Thank you for sharing this. Kuroda sensei is a true master!
@patrik79a13 жыл бұрын
he seems like a really nice guy. Loved the section where sensei instructs the newbie...
@VNSnake19995 жыл бұрын
One of the few unique ways to use the sword that I find pretty practical.
@HipposHateWater10 жыл бұрын
I like how his cutting arcs don't form a circle, but follow an extreme elliptical arc--like he's punching the sword out there, and emphasizing streamlined push-cuts with a thrust quality over the more typical percussive slash. He's like me in that sense. Looks like I have a new martial-artist role-model to emulate :) (I may practice German Longsword rather than kenjutsu, but there's little the two don't share.)
Sensei is teaching the 3rd Kenjutsu kata in this video. The kamae that is being used is Hassogamae in Komagawa kaishin ryu. Sensei is actually not moving fast, for him, in these videos. He will be teaching at my dojo in San Diego in June.
@gratefulape12 Жыл бұрын
The hand-on-elbow exercise interests me a lot. I'm trying to figure out the mechanics. It reminds me of many techniques involving aiki age - aiki sage in Daito ryu aikijujustu. In places, it looks like Sensei is using it to subtly take kuzushi, to make uke move his weight to one foot. I'd welcome your insight as a student of his. Also, very curious to know how this is expressed without that contact.
@SystemOfStrategy Жыл бұрын
@@gratefulape12 This technique is different than aikiage and aikisagae in that there is more disappearing. Okamoto sensei did not teach kenjutsu, I have trained with him on several occasions. There is more disappearing here, from touch and ultimately vision. It is hard to explain and needs to be felt in order to understand. So no movement forward and no 'lifting' of the arm. If you touch Sensei;s back when he is doing large sword movements, there is nothing felt. The whole back is quiet and relaxed. Less physical connection at the point of contact and yet you are gathered, kuzushi.
Ok I got it to see his speed you have to watch his feet and keep his hands in your peripheral vision he moves from his feet up beautifully Watch him from the waist up and you will never see it coming
@dcac289510 жыл бұрын
1:54はみえない
@睡眠中毒-x3y5 жыл бұрын
このコメントを見たとき。 「んなアホな」 押して見た時 「んなアホな」
@YH-eo1cy5 жыл бұрын
いやこれはやばいな、斬られる。
@35gunso5 жыл бұрын
対峙したらリアルポルナレフ状態だなw
@田中-e8r5 жыл бұрын
真剣でやられたら失神しそう()
@天使-f2s4 жыл бұрын
カメラに映らないのはヤバい
@y_magaming97982 жыл бұрын
Easily the fastest swordsman I've ever seen
@CheeseCakes1194411 жыл бұрын
i'm pretty sure he teleported at 1:54
@dakaodo10 жыл бұрын
Nope, just good core strength.
@Dethrey_7 жыл бұрын
:P
@marcellismadness25526 жыл бұрын
lol u would be dead n a flash smh..Imagine being on the battlefield against swordsman this godlike smh and he just a mere shell of whatthese guys looked like taking in account they were battle hardened warriors with many many kills..
@RemoVegas6 жыл бұрын
What The FUCK Was That..? Holy SHIT That's Fucking Scary..!
I think the HEMA movement could stand to take a few pointers from this guy. Most people aren't used to honing their physical intuition and self-control to such fine polish.
I think in one part he's explaining that the left arm covers the lenght of the sword before the engaging movement.
@manoelgomesfilho50365 жыл бұрын
Verdadeiro fundamento do Kendo. Primeiro Madeira, depois Aço.
@CYM240713 жыл бұрын
@dhx84 I've seen a lot of Kuroda Soke clips on youtube and on Kick Ass Moves. I would say that like a great many soke of kobudo, everything's right there in plain sight. The first "trick" is being able to understand what he's told you to do (even though he's done his best to tell you completely openly), and the second is in getting your body to do it. I think there's one or two study groups in USA, one in Paris, and of course the sohonbu dojo is in Japan.
1:54 O.O That was the fastest strike, I´ve ever seen with a bokken. Respects to Sensei Kuroda...a true master of the sword.
@premshah7310 жыл бұрын
What is the name of this kata? Also, what is the name of the kamae when he rotates the bokken, and counters with the 'ha' facing upwards towards the face?
Thank you so much for sharing this! Kuroda Soke is amazing! which video is this from?
@ChrisKsan12 жыл бұрын
Subarashiiiii!!!!
@DanTheShotokanKid12 жыл бұрын
this is very interesting, i thought with Bushi arts you had to keep a good posture when using the sword, this guy is bending over every time
@Veepee926 жыл бұрын
This is an old comment, but for general knowledge: the straight back and upright posture is common for Edo period styles as they were mostly used and tested on the wooden floors of a dojo. Conversely, lower, wider, more bent and leaning postures can be seen in styles that date to historically battlefield-tested and subsequently well-preserved styles of earlier periods such as Kashima Shin-ryu, Katori Shinto-ryu, Maniwa Nen-ryu and allegedly Kuroda's curriculum. The reason is simply that a lower posture is more stable on uneven and unpredictable surfaces while crouching and ducking also provides temporary shelter from high overhead blows.
@jjs38905 жыл бұрын
I guess it's a good thing he has to here to point that out well done master! Lol
@SystemOfStrategy12 жыл бұрын
You are incorrect here. The sword can be held this way with no problem if you are properly trained.
@Blender_MMJ6 жыл бұрын
每门技巧各有所长!天下功夫唯快不破!
@4shunhere12 жыл бұрын
If I was alive Middle Ages ,I have never wanted to confront him at battlfield...
