Sugino Sensei 10th Dan Master of Katori Shinto Ryu

[@MangBato]

Brothers, we meet again. Let us come back here after 5 years.

[@Emanuel7793]

Count me in

[@EE3rd]

Aight.

[@xia2404]

Sure

[@lyle.justin.stoffels]

Same here 💪🏻

[@lifeofxyco7633]

I will probably forget.

[@bungjaschannel]

1:41 His Katana leaving an afterimage, is this the next level samurai

[@anmolsingh4969]

What is this

[@WhenMarkers]

Yeah. That was my first time seeing an afterimage...

[@chanchitogonzales1813]

In 3:20 check it

[@SupremeStylez]

Next Level Camera Quality 😅

[@Rj-er4bo]

So don't invade Earth you stay put in your alien realm lest you face the katana.☝️

[@MRSLAV]

You might think nothing happened, but if we pan to the left we could see that he cut through the building walls, park trees, truck's engine block and a thickest sumo wrestler.

[@aprieyanto3098]

Thats why cameraman shooting him from side

[@allexceed-8924]

and he's not actually screaming, it was his victim

[@a.tempest7596]

Lol

[@swolzer]

mr slav why u not verified

[@christianverida8037]

Hahhaha😂😂😂

[@fizzlebug]

Yoshio Sugino was 81 years old at the time - this was recorded at the Second Aiki News Friendship Demonstration in 1986, and he was born in 1904 (everything here is googleable). Show some respect. Most of you will barely be able to walk, let alone swing a sword gracefully, at that age, but he did.

[@removilmata5377]

Thank you for the class.

[@yunabias7021]

indeed, he was way too fluid for his age, its masterful presentation. one thing people forget in martial arts nowadays is the fluidity of movement, he is holding the katana as if it was part of his own body.

[@ahabueaugustine3957]

Wow

[@davidjacobs8558]

1986? why is the video so bad? looks as if it was recorded in the 60's, and not 80's.

[@fizzlebug]

@@davidjacobs8558 Poor VHS to digital conversion. Not unusual. If you don't believe me, you can literally google "yoshio sugino 2nd aiki news friendship", and the first result will be "The Last Swordsman: The Yoshio Sugino Story, Part 1". Click it, then check the third picture from above, where he kneels before the katana. Exact same floor gap as in this video. Then google "2nd aiki news friendship", and check the date. 1986. I would have posted links, but youtube seems to shadowban comments with links, as I have tried it before and failed.

[@ferorone]

So we are not talking about how this is 10 years old video and the channel is still liking and replying to our comments.

[@warriorpaths]

Yeah :)

[@acecobar7893]

Daaaaaang

[@Lulu-mz9bj]

thanks, now i cant sleep

[@leon0ky]

Lu lu Can’t or can ..?

[@Lulu-mz9bj]

guess cant, cause im still not sleeping :›

[@Michael-ru2vo]

At the end, that is not a clap, it was the sound of people tearing apart.

[@mr.foster1126]

No that was the sound barrier being rip apart as the flow of time and reality continued.

[@avesummer2754]

Dimension slash, Beyond Speed of light

[@Clark_808]

All their heads started popping off

[@Wolfaren07]

@@Clark_808 Freeza, you inmortal beast. You keep coming back

[@Clark_808]

@@Wolfaren07 👁️👄👁️

[@caleb9491]

The fact that his katana is leaving afterimages makes me believe this man can kill me and I wouldnt see him move.

[@GenX-Rising]

He's literally cutting off the electrons from the other elemental pieces. You have to be at least 80 years old and have a long beard to charge your sword with energy

[@litznguyen3505]

@@GenX-Rising he is joking bro :v

[@GenX-Rising]

@@litznguyen3505 i edited my comment you responded to and feel so much better knowing it was a joke

[@Tortugostalker]

Well... any old man wielding a big ass knife might have a pretty good chance to kill anyone

[@litznguyen3505]

@@GenX-Rising :))

[@Zocharius]

It’s March 2024 who’s still watchin this

[@exarquazowexa7247]

It is my first time here actually

[@waterinhaler3461]

hm =

[@MadelynRusco]

good to be back. even years later. its still beautiful.

[@crackfare1989]

yep

[@gomd3rd]

No idea how I got here, but hello.

[@linearentertainment6411]

What I find miraculous is the camera man is able to film this WHILE flying a 1942 German fighter plane. It's simply amazing.

[@sprigtlytech5395]

😂😂😂✌️

[@muddappapc]

Awesome comment

[@hat3trick]

😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@marcovisconti1]

Hahaha, you mean the Stuka ? Funny !!

[@GAROmx]

Linear Entertainment and this is how the drone was invented.

[@spoopyd.8910]

He cut my depression. Now I'm actually happy again after so many years. This is such a new feeling. Thank you sensei.

[@funny5081]

That's wonderful to hear.

[@giggitysplit4206]

Sad sack

[@God12329]

Jesus Christ is the only one who can save you giving deliverance

[@ResumodeLivros]

Ridiculous

[@ResumodeLivros]

IF your depression was cured by a video, its not a depression

[@artkirakosyan2633]

He is a master of putting his sword back in its case.

[@patana256]

@Andrea Murrone split*. Just say split.

[@joelolivarez6779]

He has mastered the samurai chant! Bout it! He huh hai ughrgh!

[@bradenjames670]

*Sheathe*

[@GabiTaro]

you mean katana back into its sheath

[@mcgonzo1961]

@@GabiTaro you mean katana back in its saya

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

After 14 yrs youtube recommend this ancient peice of art to us.

[@niggaman229]

Real art of putting katana back in its case

[@andersonknt3820]

Glad to know I’m not the only one in 2024

[@zahinzainudin]

If he's in the anime, he will be the strongest character but ultimately died 300 years ago and someone inherited his teaching and defeat the main villain.

[@MrSiiperantau]

Basically Demon Slayer

[@ssjkaryuusennin]

@@MrSiiperantau basically every Samurai anime before demon slayer

[@toop4538]

What if we're in that anime right now? And just need to wait 300 years for that main protagonist to rediscover his teachings?

[@jahseh8194]

@@ssjkaryuusennin every anime

[@mcfuckinanotheraccount808]

Nah, he'll be the badass old man whose power they show glimpses of throughout the series, they he obliterates a big bad after the main character loses. A few arcs later he dies against the new main villain and the main character takes his sword and defeats the villain

[@jonnybravo4322]

Shout out to youtube algorithm for showing us sekiro at 4 am.

