Insane KENJUTSU skills by HEMA players!

#kenjutsu #kendo #HEMA

[@weaponism]

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[@guawazi]

Nice! I just received my custom Akado Armory sparring katana but now I want to try one of these as well. The construction looks great and it's the only sparring katana I've seen on the market that includes a habaki.

[@Vladthestud]

I've sent an email. How long is the regular respons time?

[@Vladthestud]

@@user-nt9dy3iz8n Well I think every warrior learns what he can to further his craft, like a Chinese builder or a Korean builder. No styles among craftsmen.

[@user-mj4em1ym7x]

I have longsword but sheath has been broken. is it possible to request order for sheath?

[@ahuman6277]

As a HEMA practitioner who comes here to learn more about Eastern swordsmanship, I loved this. The blade grab thrust was very interesting. It's similar to my favorite longsword disarm, but with the katana's shorter blade you can take the more direction option and just stab!

[@WinnipegKnightlyArts]

The messer grapples and disarms are probably more useful with a katana, they are about the same length.

[@410cultivar]

There are many moves in many schools that would help you avoid or get out of that.

[@haelww1]

@@410cultivar obviously. There is no move that cannot be countered.

[@skyereave9454]

​@Michaël Paroz Isn't that just martial arts in general after all? The part that makes it infuriating and irresistible all at once.

[@Kensei007]

Probably a lot safer, too. I know you can grab a double edged sword barehanded and not get cut up TOO bad, but I'd still rather grab the hard spine of the katana. ^_^;

[@jonathanbartlett1098]

I love this video. You guys are true students of martial arts, willing to test what you know and learn from your experiences in order to be better at your art. Much respect to you

[@inesharroyuy341]

ken-do is too conservative to just learn something and get better.

[@lingling4891]

Amazing!! I love how he combines eastern and western techniques into something entirely new! Very interesting guy! and as a German myself I really like their name: Gesellschaft Schwertmann!

[@galahadthepure7277]

waren tatsächlich nur östliche techniken. Die selben gibt es nunmal auch in der westlichen Welt. also keine kombination einfach nur praktisches kenjutsu. mit echtem Training was nicht aus kendo besteht. Kenjutsu practicioner machen sowas auch. nur sparren eben nicht.

[@kaen4299]

@@galahadthepure7277 So wie du das formulierst implizierst du, dass praktische Schwertkunst zwangsläufig fast immer gleich aussieht, egal wo der Ursprung ist.

[@Archer-1453]

The uptick in HEMA being explored by kenjutsu practitioners recently is really fascinating. It’s been a thing since forever seeing HEMA practitioners going over kendo and the like, but seeing the opposite really brings something new to the scene

[@kaizen5023]

Loved it! I'm a HEMA practioner and all the skills being shown here are on point. It's great that you're mixing it up and learning from each other. I've fenced a kenjutsu guy before and he was very good, I definitely learned some things.

[@KlausBeckEwerhardy]

As a Kendoka who came via jianfa to HEMA I really felt at home watching this. Thsnks for sharing.

[@-RONNIE]

It's always nice to see different styles of combat and weapons interacting with each other. Thank you all for the video 👍🏻

[@BernasLL]

Very cool video! As a follow up, would be interesting if you guys showed us Sangsoodo (korean two-handed) techniques and in a later video compared it with montante / claymore / zwei-hander techniques. Every HEMA nerd loves watching Figueyredo related videos.

[@Botjer1]

This is the best youtube channel about swordsmanship

[@NathanaelTheAussie]

Seeing a bunch of references to historical Japanese martial arts texts as well here! Seeing Yagyu Munenori, Yamamoto Kansuke and even some Miyamoto Musashi here too. Love when people finally see that, while HEMA and HJMA have their differences, there is plenty that crosses over too. This is even more evident in steel sparring. Vids like this are great! Please keep them up 🙏

[@tric5122]

scholaglatiatoria mentioned this same thing in a different reaction vid. You see a lot of similarities in how swords work, even for practitioners of one that have never used the others weapons. A long metal sharp blade can be used in either school regardless of where it's from. An expert at one won't take long to figure out how to use one.

