Musashi Did NOT Invent the Two-Katana Style | Dual Wielding of Asayama Ichiden Ryu

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[@mogami-san4012]

Umm... The part 2 is set as private ...

[@GingerBeard24]

@Let's Ask Seki Sensei But it's on private..☹️

[@mustang22velorex]

Dear Shogo, please make the part 2 non- private please!

[@francoismorin8721]

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for making it and many thanks to Seki Sensei. I have learned so much about fighting with two katanas in so little time.

[@zanir2387]

question: how effective is to use a katana in tandem with a sai? I mean, instead of another katana, using a sai along the main katana.

[@therolentless]

It's interesting because if you read the book of five rings Miyamoto Musashi says that you should learn to fight with a katana in either hand. I think more than dual wielding, he was trying to emphasize ambidexterity. So if for some reason you had to stop using your dominant hand, you could fight without much difference.

[@Defsolid]

Not just ambidexterity, but to be able to use whatever comes in hand with the principles he thought and trained.

[@dino9071]

You should read the book Musashi he found himself drawing two swords during the many ambushes he faced it was at a drum ceremony that he saw rhythm was something that he could weaponize and two swords could strike like a drum beat niten was something Musashi learnt himself organically because he was fighting always while surrounded mostly, book of five rings he wrote the book written of him is just as important perhaps better.

[@cokecan6169]

Ambidexterity is always a plus. It's a shame not that many martial art schools and instructors place heavy emphasis on it.

[@FFXI_Addict]

Also in the event of injury. If your right hand is sprained, fractured or broken, you have to use your other hand to fight with.

[@LaNoir.]

@@cokecan6169 Ring Fit does 😂

[@jimanHK]

Awesome as always. Thank you for sharing .

[@polodhtip6061]

like wing chun that use both arms to defend and attack at the same time

[@EvilWeiRamirez]

I would love to see two katana vs rapier and dagger

[@Nav203]

What i dont get is why they use a wakizashi instead of two katanas i read that people mainly used the wakizashi as a secondary weapon blocking with the wakizashi and attacking with the katana but isnt having two katanas better you can block with either of your katans and strike with either of your katans instead of having one side completly for blocking and attacking i just dont get it maybe wielding two katans is extremly hard but i think its possible isnt it?

[@Znoadrien]

i like the two swords technique . it's been erased from history. don't know why... the main points for me are: 1. the ability to control the partner's blade and strike at the same time. and 2. the fact that swords are brittle weapons that can be dammaged. using two at the same time means to put fewer stress on the blade and if one breaks and i'm still alive i just have to rely on the second.

[@powerplay4real174]

Budo the art of combat 😊

[@АлександрБогданов-м5ш]

Два оружия еще можно против одного. Но против нескольких это фантастика из кино.

[@xantiom]

Нет

[@anantasheshanaga3666]

This is very interesting indeed. For me especially because there's an Indian martial art called Sanatan Shastarvidiya which has similar principles. The first sword style taught within it is known as Garuda, based on the movement of birds. It is used for skirmishing. The sword draw is called fur - bird taking flight. The arms are compared to the wings of birds. There's also focus on ambidexterity.

[@brandon2559]

A little history on this subject- Musashi is recorded as having frequently meditated at Katori shrine where they practiced Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu. Katori Shinto just happens to have a curriculum dedicated to two sword style. Two sword style most likely long predates Musashi's lifetime.

[@Appachoppa112]

Im sure from as long as some had thought to use 2 instead of one 😂

[@brandon2559]

@@Appachoppa112 Yes obviously, but we're talking about martial arts here, not just some primitive guy grabbing two sticks. An organized system/tradition of two-sword techniques.

[@tyrian666]

Yes the nii to ryu predates musashi by a long time, if i remember correctly he was the first one to write about it or something But the two sword style was a thing before him too

[@DonMeaker]

The Spanish, who had a strong presence at the time, also used sword and left-hand dagger.

