Kendo VS Muay Thai

[@stopYmpersonatYngmYacCount]

alternative title: ''guy hits man on the head with a stick for 4 minutes straight''

[@3nertia]

Who wants to run [unarmed] at the guy with the katana? Turns out, not even the Muay Thai fighter is *that* crazy xD

[@presentlee9403]

Pretty sure you can block a katana with bare hands if you're a Muay Thai master 😏

[@thomasbrown3793]

@@presentlee9403 Sure...just like real Kung Fu masters can catch bullets with their bare hands 🤣

[@fanwtn5124]

@@presentlee9403 yeah… depend on the force that push the blade. Muay Thai master might have a big scar or maybe half of his hand left from the catch

[@chocofo]

​@@presentlee9403reality: 💀

[@CameraGuyClyde]

That weapon is called a shinai 🤔

[@philosopherboy]

The whole premise of this video is hilarious.

[@loristronci4897]

Great angling and slips from the kendo guy, I didn't expect that level of body awareness vs. Muay thai style strikes. With that being said it's interesting to think about, weapon strikes are faster so maybe kendo does teach better reaction time when it comes to evading and it would be interesting to take a couple classes. Also I wanna see if I can land more overhand strikes barehanded in my regular sparring, given how easily the kendo guy was slipping in with them (Assuming it wasn't just a matter of speed of execution given the weapon.) I never throw them because they seem silly, but they are a thing in traditional martial arts, and the muay thai guy seems to not know how to guard against them.

[@balazsjakabffy2556]

the tip speed is a lot higher on a katana then your hand, so that might be a factor

[@johnclip88]

seriously it's not about technique or reaction. i would take on any Muay Thai champion with katana in my hand.

[@tyrant855]

Muay Thai is also ancient

[@pedro2323ful]

@@johnclip88 you clearly did not understood OP's point

[@greentea1941]

seeing fist fighter-type character versus swordsman-type character match in game or anime always epic. but seeing my country's boxer vs kendo practitioner in real life is more badass!!!

[@JR-tz5zi]

It is impossible to fight against a well-trained samurai without weapon.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

Unless you have armor

[@agustinferrer7074]

Aikido is the answer ;)

[@rafaeterna1081]

@@agustinferrer7074 you're from joe rogan too?

[@alvarorodriguez1592]

unless you are a dinosaur

[@moranguer5969]

@@agustinferrer7074 no

[@TheGuzeinbuick]

Finally, a martial artist with some honour. I've seen other "face-off" videos like this and the martial artist almost never stops after taking a hit. This guy actually performs as if the shinai is a real sword, which is very respectful. Great video.

[@fernandosulantay]

In real life you don't stop after getting a hit 😹😹. The other days I was watching a video of a cop killed or at least injured after shooting 7 times a men with a knife but not stopping him, adrenaline is crazy 🙀

[@nicolesong6199]

@@fernandosulantay For play-sparring between different disciplines you wouldn't simulate real life

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Yeah, no. In real life, you do not block a sword with your hand and then continue to use that hand.

[@TheNEOverse]

If he acted like the sword was real, kendo guy would literally just walk off after giving the nak muay's guard a tap lol.

[@lucas13789]

Who cares man, respect doesn’t mean shit. He lost in that moment plain and simple, that’s why he stopped. Not because he ReSpeCtS ThE SaMuRai COdE…

[@nicolesong6199]

muay thai guy definitely isn't used to blocking up high, who would do a hammer punch right? but that's the kendo's bread and butter

[@SandaBoxing]

nor someone with a 70 inch arm.

[@Desh681]

Honestly, this looks just so damn cool. When i see clearly contrasting styles using well defined moves to their sport, my mind just stops thinking about everything else.

[@DP-dd6hl]

when situations like this happened in history they would only work when the sword less opponent was wearing sufficient armour and able to rush the sword man by being protected. If Amourless the advantage of the swords man would be overwhelming. Chop Chop lol.

[@blackpowderkun]

Also factor that swordsmanship often partnered with grappling so an armored striker would be screwed by a sword grappler.