[@GnosticGnoggin]

2:59 he began here💥💥💥

[@Gudro13]

А у меня 0.09 тоже в шоке.

[@un1que731]

Dude im 3 am rn

[@mohammedalsaqabi]

4 am here 🙃

[@pineconeeagleman6101]

12:04 here, doing homework while waiting for some laundry to finish washing

[@Kaldrin]

His blade leaving after images. I guess that's what you get at this level of skill

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

Or this level of camera

[@Kaldrin]

@@ChuckFinelyForever shhhhhh don't break the myth

[@SS4Mike]

Fake.

[@blackgoldmaster8027]

@@SS4Mike its a joke?

[@dutchvanderlinde3256]

He accidentally showed a fraction of his true power.

[@psoldoy9847]

His movements are just so smooth. Especially when he gets back his sword into the sheath it just looks so perfect. There is no flaw and no uneccessary movement.

[@Dgotlengthonit]

He unlocked the entire Ashina Skill tree.

[@Chronicdreamz]

Yo that was the first tree I maxed out lol 🤣😭

[@二ーア-j4m]

New skill name: 葦名一刀両断(Ashina ittoryodan) coming soooooon

[@ohdamnyeah8712]

XD man.

[@connorpine9157]

Dgotlengthonit haa

[@valkyrie273]

Fucking lost it!! Lolol. Literally just turned it off...

[@cyniic]

Everybody gangsta until sensei activates the Ghost Stance.

[@brojesus8562]

I liked this comment then realized I was the 70th like so I unliked

[@TheChickensarefunny]

NO HONORU!

[@Madplayer49]

Did anyone play through the game in Japanese or just me

[@inohaveshirt]

He taps the sword to clean the blood off of it just like Jin too.

[@Bilal.Al-Sardar]

GOT the platinum 😉

[@alexjoy2502]

Recommended only once in 10 years. The algorithm is mysterious.

[@imeralvarez5]

😂😂😂👌🏽 same

[@كريمالمطيري-ل3ذ]

No wey

[@grjoe4412]

I watched Pawn Stars. Watched they buying and selling Japanese swords. It's probably why this video is recommended to me.

[@alexjoy2502]

@Ramona Rael hmm......

[@SYAmanTDHTheDiamondHunter]

Believe it or not, I searched for this. Was looking up "Samurai sword cutting". Was not disappointed.

[@mojoi_iv_v7_i975]

I love how so much of this display shows him slowly sheathing his sword after each draw. It 100% applies to fire arms training today. You want to draw quickly, but once you've drawn, either the threat is dead or YOU are dead so their is no longer any need for haste. Added to that, it is the re-shielding of your weapon that is the cause of the most injuries. Once a threat has been neutralized, there is no need for speed. Put the weapon away slowly and safely.

[@AmigoRoberto]

Most people: man the cameras were bad back then You, a man of culture: you fools! Hes moving so fast you can see his after image

[@lampkin9287]

He’s actually cutting into the 4th dimension

[@delanobuchanan1615]

1:45 frl, this comment is damn underrated 😂

[@cloudwalker679]

Damn that's what i think about writing

[@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub]

1:41, 3:20 has has afterimage

[@cloudwalker679]

@@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub you typed so fast that your 'has' have afterimage

[@randoms7397]

I met him in Japan around 300 years ago, glad that he’s still practicing! Hope to drink some beer with him again.

[@josue3687]

Why not sake

[@CardinalBiggles01]

@@josue3687 The Great Sugino Massacre of 1722. Don't give him sake again, please!

[@azureempyrea5810]

lol

[@murphine969]

I don’t believe you!

[@thomasmartin7524]

cant give a like cause you have exactly 300.

[@ThePIPE92]

If you listen carefully, you can heard a static sound.

[@matheuscruz8574]

It's actually the sound of countless atoms being split in half

[@ThePIPE92]

@@matheuscruz8574 No man, its a VHS dying.

[@iPlayDotaReligiously]

@@ThePIPE92 r/whoooosh

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

@@ThePIPE92 It's the sound of a VHS dying because his blade stroke was so precise that it created a powerful magnetic field that damaged the fabric of reality, travelling to the near future, damaging the magnetic tape in the VHS and introducing this heavy static.

[@jere5656]

I can hear his water breathing

[@Loki16807]

When he sheathes his katana. It is a thing of beauty, so smooth and careful.

[@neildavis2999]

His respect for the blade is so great that he can no longer cut his beard.

[@123OGNIAN]

😅😅

[@ricke3896]

Omg lol

[@flanfre_skarlett]

You have absolutely no idea how much we respect those things (Im an Iaido trainee)

[@Nishandh_Mayiladan]

Ohh man :D

[@flanfre_skarlett]

@Zach B. Both of em lol

[@atrain3441]

His swordsmanship was so renowned, he sliced off my head in the United States all the way from Japan and decades into the future. I am writing this comment from heaven.

[@Steven-xz5xt]

@Curious Chad A Newt!?

[@CEUprimate]

Haha funny

[@cye2310]

Heaven exists? And if it does, why are you there? Get back down here to hell, your travel VISA to heaven expired decades ago.

[@notinuse1885]

R.I.P

[@MetalGearTenno]

Stop lying. We all know you're in hell.

[@superjules]

I love how he knocks the blood off the sword before every sheathing.

[@elijahgarrett7267]

There this thing where they flick it or spin it 180 degrees. Look closely he’s actually spinning it 36p degrees really fucking fast and it just looks like a flick

[@superjules]

@@elijahgarrett7267 FUUUUCK. You're right. He should get a 10th dan just for that flex

[@redgamr27]

Oh is that what he's doing?

[@marakalos3838]

@@elijahgarrett7267 I had a theory that this was what he was doing, either that or my eyes were deceiving me. You made me look a bit closer and watch his hands too! A true show off of his trained skill!

[@Redspeciality]

Wow, I didnt even notice that he was spinning it. Thats freaking impressive! Uma Thurman does something like that in Kill Bill but she doesnt spin it.

[@Seproc]

When the blade stop, it stops. The amount of control is exceptional. Even in awkward angle where arms cant exert enough strength to control the blade, it still stopped without recoils. Masterful art.

[@Dakn00b]

I love the fact that all comments agreed on that this man is awesome.

[@flinch622]

My thumbs up is for the epic beard.

[@frydac]

damn, you read all 15k comments?

[@votpavel]

its boring as shit to be honest, what is he trying to show? how graceful his is or what?

[@sganzerlart]

Crazy Man!

