The daughter of grand master Tanaka demonstrates her sword-handling skills using stalks of bamboo - which are said to have the same density as human bone. From: SAMURAI HEADHUNTERS bit.ly/1pa7lZ3
@@hmuphilly9129 do you want to explain further? How was ancient Japanese culture honorable? Are you talking about the generational "untouchables", generations of families of lower class that were literally seen as worse than dirt because they had labour or cleaning jobs? Or are you talking about the raping and massacres the samurai committed after a victory?
@chris kibodeaux Also, women were samurai. It was a social class, not an occupation. There are also records of women fighting on the battlefield and serving as yojimbo. Instead of being a hardcore sexist, maybe appreciate that women can actually do many things you could never do, such as being soldiers throughout history. Once you realize that you aren't better than anyone based on your genes, you'll stop being so miserable. And I guarantee that tiny woman could take you apart, armed or otherwise 😂 In fact, I'd pay to see it!
The horrific irony being that the cleaner and quicker the cut, the more coherently aware the decapitated vicitim is, as their disembodied head lives on for 2 - 5 minutes.
Spring Bloom no they will lose conscious in the first minute since no oxygen and blood go to the brain. And the severe pain will probably shock the victim into coma. But the victim will sure be dead in 2 mins.
vocês são os verdadeiros profissionais que respeita aí tem a disciplina com vocês mesmos seres humanos que coloca todo respeito ecomo seres humanos de verdade que tenha disciplina para vocês mesmo esse as vez de vocês profundamentemoral de respeito entre vocês mesmo isso que eu admiro em vocês que tem essa essa essas visão de respeito de família e qualidade com respeito com visão e sempre o melhor que vocês do Japão eu queria ter muita oportunidade de chegar até aí e tu construir uma família linda vocês aí eu queria ter essa oportunidade quem sabe um dia é o meu sonho e para ir casarficar entre família todos vocês construíram toda a família minha junto com todos vocês dessa forma que vocês reage o qualidade disciplina com respeito com moral sem como que você se acha corretamentedesse jeito de vocês com respeito a falta desse teu respeito por vocêa qualidade de respeito que vocês tenham um pelo outro
@@raimundosilva4382 mano, admiro seu visão y espero que você vá longe em sua vida, saudações desde México, desculpa por meu português, tenho poco tempo praticando
Kind of right it's kaishakunin, this was the lobbing off of the head by a (kaishakunin which means 2nd), when an individual performing seppuku chooses to die quickly they stab themselves in the abdomen (suppuku) and usually use a (kaishakunin or 2nd person to lob off their head for a pain free seppuku...This my friends is "the way of the Samarui" or as Tom Cruise would have it "Bushido" or better yet "Bullshito".....
A good kaishakunin (seppuku assistant) should cut deep enough to sever the spine but not the head. The head must be left hanging on the body even if just by a bit of muscle. It is considered to be indiginfied to get decapitated, like a trophy of battle.
+OSOCO yes, but with all the innaccuracy of youtube, it is nice to see some legitimate swordsmanship. I would like to see an expert swordsman attempt to attack historically accurate armour. That would be a real test.
+Brian Burleigh If you don't already understand my point of view in this matter, there's really nothing I can do. You don't have to respect my curiosity to know how her movement looks in real life, but you should have enough intelligence to understand that some of us like to see just that, and want to get the picture of real speed of the act. I didn't say that low speed footage is not important or interesting.
The slow motion shot with the snow falling softly around this woman's face was mesmerizing to watch. It did give me a feeling of time displacement for a moment. The beauty and violence of this cannot be understated for what the Samurai did and who they were. The world they lived in had above all HONOR as a basis for life. A quality so rare in all of today's society around the world. May you keep the way of the Samurai alive for us all, just please refrain from the beheadings.
+Jon Voranart Well if u watch GoT, Theon's beheading of Rodrick was a good example of a painful beheading. And in contrast, way of the Samurai showed a well executed one. Ofc the dude gutted himself first so there had to be pain... but at least his head came off clean.