[@junichiroyamashita]

It was called Ryotojutsu in another school before.

[@nicholasjonas2505]

Musashi did not invent using two katanas. He invented a STYLE of using two katanas.

[@AstrixCloud]

That sounds like the same thing to me lol.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@AstrixCloud nah, just think of the difference between Judo and wrestling. both mean grabbing people. they might even have crossover but, they aren't the same thing even if both require the same body parts.

[@AstrixCloud]

@@TGPDrunknHick 🤷‍♂️

[@Cosmoman78]

@@AstrixCloud It's different. Musashi invented his own style of dual-wielding, just like there are many Style / Ryuhas for fighting with one katana. For example Bruce Lee, he invented his own fighting techniques called Jeet-kune-do, from previously learning Wing-chun.

[@kinoteli1655]

@@AstrixCloud it's different fighting style but same weapon

[@jwgoon]

Correct. Katori Shinto Ryu has 2 sword Nito techniques which predate the birth of Musashi. There are also other schools which have nito techniques independent from Musashi which are Tatsumi Ryu, Shingyoto Ryu and just to name a couple.

[@kimonowolf]

You are right, although it should be pointed out that Shingyoto Ryu was, in fact, influenced by Musashi's teachings. The founder of that ryu-ha studied Enmei Ryu.

[@dylanirvine4453]

Lets not forget Musashi learned two-sword techniques and developed his school with the help of Yagyu Munenori who gave Musashi access to the Yagyu martial scrolls including their extensive two sword techniques, also techniques for fighting against two swords.

[@georgethomas5147]

Thank you so much Seki Sensei for explaining nito technique, it is very interesting about the history of using a shield in Asayama Ichiden Ryu, it would be amazing to learn Asayama Ichiden Ryu 🙏🏻

[@ren7a8ero]

Two-sword styles are always impressive, takes a lot of coordination

[@rays-tfl]

This was an extremely interesting and informative video, thank you for sharing! At 4:15, Seki Sensei mentions that Asayama Ichiden Ryu students trained with _shields_ . Do you know what year(s) in history they trained this, and what type of shield? I never knew that shields were a part of traditional Japanese martial arts in this way! That's fascinating.

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

Not to the extent of sword and shield based martial arts from Europe, the Middle East or South Asia, certainly not, but pavises used by archers and wickerwork shields used to protect against ranged weaponry before engaging with the enemy were pretty common prior to the Edo Era.

[@Fullerite_]

I think Seki sensei was talking either about tedate or traditional okinawan timbe

[@rays-tfl]

@@Fullerite_ I think you are right about the Tedate (手盾); I was aware of the large, person sized ones used against arrows, either on the ground or worn on the back. But it seems that based on historical paintings, a smaller, buckler-sized version was used occasionally, both on horseback and on foot, from as early as the 13th Century (illustrated in 法然上人絵伝) up to the Edo Period. These could be held in the sword hand as a handguard, used in the offhand like a Western buckler, or even used alone as a weapon. This seems to be what Seki-Sensei was referring to. Thank you!

[@neohubris]

I'd like to see Seki Sensei use a shield in a tutorial

[@KoreanDan310]

I would also love to see a video on shield use!

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

Yeah common misconception he invented dual wielding. He did however adapt his family jutte jutsu techniques into his own unique dual wielding style that does do some things slightly different then many ryuha. Simultaneous attack and defense and certain aspects of tempo to use timing to make it harder for the opponent to react.

[@堀高士-p5y]

二丁鎌の型があるので、二刀の型もあるのでは？と思っていました。 左右の腕を同時に違う方向に動かすのはかなり難しく、稽古を続けています。

[@tiendungle6472]

Musashi did not invent duel blade style, but he invented niten ichi

[@Krishnaeternal]

When i started to learn te ni to ryu, I was taught first to master using my left hand, drawing and using a uchigatana. I also had to learn how to use chopsticks with left hand during meals, instead of my right. The full ni to ryu training came later, when I had to coordinate the two blades for multiple scenarios. Since my style focuses on balance, both blades must be the same. I only came to learn that this was quite an unusual concept later.