[@rmiller334]

I guess I missed the awesome part. I did, however, notice the the yawn part.

[@johnharrismorales948]

This Anime is wierd they do not shout the name of their attacks.... Hmmmm

[@gob3855]

XD

[@axel-ve9ek]

iitoryu iai...

[@theblackpearl3880]

He is announcing his attacks . He's doing it in some sort of ancient Japanese language. A missing link between Grunts and screams of unrighteous indignation, and modern Japanese language, which in and of itself ( when done by Japanese men of at least 40 years of age ) is full of Grunts and screams of unrighteous indignation.

[@johnharrismorales948]

@@theblackpearl3880 Oh, you just ruined my Fun

[@theblackpearl3880]

@@johnharrismorales948 arigato gozaimasu

[@dhanush9065]

If u pay close attention to the sword in 1:42 , you can see after images. This is truly the greatest swordsman.

[@namelessnobody7611]

I think that’s the camera. Still very impressive nonetheless.

[@hagashi5663]

@@namelessnobody7611 pretty sure it was his anime powers Source: trust me bro

[@namelessnobody7611]

@@hagashi5663 That’s a great explanation actually

[@Phonixem]

Bad frame rate

[@dhanush9065]

@@namelessnobody7611 yes the after effects of his slash bought probs to the camera , makes sense.

[@shamimvictor-xz3zs]

Its been 14 years and this masterpiece is being shown now i was born 14 years ago truly admiring piece of martial arts this is

[@leftyfourguns]

Apparently this was the guy they consulted for the choreography of the Seven Samurai. He also trained under the original founders of both judo and aikido. Lived quite the life.

[@donny6775]

I still remember the stories of my grandma telling stories of her days with Mifune Juudan. Short little guy was a judo sage and my grandma used her techniques to beat her children.... and her grandchildren...

[@alternuslux1183]

leftyfourguns nah, he's Isshin, the Sword Saint. Surprised he didn't pull out a spear out of nowhere in the middle of the video.

[@xTheParadox99]

Alternus Lux Isshin Kurosaki?

[@bowmanc.7439]

Alternus Lux I think that’s the spear of Tamura, you know, the guy isshin killed in the intro?

[@shodan785]

Still died...

[@alabaster6005]

Plot twist: He is in actual combat against fast moving ninjas, he was actually fighting for his life....

[@dolsopolar]

And people won't shut up about sekiro

[@nami3283]

So you have heard of vivi and coesa

[@Jk-uh7jv]

U meam samurai

[@nadaotk]

@@dolsopolar so?

[@dolsopolar]

@@nadaotk so we back in the mine

[@namecomingsoon9517]

1:23 at that moment. The entire audience’s clothes were all cut off

[@Scenicquotes96]

SHI SHI SON SON !!!

[@emzeer]

Including you who watch this video

[@lordyamcha5505]

Fanservice scene lol

[@ajakks6551]

Freaking Senran Kagura i swear.

[@Yuan0287W]

Lol I can picture that clearly

[@tharkiwyvern6952]

When he swings he litterally bypass camera FPS. but I can sense that He is very cautious about swinging sword that hold back barely showed us his true skills. The amount of respect he gave to his sword is admirable.

[@whatsmyname4012]

He is moving so fast to the point where the air around him is vibrating

[@バンザンはギターを弾く]

Nice demon slayer reference.

[@Fenronin]

@@バンザンはギターを弾く huh? no it's not

[@accountdeleted6236]

@@バンザンはギターを弾く it wasn't intended to be a demon slayer reference, but yeah, it can be classified as one if you wish

[@freaknifethrower8218]

@@バンザンはギターを弾く Zenitsu spider

[@バンザンはギターを弾く]

@@Fenronin it's literally in the anime "air is vibrating around him"

[@dravendfr]

I remember that the first time I watched this video years ago that everyone in the comment section could be summarized as saying, “lol how boring” I am glad to see that time has changed that dramatically.

[@MrFloof-uy1qs]

Memes exist now so Im really entertained at anything I see as of the moment heck I even laughed at a piece of bread for no reason

[@wesleysimon955]

there just use to cgi stunts

[@jaqand7280]

@@MrFloof-uy1qs "memes exist now" lol wut

[@MrFloof-uy1qs]

@@jaqand7280 ok I'm gonna rephrase that memes are now common

[@ShadowKidElite]

@@MrFloof-uy1qs That piece of bread was pretty funny. Especially if you watched from start to finish.

[@DanglingToxin]

I've trained Kenjutsu for some years, there is a subtle difference between experienced (in years and years of training, not sword-sword to the death lol) samurai and newcomers. Newcomers move with clear effort, focus on each of their movement, and attention to the enemy. That is scary if you have the presence and know how to use that to scare the enemy... but experienced samurai? They move like butter, so precise, and yet looks so effortless. Their gaze is rock solid, they don't look like they're about to defeat you, but are waiting for your mind to lose focus for a split second, and without you knowing if, they strike or were ready for your strike. It's kinda terrifying.

[@zyko97]

those were not real samurais and you did not learn real kenjutsu

[@pkmuhammedhisan]

You are a white boy

[@pkmuhammedhisan]

@@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495 the last thing you want to do when you repent is to kneel in front of the Pope...who is king of the pedos

[@okaytyler2774]

@@zyko97 Fr. I learned all my jutsu from naruto

[@InternetDweller009]

I really want to give you the benefit of the doubt (i really do seriously) and most of what you said makes sense, but for some goddamn reason the way you word it is like one of those cringy weeb teenager's speech fantasy... No offense dude.

[@DbDBlackJack]

The casual perfection is soothing. The blade doesn't shake, there's no wasted movement, the utter control and precision, it's all quite beautiful.

[@raphaelambrosiuscosteau829]

You'd think he moves way too slow for actual combat, but it only appears this way because video itself is slowed down hundredfold, otherwise ordinary humans wouldn't be able to see his movements

[@whyimsuchanasshole7893]

Haha good one

[@adrianeflores8332]

yup and one wrong move, you know what might happen..

[@Sirdudee]

Well, katana were not meant for close combat. It functions more like a claymore. Some were even very defensive and could easily deflect heavy blows and withstand numerous arquebus(yes ninjas used 1 bullet guns) shots.

[@susangautam8232]

Well we all are fools here right stupid..

[@hyresw7295]

Sir Dude you need to read more about japan history. Ninjas are spies and do not use guns, only some soldiers in the frontline do. Plus gun was only introduced half way in the warring states period, and only some of the daimyo owns them. The weapon worked as a living-saving straw and is consider rare since most of them were from trade.