[@Panzersoldat]

This was fascinating to watch and I am very glad you posted this. I have always been interested in the differences between the two styles.

[@gregcale5388]

I love this upward cut. It almost feels like a krumphau, but from below. I want to try it out in sparring now!

[@haelww1]

Very good video. As an HEMA practitioner, I enjoyed to see the two styles clash with respect for everyone.

[@jmsaum]

That's awesome, it's nice to see active Hema forms work along side of Kenjutsu. Well done

[@robertkiss8282]

As always, another great video. Interesting choice of guest and I loved what they introduced into your skill mix.

[@SImonDeLikaeble]

Great work. While people sometimes complain about social media, it can be very beneficial for those of us interested in martial arts. There is just so much interesting stuff to learn! Only recently did I discover on KZbin how Irish sword skills made their way to America. Now I’m seeing a mixture of European swords and kendo. So great to see all these mix ups.

[@gronkgrunk]

This is a great perspective presented by hema practitioners. So much technique i've never seen before 👍🏼

[@TheJohtunnBandit]

Production quality is getting to be very impressive, I am excited to see such continuous improvement!

[@biblesnbarcodes]

I do HEMA, SCA and just picked up a class of Kendo. I am very excited about this. Great work!

[@beelzebub5286]

I really like your channel you are of the few if not the only channel on you tube that shows asian style swordfighting with actual nice sparring and you guys just seem very passionate about you channel i really loves it. Keep it up

[@brandon2559]

What most people don't understand about kenjutsu is that it has the same essence as jujutsu. Think of kenjutsu as grappling art and less a slashing art. This guy applied a kenjutsu throw beautifully. This is one of those powerful throws you will never see in Judo.

[@rekgnak]

really nice to see the exchange of practice. Thanks for speak about HEMA in your vidéo. :)

[@hotspurhema5131]

As someone who has been involved in the HEMA revival since the beginning, almost 30 years now, I absolutely LOVE your channel! Best wishes from myself and the students of the Hotspur School of Defence in north-east England. Rob HEMAの復活に最初から関わってきた人として、ほぼ30年になりますが、私はあなたのチャンネルが大好きです! 私とイングランド北東部のホットスパー防衛学校の学生からの幸運を祈ります。 ロバート

[@Ianmar1]

These guys are korean, they probably cannot read Japanese.

[@hotspurhema5131]

damn! I thought they were in Japan! Thanks for the heads-up! @@Ianmar1

[@malingrant5794]

The concept of kendo beginning to practice with steel for is really in my opinion a cool evolution of fencing in general that i would like to see more of.

[@0num4]

This is martial arts at its purest: Figuring out what works for the purposes of fighting! Kendo, HEMA, iaido, chanbara, arnis/escrima...the style doesn't matter necesarily, it's how you apply the techniques and adapt them to your own needs. Thank you for sharing!

[@koraegi]

The style doesn't matter because no matter what weapon martial arts you learn they'll never beat some dude with a shield and spear

[@user-ru6bs5us8w]

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[@Lftarded]

​@@koraegievery single martial art has a spear...

[@koraegi]

@@Lftarded no I'm saying Spearmanship can easily beat any other melee weapon Also all martial arts most definitely do not have spears Boxing Muay Thai Lethwei Kudo Kickboxing Boxing Sanda Taekwondo BJJ Jj Judo Savate

[@koraegi]

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[@drunkenmonkey1887]

I think the best thing about this, is that it shows the difference between the training of a thing as an art and the use of the thing outside of the thing's own "rules".

