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[@murilo1890]

But if i dont have arms? so it need a something and this something is arms!

[@madeleineg2049]

Thank you for the video. The Muto-dori techniques remind me a bit of how to hold the handle. Having a too tight grip makes things more difficult. The reasons why the katana is given back in a certain way, was also pretty interesting.

[@JoelBergmark]

I would love to see katana vs Chinese miao dao sword, seems to me Miao Dao has serious benefit over katana, but then again I'm beginner with iai, only done it for 18 years

[@dickyanto]

So its like Aikido or Aikijujutsu?

[@geovaughan8261]

Something to understand about empty handed techniques against weapons is that they are techniques of desperation, not of choice. You learn these because they increase your likelihood of survival to something above zero, not because they guarantee victory. In most cases, even with training, the person without a weapon will die.

[@Userizekai123]

True

[@alessandrolizzio6338]

Well against an untrained farmer who telegraphs and overswings someone trained in muto dori could easily win, against a trained swordsman you have very small chances of survival.

[@geovaughan8261]

@@alessandrolizzio6338 Skill level definitely makes a difference when we’re talking master versus amateur, but that “untrained farmer” has more hours swinging a sickle than your average samurai has training, and farm tools are a lot scarier when you’re on the wrong end of them. On average, a person with a weapon is going to beat someone without one. Samurai aren’t superheroes. They can and often did lose to peasants even with weapons.

[@alessandrolizzio6338]

@@geovaughan8261 obviously a farmer is really strong but they dont have training making their movements easier to intercept

[@MegaFarkh]

@@alessandrolizzio6338 actually the untrained wild and violent moves are the ones that you can't predict.

[@thegreatadventurer8483]

If only I could go to Japan and meet Seki Sensei, he's such an awesome man, I would love to hear his stories, and learn his lessons

[@laksivrak2203]

You can if you decide to

[@William.Driscoll]

If you're interested in the language, Pimsleur's Japanese lessons are clear, affordable, and doable.

[@zensempai7371]

Not needing to meet him would be his greatest lesson for you ….

[@TheMackirk]

​@@zensempai7371 book a flight and off you go...I mean off you fly....you only live once...at least conscienly....😅😊

[@yourmaid4982]

The second I saw the thumbnail I was very sceptical and thought this is gona be same BS knife defence videos, but I was so reliefed once I saw explanation at 1:55. Really appreciate it being honest and clear that those are very specific techniques.

[@toddellner5283]

The final kata has to be practiced very, very carefully. In a real fight, as you put it, he would be trying to cut you into little pieces with a sword. That's pretty horrific, too.

[@chiprahn]

It is VERY difficult and dangerous to try and combat an armed opponent when you are unarmed, practically impossible if your opponent has had a decent amount of training with their weapon, but still, having some techniques to deal with these situations is better than nothing.

[@BJJJUDO]

Let’s try pressure testing this with a whiffle ball bat and see how many times the open hand person would have ended up with one arm.

[@KinseiSensei]

Much respect to Seki Sensei. I have found it near impossible to perform successful evasion wile taking two steps at full speed. There is only time for a body shift and one foot to move to successfully evade the sword. Hope that makes sense. Thank you for the insight into your Ryu-ha. 🙏🏼

[@jimanHK]

Simply beautiful. Asayama Ichiden Ryu is AMAZING !!!

[@earlyburg]

Thank you Seki Sensei. It gives me a deeper understanding of irimi.

[@raymondsosnowski9717]

Ah, shades of tachi-dori (also jo-dori & kaiken-dori which they call tanto-dori) from my Aikido days. As with the empty-hand waza of Aikido, it's all about kuzushi ('balance-breaking'). Most interesting is the idea of irimi, that is, 'entering' - seems counter-intuitive (and a bit scary), but it's the shortest distance, hence the quickest to do; however, the blending of motions to properly achieve this is always a challenge. Nice presentation; looking forward to Part 2. And that last scary kata reminds me of 'classical' Tae Kwon Do from my undergraduate days as a technique of self-defense - I hear that they teach nothing like this anymore.

[@gregoryw.1160]

Our Aikido techniques carried out smoothly and calmly! 🤎

[@Animalsarefoods]

None of that would work in the real world against someone trying to kill you. If someone’s attacking you with a weapon and you unarmed just do yourself a favor and run away.