[@Deailon]

This is the man who gave us amazing fighting choreography in many of Akira Kurosawa's movies. A great martial arts master and a great artist.

[@BigBoss-gb4cx]

😂😂 What? My grandma has more action with his kitchen knives

[@glennfarrar5789]

Your grandma is a man??​@@BigBoss-gb4cx

[@aegrisomnia]

Why does your grandma have his kitchen knifes?

[@VelvetAura]

​@@BigBoss-gb4cxsome ppl get on the internet to make themselves look ignorant and its really funny

[@arturom31]

That's a nice fact to know!! I was just thinking on Kurosawas movies by seeing this recomendation

[@TearsOfHeroin]

He seems to be slow at first glance, then I realized the time between the starts to move his hands toward his katana, and the time he finished the first slay, is actually shorter than half second.

[@mongoosevsgt]

The way this 81 yr old demonstrates Iaijutsu is just amazing. His agility and quick movements for an 81 yr old...impressive. I mean, we have a president who can't even walk up a flight of stair to the airplane without tripping let alone read from a teleprompter.

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

Ive always loved the amount of respect these guys have for their weapon

[@johnwirk]

When you take into consideration that their weapons were also works of art masterfully and precisely crafted by hand over the course of a year or more, respect is an understatment. I would imagine there was a time when dying by the blade made by a certain smith was an honor.

[@dishwragg6774]

@Zih Vil the vikings didn't pass down swords through generations? But I agree he fuckin rectums that "tana" to the mf hilt daddy

[@JackalJBlack]

@Zih Vil its always funny, you dont know nothing about the "whole" , its about respect for the weapon, But seems C.O.D. is the only Combat Education you know.

[@JackalJBlack]

respect the weapon , and it will serve you well over decades.

[@noel1626]

I cant tell if you writing a whole book about petty little shit is impressive or not

[@bayufadhilla8685]

In case people don't see what's going on, he's cutting oxygen molecules into two and suppressed the molecular energy released by his katana. Of course he casted energy suppression spell first, it was when he was bowing to his katana.

[@internetlingo]

I caught that. Didn't think anyone else would.

[@zazaamiya]

Good observational skills. Thought I was the only one. 😏

[@Satan_Himself]

What rubbish

[@bayufadhilla8685]

@@aryarinaldo622 perlu penglihatan jeli

[@gurjeetsingh6]

Well yeah i saw something weird when he cut..

[@clintb4609]

I wonder how many people that are 10th dan in anything exist anymore

[@clintb4609]

@Marko Stojanović ill check

[@RipAndTear.]

10th dan in anything being knocked out by the first random mma guy is pretty common these days.

[@tyebando5123]

@@RipAndTear. pretty sure this 10th Dan would chop off that random mma guys arms off before he could land a strike

[@RipAndTear.]

@@tyebando5123 i would probably too if i am to wear a katana and the other guy is empty handed..not you ?

[@sable7942]

It depends on the method. My father had a work buddy who was an 8th degree Don and you would never know by looking at him. Guy had a fall and broke his neck. Drove himself to the hospital to make sure everything was ok. That’s when he found out to the astonishment of the ER team.

[@thiscommonsinkt3367]

That movement is INSANELY fluid. It's like the sword became an extension of his entire arm.

[@leviclark82]

The fact he has both ears is a testament to his skill, greater than any single demonstration.

[@Dloin]

That's what I thought when I see him put his sword back in without even the slightest effort.

[@saulsanchez8018]

Is it very common to lose an ear if you practice japanese swordsmanship?

[@leviclark82]

@@saulsanchez8018 No. But doesn't watching him put it right next to his ear make you nervous? xD If you or I practiced that style, we'll be given wooden training swords, to spend thousands of hours practicing before being allowed near a sharp katana, but still.... one mistake, and ouchies! x.x

[@RanaChundaAdmirer]

😂

[@bojangprodoktschns5428]

I speak fluent japanese and therefore know that having ten fingers is a prerequisite to achieving 10th dan in Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū. 9 fingers - only 9th dan, 8 fingers - 8th dan and so on. But what does Katana mean? It means japanese sword!

[@chonkyboiwithamustacheanda257]

The fact that he has a beard makes him more menacing

[@ylmzll]

The fact that he has a beard changes nothing in a real battle setting. ;) When your life is on the line and the only option is to kill, you tend to not look at trivial things as "a beard".

[@ozysalt4831]

Dont act like you know some shit about real life situation , intimidation is a good weapon for people with no will, and what he said about the beard is kind of a joke comment dont take it so seriously.

[@olivierdols5556]

intimidation can help in battle

[@ylmzll]

@@ozysalt4831 And how do YOU know about a real life battle situation? And do you really think people with no will are the real threath in a melee battle? If you get intimidated by a beard, you ll run away when you see a man with a mask holding a naginata. And i doubt soldiers of that time were like that. Just imagine. I do almost everyday. I am a student of katori shinto ryu. A man is a man. You got one option ; kill. The other is death.

[@ozysalt4831]

@@ylmzll i understand your point of view but am talking about modern situations not about the situations of decades ago , you have to do anything at your disposition to survive , you cant limit yourself with only your discipline.

[@Jameslawz]

In case people don't see what's going on, he's demonstrating how to execute an opener which became fundamental when using the design of the Katana. The unsheathing into an opener became so ingrained in the art style that some consider a fight won or lost depending on how well you execute it (real fights don't last long, usually 30 seconds to 2 mins max depending on your opponent's tenacity and willingness to fight back). This wasn't to demonstrate force or agility since this is an elegant art style which focuses on technique than brute strength, also his age probably prevents him from exerting to much energy, and these swings aren't the "Secret OP Dragon Ninja, call me an Uber because I need to GTFO of here" move you can just watch and emulate and will work 100% of the time. That's not how dueling works or hand to hand combat, it's all dynamic and situational. What he just did was demonstrate different openers depending on a situation, much like most Martial Arts, you drill these instructions into your muscle memory and then you forget everything you learn so it becomes second nature to you (instinctive). This if anything was just a pretty display of Katori Shinto Ryu, he's a Master and also very old, he's dedicated his life to this art and spectators just wanted to see what he was about. Any real test of the Martial Art has to be proven during war times since that's when majority of these Martial Arts techniques started flourishing and in times of peace schools all over Asia started popping up to advertise the superiority of their art style over another. In short, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is a very old Martial Arts style that "checks out", it was used during war and was very effective. The art form was created in 1447 and since then there has been 18 wars leading up to WWII where rifles became the choice weapon in the modern age.