[@DP-dd6hl]

@@blackpowderkun you're assuming the armoured guy can't grapple and also note that 99% of the stuff you see in competition nowadays wouldn't work properly on a full armour individual. Especially if they are hitting you with armoured gaunlets or ground and pounding. You'd be dead in an instant

[@redskies2813]

Naruto vs bleach

[@Ancalagon-iu4uq]

I lost count of how many times the Muay Thai guy died...

[@Luisrey501]

Wow, is Rengoku vs Akaza

[@uuddlrlrabsmhm8430]

Kendo and fencing have to be the fastest attackers, body martial artists need them to up their game lol

[@chase2820]

The range and timing is different. The speed and intensity required from both sports is equally crazy.

[@Lasombrosidad]

The jeet kune do speaks about punching and kicking as a fencer, so is just about to train that fighting philosophy.

[@christopherknorr2895]

Are there even any Thai boxing guard positions to protect the top of the head?

[@EssaAq]

Whos watching this in 2024

[@mardisdarwis]

Muay Thai was weaponized too , they used two short ⚔️

[@aquiredskill]

Is the the sound when IT hits from Prince of Persia ?

[@JNeverReady]

Love the premise but there is no realistic way for an un armed fighter to defend attacks from a sword unless it's just don't get hit. Super fun video tho

[@avecesar28]

Este video es la muestra clara de que no existe un arte marcial perfecta. El maestro kendoka mantiene perfectamente su distancia cuando está en guardia media, pero al tener la guardia alta el maestro de muay tai entró y pudo alcanzar al kendoka con los puños y las piernas. Ambos muy bien en mi opinión

[@MrAlepedroza]

Sigue siendo un enfrentamiento ridiculo, contra una espada real el thai se iba a quedar sin manos ni cabeza hace rato. Por algo el ser humano lucho sus guerras con armas, la mano limpia es debil.

[@gonzalotorres3107]

@@MrAlepedroza siento que menosprecias mucho al de muay thai ya que estas hablando de una pelea de espada real vs mano limpia, Si nos vamos a tu logica porque no hacemos un muy thai vs kendo en una pelea a mano limpia claramente el de muay thai tiene todas las de ganar. Este video en teoría está bien ya que en teoría ambos están en las mismas condiciones, que el enfrentamiento esté actuando ya es otro tema

[@lolicore]

Es algo obvio que el kendoka en una situación real triunfe. Si es de demostración y tal como lo vemos en el vídeo, el luchador tiene oportunidades cubriéndose y etc.

[@lavender8545]

So interesting to see! I've been doing both for a bit and always wondered how the 2 would match up. I assumed Kendo based on speed+armor+reach would win, but it seems useless once you get out of shinai range. Potentialy stupid q: why isn't the muay thai fighter going for a sweep? Obviously difficult, but it seems it would be easier to knock a kendoka off their feet that way.

[@bimron3910]

I'd like to see kendo go against a boxer. A boxer has a lot more head movement than any other hand combat fighting.

[@fbi8372]

Armed guy vs unarmed. The kendo guy can just target their body

[@yuribarros7653]

Kendo foi a melhor arte marcial que eu conheci

[@smile9455]

555

[@yuribarros7653]

@@smile9455 q?

[@smile9455]

@@yuribarros7653 i​ donno

[@MCSPARTAN501]

I did a match with fencing vs. taekwondo once. It was also very lopsided.

[@thejazzmanjames9204]

I know kendo has some throws not many but I feel that would really help here also when is your next video coming out

[@lucas13789]

Until he gets dumped in the Thai clinch. Thai boxers are very accomplished in the clinch grappling situations.

[@Hawidaku]

Kendo doesn’t have throws what are you talking about

[@ActionCow69]

​@@Hawidakuold-school kendo does, especially if you look at police kendo. The sport used to be way more brutal

[@kenshiAlzam]

Good posture as a Kendoka 1Dan

[@ibrahimadiakhate7887]

Muay thai fighter does not for one second move from her position and tries to block instead of invade. Real life he ain't going far with that strategy. Head movement teeps and precise distance closing is key for Victort

[@akumabakemono1447]

Real life? What the fuck with your comment? In real life you would die using any empty hand martial art against a practitioner of any weapon based martial art.