[@raymawm]

but you have to know most of the time the samurai wearing an amour (especially at least armour) back to the samurai era. Moreover, only eastern novel will recieve martial art education. So, back to the day, Most of the time the civilian who draw a sword would likely know nothing/little about katana training. And you(novel) are well prepared and not going to die even if the tieft stole it.

[@styrbjornulfhamr9404]

Mutō dori waza can be considered sutemi waza on one hand, but also kenjutsu gokui on the other hand. Those who wrote skeptical comments might be forgetting that Asayama Ichiden ryū originated from the battlefield and one’s armor makes such waza less dangerous.

[@mashash9594]

Thanks for this! Now I can attempt to survive an average day in Britain :)

[@cookiemonsterhacker3131]

lol

[@learner8509]

💀

[@Mutant_Tracker]

Aikido contains like a thousand techniques for these, it's important to be prepared to get unarmed during battle. (The first attack type new apprentices train is called something like Shoumenuchi)

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

10-year aikido practitioner here. The technique you're thinking of is called "shihōnage", meaning "four direction throw" (in reference to the four compass points, or "any direction" when taken as an idiom). It is indeed a fundamental technique, but the weapon take-away versions of techniques are more typically taught after a student at least has some exposure to the unarmed version, although exceptions to this are not unheard of (particularly if a given practice session has a shortage of new students). That said, the traditional "first technique" at most aikidō dōjō is called "ikkyō" or "ikkajō osae" (meaning "first teaching" or "first-list control", respectively), and features control of the opponent's elbow.

[@Mutant_Tracker]

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 i meant to write shoumenuchi here. I mentioned a move instead of an attack type. I may have made some confusion. The first technique i learned was something like smoutoshi. I still remember my first technique after 6 years.

[@Mutant_Tracker]

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 ikkyo hurts a lot if it's performed. Nikkyo is also dangerous too. I really hate nikkyo.

[@Mutant_Tracker]

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 and by attack type, I meant an attack. Not something like junto.

[@Didier33380]

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 30-year aikido practitioner . All these technics are very good as training in dojos. In the real life, in case of real attack by a good warrior, I think it would be better running very fast...

[@Gwalothel]

Really great kata, but you can also see how the uchidachi almost stops his swing even before the shidachi actually touches him.

[@randallpetroelje3913]

Mu to dori is dangerous, but if you get there first ( out of the way of the blade) is paramount to living or dying. I guess the saying of “ in the blink of the eye “ is not a myth. It would be a hard lesson learned. I absolutely love your videos. You study old koryu. This I very grateful for you sharing. I also study. Unfortunately, Japan is ( financially,and temporarily) out of my reach for training. Much love and respect to you and your family. By the way, congratulations on your new baby!!! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@pufopc8749]

Works as a movie choreography, but the average Joe with no training would hurt the master badly, even if he was in a great shape.

[@michaelzajac5284]

I'm glad you. In the last few months, I texted your comment. I don't know how to without weapons.

[@CJ-uf6xl]

I've been waiting for this one! Very excited to see part two 👍 Thank you all so much 🙏

[@thiskermanosborne7635]

I love getting to see this and learn because I'm incapable of getting a formal teacher it's amazing to see a actual teacher carefully showing movements in a way I can actually learn from them

[@zambonibob2026]

Gokenin Zankuro certainly showed me this! He fights off a bunch of ronin bare handed multiple times!

[@larrywilliamson2384]

Interesting movements without a weapon, very similar movements to my style. Thank's for sharing.

[@KateJohn2013England]

Classic 👍🙏 Take care. Stay safe 🙏 John and Kate

[@schubi128]

If you can cover the distance of the katana to the oponent fast enough without being sliced or stabbed it will work.

[@narusawa74]

Oooooooooo! Yagyu school technique of " no sword" techniques!! Well, similar ideas at least. Shogo San, if you're interested, look into it, you'll surely find some documentation about those "saidai no ôgi" from Yagyu Ryu . Thank you for sharing more if those amazing but very hard to use unarmed défense techniques!!

[@NihilisticRealism]

When training with BO im always aware of the breaks in flow that provide opportunity for unarmed strikes. This is because i walk with my bo as a walking stick, and if anything around here i am to face its daggers. So keeping the advantage of constant reach and the disorienttion effects of the flow is critical. great video. Risky moves, but good to know for niche circumstances. this is why i like krav maga. its about uning the environment and the combatents tools against them in a fight

[@blazi2293]

"You don't need anything to fight a katana" Well, you do need to be brave 😅

[@psulux]

In theory very help Thank you The only problem is the speed of your opponent and his anticipation of your movement as he has the sword

[@RoninTF2011]

To train these disarms can be of use. In many sparring session (against resisting opponents) you get a chance for a disarm. (you get into close distance when both move forward, or you get onto the opponents side etc etc...) So this ends with one fighter on the grounds, or even better ...with both swords in the hand of one fighter ;-) So, it helps to have some weapon less drills trained!!