[@allones3078]

I train in a filipino style that often uses two swords and always like seeing how other styles approach how to do it

[@xshumbo942]

Maybe Musashi just didn't invent it, but mastered it in an unparalleled level. すごいビデオです。

[@Rch7780]

I think Katori Shinto Ryu has some dual sword work , and it is both older than Asayama Ichiden Ryu and Niten Ichi Ryu.

[@Eisregen123]

Yes has Nito and it is roughly 100 years older as Asayama Ichiden Ryu.

[@shoePatty]

I would like to throw out a theory about why the wakizashi is in the right hand and the uchigatana is in the left. Both types of swords must be drawn with the right hand. However, if you assume you start the fight by drawing the uchigatana first (maybe via throw-draw), and then later realize you need a second blade to deal with the opponent (or multiple opponents), you simply shift the already-drawn uchigatana to the left hand, and draw the wakizashi with the right hand (which, in Asayama Ichiden Ryu, is a draw that only requires 1 hand while a uchigatana draw is usually done with two hands). Therefore, in a style that optimizes for practicality, this is by far the most likely scenario in which you'd be armed with both katana in a real fight. It's not about the idealized combat techniques of which sword is better in main-hand/off-hand in HEMA or other kenjutsu styles. Since the 1st uchigatana draw is so fast and safe in Asayama Ichiden Ryu, there's a natural advantage that once the sword is out, you can shift it to the left hand and draw the wakizashi in the right hand. I think if there's any room for Seki Sensei to add or create a new kata, it would be a basic training for the sequence which includes shifting the blade to the left hand. I can imagine opportunities in which the "taka-no-ha" concept naturally develops from the motion of bringing the hands together to hand off the uchigatana, and drawing the wakizashi with the right hand.

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

Counterargument for why that is less likely than having the short sword in your left hand: because Japanese swords are worn on the left side, you need to draw the long one with your right hand, but there is nothing stopping you from drawing the short sword with your left hand. So in your example, you could draw your long sword with your right hand and realize you might need something to help you, and just as well draw the short sword with your left.

[@josetgomez]

Actually in all the pictures of Musashi with two swords : the katana is on his right hand and the wakizashi in his left; inclouding in the picture of this video. It is the natural way of fighting and moving with the two swords that made Musashi’s two swords style unique.

[@itskarl7575]

@@penttikoivuniemi2146While you _can_ draw the wakizashi with your left hand, it is very awkward to do so. It is actually much easier - and quicker - to move the katana to the left hand, while using that same hand to steady the saya and push on the tsuba to release the wakizashi, thus allowing the right hand to draw it. The fit in the saya is pretty tight, especially for a blade less used. If attempting to draw the wakizashi with just one hand, you might end up drawing the whole thing out from your belt, saya and all.

[@stormshadowctf]

Great points....pun Intended :)

[@ManLikeKitch]

5:39 Italian rapier and dagger styles loved doing this to the point that they made simultaneous parry and thrust some of their core moves due to how effective it is, even including locking cross-guards in the dagger to lock swords/rapiers. This however, is unorthodox until he explained that you're actually using the long sword as a makeshift shield because you have a larger surface area. Tates are an extremely underrated topic in Japanese styles and Japanology in general. Outside of sieges where they were incorporated by archers, tangenshima and raiding parties, it was very much non-existent in Edo period. I believe some woodcut works show riders also incorporating it too, but I haven't seen a test whether one stop a 50 cal musket ball from a handgun.

[@minecraftkingest4116]

Ofc Musashi didn't invent it he mastered it which is what no person will ever master

[@vancestrong3900]

I don't think there is anything historical that says musashi invented or started using two swords/two hands (where as it did not exist prior). Wonder where the idea came from

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

But the pic at 3min 52sec of Musashi it appears he's holding the shorter sword in his left hand.

