Hello I like it that you love your dog I love dogs too. I spent 7 years there with Hatsimi and Tanemura 1980 - 1987. First 2 years there was no fee at all for traning. Little by little it started to change to be more comeercial witht he big help of Steve Hayes. Anyhow, you get some tools and way of thinking, reacting, and moving that you can utilize. I added swmi komite like limitted randori at my teaching. Donn Dreager also didn;t think much good about Hatsumi's art. But the bottom line is waht you do with what you got and if you can exercise it with your own method - it is alive art always changing not a rigid one. In Japan they will tell you Kangaei kata chigau kara = You don't understant it or, literally . your way of thinking is different therefore you can not understand it You are weloce to contact me for further talk. Sinceerely, Gabriel www.myearthquakekits.com/ninjutsu/
Hay Anthony hatsumis was recognized as one of the legendary budo masters from the main Marshal arts tempos in Japan. They said he has reached status of legendary master. There are verry few who have made that rank.
These negative comments reminds me of a guy SERIOUSLY offering sceptical people and even haters to visit his training-place and come and see what his martial art can offer. Also all the things they would reject as unrealistic and silly. And no one ever showed up to become convinced or learn something new. No they wanted to stuck to their own beliefs. Why do people do that? They´re offered an opportunity to get their horizon broadened and they refuse and stay away. A little like when they back in school wanted so badly to learn to create computer-games and when the teacher has got some serious and well-planned program put together to teach people exactly that, they don´t even show up for it. Why?
Hi Antony , for what there worth heres my view / experience with the samurai sword . I have owned and examined swords from many eras and certainly among collecters and sword appraisers the general opinion is that in times of war the demand for swords is high so quality suffers , swords made after this tend to be " art swords" made to a high standard by very skilled swordsmiths under no pressure to mass produce them , and as for combat ready samurai would the guys with more experience in battles be " pressure tested " more than the Edo period ? Taking the example of pre " stress fire " training military / police gunmen, people of great skill on the range failed to hit someone across the room due to the stress of actual " kill or be killed " exposure . Cheers Paul
@@AntonyCummins Hi ,yes i totally get that and as you say unless you went through every battle in the Sengoku period it would be hard to pin down the numbers and experience of the Samurai from both periods .Paul
May have been in the swordsmen of the British empire, may have been in another book, but I remember reading about a fencing instructor being brought over to India to teach some of the soldiers and being challenged by one of them on the grounds that someone without experience in battle could not exceed actual soldiers in sword fighting, but he beat his challenger and was taken on to teach. I'm sorry I can't remember the details, but assuming I'm not hallucinating it one might suppose there could be an optimal point when people could dedicated enough time to swordsmanship overall, swordsmanship over other arts of war more broadly concerned with field engagements, the proliferation of information being better to some degree and all this while still dealing with street fights enough to still be grounded. This is of course just a mental calculation based on a vague memory that doesn't even concern Japan, so take it with a gain of salt and more.
From what I've read the older style swords were better. I would liken it to cars or appliances. The older machines are built to last,easy to repair,focus on functionality and sturdiness. The more modern ones are more bells and whistles,designed around aesthetics,etc. and not as durable as the old ones. Swords and swordsman would probably be the same. Especially around the time Japan was constantly at civil war. An old era swordsman with a Dōtanuki katana would probably be very intimidating to one from a more peaceful era with a katana that has a fancy hamon line.
This is an interesting topic for debate. Let's put a hypothetical question; Scenario is; it's a no-rules, no-hold-barred fight to the death. Contenders; An Aikidoka, A BJJ practitioner and a guy who practices traditional Jujutsu. One practices a "Do", one practices a "Sport" and one trains to win, at whatever cost. Yeah, I'm biased, but.... Who wins?
Hi Antony I think that Samurai swordsmen during the Edo period were just as good as the ones in the Sengoku Jidai. The best example I can give is during the 1860s, the Shinsegumi and other swordsmen of the day were constantly engaging is combat and assassinations and sources tell us that they were just as good : cutting heads off , hands and wrists and defending themeselves and surviving. In other words their sword skills were as prefect and did not decline at all and they were still ferocious and brutal as they dedicated their lifetime to trainining even in peace. So their skills would have been comparable and I think it's all about training and combat experience.
