Why You Give Your Head to Your Opponent (The 16 Basic Stances | Part 2)

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Every Iai and Kenjutsu Ryuha style has its own Kamae stances. But because our Ryuha, Asayama Ichiden Ryu, has 400 years of history since the end of the Sengoku War period, there are 16 kinds with the basics alone. Many of which involve techniques born of the assumption of wearing samurai armor.
So today, Seki sensei, the 22nd headmaster of Asayama Ichiden Ryu, will introduce the 16 basic stances separated into 5 categories. Many stances are unique to our Ryuha that absolutely need an explanation to understand what it’s meant for, so please watch till the end to learn more about what fighting with a katana in armor is like.
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▼Part1: How You Hold the Katana with Samurai Armor On▼

[@mohammadsalmanibrahim5890]

I feel guilty watching all these videos. I have never watched katana trainings as informative as Seki-sensei's. I hope this channel gets the recognition it deserves. ❤❤❤

[@jakefisher-psalm23]

I've mentioned about Seki Sensei looking so happy and cheerful when demonstrating kata/concepts from his Ryuha, but I've also noticed during the intro he's kinda like "Yeah, yeah, can we get onto the fun stuff??" 🤣 One of my lifelong dreams is to visit Japan. If that ever happens, there's (at least) two people I need to meet and personally thank for giving this American a glimpse into Japan's deep culture. Domo arigatou gozaimasu!

[@jonathanctay7422]

I’m really amazed that Seki-sensei just freely shares these techniques from his school. I learned some Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryū a long time ago through some… uh… unofficial channels but even in their book they are very guarded with their techniques. I realise most things can only be learned by being there. In any case, as a teacher I can see that Seki-sensei is someone who loves to teach and is passionate about sharing his knowledge. His school is also one that was born during wartime, so as a sucker for Sengoku Jidai history I just love these videos. Thank you!

[@RedhoodJT]

Is it odd that these videos help me with my firearms training? The Marines have a similar relationship to our rifles as Samurai did with their Katana. So it isn’t very odd to me, I would love to hear other peoples opinions on the matter.

[@guyhogan4882]

Nice, many of the movements utilize the strength of the blade against the weakness. In other words the kata show how to use the hard forged edge of the katana to defend/attack the weak part of your opponents blade and also make the "kill" shot.

[@lucasfv1357]

Reminds me of my karate years, my sensei back then would be very insistent (with good reason!) on correcting stances before moving on to anything else

[@GrihaBelka]

I practice HEMA with long sword and I can say, that it has a lot of things in common with katana. And I very want to see the katana fight in HEMA rules, I thing it would be a great experience and a good way to test your skills as a martial artist

[@nightraid7]

Good stuff 🔥✌🏻

[@AmanSingh-sm5oi]

Good video ❤

[@chocomalk]

I love how he is all smiles when he has his sword out

[@Stehnar]

I love the casual kirioroshi-like finishing from jodan in the final part of the video. (

[@scariuslvl9987]

Hello, looking at this with germanic longsword knowledge again:

[@KateJohn2013England]

Absolutely Brilliant as always 👍 Take care. Stay safe 🙏

[@saschadaniels6879]

Thank you for the insights You are both very nice and Seki Sensei is a very humble person showing so much knowledge to an online audience in such a friendy manner. It is a pleasure to watch your videos and I never found so much profound information about kenjutsu online. I attended kenjutsu classes at a dojo in Germany for some years but failed to find a dojo when I went to Japan. Kendo is much more popular and nobody I talked to in Tokyo knew kenjutsu at all. Perpaps I can visit your school someday.

[@scandisamurai8899]

I love the armor lessons for us o-yoroi wearers! Keep up the great work senseis 🙇‍♂️🙏⛩️🇯🇵☸️

[@TheCCBoi]

I love the left and right waki-gamae. It’s so graceful, smooth and effective!

[@KEN-sd1bw]

Keep up the videos I’ve learned so much 🙏🏽

[@benjaminstevens6043]

i have to say that this video and the first havve been highly illuminating pertaining to the realities of combat that the techniques were structured around. very much appreciated sir, and sirs.

[@richt63]

Fantastic ❤ I love this video. Thank you for posting part 2