[@starlight8298]

Im a fan of two wakizashi i , its faster than a long sword and more balanced . :) of course it has less reach , but the added speed with better dafence of two swords , is superior . And the weight of the wakizashi is better for one handed swordsmanship . Respect :)

[@ARTCHILD]

I call my double style, TORNADO OF DEATH

[@vem32]

nitpick, but at the 3:50 mark where you refer to Musashi's 1640 self portrait, the wakazashi is in Musashi's left hand, not his right. Unless it was common for 17th century Japanese artists to not invert handedness for figures facing out of the page, like left hand is page left not figure's left and right hand is page right... but I've never heard of this and I understand Musashi was a sculptor as well as a painter. It does relate to a video on your other channel about left-handed samurai, as a lefty I got excited when you suggested Musashi was left handed, but I found no other testimony to that effect and the only evidence being that he was buried with katana in his left hand and a cane in his right. Everything else interesting though, two-sword styles predating Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu kind of render moot the speculation on Musashi's inspiration - his father's jutte technique, witnessing Portuguese fighting with parrying daggers, taiko drummers etc. when there's this simpler explanation that two-sword styles already existed.

[@tomassack9769]

Aún no sé como llegué a este canal, pero gracias a eso descubrí a shogo y revivió mi gusto por fascinante cultura la japónesa lo malo es que no hay muchos lugares en argentina para aprender kendo o iaido x,d

[@sideflipguy2097]

Great video, I’m a little bit confused. The picture you showed has Musashi holding the longer katana in his right hand, but you demonstrate holding it in the left, opposite to the picture. 3:52

[@brainc0la-_-]

Very surprised that dual welding was something that happened enough for curriculum to be made around it.

[@kodachi619]

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[@abdelazizm.7729]

He never said that he invented it in his book, he refined it. Not regarding any non-sense or flashy moves, just how to cut. In the wind chapter, he explained the mishaps of other styles in the martial arts, which was refined in the water chapter.

[@superbongergo4662]

Musashi saw his father use two weapon style and saw it's benefits and improved it. Musashi completed the two sword style. perfected it but yeah didn't invent it

[@resolute123]

So Japanese used shields in combat (aside the barrier shields for fortification.) And they use two swords like dagger and rapier. Learned something new.

[@FighterDoken]

3:53 You may not be correct about which hand the katana and wakizashi are in in the painting...could you take another look?

[@ernestball8362]

In the painting of Musashi you described him as holding the more regular Katana in the left hand, when in fact it is the opposite. He is pictured holding the Katana in the right hand. Was this in error or am I missing something ? Thank you.

[@prabug5403]

Hi please make special playlist just for this 2 sword style

[@lightknightgames]

It becomes a very english method of swordplay. Using the overhead spin to attack quicker, when applied to only one katana.

[@johnnyappleseed.4420]

I was trained to never cross your own sword. Even on the five rings it says blocking and attacking should be one move.

[@ladiesman181002]

I think you are mistaken, because in that picture the sword and Musashi’s left-hand is the wakazashi and the katana is in his right hand

[@TeutonicRoom]

By holding the katana in the left hand, it clearly defines the inside and outside lanes against someone who is holding a katana with both hands and is right hand dominant thus making it easier for the individual fighting florentine.

[@hevyjameshulleza461]

Filipinos have been doing this for much earlier...

[@leninecarvalho1096]

Fantastic!! we Have this movement in karate-do!! is fantastic.

[@Sabbra]

talking about this thing of the longer katana in the left hand. People who are left hand, will also draw with the right hand?

[@flightknight4269]

I would love to see some sword and shield style, sounds very interesting!

[@txinterceptor8428]

I don't know much about using a katana, but I can tell that Seki Sensei's control is almost superhuman. The blade always starts, moves, and stops precisely where he wants it to go. I love these videos.