+Jon Voranart Yeah, the translation there is kind of startling lol. What he was actually talking about was assisting in _seppuku_. The purpose of the decapitation (or rather near-decapitation) during seppuku was to ease the suffering of the man who was _honorably disemboweling himself_. Often this would be a friend, comrade, or an otherwise respected individual, so you can see why it might be important to the swordsman to get it right.
+Lazy Wolf As much as I'm still of the opinion that the very idea of Seppuku is dumb as fuck, kudos to them for at least trying to make it less painful.
***** It's forced suicide, and no amount of justification is going to justify it. Even if those people accepted it, they did so because they're been brainwashed from birth to think that it was what they had to do. So, in short, it's fucking bullshit.
There is no sport in slaughtering helpless domesticated bamboo. Notice how the bamboo plants are trained to perfectly balance on poles while they await their death. This almost never occurs in the wild. If you want to kill bamboo you should go into the wilderness and hunt it yourself where at least it has a chance to escape or fight back.
At least it's bamboo, Japanese officers practiced their sword techniques on Chinese civilians and POWs during WWII. There's an infamous photo of a Japanese officer about to behead a blindfolded Australian POW on a beach surrounded by fellow soldiers, some smiling.
Make sure your hands are balanced when decapitating your opponent lest you cause him pain guys... just an fyi..........lmao..........I love the Japanese. They're even polite when they're killing you.
Do you know why is that, man? When samurai commited seppuku, there always was a second of their choice to decapitate them, so they wouldn't have to endure pain from slashing their bellies open for long. They would generally choose a very skillful master, so the process would be as painless as possible. It was actually seen as a merciful act. That's why he is worried about the cut not being perfect in the video.
It's actually important because decapitation as such is only used during the suicide ritual Seppuku. The person stabbing himself is decaptitated to end the suffering which does not work if the samurai fucks up.
Kishikaze’s faultless slash. -Mythic tale: long ago in the small village of Kototama, the Villagers struggled with an unyealding force of of the ocean; the demon sorentoku. Only one of the seven Densetsu no kenshi could stop. By midday the ferocious demon had already reeked havoc on the small fishing town flooding and crushing all but a few homes, kishikaze; summoned by mass destruction came forth to deal with the relentless demon of the sea, and with one perfect slash to the neck Sorentokus scale ridden body fell effortlessly to the shallow ocean floor disintograting into the foam. Some say that one slash of kishikazes domatsu blade was so flawless and absolute that it could cut even the thickest of armor With ease.
People who aren't impressed by that cut weren't given a sword for xmas when they were like 13. Those of us who were, and have tried shit like this are completely jaw drop blown away by that slow motion. I would literally (and deeply) bow to the skill shown here. Because Damn.
+Brandon “Innomen” Sergent - Totally agree. Reverence, discipline, beauty born of true respect for culture - even in it's deadliest form - In a little under two minutes, Midori-san reveals the heart and soul of her amazing country. I would also bow to this lady... and ask her to dinner, very politely.
+Robert Glasner People of sufficient breeding and parenting skill to not have morons for children. I was given a sword and never so much as nicked myself.
+Robert Glasner - "Give a kid a sword?" Clearly, this superb display of skill, dedication and respect is totally wasted on you. You can be sure that even being Tanaka-sensei's daughter would have afforded Midori-san no special favours in her father's dojo. She would have trained for years with a wooden substitute until she had EARNED the privilege of using a katana, being judged worthy of conducting one-on-one training with a weapon that leaves no margin for error. When it comes to the martial arts (especially at this level), a student is "given" nothing...
No, ArchIcouldntbebotheredcopingtherest - I just recognise and applaud dedication, respect for culture and and superb skill when I see it... wakarimasuka? (...and yeah, I speak Japanese - That takes some work, to)
Now mostly people complain about everything. The reason they use bamboo you can see it in the video, of course in fight you will dont use bamboo. second every country have their own strategy according to their time Aisa was way different than Europe. I appreciate this video and love to see the passion and perfection for it.