[@gulfrelay2249]

Jameslawz some schools teach rifle&bayonet.old families train in sword&naginata!

[@jcg7719]

They used naginata spears and bows at war, sword is just a sidearm at a battlefield. Also I could whoop this guy up at kendo.

[@ghostdawg4690]

I’m sure I was used to see who could chop off the most Chinese heads before WW2 and then posted in local newspapers in japan bragging on the guy who chopped off 1 more head than the other guy 101 heads to 100 heads yeah ahhh 🖕

[@hutchtv7640]

J CG lol would hope so, he's only 147 after all..... And to be completely fair, he'd probably give you a run for your money if not kick your ass outright with no effort.

[@ttaibe]

ty for your explanation

[@codenayr7894]

I’m back here after 5 years and still can’t get over his respect for the sword.

[@Ghostscar]

This Swordsman have more respect for his weapon then I have for my own life.

[@matheuscruz8574]

I love how they believe objects can have a soul too. Learn the soul's name and you can go Bankai

[@Redenup]

Matheus Cruz ahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha i wonder on his Zanpakuto name

[@abhisekdash8938]

Haha

[@zaidoon11]

Which really makes no sense!

[@gulul7721]

His blade is leaving afterimages. Guess that was his passive skill

[@crescent9629]

😂😂😂😂

[@lostpockets2227]

thats so cool

[@koran_rus]

True

[@TheBeamingSoul]

Hahaha

[@elronman]

I bet when foreigners saw this they lost their shit.

[@GustavDanAndersen]

Crazy to know that my sensei today trained under Sugino sensei and that i have met the guy in person. If just i become half as good in my lifetime i will be honored! Thank you Sugino Sensei for your passion of the art

[@musamusashi]

Just to be in that line of teaching is such an honour. Please learn as much as possible.

[@똥파리-r2w]

Art..?.... what the sword..? Mm..what th..e..

[@haryanwar1263]

I also learn my sword art from him. He can turn a single weak sword into a sword that can penetrate everything

[@haryanwar1263]

Hmm..wait a wrong sensei, I mean Sugiono not Sugino

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

NANI!?!?!

[@bob-p7x6j]

I studied this for a few years in Nagano...The dojo participants and the Sensei were very kind to me and my broken Japanese, even went to a competition in Nagoya City, didn't win but it was interesting and fun. Miss those days, miss Japan and their respectful culture and amazing food...We called it Iiaido, not sure about this name...

[@Finny1996]

iaido is the modern distillation of several older iaijutsu schools, in a similar way that kendo is the modern distillate of several kenjutsu schools. This is Tenshinshoden Katori Shinto ryu, an old school founded in the late 1400s. It teaches the use of a number of different weapons, and includes iaijutsu/battojutsu in the curriculum.

[@potatomatop9326]

Back when japan used real people to make anime.

[@artsbyamar7648]

r/cursedcomments

[@khammoi1521]

This made my day lol

[@khammoi1521]

Thank you

[@english_chat]

Then at some point they ran out of people and that day was the day they started drawing anime

[@nalaeel219]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KaroidosoupChibiArts]

Everyone was gangsta when he suddenly yell BANKAI

[@mariusmileris6339]

Right!? Does not Sugino Sensei look like captain general Yamamoto Genryuusai?

[@maomettoalbaye1829]

@@mariusmileris6339 bannnkkaaai RYUJIIN JAKKA !!!!

[@mariusmileris6339]

@@maomettoalbaye1829 Yes, that is what I mean.

[@lalatine4793]

@@maomettoalbaye1829 that isnt a shikai?

[@suryansh3154]

everything will be rendered into ashes

[@Dr.DagNabit]

It may look slow, but those moves could kill a man in the blink of an eye.

[@shreyasathreya6361]

Interesting that you say so, I'm new here.

[@LaPillulebm]

Yes. A veeeeryyyyy slooow bliiiink

[@worldtraveler7048]

So true

[@RaymondBCrisp]

Yeah, don't be fooled by the slow, deliberate moves within his forms. I'm pretty sure he could go scary fast in a heartbeat.

[@michaelkim4703]

So could any man holding a damn samurai sword. Dont have to be a 10th dan "master"

[@danielthedude]

It's incredible how I'm able to watch this nearly four decades after this. An incredible display of skill and precision. Rest in peace, sensei. Your legacy is that of a master.

[@SenseiJacksama]

He has excellent control of the blade. His cuts have virtually no recoil and his movements are precise and fluid. Ive trained this same Kata and am no where near this precise.

[@livingStone-i5l]

Ok sir thank you because im ignorant about this art and thought he did nothing special but you cleared that up for me. Thanks again!

[@SenseiJacksama]

@@livingStone-i5l no problem 👍. The sword style is called Iaido and translates to unleashing the sword. It was developed for use during peacetime. Because you could not tell if or when someone would attack you the Art was developed to draw the blade and attack in one quick motion. Lots of blocks and strikes aren't necessary in this type of scenario so in iaido the emphasis is placed on precision, fluidity, and speed.

[@5antino772]

Bruce Lee will beat him up!😁

[@alphagt62]

It’s like practicing quick draw, how quickly can you go from holstered to kill shot. I can see on his face he is imagining his opponent, blocking his moves and wiping his blood off.

[@DL101ca]

Sure his cut has no recoil, he's cutting low density air...at the speed of smell.

[@yein96]

1:41 just like when netero moves his hands, he is moving the sword so fast that you can see afterimages

[@dravenocklost4253]

HxH baby

[@alpineassault]

oh shit I didn't think of that. he learned to do that one thing so fast that it compressed time for us.

[@alessandro7869]

I want more hxh episoodeeeess

[@abdulazizwirayudha7162]

Maybe that's camera effect

[@taemo3707]

@@abdulazizwirayudha7162 no shit sherlock

[@TheWorldWarrior]

15 hours and 1000 deaths and I still haven't beat this boss in sekiro

[@zealotmaster2000]

That boss is so annoying with its it's one-hit kill. :c

[@hashtastic3537]

But you can totally run past, de-aggro then get that stealth hit in.

[@baddonkey6876]

Lmao

[@benburrito9669]

Fighting a master of Ashina combat arts sure is hard :(

[@TheWorldWarrior]

@Blaise Tedder no u :(

[@emosux]

July 2024 reporting in. I am 100% ignorant to what is happening here, but I get a strange peace from watching this video.