[@henrihamalainen300]

For what i´ve understood both European and Japanese swordmanship had pretty much all the same moves with slight variations depending on weapons and armor. Nowdays Kendo has lost many of the techniques after becoming a sport instead of tool to stay alive in a fight. I´ve heard that there is one over 100 years old video of a sword demonstration that includes some techniques that are nowdays forgotten in Kendo. We all have quite similar body structure and mechanics and so there are limited ways to fight effectively. As such all fighting disciplines tend to have the same moves even though local laws and other conditions might cause some variation.

[@Alex-fm9oj]

"over 100 years old video" That's enough

[@henrihamalainen300]

@@Alex-fm9oj A film. After a quick search it seems that there are multiple films of Kendo demonstrations from that time. The earliest seems to be filmed in Kyoto 1897. I just remember that Matt Easton mentiond one of those in a video as an example at some point.

[@quintessenceSL]

Ya, I've seen video of kendo practitioners (b/w) using take down moves, ground and pound, etc. The closest you find now is police kendo. There a certain elegance to kendo now, with the speed and form being just elevated to such a degree. But I can't help feel that something was lost with that.

[@armynurseboy]

@@quintessenceSL a lot of combative application in martial arts was lost as they stopped being necessary to know to survive a real fight. The "Art" part was emphasized while the "Martial" part was de-emphasized.

[@RRapierre]

@@Alex-fm9oj Bruh, couldn't be more wrong. Film was invented in 1895. And this is such an easy thing to google... "In 1897, the Lumière brothers sent their representative, Gabriel Veyre, to Japan, who made several short films about 3 minutes long: Geisha in a Jinriksha, Kendo Combat, Rain Dance of Spring."

[@malarkythompsonwilson9981]

Hey that guy its me. Im an HEMA and koryu budo kenjutsu man too

[@Markbell73]

That disarm was so smooth, I couldn't see the move at speed. Impressive, most impressive!

[@TheMisterGuy]

Watch it again. He grabs his own sword's cutting edge, and tucks the other sword's cutting edge up under his armpit. Doing that with sharp swords and Japanese armor would get you sliced to pieces. That's a European technique that only works with thick European gauntlets, less-sharp European swords, and European armor that includes a full chainmail undershirt. It's a little disappointing when you realize the technique doesn't translate to the equipment.

[@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699]

@@TheMisterGuy not really Japanese armor included manchira as under armor

[@TheMisterGuy]

@@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699 "not really Japanese armor included manchira as under armor" That's a vest. Doesn't cover the whole armpit or the underside of the arm. Won't matter anyway, you just grabbed a katana blade with your bare fingers.

[@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699]

@@TheMisterGuy manchira is just the *type* of armor. A common form it takes is the vest. The article, “Gunbai: Manchira - Japanese auxiliary armor” shows different variants that did cover the armpit

[@TheMisterGuy]

@@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699 Even if you had a less common form that covers the whole underarm, you'd still get your fingers sliced. It's not a viable technique.

[@dallasdick1487]

I love your videos they keep me humble I still have a lot to learn God bless you my friends

[@eunbipark7605]

WOWIE I LOVE THIS!! Id like to see more of this its incrediblee

[@Zajcooo]

close distance sword fights are super exciting to watch very dynamic and tense

[@iangrau-fay3604]

That was really cool. Great techniques.

[@josiasarcadia]

I love the work you're doing!!

[@vambylamby83]

I know this dude's channel, he has explored a lot of ancient eastern weaponry. Amazing channel deserve more view and recognition.

[@TITANia69420]

This channel is a sword nerd's heaven. I love it.

[@Ianmar1]

Great guest! Please bring him back for more videos.

[@Fernt]

I love it when people with different skillsets get together and collaborate rather than argue which techniques are superior

[@liquidhammer1134]

I am falling in love with this channel

[@user-tb9xz8er1e]

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[@cloudforest4087]

Watching a fluid blademaster is a spectacle to watch, a deadly one at that.

