so much to go on. Great teaching, Please keep Teaching us. ONEIGASHIMASU FRANK PUELLO

[@rockymtnredneck4888]

Outstanding cross-discipline match! You spoke of not being used to blocking up in your style. In American Sport Karate and in American Kwon Shu, we do block up because we also go for a head score over the top. That attack is easily countered when timed right with an upward block and back hand body punch....or even easier with a retreating defensive side or back kick, so you have to be careful when you use it. Thank you for such a thought provoking video. Something to think about when dealing with an armed opponent.

[@kevionrogers2605]

You actually were able to use age uke while evading.

[@kromekuro1742]

You know your karate foot work very well in silat Sparring

[@simontemplarGB]

Good job he wasn't using a Katana when you deflected it with your arm.

[@simontemplarGB]

@Beaudile Which represents a katana.

[@FabioSilva-zh4hh]

Please, Do you make a nunchaku video?

[@miniwhiteking6192]

From some of your videos i see how u talk about other peoples endurance... karate training alone does not build up high endurance... try to incorporate something like Insanity in your training and you will be unstoppable especially when pressing someone. Love your vids keep it up

[@macvideo]

You lost at least... 20 arms and 10 legs if it was a sword. This works only for Gedai Budo fun. LOL

[@saptarshimandal611]

It was an awesome fight...

[@user-cx1jf3jx7p]

A real life version of Rengoku bs Akaza from Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. LoL

[@SajSen02]

This guy was Akaza in past live xD

[@Brisingr2207]

Very interesting experiment ! I'd like to see how aikidokas would fare in that type of confrontation.

[@ajshiro3957]

I'd imagine the boken hurts when getting struck by it. Such a cool fight

[@calmain13]

That’s a Shinai, not a bokken….

[@ajshiro3957]

@@calmain13 thanks. I forgot the term

[@PhilDancer]

I think that Kendoka could benefit from empty hand practice.

[@BEASTGAMING-yt3hz]

I'm from india 🇮🇳

[@MarioSeoane]

It seems like a great practice for karate tournaments.

[@themaverickblackbelt8054]

What are your thoughts on a multi-part collaboration between yourself and Shogo of Let's Ask Shogo? on the topic(s) of what shodan, kuro obi, menkyo kaidan, hakyo kaidan, and official NGO certificates and official government certificates and titles mean in each of (what I see as) the three major branches of Japanese martial arts (both.koryu and modern forms): 1. kendo/kenjitsu/iaido/batttoujitsu (additionally kyudo and naginata-do) 2. judo/jujitsu/aikido/aikijiujitsu 3. karate/kenpo

[@musicajavier6533]

Love

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Didn't you tell them they're supposed to attack you in slow motion, like in all the other videos of unarmed vs armed fighting ?

[@marithietbrink3352]

I think this would be a good thing for me to do. I barely get an opponent who is as tall or taller then me. This way i can maybe practice with that and maybe even understand how someone who is smaller would do things. Struggle of being dutch

[@soundmind2555]

All martial arts require the mastery of distance, angle , and timing. I am a nidan with 14 years in Kuniba-Ha Shito-Ryu and a little over two years in Muso Jikiden Eishen-Ryu iaijutsu. I liked how you used all three of those elements to get into the kendoka’s personal space. However, I admit I would feel a lot more confident facing a swordsman if I were at least armed with bo, tonfa, sai, or hanjo.

[@khaderalikhan3029]

That's really funny!! Ageukeish movement!! What's that ?? Most chance for a sotoukeish type movement

[@u59n]

If you put your leg up ... you lose your leg