You know, while risky, the thrust seems to be the most effective. If the supporting members #2 & #3 timed their strikes As the initial parry connects from #1 #1 would have enough time to recover and strike again. Looks like a lot of fun and would make for an interesting practice class. ~ From Nashville, Tennessee USA
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Because well if you disregard the eye witness testimony of the disciples and there willingness to die for Christ, and humans won’t die for something they know is a lie, when Peter is pinned upside down to that cross, he could have said that it was a fake, but He didn’t because it wasn’t, what care would he have about death in this world if he knew for a fact he had assurance of a life in another, Jesus Christ did rise from the tomb and is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Now the evidence for the Lord Jesus Christ’s existence really isn’t hard to find a multitude of non-Christian scholars and historians mention Him within 150 years after the time of His life. One such is Tacitus a Roman historian who reported on emperor nero’s decision to blame the Christians for the fire that had destroyed rome in 64 AD. Tacitus wrote: “Nero fastened the guilt ... on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. 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That is the abc my man. The ideal strategy is put them in line so that you face the 1 at the time. Confined space offer protection only if you are holding the retreat path behind you, so that you can flee without getting trapped.
It's the opposite stop moving n chase your sword as you set it free. If your always running you grow tired n make countless mistakes to list if any moving occurs bend those knees
When fighting against multiple opponent they have to be menaçi ng at the same time, often it's just a succession of 1 v 1 if they do not coordinate properly which isn't as easy as it looks. Try it you'll see ;) As we can see he wins easely when they are not ganging up on him and leaving him space, gotta hit at the same time as your allies.
The difference between kendo and kenjutsu style is clear as day. Nitenichi was not designed with the rules of Kendo in mind and it shows. The nito user did wonderfully against the full group, waiting and countering whoever moved in first. It seems that they all lost to the same patter of block above and slash in the middle which is interesting, maybe the group experience was so overwhelmingly different it was harder to adapt. The sensei also took advantage of the one weakness the nito user had, which were thrusts. All in all excellent video, keep it up!
I noticed that since they were tightly grouped, it's difficult to throw an attack that isn't a thrust or an attack from above without hitting your allies. If the space was different, maybe they could have surrounded the nito user instead
Три одновременных удара в разные уровни двумя руками не остановить. Движение? Что мешает троим держать строй, прижать к стене, блокировать попытки уйти и атаковать одиночного бойца сразу, как только рыпнется на кого-то из троих?
The sabre and shield weilding mongols gave the samurai a very hard time until the tsunami took out the mongol fleet. It happened twice. In Japanese tsunami means divine wind because it saved Japan from mongol invasion... twice.
Hundreds of years later and his approach still works like a charm. Thank you for doing this video! I read this saying of Musashi in his book years ago, and it stays with me always: "Rigidity is the way of death, fluidity is the way of life."
amazing how every goat emphasized that Bruce Lee - be water Muhammad Ali - float like a bee, sting like a butterfly Musashi - you said it Edit: ofc, that ali one is a joke
Some people ask why they don't attack at the same time, but it's not as easy as I thought. Even if we discuss it in advance, it doesn't work as we discussed because the other person keeps moving. You can't attack at the same time and you can't attack from all sides at the same time. Even if there are three people, they are often less than their original skills. That is, it is not 1+1+1=3. It is possible only when several people are trained to attack together for a long time. It is not easy to improvise.
This isn't really true. There are plenty of HEMA videos for example which demonstrate that multiple opponents can attack the same time, with devastating results. It requires no special technique when it is many vs 1.
@@golength ? The way you can effectively combat a group is with range. So with a spear, or a firearm. A sword is not a battle weapon, it's a self defence weapon.