[@Astrnauted]

Never tried kendo or hema or really looked into it but this video was so awesome

[@adamtennant4936]

Having done Kendo for a long time and now HEMA Longsword I've seen that there is unsurprisingly quite a lot of cross over. Having spent so much time in Kendo doing techniques with a single cutting edge I still struggle to employ false edge techniques in longsword combat though.

[@armynurseboy]

to be honest, there is only so much "different' you can do with a bladed weapon. At the end of the day, techniques begin to look similar or have "cross over". What is cool is seeing the techniques as they would have been practiced in a real fight. Many sport fighting (ie Olympic fencing) and traditional arts (kendo) have lost the combative application. They're still beautiful to watch and require discipline and skill to do, but they wouldn't necessarily be useful in a real fight.

[@spicketspaghet7773]

Using the false edge can be tricky. One use is that you can make the same cut essentially three time in one fluid motion. Additionally, in any lower guards you can strike the hands cutting into a higher guard. It's generally safe and doesn't have the commitment that going into Window or Ochs would, as would be required if you had to cut up with the true edge.

[@adamtennant4936]

@@armynurseboy Yeah, Kendo has given me great timing, speed and distance management (and the tenouchi is very useful too) but at lot of it is not that useful in practical combat applications. Similar deal for Olympic style fencers (we had one in my Kendo dojo) - lots of if the basics are useful but in a "real" sword fight you'd just both end up dead.

[@adamtennant4936]

@@spicketspaghet7773 Doing a purposefully short cut then coming back up with the false edge is quite a nice technique too.

[@ghostbeetle2950]

Very, very cool, guys! Subscribed!;)

[@simonphoenix3789]

This was very interesting. I saw more effective techniques here than in almost any other video before. Its cool seeing how it can actually work in a fight rather than just the theory of it against a cooperating opponent.

[@poop__sandwich]

Great video!

[@konradmackowiak6274]

Great ❤❤❤ awesome vid 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you so much❤

[@88Spint]

This way of sparring and practicing is so nice :D

[@aljonserna5598]

Nice he's integrating the use of binding with the katana rather than the quick parry that katana often employs (but rather than binding to thrust like with longsword it's more of a cut which makes sense for katana)

[@1Samirkalil]

Great vid ..love it

[@billyjoejackson5477]

That was informative..thank you..

[@MrBanzai10000]

More video with Lim! And he need do some video about Gesellshaft! Bless!

[@masoudahmad4348]

When he grip the sword, and press againts his shoulder, it hold the Blade in place, plus slide his Blade to kill and take control on his aponent Blade so he don't get hurt,such an impresive tecnique

[@christopherfranklin972]

Wonderful video,thank you!

[@PRC533]

This is great. Practical fighting is about what works, not what technique is correct for a specific situation. By blending aspects of many different practices, it gives you less weaknesses and a large advantage over an opponent who only utilizes one form. Of course all of this takes lots and lots of practice.

[@realdragon]

You can even ignore that you have blade, grab you can grab sword by its' blade and use it as a hammer

[@philvess6376]

This was a nice video, makes me sad I dont have a kendo or HEMA club in my area...

[@Aerostorm56]

Any Skallagrim fans? can someone send this to him I'd love to know his thoughts as a fan of HEMA and Kendo.

[@NMIBUBBLE]

Awesome Amazing loved it! :)

[@TacticalBunnyCA]

Very cool channel!

[@100dfrost]

Excellent video, thank-you.

[@lukaku2095]

this is incredibly impressive. Talented guy!

[@robertochacon5338]

I loved it! :)

[@theroadtojannah5694]

So elegant. Thanks for sharing

[@emills1417]

Great video, very practical.

[@asmodon]

That was amazing!

[@pyeitme508]

Amazing 🤩

[@gomcse]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@scout3562]

Pls a video with a Chilean or Argentinean Huaso/gaucho and a Machete and a Poncho

[@goodmantactics]

Amazing!