[@AeolethNionian]

Contrary to what hollywood would have you believe that movement in the last kata isn't that deadly. However you can still get whiplash if you do it fast and that can take a very long time to heal.

[@iggs67]

"You Don't Need Anything to Fight a Katana" - of course not, you'll be dead. 🤣

[@gingerwhale871]

I wanna see him pull that of in Sparring, 3 rounds of 10 Minutes each, against multiple opponents, but fighting them one at a time.

[@user-sq3fe5sy9v]

拳と腕の三角形に腕を入れ、相手を倒す型は、本来は顔(目・鼻)を狙った当身と想像しています。 そう考えるととても恐い技ですね。

[@Heavenfound]

Amazing! Keep up the great work ❤

[@LucasHenrique-it2io]

Thanks to the video! I really wanted to see those bare hand techniques!😊 in "Heiho Kadensho", Yagyu Munenori once told that "Muto Dori" is the most Advanced Technique a Warrior can practice... its too dangerous even to the elite samurai

[@sabahrahma1598]

I love this teacher, he is an expert

[@Will-ir3bi]

Love you guys. Respect and laughter. No one above a other, the unity and sense of mutual elevation ❤️❤️❤️!

[@TimoHanft]

Wow. First time I've seen this channel. Amazing! Will watch more of your videos.

[@shanedailey1049]

I'm curious to know if there are any mutou kata against tantou or wakazashi. That would be very useful to learn and could be useful to know as knife attacks are more common in Japan.

[@raydrexler5868]

I expect those to be even higher levels, as there is no “highest” level of skill. Only the path.

[@azkon7975]

I didn't learn this here but in other videos: Basically be prepared to get slashed or stabbed no matter what, if you intend to fight. Any technique against a knife, while it can be effective, will not give you perfect defense. It's still useful to know because it's much better to get slashed in the arms than it is to get stabbed in the kidney. However, the best call is to not fight at all. Either flee or give your attacker a reason to not attack.

[@andrewrussell1678]

I've been practicing Ju Jitsu for 12 years now and we learn these techniques occassionaly . Its my favourite part although it bears no relevance to modern self defence it is fun to learn and big respect must be shown to the danger of a sword

[@theimmitigableone8056]

Empty handed techniques often work in real situations where psychological states, adrenaline and surprise can be factors. In a situation where everything is calmly assessed, the person with a weapon is at a big advantage. The biggest tools for an unarmed person against a weapon is psychological attack and surprise.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting and worthwhile video.

[@richt63]

Fantastic 💕. I think these katas work better at close range.

[@shankarannigeri2659]

This skills are useful when the opponent is using only one skill the opponent is using only up side to down up to down slash when opponent use only 1 strike you can use this all skills to him

[@dominiclapinta8537]

in America, when you put your hand right in front of a person's face, it is called, "talk to the hand". I never thought it could be used as a martial art

[@joshumabv7642]

Increíbles habilidades 👍🏼

[@MarvelTheDefenders]

That’s a hell of a dangerous game to play.

[@Farzinmirnezami]

Thanks for your teaching , ❤❤❤❤

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

"The length of the weapon is irrelevant to a master" 1000 male pornstars might disagree, the other 99.99% of the male population cries in relief!

[@korinturner2404]

Thank you for this, I will use this for my personal study.

[@VTPSTTU]

Thanks for the video.

[@FireStar-gz2ry]

So if long and short are the same, then anything you do with a longer sword, or a longer staff (if i understood correctly) you should also be capable of doing the same with the shorter variation of that same weapon

[@Misteramen]

It's understandable for the third technique to be taken carefully... I figured that even if the opponent is a real enemy, killing could be really unnecessary. Also, all these tricks may depend on the reflexes in case the opponent can swing a sword as fast as lightning

[@solb101]

It all looks so easy as a choreographed scene, but in a real fight, not so sure. The sword is so sharp it may sever his hand.

[@johncartwright8154]

It is explained that these training kata would not work in reality, which is an honest admission. Unlike other martial arts techniques and styles (such as Aikido) that only work with the acquiescence of your training partner, and can be misleadingly dangerous in a real confrontation.