[@volpendesta5486]

Elderly master is demonstrating techniques centered around drawing the sword. Neat thing is he may almost be old enough to have been trained by someone that actually used a sword in combat when that was still normal in Japan.

[@Nole2701]

You can see he doesn't hesitate . . . because hesitation is defeat.

[@Agilku117]

Damn! "He" brought you here too? I guess the same for me.

[@fjjgkn3088]

Issin.......

[@botarc]

How my blood boils!! *pull out naginata out of his ass*

[@burritowyrm6530]

Nole ok isshin

[@gamer-ff6mh]

Lol...hesitation is death

[@smzig]

He'd show us his Bankai but it would kill everyone in that room and within a 50 mile radius.

[@Briselance]

smzig Are you implying... that he was in Shikai the whole time??!

[@shinrafugitives3880]

@@Briselance he has no shikai. He achieved bankai with only his sealed state.

[@ichigokurosaki8661]

+ShinraFugitives; I know right.

[@Briselance]

ShinraFugitives How... how is it possible??!!

[@ilijatodorovic8925]

Yammamoto in real life xD

[@goobygoo3253]

The sword trails from his ultimate energy and power is intense

[@bonkus4073]

haha good wasn’t jus me that noticed

[@christian2415]

He is channeling chi into it

[@diuzx3845]

Yeshh this is it, only the sword left trails

[@externity9569]

It's just from him spinning the blade in his hand so fast that the camera can't catch the frames, so the blade seems like it's not spinning at all. Until he stops the spin and draws back, revealing the effect you notice. His moves are like an effortless butterfly.. that's how I know he's legit. I don't need to see anything impressive or fast to realize I could never cross blades when this man and win. I saw his perfect flow of each cut and movement. I'm sure his full speed cut would be hardly visible to the eye. So he had to go slow for that old camera and the audience.

[@Shitasss]

@@externity9569 no he's channeling chi into it.

[@dr-professor-esq]

Incredible work, Yoshio Sugino. Absolute precision.

[@Basahi]

Fan breathing 10th form : afterimage slash of death

[@122nickboy]

Ahh yes, the references.

[@JohnHughesTR]

Second form : FANWHEEL

[@funnyquanto3463]

demon slayer fans be runnin crazy rn.....includin me lol

[@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub]

At 1:41 the sword actually leaves an afterimage on the camera

[@creekandseminole]

@@funnyquanto3463 I can't help but still be hyped after seeing the movie last Friday

[@karambadodox]

Holy damn shinobi shadow afterimage at 1:41

[@fakefriends9498]

thats because of the camera has a low frameworks and only captures a few pictures of the video

[@dcapnslapaho4579]

@@fakefriends9498 hmmm u dont say?

[@ZerqLol]

Pan Bread whoosh

[@yallgotcheez6285]

@@fakefriends9498 r/wooooosh

[@redcubegamer7716]

@@makunouchiippo816 stfu fucking w e e b

[@paulcervenka]

This man has more respect for his blade than most of you will ever have for anything in your entire lives.

[@pedemeyer]

Paul ..., and thats a little sick!

[@darylljimerson1406]

Paul Cervenka thays what you think!! I have more respect for your comment since I fought for you to have one!

[@zZzjabzZz]

I disagree. To him, its just a tool to master. I doubt he places any lives any more important than that sword.

[@wetnoodlex]

John, he's just being edgy, hoping he can be as sharp as that blade, but honestly, he just seems a bit dull to me.

[@lazerlord9324]

Clearly you havent seen the power of my Tamagochi

[@matthewrhelf4559]

The algorithm has chosen me. Thank you sensei

[@proballa27]

When you walk in and out of the AI's detection range

[@pozeidon1869]

Omg

[@AP-ui7db]

holy shit i haven’t laughed that hard in a while

[@xXShizukanaXx]

LMAO

[@profpuffofficial2]

Bruh lmao

[@elbraguetabierta]

enjoyable comment

[@ChristopherSibert]

I like how he ritualistically flicks the blood off the sword before putting it back in the sheath each time. It's called Chiburi.

[@victorbanta]

Manarysm preatysure hes a assadin before😅

[@rexcontext]

I read about this when I was a kid but to actually see and hear it demonstrated and understand what it signified in real combat was chilling. I still can't make out exactly how's he's doing it.

[@AlexAlex-ei7zf]

It seems he killed invisible enemy. Joke) There is one I dont uderstand: for what he has 10th dan???

[@jhanks2012]

it's either being done entirely for show, or it's a bad training scar and it's the mark of someone who has spent a lot of time training and little if any time in actual combat. in combat you would never take the time to flick blood off your precious little sword after every cut in order to keep it pretty. you would cut, then look for the next target. no trainer of combative martial arts would ever teach this.

[@michaeldriver127]

@@jhanks2012 and just where exactly would you find a trainer with actual combat experience?

[@thehumanpractice2985]

I would really like to hear an experienced Sword User talking about what he sees in Sugino Sensei's movements. I've only practiced 2 years by myself, and I can already notice the smoothness of his movements, the self control, the balance of his stance, the afterimages lol. It gives me chills. It would have been an honor to watch him alive. Amazing... outstanding.

[@novacombatarts]

Some shit he does I'm not sure the practical battle use of but he does sword before body and takes passing steps correctly. I don't understand the after image though. Shit blows my mind. Alot of eastern sword stuff has movements in the katas just for showing off or stretching and he really only does like 2 unreasonable things in this video. Rest is clean. Would be cool to study under some one like this though.

[@thehumanpractice2985]

@@novacombatarts I really don't catch what are unreasonable moves, if you could point them out I would be grateful, just for analysis purpose. I do know that martial arts have some... ornamental movements in it, but to be honest I have rarely seen those in asian sword practice. Some are for etiquette, some show a cultural tradition, but yeah some are outright just flashy, specially the modern styles. But well, it depends. Afterimages actually are because he just moves slightly faster than what the motion capture technology could afford in that era (nowadays in a digital video it would look blurry, back then, and in grayscale, it looks like an afterimage) , so it creates that effect. It still looks very cool hahah specially because his movements are very calculated, so it doesn't look like a video issue, it just looks like an afterimage hahaha

[@novacombatarts]

@@thehumanpractice2985 so the first is the way he draws the sword at 1:58. He wouldn't have much leverage and the movement is to big and would cost to much time. It's just kinda unessasary to draw your blade like that. That one isn't to big of a deal though. The other one that really stands out to me is how he waves his sword around at 2:50. Idk why he does this because one that's not a great parry . 2 his tip is no longer pointed at the enemy creation a threat for them to deal with. If your kneeling or sitting imo you need to have the tip pointed towards the enemy so they have to use a tempo to deal with the threat, which is your sword. Before they can attack you. If your tip isn't forward they will just kill you in the middle of your movement. Sense he is kneeling he cannot reatreat and sense he also moves both his has at the same time he has pretty much spent all his tempos. He is essentially a sitting duck. That paired with the wide swing and no threat presented to stop the enemy it wouldn be great martially. Granted I could be missing something there. I know some times you parry with your tip pointed up as what's called a steal wall parry to shut off a entire line of attack. But to do this your sword needs to continously cover that line. Not move it to the other side of your body opening another line. Also I do understand the frame rate it's just wierd how it's always after he flicks his sword lol.