[@Wee-Ah-Boo]

Very familiar with HEMA's rapier and dagger

[@templerscout]

I am confused in the picture he holds the longer sword in his right hand

[@stefthorman8548]

i tried duel wielding and naturally came to the same conclusion on my own, on right hand smaller, left hand bigger, since the left hand is supposed to keep the other guy out of his effective distance, controlling the distance of the fight/as an parrying tool, and most importantly, my shorter sword cuts better then my longer one, and is sharper, so it might not be because of this (they have the same thickness and girth) shorter is 14in blade, 19in total, longer one is 20in blade, 25.5 total

[@Alik_Odess]

Short version: Just get good with one then try the second one.

[@radoslavkosil7450]

3:57 The left and right from got mistaken here if we consider left and right from musashis prespective.

[@NgocLe-yi2pf]

I wonder how it's would be if a dual wielding vs a dual wielding too

[@silcrow4045]

itll be fun to watch and fight imo, but im not a professional im just a dweeb who likes swords

[@theghosthero6173]

Krabi krabong in Thailand has a tradition of such public duels for show

[@michaelzajac5284]

What if I dropped my katana?

[@thekingofcats27]

So one of the main uses is the same reason rapier and dagger was used. You had both and you could block the attack and attack your opponent in the same beat. People also used capes to divert the weapon or blind the attacker.

[@lucapoliero9198]

Waiting for naginata and yari video

[@MediaNocte3000]

I heard that Miyamoto Musashi might have been left handed. Could this have contributed to his holding his weapons "backwards"?

[@zs4630]

did anyone ever use two uchikatana?

[@VictorGarcia-qk3dn]

Como alguien que se crío con una espada Ropera en la mano derecha y una Vizcaína en la izquierda, soy incapaz de usar una espada a dos manos (tiene que ser muy grande para usarla a dos manos) motivo por el cual cuando empecé a practicar Kenjutsu me lancé directo al estilo de dos Katanas. En base a mi experiencia, el secreto de usar dos espadas (una larga y una corta) es saber aprovechar las distancias y bloquear con la espada adecuada. Hay ocasiones en las que es mejor blorquear con la larga y atacar con la corta y al revés, es cuestión de practica.

[@jaesjmes5498]

Don’t know what to say so I’m just adding a comment to try and get this in more people’s recommendations!

[@letsasksekisensei]

We appreciate it!

[@Mojarra1]

excelent counter attack

[@piotrmalewski8178]

I think the biggest problem is that real katana is a bit too heavy for one hand, plus you don't have two hands to do the lever work on the handle.

[@baguazhaquan]

katana weight is about the same as a lot of one handed sabers of similar lengths, the handle isnt designed to be ideal for 1 handed use

[@Alex-yg5uh]

@Susan Jabberwocky "mange it"? what does that mean exactly? are you saying your kid can demonstrate this technique with the speed and strength required to actually have it work in a real sword fight? sounds like nonsense.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

@Susan Jabberwocky Then tell her to do 'młyniec" with it (Polish swing). She'll injure her wrist. Katanas are heavier than most of sabres. I have a Katana, and while I can do some one hand cuts with, I'd say it takes a lot of practice and using it one hand puts excessive stress on your writs, so you have to be very conditioned to do it safely. Tendons injuries take a long time to heal, and they never heal fully. Once you damage a tendon it becomes more prone to future injuries. I can well understand why most Samurai would use the Katana with two hands. It's a very elegant weapon, but very difficult to use with one hand.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

@@Alex-yg5uh Plus bokkens are lighter than the actual Katana. Imho, if you want to really learn fighting techniques, you need to use the real (though blunted) weapon and protection gear, because you will be hit in the training, and even blunted blade is very dangerous.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

@Susan Jabberwocky Damn, this is a bitchy thing to say to a stranger. Especially when you don't know anything about swords from other cultures.