[@solb101]

@@johncartwright8154 Sensei claims that you can use these techniques in the given circumstance of the sword being raised. Then proceeds to show us such techniques which include pressing down on a razor sharp sword. He pressed rather softly of course.

[@Six8ten]

@@solb101 Pressing down on the back, not sharp, side of the sword.

[@solb101]

@@Six8ten Fair enough. But timing, position and force application would have to be perfect at every stage and that is discounting resistance at certain points which may overcome the opponent.

[@ruukinen]

@@solb101 He literally said at the start that all the swordsman has to do in a real fight is hold the point at your chest in mid guard and there is literally nothing you can do. The point of this is not to learn to fight against weapons, it's to not feel helpless in that situation. Obviously your first and only move should be running away asap if you end up unarmed against a swordsman.

[@rasoulkhandan9334]

very nice

[@addictedtoblades2]

Thanks for sharing your mad skills brother ❤

[@knetteelcreador2202]

Lol hey ,that music, bit like Mortal Combat :-)

[@craig4867]

Swords ⚔️ are a real big problem out there!

[@circejean]

Thank you!

[@ememe1412]

I had to look up why so many techniques I've seen demonstrated is similar to Aikido. The ryuha was originally from Aizu domain. The same area as the relocated Takeda clan that would pass down what would be called Daito Ryu. Since I've never really accepted that Daito Ryu is older than late Muromachi period (the period the Takedas relocated from Kai), the similarities to another Aizu ryuha is evidence to me of Daito's timeframe stemming from the Sengoku period and not from Minatomo Yoshimitsu's era..

[@kairinase]

"You don't need anything to fight a katana.": Muto Dori "You don't need katana to fight, anything can do!": Miyamoto Musashi "You don't need to fight...": Mahatma Ghandi

[@roninnovastar1321]

The teacher shows technique in slower motion to demonstrate, but dose not show same movements at higher speeds,, in order to preform those techniques you better have super correct Flash timing !! Once again, every pre- planed technique looks good when its choreographed between teacher & student.

[@firstname2853]

Go on sensei seki and love the channel shogo

[@thomasturner4253]

Thanks

[@yvngtyreeofficial]

That last one gav me chills😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@arizona1287]

i want to see how he does against someone who is actually trying ti hit him...with a wood sword ofc xD but its would be interesting to see how fast and fluid he can moove.

[@christophershell7564]

I would assume the moves fail fairly frequently and you get cleaved in the head anyway. Unarmed combat used against an armed opponent is the second to last resort after running.

[@magnorecinos6510]

Nice. Please make a video of Jujutsu.

[@raydrexler5868]

Thank you so much for your excellent content. Be safe

[@rhabdob3895]

You need two things: Balls of Steel.

[@matthewtaylordeoppressolib7141]

As long as the person stops moving after their initial attack....

[@Just_Another_Gravemind]

I still love the way and logic behind how they fall, it looks so unnatural to me, and yet it's so natural to them it's as if they don't even think to enter that position

[@BernasLL]

I was sure in the last one he'd be wrapping his arm around the guy's arms, like in Fiore. Interesting variation!

[@mazisigmond7508]

The only way these will possibly work is if the person was very light. Meaning no gut light, athletic, and extremely fast.

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

cool weapon-less techniques against the katana. seki sensei is as cool as ever!

[@Yupppi]

What if in the first "bending" of the katana the person holding the katana quickly reverses the lower hand's grip, having a short leverage and blocking the rotation from behind, the upper hand being the pivot point? Is it still too weak to stop the easy stealing of the sword? Or is it too quick of a situation to do that? The leg sweep reminds very subtly of osoto gari. Just way more minor movements. The kuzushi and position is already there. I find it great how much emphasis is put on the head twist being extremely dangerous by martial arts, but at the same time youtube is full of chiropractic videos where they yank and twist the head and spine in the most forceful ways. Makes me shiver every time knowing how little you need to do to cause lethal consequences.

[@Why-ct6kz]

under the up-raised sword is death, step in to heaven, old muto dori quote from along time ago...

[@monicab204]

Wonderful! Thank you! ❤️

[@Vonlock]

He has perfect technique

[@danjim249]

In Ninpo, we train both sides equally. Good luck for the people lending us a weapon "on the difficult side" ;-) Shikin Haramitsu Daikomyo

[@abazism]

Kids, please do not try this in real life

[@IPLayedVR42Long]

I remember giving my students the lesson of "Length doesn't matter to a Master" a number of times lol. I'll never forget teaching that lesson to one in particular thinking "A shorter blade is a faster blade". The welt on his back is still a chuckle we share to this day lol.