[@thehumanpractice2985]

@@novacombatarts I can totally see that now. Maybe we are missing something, probably. It does look fishy, especially the second one, the first just looks flashy. Although several times I've seen a movement and thought "WEll that doesn't work", only to find my pov wrong after. Maybe someday we'll know haha And if you look closely he also leaves an afterimage, but his sword is more noticeable because of the shine probably. Such a menacing aura

[@timdillon4876]

Really wish we could have footage of some of the monsters around the era of musashi, people literally fighting wars and death matches trying to become the strongest, you'll never be able to replicate some of the people of that era now that swords are outdated, sure hema, sword schools and kendo can be impressive but compared to back when these weapons were used in combat.. it's all lost to time which is a good and bad thing.

[@DanielHidalgo]

Amazing!

[@cheesaucefries]

isshin ashina practicing for upcoming bossfight with sekiro

[@SwordArtX]

Rj Nuguid 😂👍🏽Good one

[@Commander_Spyke]

*Hesitation* *is* *defeat*

[@shavooo]

was wondering if I'm the only one that came over after playing sekiro

[@Villager-]

Mairu, Sekiro!!!

[@elmatador3154]

Sekiroooooooo

[@AOitsAO]

He cut through time and space with that holster. 1:42

[@klo88]

You saw that too? Thought I was trippin

[@aunhaider530]

Yeah i saw that too

[@MrigankaRoy]

Rofl

[@MaxBuster91]

1:16 in that moment too, i think he do something when he hit the handle.

[@ngruiying6209]

Chuck Norris cut through Galaxy

[@fatcat1766]

The afterimages makes the master look more powerful than he already is.

[@Archangel125]

The chimey flick he does at the end of each demonstration is not just for theatre, that’s how you shake the blood from your blade before you sheath it.

[@Ivan-vx3zo]

This is who I believed I was when I was outside swinging tree branches around thinking I was a ninja. Good times

[@lukoscreyden]

Same, except it was last week at work and it was a broom handle. Normal 29 year old behaviour.

[@user-eo7jf3lb9f]

he's a samurai, not a ninja

[@Ivan-vx3zo]

@@user-eo7jf3lb9f I said “thinking I was a ninja”, I didn’t say “thinking I was a ninja, or samurai like him” Thank you for clarifying though.

[@c0re.241]

@@user-eo7jf3lb9f 忍者でもなく、侍でもないです。侍とは誰かを守るためにあります。彼は技を見せているのです。

[@emilianopaz3805]

lmaoo

[@toughguy2248]

we all here, again because ghost of tsushima

[@zinogre0548]

I guess... yeah!!! 😟😟😟

[@dat1fakefilipino__218]

How tf...

[@bc2130]

😅

[@azgunner]

You are correct 😂

[@parasempregames2795]

Yes...

[@thronosstudios]

This is slowed down to 1/1,000th of its original speed. I heard KZbin didn't allow the upload of the original video because the upload algorithm confused it for a jpeg.

[@thronosstudios]

@Louis Aballea If you want it to...

[@meatloaf6107]

@Louis Aballea don't believe everything man. Look at his movement and his steps, they are the normal speed. If it was slowed down he'd be doing flash steps

[@arstcreations]

@@meatloaf6107 /whoosshh

[@sushi_17]

@@meatloaf6107 so woosh

[@vr4893]

@@sushi_17 pretty sure @meat loaf is joking.

[@mariopannach1618]

Meister, ich muss mich für die Unterweisung und Vorführung bei Dir bedanken. Es war sehr lehrreich und interessant. Der schwarze Drache 🐉

[@greatgibson0]

A lot of these movements are blocking and parring and short distance slicing. For people who hated this, in order to make these "crap" reasonable to you , you have to image enemies sitting around him or he was in a sudden close encounter, which was so common in old days Japan. Usually a sword fight ends within several swings and a couple of seconds, one got killed before he knew what happened, unlike the fancy fights in movies.

[@bbx2206]

+Boshen Gao yep and the more unfacinating u see it the more realistic it is...movie stuffs are added with arts to look more theatrical..

[@bbx2206]

+Boshen Gao i dont know if the word unfacinating exists tho

[@WarLordTR7]

+Boshen Gao it was like that everywhere in the world, going to war meant to die 99%

[@ax_el_alvarez]

+Boshen Gao He truly was a master. You can see he ends the "fight" with the less movements. And how he shatters the Katana in order to get rid of the "blood". Swords are beautiful, but they were meant to kill.

[@yonisali3879]

+Boshen Gao most ppl wanne see loud action but they dont know that the best moves are done quietly and they are over quickly. only certin parts of the warrior class understand that.

[@playrewindff]

Shoutout to all the Rurouni Kenshin fans out there

[@justacommentercommenting]

don't mined me I'm just here to inform you your comment is doing well

[@raygiovanno8657]

Ah yes The Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu

[@mohammedsayeed7066]

😉

[@l.dunedai1981]

RYU TSUI SEEEENNN

[@raygiovanno8657]

@@l.dunedai1981 SO RYU SEN

[@markphilpot8734]

He shows respect to his sword, the judges and the audience. The motions are quick and precise. It may not be as exciting as movie works, but this is not a movie. Practitioners understand. I doubt my body could be that flexible now. Bravo Master.

[@Fritz999]

Of course, in that specific sense he is perfect. I am only a miserable Go Dan in three martial arts, but have never been happy with the over-emphasis on form purity in the Japanese martial arts.

[@Lalita_Luna]

This clarifies why old anime used to be so slow and dramatic while not much was actually happening

[@pjuggle]

This man’s skill of inserting his sword back into its scabbard is like no other.