Samurai tried killing in a single strike, also decapitating with a single strike. But, butchers during the ancient times were better at cutting perfectly between each joint, I can bet that. How were the samurai capable of learning that? The answer is simple: They also became butchers. 🍖
They used to train with dead.bodies in the past. Also their sub jobs were ranking katanas. They had the rights to certificate katanas grades. what they do is go to the dead body facility and layer bodies .Then slash downward , count how many bodies it went threw. Like 3.1/2bodies
There is NOTHING MORE PURE MORE BEAUTIFUL THE ART AND MASTERSHIP OF THIS SWORDS MAN SHIP. GRACE IN EVERY MOVEMENT ABILITY TO DEFEND AND PROTECT. I TRUELY RESPECT SAMURAI. WOULD BE SO HONORED TO LEARN THIS DISCIPLINE...
Real swordsmanship is far less graceful than you may think. The average sword fight ended in under ten seconds. The far east styles have this strange habit of applying mysticism to what is a utilitarian task. You only need to be last one standing so forget the silly fairground displays.
I cannot overemphasize just how much i respect this lady. Such skill and perfection of technique AND she is good looking!!!! THAT is a " woman". Best regards.
People people, there are etiquette in chopping one head off. Make sure you hand is balance or the dead ghosts coming back and complain. Talking about pain in the neck.
That instance if hands he talks about, in relation to the curvature of the cut, is similar in principle to shot placement correction targets on the firing range. This is just a beautiful peace of martial arts wisdom
The Way of the Sword developed in the Edo Period (aka Tokugawa period of unified peace after the Warring States period) in Japan replaced Satsu-jin-ken, "The sword that takes life," with Katsu-jin-ken, "The sword that wins life." It is through practice of martial arts and/or spiritual meditation that we engage our fears of powerlessness. Courage comes from our internal sense of power, mastery over our fears, and is gained over time and practice. People kill others when they live in fear.
It would be a loss to mankind if such priceless art dies off . We should be gratefull to these individuals for their work in ensuring the art lives on .
Many years ago in Las Vegas when there was a race called the "Mint 400" (the first one) there was, for whatever reason, a display of 'hanging ropes' both dry and wet of varying thicknesses hanging from beams (actually just swung over them) and an old guy was there with Bruce Lee and Lee was performing various fighting techniques against two and three men at once...and Lee was so fast you could barely see 'what happened' to his opponents, and he gave a lecture after the demo and had proper 'fighting stances' binder-books' for sale, along with 'how-to practice' and so on.The old guy there never spoke...he was there to demonstrate the use of a sword, which followed Lee's performance.The man's face was 'Oriental' but I have no idea if he was Japanese or not...and the demonstration he gave with that katana is difficult to put into words...the 'old guy' ran at the rope displays and slashed them thru without stopping or even slowing, turning and 'spinning' in place and every rope barely moved and all were sliced in maybe 15-seconds or so.I've never seen anything like this anywhere else...and Lee said "This is the only man alive who knows the secret of "Nine Hands Turning" with a sword...he could fight an army by himself and they would all die". Everyone applauded of course...and the old guy 'bowed' to the crowd and went to a trailer. (anyone out there know what the '9-hands turning' means??? And does anyone remember seeing a demo like this?)
Well, imho, to make a proportional comparison, you should compare the lady's katana and her swordsmanship in the video with one of your country's obese retarded citizen. In the other hand, when you've chosen a tank as a comparison, well, compare it with a similar technology from their country, e.g. Honda ASIMO with a rocket/missile launcher or armor piercing shell arsenals.
Swordsmanship as an art is to demonstrate the bonding of mind, body and sword. Samurai were proud of their katana, killers could have cared less about their swords. There is a difference. This applies to other martial arts as well. In swordsmanship the cutting of bamboo and other targets is to demonstrate proper technique. The angle needs to be around 45 degrees as this demonstrates both balance in the cut and the use of proper technique rather than brute force. The 45 degree cut is used as this is also the angle that is used to cut the vulnerable areas between armor i.e the neck between helmet and shoulder or the shoulder joint. Trying to cut through armor won’t yield the desired results. Cutting goza targets with a piece of bamboo is traditionally used as a more accurate approximation of real cutting of a person in a combat situation. I watched the entire documentary and greatly respect their dedication to the traditional art of the Samurai. We train in these arts to better weather the storms in our turbulent times and to achieve balance in our inner and outer worlds. I thank the Tanaka clan for sharing their traditions with us.