[@k0valus585]

not to be immature, but i'm going to start using "length doesn't matter to a master" in some nondescript situations from now on

[@MarkAndreYapching]

I'm nearly 40 and cannot run very fast. These techniques are helpful to buy time and distance

[@saxon1177]

I learned similar moves while practicing Hap Ki Do in Korea. Now I'm just waiting for someone to pull a sword in a 7-eleven.

[@billjenkins5693]

You will be cut getting this close. Expect it, learn to fight through it.

[@corporaterobotslave400]

So does everyone train katana in the right hand? I am left hand dominant and prefer this way; it seems like a lefty would have some advantage when facing ppl who are used to right handed fighters (?) What do you think?

[@borobaloo3106]

As a lefty who is a relative beginner in Kendo, all lefties are forced to train the same as their right-handed counterparts- so they basically never deal with the “mirrored” matchup. I imagine that there’s some Koryu out there that has some ‘lefty” Kata. However, this means that If you casually spar, like in a HEMA context, Southpaw throws people off a bit. Your lead hands, and therefore your “outside hands” are on the same side, so you have to adjust your technique. Anecdotally, I sparred at a HEMA gym and my sparring partner grabbed my right hand in close quarters to disarm me, but it simply freed my left hand to cut low. I let him know and the next time he got the correct arm. tl;dr Techniques can still work on lefties with some adjustment, but if they don’t train for it (as I believe most modern Japanese swordsmanship practitioners do) left-handedness can be big advantage.

[@manwich5364]

Asayama ichiden ryu taijutsu is very powerful.

[@armchairdisaster905]

I recently retired. I'm hoping to travel to Japan in the next couple of years. Would love to train in a koryu type of Iaido sword training. I also like the idea of remodeling an abandoned country house. Of course Kyoto would be nice to, it's more important to find the right dojo.

[@Zts_xox17]

Well I hope the people who do try this at home do this with little resistance as possible so you can keep you and your partner safe while still practicing to get more skilled at the technique.

[@jimclarke1108]

2023 Suzuki Katana 1000 for me thanks😁

[@michellebrooks3512]

Yeah, I still want to be the one with the katana or a good pair of nikes.

[@guteshel1068]

one issue i find with this is that the opponent waits until you get too close to him... what about if he strikes early ?

[@victorsegovia8008]

Amazing video, greetings from Venezuela both sensei; domo arigato

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

muto dori. you should train with some bujinkan guys over there in japan.

[@markrcca5329]

I didn't watch the whole video but - at the very beginning, the swordsman steps forward first, without any apparent need to do so, since his opponent is walking right into him; now both of them are at grappling distance, and THEN raises his sword, without trying to give himself any space to use it. If he's robotic and slow, sure, you can grapple him! All these techniques are based on the swordsman being clueless, having zero sparring instincts and no awareness of his superior striking distance.

[@Culturedthug1776]

You might have a low probability of success with such techniques, but a low probability is not 0 and just because it might not work doesn't mean you might not be forced into a situation where you have no option but to try and make something like that work, therefore it makes sense to train for that situation, the ideal situation might involve running away or the opponent being deterred or ideally you might pull out a firearm and win decisively that way but just like in golf, you play the ball as it lies.

[@tekunmartono4569]

90% examples of videos mostly did on upper slash,. I haven't seen any video how to block left or right slice, or diagonal slice, with or without katana

[@letsasksekisensei]

We are videos on our channel about those topics!

[@tekunmartono4569]

@@letsasksekisensei would you please insert the video link about how to defend from diagonal and side slash cases. I'm one of a fan with japanese culture, samurai philosopy means "to serve", etc. Packed with friendly host like you, it is a great video to watch. One more thing, i'd like to ask about is "seathed battojutsu" like kenshin did existed style in real ? I mean seathed katana in front of enemy would difficult to read where and when the slash would comes out. That's all my questions, you're such a good japanese person, thank you so much, harigato gozaimas 🙏😇. *i hope i write it precise

[@fonzievarata607]

I could see my experience with Filipino Martial Arts being handy here. We commonly practice empty hand against an armed opponent.

[@joshuaspector8182]

Lessons in how to get eviscerated. 😂

[@cookiemonsterhacker3131]

The real Jetstream Sam.