[@foxman2091]

I've never seen it's equal

[@Tomcat088]

I am not a swordsman, but appreciate it, and the efficiency, elegance and speed. Due to my ignorance, I may have never seen someone strike angular in Chiburui, but this is what caught my eye. It is so efficient, quick, and humble in that it happens so fast but draws so little attention to the technique. It is beautiful and almost inexplicably elegant and honorable. It is absolutely beautiful, and thank you for sharing this.

[@preswiter]

Многие могут достать меч из ножен, но единицы могут вложить его обратно.

[@markbryant4641]

He would have been a top level masturbator.

[@agricola]

It seems every every samurai had his own signature way to resheath his blade, differentiating himself from the rest.

[@CaRLoSC2011]

He must have defeated many Mongol Leaders to learn all those stances.

[@bioteckhiro7816]

Is that you? The Ghost of Tsushima?

[@3freezeen]

In real history either kited to death by horse archers or fried by explosives

[@wherethewatermeetstheshade]

👎

[@wockfrompoland8323]

No

[@wahoomario4323]

Mongols failed all their attempt to invade Japan, and their reason is always they were caught by a bad storm while crossing the ocean lol

[@Bananaaimingforsubs]

2:05 dude's so overpowered he cuts through reality

[@akhen0950]

God pls nerf

[@imashoe1029]

The fact that you can see the after images of the movement of the blade makes this so much more enchanting

[@masterdementer]

Fact: KZbin recommended this

[@rikudousennin3190]

I searched it, i always watch martial arts. That joke is old now

[@masterdementer]

@@rikudousennin3190 ok.

[@tmoney5036]

I searched it lol

[@doomdude69]

It searched for me

[@sharpnelshots]

Nope I searched it.

[@tipinwings]

if you have practiced any kind of arts and hold some understanding to what you do, you should easily be able to tell that this gentleman has been living with his sword through his life. the moves are so clean, perfect, and beautiful. every detail is polished for a million times. he knows what he is doing.

[@jordancostello1674]

I like how the old film carries an imprint of the blade's shine a few frames after it reflects light.

[@fokiat]

hes actually killing all the fruit flies buzzing around him.

[@hong10simon]

Every move, every steps, even movements... I'm sure he put his entire life to polishe them every single day...That few seconds for sure took him ages to polish, True samurai used to dedicate their entire life to just polish their skills, especially the basics.. Truly masterpiece.. So much patience and calmness in his every small movement, it's like leaf falling from tree

[@kanikmesh8870]

Nah give anyone like 45 minutes and they can do this whole routine. Better probably..

[@goodminestrina]

@@kanikmesh8870 Highly doubt

[@kanikmesh8870]

@@goodminestrina you couldn't do that? Do you not have working limbs?

[@goodminestrina]

@@kanikmesh8870 Lmao

[@GenX-Rising]

@@kanikmesh8870 agreed

[@mitchi8638]

Tenshinshoden Katori Shinto-ryu is a comprehensive martial art that was born in the middle of the Muromachi period (1336-1573), and is the oldest existing martial art in Japan.

[@ninacuyi]

He's musashi miyamoto's gardener

[@1Samirkalil]

Thanks for sharing! I Appreciated that

[@fudx]

👍👍

[@achimaufachse5925]

It is wild that I was lucky enough to meet so many grand masters. My dad had a Shotokan Ryu Dojo back in 89 till the mid 2000s. We did train 6 days a week and travelled every month to another Dojo from other martial art forms to train with them. I met , trained and ate together with great man and I was only a Teen, desperate to learn. Hard but great times... prepared me for live.

[@llavero5]

Well, judging by the video it is pathetic martial art

[@ibrahim5463]

He is old,with bones that look fragile and weak,yet none of his demonstration had any extra unnessecary moves,no more than what he knows,no misstep or fault in his footwork,all refined and perfected with time dedication and will,he may be dead for all i know,but in this video,his souls essence has been captured as the movment in his blade cut the screen itself

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

My kendo instructor once told me (because I was just trying to get a strike without thinking of form) that you don’t cut a block of meat with a baseball bat. The way Sugino comes to his shoulder then pulls through his strike is because he’s using it like a chef’s knife. A young man is definitely faster, but humans aren’t as fragile as one may think. Movies make it look like one successful strike is automatic death. Sword fights are brutal. If you’ve ever quartered an animal carcass you know that hacking at it is not an efficient method. Swinging a sword like a baseball bat will definitely injure but might not kill. Sugino (if you watch closely) is showing you how to kill

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

@@nassersa3618 There's drills you can practice online. My issue with this is 1. You don't have an instructor teaching you corrections. 2. You don't have anyone to spar with. In gymnastics, boxing, and kendo, all of my coaches would record training then watch it back in slow motion to show corrections. Recording and reviewing based on online teachings from masters might be the best way to get good solo.

[@nassersa3618]

@@hanzflackshnack1158 Your point of view is correct, and also the best way for me is to take a teacher, but so far I have not seen any teacher who teaches you to fight with a katana, they are all just showmen.

[@tarkitarker0815]

this is also somewhat delusional, if your sword is blocked and breaks (as blocked katanas do because they are finnicky af) you are dead, this dude is just way too slow and if you actually have mediocre sword skills you will be better than this dude in a real duel. if we talk about normal japanese swords and not katana etc then he might be better off, but the first block with more force will win in katana fights, or you just cut off his hand and have a slight injury.

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@@tarkitarker0815 Kendo teaches deflections, not blocks. The blades colliding perpendicular does happen but you try to avoid it. Even when they do collide, I'm not sure where you got the idea that they automatically snap. A decent katana is variably heat treated so it has a hard edge but a soft spine (so it bends instead of breaks). They do break (I've broken one myself) but it's not nearly as automatic as you seem to think. On the topic of Sugino, all demonstrations are performed slow. There's a ceremonial aspect to Japanese weapon demonstrations that's foreign to us. Also, the demonstrations are to display form, not speed. On top of that, even if you were twice as fast as him, most of what kendo consists of is reading what your opponent is telegraphing then countering effectively. That's why in competition the competitors are always hesitant to throw the first strike. Generally, a strike is going to be landed very quickly. As slow and unskilled as you think Sugino is, if the first strike you threw didn't kill him, you're 100% dead.

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@@hanzflackshnack1158 yeah sure, you talk about kendo, but kendo is neither the art of katana fighting nor ken fighting, its simply another sport. doesnt relate to ken or katana fights at all. its as if you would compare fencing with medieval saberfights. and lastly, if you catch a katana at its upper 50% with somewhere near the hilt of your katana the opponents katana WILL break. its been tested over and over, you have to nearly perfectly match the swords to not cause atleast extreme wear.