@Spladoinkal11 жыл бұрын
not only is his skill incredible, he has Bruce Lee's speed!!
.....so much focus at the sticks and not the lems you use?....
@rut11912 жыл бұрын
Some people think they know everything in the world. Do you really think Kenjutsu sensei don't know how to hold the sword. Actually you don't know anything just show off.
+Daniel Arief I was impressed at first, but upon closer inspection I think we're being tricked. If you look closely at 1:54, you can see that Kuroda sensei and his student move incredibly quickly at EXACTLY the same time. I suspect this is because somebody edited the video and deleted a couple of frames to make the movement appear faster. The same thing seems to happen at 2:14. Reduce the speed to 0.25 to see them move more clearly. I don't doubt these men are very skilled, but this seems too good to be true.
@danarief8 жыл бұрын
I can't judge it, the video might be slightly edited, I have watched many of his videos, he does move super fast. I trained for quite some time tried his technique, did a video, play it back, and I am snail slow compared to Maitre Kuroda.
@23561avatar8 жыл бұрын
Daniel Arief I've seen him in several videos too, and he is indeed very fast. What I find very strange about this video however, is that he and his student move their upper bodies and swords to completely different positions at exactly the same moment, within 4/100 of a second. The strange thing is that their feet seem to move in a normal way.
@danarief8 жыл бұрын
After a closer look, i think they do move that fast. look at the movement of their hakama, its still natural. I believe he is a master of transferring energy from his foot and whip it super fast onto his upper body.
@ronin216714 жыл бұрын
Body isometrics.
@焼きポンカン4 жыл бұрын
1:54 …………え?
@TheOneAndOnlySame8 жыл бұрын
About 1:14 and on : The problem with this kind of training, and most other martial training/sparring is that the students respect the master so much that they will always "indulge" him into succeeding anything he wants to demonstrate. That's how you see aikido demo where students are flying everywhere at a flick of the master's wrist, which is completely unrealistic. When you push this "accomplice" phenomenon to the extremes, you see scams like "no touch style", "qi projection technics" , "systema" etc. They work on the same principle: students do all they can so they don't become the one that embarassed their master in front of everybody, making him lose credibility. The pressure over each student shoulders is HUGE, they MUST validate the master no matter what. It's even akin to auto suggestion. Now i'm not saying that Kuroda isn't an expert in his art, just that most likely a vast percentage of the techniques he showcases wouldn't work in a real fight situation, like it's always the case with many martial arts.
@batesbytheblood4878 жыл бұрын
if you would excuse and forgive me for replying to your comment but I need to make something clear to you my friend. every single martial art, whether it's Taekwondo, Goju ryu, or even kyushojutsu; came from china. so virtually all martial arts are the same. but it just so happens they're different in their own right. just like how we're all human beings but God just has it that we're different in many aspects, though we're the same. so no martial art. is better than the next. the only difference between two martial art practitioners are the degree of training or lack of practice in the art. furthermore : on the topic of compliance when the soke or master is demonstrating a technique. when you apply a wrist lock, a sword technique or even a fighting application such as a punch to the forearm when the attacker punches , it will hurt you if you do not conform to the technique. in Aikido for example they throw each other around almost like dolls. imagine if you did not apply a flip or a roll or a tumble when the master applies a joint lock. the rule is to roll or flip to avoid a sprain, a broken wrist, or a dislocated joint. if the master actually did the technique as it were intended; not only would the student be hurt but his own integrity as a role model for the school.
@TheOneAndOnlySame8 жыл бұрын
I get what you're saying. I simply don't believe this to be true. The simple fact that, not talking about sword arts obvsiouly, no kung fu or other fancy asian martial arts that are glorified gymanistics are present in MMA. Ju jitsu/Bjj ? Yes. Some Karate moves? Yes. Taekwondo? No. Kung fu? No. Aikido? no . Etc. THese don't work against fighters. They might work against everyday people in the street who can't fight but that's about it.
@batesbytheblood4878 жыл бұрын
Let me tell you about myself for a moment. I am a hapkido student. In MMA there are certain pressure points and joint locks you simply can not apply to the fighter because watching a guys finger being bent in the wrong direction on TV or applying a shin pressure point in a jujitsu armbar hold is not appealing to viewers. Martial arts is the way of war. For the civilian martial arts is the way of SELF DEFENSE. Likening martial arts in a sport such as MMA is not possible if you do not consider the possibility of wrist lock in a match. Small joint locks are prohibited because wrists and fingers are the easiest joints to dislocated and break. Bjj and jujitsu are good martial arts in sport but let me tell you one thing. In mma an armbar might be fine to apply and you won't have to worry about teeth in your foot. But in the real world Bjj and jujitsu are dangerous to practice for the practitioner. You ever think whenever the jujitsu practitioner is about to apply the armbar on the ground that with just one stomp of the foot and he's knock unconscious? Or that when you're in the full mount on the armbar that you can just lodge your teeth in to their flesh to prevent your arm from breaking? Sport and martial arts are two different things my friend. Aikido in a real situation, kung fu, taekwondo, are like gold in the street. But not in the ring. The techniques would work fine against any human but simply not in an MMA ring.
@flamesofoblivion8 жыл бұрын
I hate to break it to you, but what you're saying is simply not true. These arts are extremely difficult to understand unless you've trained in internal arts. There is an immense amount of power and strategy that exist within Ken/Iaijutsu and Aikijujutsu that everyday martial artists don't understand.
@TheOneAndOnlySame8 жыл бұрын
BagboyUchiha Sorry but this is bullshit. I don't believe in this asian mythology of "internal" or "qi/chi/whatever". It simply is complete snake oil.