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

I've always found even the idea that Musashi invented two-sword usage ridiculous. There is absolutely no way nobody else in the 600+ years that samurai wore two swords before his time didn't go "wait, we have two swords... and two hands. Maybe use both at once?"

[@armin2291]

Very interesting!

[@JKallday19]

🙏🏽much love

[@squidballs2324]

Shouldn't you be able to move your katana faster if you are holding it with two hands? You may be able to beat the dual wilder by feinting because his katana held in one hand takes longer to recover, and your katana has more reach than his wakizashi.

[@lukediehl1210]

I've heard conjecture that Niten Ishi-Ryi may have had a healthy dose of foreign influence. The Portuguese made contact with Japan in 1543, and the Spanish Destreza style of fencing really took off in the late 16th century, right around the time of Musashi's birth. Destreza makes heavy use of the rapier in the right hand, paired with a long dagger in the left. It could explain why Musashi's style is "backwards."

[@mirkochiesa8052]

Video veramente interessante

[@philiptruitt]

Thank you!

[@MandyKrupinski]

I do karate

[@giantenemycrabthing]

関先生、いつも説明してくれてどうもありがとうございます。 出来れば、大小の下げ緒の結び方も教えてくれませんか。 Thank you for the video! Could you perchance make a video about how to tie the sageo of each sword when you're wearing them together?

[@edwardrichard2561]

Very cool

[@AikikamiO]

Thanks!

[@DollopussD]

As a lefthander, I noticed that having the heavier katana in my right hand (even though my swords are made of EVA foam and aren't very heavy to begin with) and the lighter wakizashi in my stronger left hand gave me equal reach and near equal strength with both swords. Maybe the headmaster who devised this style was lefthanded like me 😂

[@stormshadowctf]

All Japanese were forced to be right handed.

[@DollopussD]

@stormshadowctf it's genetic. This style was probably devised to sneakily be left-handed 👍

[@addictedtoblades2]

Very nice moves guys 💪👌👏👍❤️😎

[@baconburger9156]

Please do some Naginata work next🙏

[@kyuremthefrozen8539]

thank you for the info sensei i like the dual wielding aspect of sword techniques it's more strategic than using one sword

[@adamsherman5024]

thanks you!! show katana with tanto please

[@letsasksekisensei]

Thank you for leaving a comment! We already have a video talking about the fighting skills of the Tantō!

[@marcondespaulo]

Hello, Seki Sensei. Greetings from Brazil. Please take a look at FMA's doble baston (dual stick) fighting, and comment on it, like you did with HEMA.

[@britsonbaker277]

Happo Biraki. 8

[@dvVIII]

Great video series! I found this one especially interesting as I practice Kendo and have been playing in Nito Ryu for the last 5 years. I have been critiqued by Sensei that i need to make my Shoto more threatening so seeing kata or waza using the daito to suppress the opponent's sword and striking with the shoto gave me sone new perspectives on how effective the wakizashi/shoto coyld be.

[@toddellner5283]

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how the timing in the kata and the description connect. Several times the narrator says that you can defend and strike in one movement. In the kata as shown there is a defending phase where both blades are engaged with the opponent's sword followed by a deflection or hold with one of the defender's swords and a strike with the other. Is this because Master Seki is making it easier for the viewers to see how the hands coordinate? For example: 1 -> Block with crossed swords 2 -> Move the attacker's sword with the longer blade and strike with the shorter blade That would seem to be two beats or a beat and a half. A true one-beat engagement would seem to be defense with one blade and a simultaneous attack with the other 1 => Deflect with one blade while hitting with the other

[@wargames2195]

Hmmm, very interesting. This channel is gradually becoming better than Shogo's main channel.

[@bastadimasta]

Cross blocking is a sign of not understanding the principles of dual sword wielding.

[@letsasksekisensei]

Why would say so?