Yoriko Arran Hmmm... your tin-can would be pretty surprised after getting a warhammer hit from an agile lighter opponent. Easy to act all cool and stong on an opponent who gets completely contered by your gear but when you face an anti-armour opponent you won't be so full of yourself. The big weakness of knights were the fact that they began to think themselves invincible so their obedience fell down to around a cheap mercenary's level making whole knight armies get rekt by simple tactics and more coordinated units. No doubt that plate armors on a well disciplined unit makes a great force but it isn't that ultimately OP as people describe them. Otherwise they wouldn't have got rekt by the Mongolians or kicked out from the middle-east by Saladin.
Naru With a blunt weapon you do not need to aim for the gaps. The OP is talking about how this exercise can be used in combat which I doubt because your opponent in armour will be moving whilst an inanimate bamboo stick will not.
Yoriko Arran So... do you ever practice cutting at all then? You know a good edge alignment needs quite a lot practice. If your edge alignment is bad you won't make a good cut and the blade could just bounce back from hard surfaces shocking your hand in bad cases. Other than your usual technique you should practice cutting too.
That bamboo represents human torso and the clean cut means to cut from one side to other, head with one shoulder with half of rib cage, an amazing view, how many of viewers can watch that, leave alone doing it
Max Jacobi I tend to agree, however my dad told me during boot camp in Texas a guy in his barracks was deeply cut on his butt at a bar and he did not know until he made it back to the barracks. They assumed he was cut by a razor.
Actually, the greatest samurai masters of legend could cut your head off so perfectly that you would not feel it or even know about it till years later! But I don't know about that lady being Tanaka. . . She doesn't look like Tanaka . . . If Senzo Tankaka is her shidoshi, I would ask her to show us the dim mak!
If you lose your head in one fast, smooth strike, you would not feel any pain. If the technique is off, however, and the sword gets stuck, then it would hurt.
+AnCap Chossid I don't really know, but maybe if we looked at how a body convulses right after decapitation, it might offer some clues. Smooth cut, little or no convulsions, uneven cut, body dances its way into your nightmares. Just guessing, anyway.
I mean by my joke is that he says face the wind right? well if in school the teachers will say if you got in trouble face the wall. Oh god Yasuo needs a School skin.
It's nice to know that she's polite enough not to hurt me while she cuts my head off. Somehow I don't think it will matter much though, seeing as how I'll be dead and all.
Just wow....I mean really?....And what do you think is inside a human arm?......Bone....And what has the same resistance as bone? Bamboo.....Just wow..
Dre Ray wow ... just wow.... i´ve just said that rice straw mats are the right traditional way, not that bamboo isnt as resistant as a human bone. Just read it like "THESE mats are..."
i think he meant in the same context. A non strapped down watermelon on a pedestal. Then it is cut cleanly. (hopefully without knocking the bottom half off the pedestal either.)
The exact opposite of ice, cold. That's not apathy. It's kata. She is not without feeling. She is focusing energy where it is needed instead of wasting it.
"If a samurai decapitates a man with this bad technique, it would cause great pain." Who exactly told him? Even if he's talking to a dead guy he would need to be decapitated twice to compare.
If the blade travels in a curve, however slight, the blade will not go through the neck completely and the unfortunate person will not die immediately but will suffer a great deal before dying.
After decapitation you are still alive for couple of seconds...there are records of victim blinking and lips moving after beheading In this case maybe they observed the faces made by victims after beheading...i guess a perfect beheading would result in a peaceful face like sleeping
@@Gildartz89 Decapitation is not as easy as one might think it to be. If the technique is not right, if the blade does not enter the neck just so, it will only cut the neck without completely severing it. The result would be a nasty cut to the neck, worst case scenario the head dangling from the cut neck. Remember also the victim might be moving or is at an awkward angle. The reasons a guillotine is efficient are because the blade moves in a precise path and it's heavy enough to cut clean through the neck. A samurai with a katana does not have those advantages. Decapitation requires a significant amount of energy and precision within narrow limits of error.