It is very impressive, but Kendo will get you killed in an actual sword fight, they all pretty much used the same overhead strikes while charging at him which is suicide, Kendo is just not a good sword fighting style
In the book of five rings Musashi talked about the importance of always moving and using the environment. The problem with simulating real combat in a dojo is the lack of environmental variables
@@samuelbishop1701 Arrogance destroys the foothold of victory. Yes, Musashi's technique is better utilized with more than one opponent present, but where does not matter much less if it's against only a single person--anywhere and anyone can be/become dangerous in a matter of moments, which is perfect for this style that is based on reacting to control the situation.
@@samuelbishop1701 yeah but go see it in movements Its interesting to analyze in real time. Cause you can see real factors and attacks that could happen. He must have been training like an Olympic athlete and he must of lived by the sword. It also accounts during that time that fighting was normal and it was everywhere. I’m sure there were other factors, maybe he was very gifted, maybe his teachers were very good. He probably also was very smart in the way he fought. He had to have very good footwork and good timing. He had to be a freak of nature to be able survive that era.
Told a friend I was a big fan of Musashi because of his amazing skills. He reminded me that he is also a fucking murderer. And he is right. It's good to keep that in mind.
@@elsephiroth666 You talking about how he killed a dude at the age of 13 brutally? Or that he was pretty ruthless and sought out men to kill, simply to test his skill in battle? Killing to improve his reputation and status in life? Yeah, I'm aware of that. Though at least he had a epiphany about how awful he had been, near his final duel.
@@elsephiroth666 please correct me if i'm wrong, but he only killed other swordsmen in battles where if he didn't kill them he would die. We have to understand that this was a different time and whoever chose this path had to be prepared for the worst. Obviously killing is wrong but as far as I know he has never killed an innocent so yes I still look up to him as @LEGENDARY BIG BOSS
@@agnusleal8004 Starting a fight to end up at kill or be kill is still not a good philosophy. He could fight with sticks and end up without killing everyone he met. Also, Killing the master of a dojo, even in a specific duel made him kill the entire dojo (because they sought to end him, yes). Between 60 and 200 dudes for the price of 1. On the other end: 1v~130 is an amazing feet especially with only close combat.
The reason they can't all attack at the same time is that he kept moving. Part of martial training is to be disciplined with your weapon, like with guns you are trained to handle your weapon safely. Having their teammates be in their line of strike causes their weapon discipline to trigger. Since he moves a lot, their formation constanly changes and they end up having their own teammates in their strike range. Their coach for example knew that they can easily overwhelm him, but he himself froze in position when his students got within his striking radius.
In the live action Rurouni Kenshin movie, there was a slight of realism in the movie, which was the fact that Himura never stopped moving when he was facing a group of enemies. He was always in perpetual motion, he kept running, dodging and moving.
When Sensei stepped in because he couldn't stand to miss out on the experience... That's what I miss about martial arts. Just being a student again and experiencing an exchange of techniques and seeing what works and what doesn't without ego...😭👍
This eloquently expresses the extreme limitations of kendo. Similar to Olympic fencing, it's extremely powerful at one thing, but has considerably exploitable weaknesses. Very cool video. I wanna try this, too!
That was wonderful footwork. You kept running in between them too keep the fight 1v1 👍. Plus it looks like you guys had alot of fun too, thats the most important thing. Very entertaining ❤️
Thats really cool that you can do choreographed moves against foes who all do the exact same move and leave themselves wide open immediately. Nice dance
you cannot really swing in kendo, you mostly do vertical strikes and stabs, he was protecting himself from high attacks, they waited for the opportune moment. Note that at the end when the sensei was alone he landed a strike by stabbing because the lone guy was focused protecting himself from an overhead strike
I feel this is a very good practical show of some of the most basic lessons both on fights and war. If you notice the start of most fights, the dual user lures the three to a corner. While this can be seen as nowhere to run, it also means less space, forcing the 3-man to not go together. Also, the sensei fight was the minimal definition of a commander, without it the group fought each one by themselves, but once added the attack of one was follow by the next one.
The first thing I noticed was the individual attackers were only throwing one move, then accepting the block/counter. Never throw only one shot. Same for the group tactic. Don't watch while your buddy dies, there should always be coordinated movement.