[@joeguillaume296]

@@akumabakemono1447 the fact you had to explain that was hilarious. 😂

[@dmitriyzhukov6438]

What's next? A man with a gun?!

[@KoreanLeeDongGyu]

well.. yes? 😂😂 actually, this kendo guy even challenged the pistol.. 🤣 kzbin.infogibgPYfDFsw?feature=share

[@toddellner5283]

Try Kendo vs. Krabi Krabong and you would have something worth fighting.

[@TheTaekwondoAcolyte]

This looks like so much fun! 👍

[@5tefun]

Ok, so basically, if you are good in kendo and you have a tactical umbrella, a trekking pole or an iron walking cane, you are well prepared for self defence. Most likely, you also win if you go for the head.

[@canoalanitzae5978]

Sinceramente bastante predecible este "sparring" obviamente el que práctica Kendo lo superó abismalmente en prácticamente todo el combate, pero interesante video.

[@mortalkomment8028]

If the boxer had steel gloves that might have worked against a real sword. Funny idea.

[@strajo898]

"HOYEEEEY" -*Kendo guy*

[@ReverseOmoPlata]

Reminds me of "History strongest disciple"

[@Drawnspy]

This Akaza vs rengoku fight sure is realistic

[@tehweh8202]

Shows really nicely why you do not want to face an armed opponent unarmed. It's not entirely impossible to win but extremely unlikely.

[@ป.vนุนะ]

Run and look for protection. Before darting towards the sword, Muay Thai can actually be used with their twin swords like a war dance.

[@nokia6600ify]

What next muay thai vs guy with a fucking ak47?.

[@uros2679]

Go kendo vs m16

[@M3124-t5f]

Next you should do armed American with a 9mm vs kendoka

[@EmperorBeef]

There's no possible way to block an overhead strike with your fists. The shinai will always find the head, even if it's anticipated or instantly reacted to.

[@calibur6707]

I have a feeling that one person be like he cant deflect a actual sword with bare fist. But... imagine this, this man pulls up with some metal gautlets and leg armor, with a tiger mask for intimidation, rushing you down. In all honesty I wouldn't know what to do.

[@calibur6707]

Another thing id like to add is that later on the video he starts to predict her overhead strikes and blocks/deflect them with his gloves and then rush in.

[@MrAlepedroza]

Nice for a videogame/manga concept, still bad in real life: historical metal gauntlets were not as resistant as you think. Depending on the size of your enemies weapon, trying to parry/grab/deflect it could still get your hands badly hurt, and would still demand you to use both, while your armed opponent could still unleash his sideweapon/dagger with the other hand. If your idea was so good, it would have been widely used around the world by some warrior culture...none did. The closest to that we get is from the ninja's gauntlets, byt they still preferred to use weapons.

[@com12494]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ_GXniQpsmtoK8 Not a gauntlets but still scary nonetheless.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Yeah, but you could still stabbed in the torso.

[@TheSauceManOG]

Id like to see this fight again but maybe in a more combat sports like setting. Instead of reseting between decisive blows, id like to see the effectiveness of a bokken trying to knockout a thai fighter under more mixed martial arts like ruleset.

[@ansonang7810]

in real fight kendo wins like a sharpshooter vs kendo 300-100m away down

[@GreyEyes2]

More Teeps and Clinches but defnitely an uphill battle

[@therealbs2000]

Why doesnt the muay thai guy just bamboo kick the kendo sword to smithereens?