I remember reading a paper that says the swords with intricate patterns actually have weaker properties. Using this as an analogy for swordsmanship. The sweet spot might be the end of the Sengoku era, when the people who went to war were able to reflect on and compile their skills.
Noting Jacobsen says should be taken seriously -- he is a man pretending to be a fake female and worse off is also a fake so called "Ninja" --- just like being a broken clock being 50% right twice a day -- big thumbs down yet again on this one Tony.
There are plenty of actual historical records, including those about failed tameshigiri testing during the Edo period (on cadavers and criminals; back when test cutting was not about testing sword skill but testing the quality of the sword). One of the reasons for this is because of the overall decline in martial proficiency and practical use of the sword. Ask any serious nihonto connoisseur and they will tell you the same. During the long peace, the beauty of hamon patterns, for example, became more important than their implication for function. This frequently resulted in visually spectacular swords that were too brittle and snapped/shattered against bone and bamboo alike. This is not an absolute, obviously, as there were many different schools of swordmaking, including some that specialized in emulating the older koto blades, for example. But the broad trend is there for anyone to see.
The trends which emerged during the long peace--prioritizing hierarchy and seniority rather than martial proficiency and practicality; pseudo-religious worship of tradition for its own sake, etc--which became solidified in the modern age have effectively killed meaningful Japanese swordsmanship training today. 99% of every other dojo never ever spar. Just choreographed forms and cutting passive targets. It's becoming more and more a circus act sideshow. Armchair warriors arguing about whose lineage is more legit and whose certificate or scroll is more impressive. It's pathetic. TennenRishin spars and spars seriously; as they should. Some Hokushini-Itto pretend to spar but do so poorly and barely manages to embody the intensity and skill of even mediocre sport kendoka. Swordsmanship, like any combat system, either continues to pressure test its curriculum through vigorous sparring and for the sake of continuous improvement and evolution, or else it becomes a performative dance. Just my honest opinion.
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On an off note, Don Roley recently posted a video on RU-vid about Ninjato. He essentially pinned the entire myth on Hayes. I made the mistake of replying to the video with a polite non-argumentative comment. His response was that of a real jerk! What is it with the Ninjutsu community that seems to draw such personality types?
Antony, you might have a field day with this one: The Assassins Creed game had a showcase planned in Japan but it was cancelled because Ubisoft offended the Japanese by making a one leg tori gate on one of their figurines, disrespecting the symbol it stands for! 😅
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It would have been nice if someone had actually written a manual of all the techniques and into which Ryu they all fit, then you would have the basics of a curriculum. I remember we were encouraged to make notes on what we had learned but some of these techniques and styles were hard to explain in words, and as I could not draw that was out. What I did learn in Bujinkan was effective, my trainers were also good and dedicated. Your question: Were you right? Well, philosophically speaking only you can answer that question. As you want an outside opinion then I say you had two options. Walk away and signal your disdain by your actions or highlight it all and then leave, which is what you did. Which is best? I don't know. You had to do something to retain your inner peace with yourself and to do the right thing. For that fair play and well done. Did it make a difference? No. Did it wake anyone up? Probably not. But you can stand tall and everyone must respect you for that.
@@AntonyCummins i no want critises but if you or other took time to train or look at history background techniques trained in koryu you found answer on lot questions. one there are no fixed ideas about techniques for many school many ways of training, upright stance more leaning forward. also how stance or walks oft depend if one wears armour or no. there no much fake or wrong about all. just look,train and see. in stead of saying fake or wrong or saying this koryu or no. meaning you and also ones who attacking you. and more important training koryu no about technique but principles and preparing for death accepting death. and yes kory non show how samurai fought just how they trained for war.
Nothing Crista Jacobson says can be taken seriously as he is a poser and fake... not just as a man pretending to be a woman, but as a phony "Ninja" as well.... big thumbs down Anthony on this one.
Difficult to say without direct observation of the past. I'd believe her though because all the enthusiasts from the Sengoku would exchange ideas during the Edo. You at least have that going for it, building upon the past, even if it was during peacetime.
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Antony with hes Child now remindes me of the Samurai movie Lone Wolf and Cup in a positive way. Congratulations to your New born Boy. A young Samurai/Shinobi in the making.
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This might b lil off topic but wat are ur thoughts on korean swordmanship influenced by chinese/korean/ Japanese or do u think its totally korean based ur thoughts