[@roaringlaughter3812]

ow that disarm was smooooth *cheffs kiss"*

[@zatrusofnietzche2281]

Excellent 🗡️ took me oh maybe five seconds to see this is a real Swordsman 🙏 my respect 🙏. Love the pressure move, very similar to duel wielding "eagle wings". Yeah 🤔 I will be saving this in my "Training videos" playlist. A little surprised we didn't see a fake attack / faint . That's my favourite move . Raise right arm and click fingers 👀 ,step left and upward strike with left hand. Bruce Lee did this side step ! Forces your opponent to adjust his position and open his stance. In this second, attack 🗡️🙏☯️ Great video.

[@Ryef1]

That was awesome!

[@mr.q337]

This could be the birth of Mixed Sword Martial Art (MSMA) or Mixed Weapon Martial Art (MWMA). Would we see the rise of new combat sport?

[@konsyjes]

You guys really know how to have fun

[@ChaosInCali]

Man that was tight af

[@swordpvnk]

One of my best friends teaches english in Seoul. I would love to visit and train with all the Korean sword players!

[@twalk6164]

outstanding!

[@crusader5256]

I always wished I could learn more hand to hand skills with swords. But sadly I haven't a mentor to practice with.

[@YHoPan]

If you have a good fundamental, videos like KZbin can be a good mentor kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4WWeqinbrV0r80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Gvip-cZ5lgkK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGjZhnSoeJV-iNE try this!

[@ninjaruss4205]

Try finding a local HEMA group. I found one recently not too far away and now I'm studying the German Longsword

[@ProcyonDei]

Honestly, this is awesome...

[@imsadverysad5539]

Amazing!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ferdamravenec7607]

Gut job! Aim like it! :)

[@sacredxgeometry]

So I know that's a SPES type jacket, but where do I get Kendo style hakama padded like in your Saber vs Nara Blade video? It looks really good.

[@jamesfish3649]

Where do you get your unsharpened metal training swords from?

[@tkismik8146]

I am pretty sure that the upward slash, aiming to cut the wrist, exists in traditional kendo! There is also a loose grip technique which makes it even more effective. Then again, perhaps the translation was a bit off and I am by no means an expert! Just academically interested :)

[@SumphakeSuwan]

In the old period, yes these deadly techniques had been use alot when melee weapons were popular. If guns weren't invented we would still use them today.

[@gamundilorenzo8864]

very interesting ! good way to understand fight with steel weapon.

[@craigkennedy432]

Imagine if Lightsaber fights were like this (aside from the grabbing of the sword). I would like to see an Old Republic story with these techniques... Or Maybe a Pre Vizla story with the Darksaber (based upon its resemblance to an actual sword).

[@sdr31818]

Very nice, efficient and fluent movement. Some fundamentals of Ringen (wrestling) is also used and can be seen here as a very effective principle, rather than the pure technique :) Respect. Super!

[@bartic85]

I wondered if kendo player could use western (long)sword techniques. Now I now. Fantastic work!

[@mattlokigaming598]

I need more of this

[@joeygawl4346]

This was really cool!

[@billcipher5657]

2:32 what a beautyfull sequence of "WOO"

[@sirkylanthered]

That upper cut to the wrist is good base technique. The counter is to just push the opponents' blade down. I'm not discounting that cut, but its part of the roots of almost all swordsmanship. There are tones of counters if you've dueled even a little you know, or have seen a couple of them.

[@Specter_1125]

Another bit about the upwards cut to the wrists. With many European swords (any double edged sword, really), you don’t even need to reposition your arms to cut. You can dip the blade down and cut upwards with the false edge without turning your sword.

[@calvinmellor7601]

where are these pratice swords from? i would love to pick some up for myself

[@viktro546]

very interesting exchange of 2 styles

[@Cmal8900]

This was my first video, I will be back. This was GREAT! #HEMAVibes

[@veximmortalis8622]

this was amazing to see.

[@fierypickles4450]

Phenomenal