[@mamaisookjai4609]

ถ้าเป็นชีวิตจริง คงไม่มีใครยอมให้โดนตีมากขนาดนั้นหรอก ไม้กระบองนั้นจะต้องถูกเก็บก่อน ต่อไป คนที่ใช้มันจะถูกอัดจนกองกับพื้่น

[@anthonyprevost3968]

I’m curious as to why in kendo after they perform a strike against a forward moving opponent, after slicing/ stepping of their line why they don’t do a follow up strike? Like say when you do a strike to the head and step off when they advance follow up with a pivot strike to the throat/ back of the neck or if they pass you entirely why not go into a full turn neck to hip stroke? Pardon my ignorance but I’ve never done kendo before so perhaps the rules don’t allot for it

[@eliseofernandez8116]

Kendokas are trained to more or less commit to one strike. In their training is common to either retreat or keep running forward after striking (usually seen in do, or abdomen strike). That's why you see them go backwards after successfully striking head. Their scream (kiai) and walking are an evaluated part of their point system. That's why it's so ingrained in them. Without kiai or moving forward/backwards, no point is awarded. Remember that kendo is a sport as artificial as modern fencing. Lots of what they do doesn't make much sense, but to the fair, you don't need to keep slicing a dead person. Once you do a lethal cut, you need to avoid the retaliation of the dying man. That's the justification for the tradition. Keep moving away after a lethal cut, don't just stand there.

[@anthonyprevost3968]

@@eliseofernandez8116 yeah I can see the merit behind that as most sword fights are decided in one or two blows. Even during the feudal eras most fights were decided that way, not the drawn out shit they have on movies etc. makes for good watching but is entirely too unrealistic

[@phuongtrinhnguyenngoc4653]

This is so funny and a great concept jcjdjsjmsmsjs i love this

[@宮田英二みやだえいじ]

武器有りと武器無しで対決するのはどうか…と。

[@siamwittheerasasawat7704]

Use a low kick to injure a kendo player's leg and defeat kendo with clinch and knee hit. That's probably the best way Muay Thai defeats Kendo.

[@o0...957]

Swords are always going to win against kicks and punches

[@mr.q337]

You can kick the legs all you want but 1 strike straight to the head its game over

[@melvinch]

Replace the kendo stick with a Katana, please.

[@felixargyle6199]

I just want to know who came up with the idea of Kendo vs Muay thai=.=

[@tama5353]

very funny vid

[@NewInkFoHalo]

Complete noob who just found this: I love the respect and sportsmanship they show each other. I do have a Q though for anyone reading: What’s the significance of the kendoka(?) shouting “AYYY” after very successful hit? At first I thought they were celebrating but they do it so consistently it makes me think it’s involved in the movement, like shouting when striking - but they only do it after they actually land a hit. Is it like they’re “claiming” a successful hit for the observers, or maybe it’s some kind of intimidation?

[@pleasedontkillme2854]

They're shouting "Head!" or "Waist!" in Korean instead of Japanese because they're Korean; and yeah, it's to indicate that they hit the opponent, but it's not really for the viewers that's just how you do kendo. Usually "Neck!" and "Wrist!" is also used, but the muay thai guy did not wear armor on his wrist and hitting the neck is very dangerous (especially since the guy is gonna be moving around a lot, if the kendo user misses it could seriously injure the muay thai guy) so they did not shout or hit those spots.

[@NewInkFoHalo]

@@pleasedontkillme2854 thank you!

[@pleasedontkillme2854]

@@NewInkFoHalo no problem :)

[@soundoffreedomspeech8848]

hubiera sido interesante ver esto con algun maestro de karate o judo

[@wlupusborealis]

Wrist-flick strikes against Muay Thai's body-toppling force work oppositely to the wrong conformity in the comment threads. And in reality, grappling comes in, sword is gripped and yanked and sword-bearer hurled into a knee. There is barely a contest, skillset wise, between the simplistic kendo strikes (no matter how fast or how connective/flicky) and the more devastating 8-weapon-using Thai. Thai Sword combined with Muay Thai even more outpaces flicky kendo.

[@lavender8545]

In a streetfight yeah i agree, kendo is kind of useless. However in this context where you'll both follow ettiquette, kendo could be lethal because you could just end the guy with a blow to the head.

[@Prime_Legend]

@@lavender8545 cuts to the head don't instantly kill people. People need to understand swords irl aren't movie swords. You won't be splitting a person's skull with one simple stroke.

[@xcd87]

fighting with your bare fist against a katana is just crazy, it's better to run, hahaha.