Not bad and pretty cool ..I also love watching Battousai ... I'm sure after a while if the sword was not made of great quality continuous blocking would lead to multiple chips that turn to cracks to finally break the sword.
Poor quality swords shatter, this is true! I recently spent roughly 2 years training with a pair of carbon steel iaito that lasted serious stress testing between my sensei and I, blocking and parrying being utilized all the while. Both survived with good maintenance and are quite toothy along the blade now 😁
All I can say here is that this was a very well done demonstration. Especially when sensei went in to lend a hand on the side of the inexperienced kendokas. IMO, if there was another experienced kendo user, the dual sword style will have even less leeway to fight. Also, on the 1st strike the Kendokas used, whatever the starting attack of the 1st attacker uses, the 2nd attacker should probably always follow up with a different attack. When sensei wasn't part of the attacking side, everyone used overhead strikes. Only when sensei joined did anyone even do a thrust attack.
I don't see why not. Mushashi, as suggests, was at least named after Miyamoto Mushashi who himself was a great duelist in the Edo period of Japan. However prior to his fame as a legendary duelist and killer of kenjutsu and kendo masters, he himself had faced multiple battles on the large scale during the Sengoku Jidai period where was was stated to have served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and upon Hideyoshi's death, his family against Tokugawa Iaeyasu thus he does have combat experience to boot.
Musashi was an undefeated duelist who had been fighting since he was a young boy. He was already a demon when he set foot on the battlefield and long before becoming recognized as a kensei
Not really. His only battle before becoming a famous duelist was Sekigahara when he was 16. He began serving Tokugawas at the age of 29-30, which leaves a 14 years long gap where most of his duels happened.
And instead of surrounding and boxing him in like they did at the start, they kept their distance from each other. And they only really struck from above, making it easy for the solo swordsman to predict and difficult to block the solo swordsman's low blows. I feel like this was just a restriction on fighting styles. If this were a street fight, there's no way that one guy would survive any encounter against 3 enemies in such circumstances. But while they all have to keep their fighting styles, this dude could run circles around them and use their restrictions against them.
Vaya este video hizo que despertara mi alma de espadachín y el dia yo fui fans de los espadachin y por supuesto Rouronin Keshin es sin duda la mejor de samurais y mi favorita por siempre.....cuando era adolescentes ansiaba aprender ese artes marcial kendo, pero no como habia una en mi pais.. pues me rendi y opte or entrenar artes marciales de cuerpo a cuerpo primero fue karate ( abandonado ) luego fue Muay Thai y BJJ ( activo por siempre ) aun asi, jamas eh olvidado mi amor por aprender kendo por lo menos una vez...🥰
@@estebanflores210 Mira morro, no quien poronga sos, pero si eh visto otras series de anime samurai, y mi poderosima serie Samurai Champlo, Gintama, Afro Samurai, Ninja Jiubei-chan ( de hecho parece mas samurai que ninjas XD ) y me faltan muchas, pero Samurai X es la que mas prefiero despues de Samurai Champlo, me hiciste recordar una serie que ame tanto..
i think a good way to create fighting scenes on film would to take film sequences like this and then just modify them slightly, or use certain camera angles to make it seem real. it would make fight scenes on film look so much more interesting than the usual coreography.
Musashi also reportedly used psychology (like showing up late to a fight and from a direction they weren't expecting, using a carved oar instead of a sword in his most famous duel) and the environment (forcing multiple opponents to use difficult terrain, fighting with the sun at his back so it was in their eyes).
From my observation, its seems like the biggest issue is that the kendo guys mostly strike from the top to bottom, which predicted can be blocked and slashed by the niten ryu style of 2 swords. Dual wielding is supper cool !
Very interesting. We used similar movement in Aikido during multiple randori. Move to isolate one attacker at a time and enter their attack space (Irimi) to throw off their timing. We used Uke Nagashi deflections too! Sensei always says: “All Aikido is SWORD!”
