NHK Sports Japan - Kendo / Nito

NHK Sports Japan - Kendo / Nito; by Kendo World team.
11/2014

[@Demka03]

Thanks a lot, KW! Amazing video, just like the rest of this series.

[@01MeuCanal]

Great video. I love it!

[@AdriDelPino]

6:01 damn that hurts hahah... great video, btw!!

[@zupinu2000]

LOOOOOOL!

[@armandblake]

8:00 that Kote-Men was a work of art

[@ericfavre2301]

this series is great but it hurts my feeling everytime i see a shinai with its tip on the floor...

[@thecomradered]

+Eric Favre I saw some old Meiji era and early 20th century pics of kendo with the fighters holding their shinais with the tip on the floor, I think it's alright as long as you do not lean on it.

[@spenkerdetanker9067]

@@thecomradered seeing as you regard the shinai with the same respect as a real katana, and a real katana's tip gets damaged by putting it on the floor, I'd say best to avoid it anyway.

[@SnowmansApartment]

imagine holding one sword in your mouth, that would add one more dimension of possibilities 🤔

[@jluistl]

...possibilities to hurt your mouth 🤭

[@GloriamPeritus]

YOOO KUROKO NO BASKET MUSIC IN A KENDO VIDEO

[@zupinu2000]

title?

[@Bigboss5]

isn't Kiyoshi Yoshimochi, soke of niten ichi ryu, an 8th dan in kendo?

[@MCShvabo]

Niten Ichi Ryu is super complicated and fractured.

[@Bigboss5]

@@MCShvabo right but yoshimochi sensei was made soke of the two main branches.

[@MCShvabo]

@@Bigboss5 I would argue that Takenori sensei's line is as legit as his.

[@davidbarnwellutech4663]

Isn't that two sword fighting just like European sword fighting, fighting with sword and dagger?

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

nah, i don't think european considred dagger = sword. The dual wielding style of the japanese use a katana and a wakizashi ( short sword) while a tanto is what we should considred a dagger

[@davidbarnwellutech4663]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 Yeah, but aren't the principles quite similar? Longer sword wielded with a smaller sword or dagger? I've seen folks demonstrate Musashi's techniques and what they demonstrate looks awkward, at best. I'm thinking tht what Musashi (or any actual sword fighting person) used would have to be at least as functional as the European sword and dagger combination.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

@@davidbarnwellutech4663 nah, mate. Niten Ichi ryu techniques use katana and wakizashi, a primary slashing/cutting weapon The only functional dual weilding style i found in European martial arts is rapier and dagger, both are primary thrusting weapons. Yea, the principle is the same, parry with one and attack with the other but the techniques between these 2 styles are far from identical

[@davidbarnwellutech4663]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 Ahh..understood. Yeah, that makes a LOT of sense. Cheers mate. Thanks for the answer.

[@QuantaKill]

Baahahah u can hear the Attack on Titan song on the background

[@daswordofgork9823]

The two sword style is not correct to how Musashi actually used it.

[@poloshirtsamurai]

Any champion who uses Nito? All I heard is finalists. Is Nito just BS then?

[@myoudabakao]

Kendo is not a sport.

[@virtualsleeep]

+みょうだばかお There is proper kendo then there is competition kendo. Competition Kendo is very much a sport with rules and points.

[@planetX15]

+みょうだばかお So you're saying that Fencing is a sport?

[@Syakirin57]

+planetX15 sport fencing and real fencing is quite different I heard.

[@user-dj2me6nb9i]

That right

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