Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu - 40th All Japan Kobudo Demonstration - 2017

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Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu demonstration by Sekiguchi Komei sensei and other students by during the 2017 40th all Japan Aikido Kobudo Demonstration at the Nippon Budokan.
-- Official presentation by the Kobudo association --
This school was founded in the early 1600 and is one of the oldest and most famous sword schools existing, rooting in the Hasegawa Eishin-ryu. It has a catalog of two times 45 Waza: one set of solo Kata and another of Kumitachi (pair Waza). The latter is often reserved for advanced students, and are rarely seen outside of Japan. For the solo waza, there is only a Katana used, for Kumitachi there is also the Odachi (long sword) and the Kodachi (short sword).
-- Practionners --
Sekiguchi Komei
Fujii Shoko
Noguchi Fukuko
Ogata Akio
Shimizu Nobuko
Sekiguchi Shinmei
Sekiguchi Koichi
Kojima Keiko
Kobiki Ritsuko
Kin Keikan
Nakano Sonoko
フーゴ・ウールリッヒ
Sekiguchi Yoshiaki
Kin Taikan
ダニエル・トラウナー
トーマス・マラナ
Makino Minori
Onoue Masato
-- CREDITS --
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Music: Wind by Madoka
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[@j.d.4697]

I don't understand why this is so satisfying to practice and watch, but it is.

[@brianr5665]

I remember practicing this art in the late 90s. It was all about discipline. I learned how to draw the sword effectively based on the situation. I could cross cut an apple drawing my katana. But I have not used the skill in over 25 years. I would need to relearn it all by now. But these students are on par with their masters. What took me 8 years to learn is all but forgotten. But in 3 years... They seem to surpass me.

[@louislamonte334]

Outstanding swordsmanship!

[@extraordinarilie]

@Gudkarma, is there an official name for thick bladed katana variants like the one seen in the opening routine? They look more formidable than usual katanas. I'd like to hear your feedback on my question, thank you!

[@seidobudostudies]

Thick blade are usually called "Atsu-toshin" (thick blade, often translated as "Heavy blade", when referring to Iaito. Shinken being made on a made to order basis, blade measurements included, it is a little different, but "Atsu-toshin" would be the word to use for an order with a swordsmith. That said, there is no specific name for a heavy/thick blade Shinken. Long blades have specific names though, depending on the period their were created/in use.

[@haraffael7821]

If you still need info, my Iai-Jutsu teacher knows a lot, I can ask him if you describe more closely

[@petecholes422]

this does not look like eishi ryu with it's larger movements and sword. please tell me if this is a separate branch or what is going on.

[@user-tj3sf9ry8w]

こういう過度にデカい刀を使う英信流はどういう伝承と意義なのだろうか

[@sashidoariyan4419]

The first demonstrator's sword was broader then a normal katana.

[@tyrenpeoples4308]

It like a swan

[@LordoftheFleas]

I find it funny how the Japanese practitioners' names are written with Latin characters in the description while the Swiss/Austrian/German (?) practitioners' names are written in katakana :)

[@1965anthony]

Are thy using tachi/odachi?

[@TAIITSUKAN]

Nope, is the 3 shaku (90cm) blade that this branch of MJER uses. In fact the sword of the founder of this koryû was even bigger (3 shaku 3 sun ) almost one meter of blade. In the XIX century, in Tosa was popular to use big blades with less curvature( sôri). The Musô Jikiden Eishin ryû iaijutsu Yamauchi branch of Tôkyô (Komei Jyûku) is the only branch of MJER that stills use this kind of sword for practice.

[@fmn2628]

Marcos Sala the seventeenth generation Oe Masamishi and many previous generations used the short sword. Perhaps the first 7 grandmasters used long swords only. You make it sound as this branch of Oe always used long sword, I believe this is misinformation. In some point between the 18th and current soke, someone decided to switch back to long swords. It would be interesting to find out who and why.

[@TAIITSUKAN]

@@fmn2628 Sorry for the late answer, I didn't notice till today. In MJER history many size of swords was used. We know that the founder sword was big (3 shaku 3 sun) and we know that in the XIX century in Tosa there was a fashion for long and straigth blades. For exaple, Sa Yukihide made many blades about 2 shaku 4 sun that was quite long. Also we had many pictures of Tosa bushi wearing big katana. Also, in the Yamauchi Treasure Museum there is a katana forged by the Tosa artista Tomotaka Nankaitaro for the lord Yamauchi Yôdô (who was also kongen no maki in MJER), and the size of this katana is 3 shaku 4 sun. What I think is that each samurái choose what katana want to use sometimes short, sometimes long. About MJER Yamauchi-ha (Tôkyo) The 18th Yamauchi Toyotake used short and long katana, as well our 19th Kono Kanemitsu, 20th Onoe Masamitsu and 21st Sekiguchi Komei, but since 20 years, Sekiguchi Komei sensei stopped to use short katana and using only long of 3 shaku.

[@adenyang4398]

@@fmn2628 Large katana coming into fashion happens during the Bakumatsu era and end of the Edo period in general, especially among the likes of Tosa and Satsuma samurai. End of the edo period was marked by the desire of swordsmiths and swordsmen to "go back" to the glory of the Koto period swords, among which larger swords were more common. Recreating swords based on old-style aesthetics with Edo-period influences were very common during this period, and longer sword lengths were becoming more common as sword-length regulations were quickly breaking down. For Tosa and Satsuma samurai, large katana (that is specifically not a tachi, nor a nodachi) inspired by old aesthetics into fashion due to their desire to find their roots of the Nanbokucho period, which is characterized as a time period rife with conflict for pursuing Imperial rights. Tosa and Satsuma regions had very strong anti-Shogunate sentiments and were strong Imperial loyalists, so the trend of large katana indicate their rebelliousness against the strict sword-length regulations that was prominent during the early-mid Edo Shogunate.

[@CannoninDucttape]

What are the dimensions of that bug blade

[@fidobeer4667]

Best sword for self defense. ☺

[@ilovehomies]

Is it a katana? It looks slightly different

[@ducontra666999]

that is a really wide blade...

[@user-kn1gp5bw8u]

斬馬刀?

[@Marumotoya-Ito]

最初の人は何段だ…。 基本ができていないところが多い… と思ったらみんな真っ向からの斬り下ろしがなんか撫でる感じよね。 キレそうもない。

[@kueno9572]

なかなか酷い

[@TopLob]

That blade is so ridiculously fat.

[@jorgeluisvillavicenciojime1939]

No

[@user-rg3ws8py1c]

酷評だらけだね まあこれは仕方ない 居合道は五十歩百歩な所があるにせよ、これは底辺の一つじゃないかな…