[@bastadimasta]

@@letsasksekisensei I say it from experience. Dual wielding is extremely hard. The advantage of this method is ability to defend and attack simultaneously, repeatedly while covering a larger space. One can be incredibly unpredictable, and almost unstoppable by dual wielding. However, wielding two swords without tangling them together while being effective is a skill only the most dedicated could achieve. Using both of your swords for blocking is the most basic move one comes up, but also the most ineffective and dangerous. It forsakes all the advantages of dual wielding for the sake of defending a single point in space against the most basic attack. Cross blocking leaves one in a vulnerable position because if that contact does not happen, it leaves the dual wielder in an extremely vulnerable position.

[@roninnovastar1321]

Two katana wielding increases technique issues,, better to stay with one katana due to simplicity of technique,, Analogy- Over complicated plumbing gets clogged up faster than simple straight forward piping.

[@texasdrifter4544]

I myself have also received training withe the Japanese Katana from one The Great Masters.

[@nekogammi2943]

That's not 2 katana style. It's long and short sword style or sword and dagger.

[@artevydesign7167]

Amazing video! I have a question, why one of the sword is smaller? What would be the disadvantages of getting two katanas or normal sword technique?

[@lotuslightproject]

I don’t think that Miyamoto Musashi claimed to have invented the method of fighting with two swords, because at his time on the 16 century, it was already existing in many cultures around the world. The Spanish, were at that time in Japan and already, they had a technic of fighting with two words called; Supreme Destreza with a riper on the right hand and a long kind of dagger on the left hand. What it is undoubtable is that he did created his own particular methods of using two swords to develop and empower the two hands equally and specially his simultaneous attack and defence technics were unique. The five technics with the two swords in his book of the five rings are mainly strategic to confuse the opponent. The real technic comes at the end of each encounter, ending with a direct simultaneous attack and defence making him the indisputable winer in his duels with multiple attackers. In one to one conbatte, he normally used a wooden broken, that was enough for him to putt down any one, even if they were armed with a real swords. The secret of Miyamoto Musashi was in his mind set and his state of meditation in action or the all empty pervasive mind. “invisible wisdom mind”

[@rasradders9708]

Lots of the techniques in this ryu remind me of techniques in classical Filipino Martial Arts, which commonly use two weapons and cut the body rather than focusing on the weapon. The Hawk cuts with two weapons are very like the gunting/scissor cuts used in Espada y Daga/Sword and Dagger in certain FMA styles.

[@BeBopBrando]

Please ask Seki Sensei if he would expound upon the fighting style of the character from the 1962 film “Zatoichi”, whether or not his moves are legitimate or just choreography, and to what extent. Thank you

[@kennethlau8207]

Wouldn’t the hawk wing only work against a directly downward cut. What about cuts from all the other 360 degree angles and thrusts?

[@sackwhacker]

If any of you are interested, in Ako Roshi Episode 35, Kobayashi Heishichi fights off some of the Ako ronin with 2 katana.

[@martinwinther6013]

comment, cus algo-rythm and stuff.. obviously also subbed. cus this culture is worth saving

[@terrytheblackmage4799]

Thanks for the lesson! I dual wield in a similar manner to how Seki-Sensei was doing it in this video. His cross-guard followed by a strike with the shorter sword is very similar to how I score most of my points. I was very impressed by the taka-no-ha (hawk's wings) method and I think I'll be giving it a try. As always, Shogo and Seki-Sensei have put out a fascinating and informative video. Thank you both for the work you do!

[@BaalFridge]

I learned a little katori shinto ryu and seeing the wakizashi in the dominant hand is blowing my mind!!! This is so unlike anything I know!!!

[@styrbjornulfhamr9404]

A simple theory on why the left hand holds the katana: armor. It is hard enough to use a katana to cut through a kabuto with both hands, so probably impossible for most people to do this single-handed. Better results using the wakizashi in the right hand. People who think of Musashi style, or rapier and main gauche, are thinking of styles of unarmored combat.