[@maucazalv903]

it is me or do the punches and kicks hurt more than the bokken? or at least the kendo-guy is shouting more for the pain than the kickboxer :v7 maybe its just that the second one is more used to pain, which is a great extra-motivation for playing defensive xd *or maybe if something else, idk, I'm no an expert in neither of both disciplines(?*

[@thejonas4726]

Kokushibo vs akaza

[@KEROSHI-xo2dt]

LOOK LIKE AKAZA VS RANGOKU

[@nellyfabulous]

Muay Thai is NOT a battlefield martial art. It doesn’t work.

[@internalwarrior2410]

Dagger vs long spear

[@mkhazard]

use kick less than avarage Muay Thai that i know😆

[@Sanju-nv1lg]

Give him a real katana then see magic

[@Gawain_Phoenix]

This is completely absurd, one person that can handle a sword against one with just the body ?? Keep dreaming.

[@eliseofernandez8116]

The muay thay guy never realized he had to control the sword and close in. Doing that I don't see the kendo dude winning that often, since he clearly can't grapple or fight in very close quarters.

[@vincentlee7359]

Ah, a back seat fighter. So easy to say that after you seen the fight.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Yeah, you try and grapple the fella with a sharp metal stick. You will die.

[@eliseofernandez8116]

@@Kyle-gw6qp boxing gloves here are equivalent to gauntlets, sais, katars, or any other instrument to potentially control a sword.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@eliseofernandez8116 Ok. What about the arms? Or the legs? Or the torso? There's a reason knights in full plate fought with swords.

[@jipouille8880]

Les deux sont excellents. Mais si l'un avait un vrai katana, l'autre serait mort...en un coup.

[@SandaBoxing]

When the Kendo yells each time, it's really to say, "DON'T HIT ME FOR REAL!!!!!!!"

[@bigdaddy9247]

If the muy Thai had steel gauntlets to parry the strike....once it's a close quarters distance..muy Thai should have the advantage.

[@mwardp201]

kribi krabong is the weapons form of muay thai with identical footwork. Im rather sad i havent fond any vs vids

[@kewintaylor7056]

Damn ....this is unfair fight... No...this is not a fight more like bully someone with shinai...no win or lose Lol,just hit hit hit.... U cant run!...lol

[@vfm2284]

No me deja darle like :(

[@aleksmadrigal5918]

smash brothers

[@blackvoid2588]

Kendo looks goofy as eff

[@DiabolicEsper00]

En una pelea real el kendo no hace nada

[@seanfrancishenry]

🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@smile9455]

👊👊VS🗡️🔨hahahahaha

[@Zeieraoh]

if both wore full samurai armor and both manage to disarm each other weapons, the one that knows close range melee would win I reckon great channel btw!

[@bennguyen6827]

Well no sh*t the one that knows close range melee would win…it’s obvious It’s like saying someone who knows how to shoot a gun would out shoot someone who only seen them in movies

[@Zeieraoh]

@@bennguyen6827 yeah no shit. thanks for proving my point more.

[@dynasty33677]

Wtf is this

[@theodore.katsuaki]

Pointless, you'll get cut before you can even approach.

[@운한서]

No point if you are just wearing armour like this.

[@firedude339]

how is there no point?

[@Klbkchhezeim]

@@firedude339 because that's a wooden sword

[@firedude339]

@@Klbkchhezeim is that a joke based on the fact that the sword literally has no point or are you trying to say that because the sword is made of wood that the sparring cannot be done realistically?

[@Klbkchhezeim]

@@firedude339 should've made that clearer, but it's the first one. It could go both ways though.

[@firedude339]

@@Klbkchhezeim i will say that i disagree, then. You can spar realistically without a real sword. Simply restart the spar/count a "win" every time the sword gets a slash/stab on the unarmed guy. Its the same as with a real sword except no one has to die! Let me know if you disagree

[@joaquindegirolamo1885]

Pointless...

[@fabianmartin7126]

Pointless

[@vasylvakulenko2049]

The purpose of the experiment is unclear.