Iaido② - The Martial Art of Drawing the Sword 

Wot ur pfp

That my friend is what they call DEDICATION

Sounds what the quiet kid would say

Little that u know, they were partying with blades

*”When you were sharpening your sword I was out building my army”*

lol we watch to much anime XD

Man...

Thank you! Finally somebody who actually knows something.

@Madolite The purpose of the fuller is to remove weight. It can also be an ascetic as well. I highly doubt it has anything to do with pulling the sword out of a body. I disagree that katana are heavier than European blades. It all depends on the individual sword.

Yes, the function of the fuller is weight-saving (structural) or to say it in another way - allows you to have a wider spine of the blade that makes it more resistant to bending to the sides without all of the added weight for that. But the easier pulling out of an opponent does have some merit as well - the idea is that it allows for air to go in as you're pulling the blade out of a stabbed opponent. Unfortunately we can't make tests on corpses any more to confirm that theory, but I think just twisting the blade slightly to the side should also allow air to go in, so I'm not 100% on this one.

sandro gasca garnica if he made legitimately awesome tacos, I wouldn't mind. I mean I've been to Mexican restaurants ran by Hispanic people and have been woooah disappointed in the food I received lol.

Or a mexican making chinese food in a chinese buffet.

Or an austrian telling the germans what's best for germany.

There are good Tacos in Germany where ?

Yes you're right I had the same feeling at the first. But when you think of it as a knowledge that can be taught to other humans you'll understand that it's a privilege .

But the first thing he said was wrong lol idk about any of the rest of it, but samurai commit seppuku with a blade that doesn’t have a handle because then it’s a tool instead of a weapon

@@braydenfariss9127 Its definitely not true that they would only use a blade with no handle, might be a regional or temporary thing that was done though. You can look at period art to see they pretty much always had a handle. They weren't always depicted as holding it by the handle though, but thats not the same thing as actually not having a handle.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out the juxtaposition of a Japanese woman asking a white guy about japanese culture. It's pretty funny to look at regardless of how knowledgeable he is.

​@@jbillion in concept I agree. however the predominant undertone with that statement is that he's lesser than someone who looks like the "authentic" race regardless of actual expertise. So unless people specify that their statement is not meant to carry that, then that's how they should expect people to take it. Also the comments are filled with this sort of observation - but its such a really uninteresting and obvious comment. It's like saying "wow the guy who's playing this hurdy gurdy isn't a 14th century minstrel wearing a stereotypical feathered hat?? I must write home immediately!" Did you actually expect literal feudal era samurai to be teaching you about swords on the telly?

@@connorjensen9699 Well said, and spot on. Thank you

God I needed a laugh 😆

This comment is so underrated 😂😂😂

You won the internet my dude

Hahaha

@Foster chance Ronin is actually Hawkeye's "second nickname". Hawkeye became "Ronin" after some events i ain't going to spoil. The comment wasn't saying that he became an actual ronin The comment makes sense

He was wrong about the grove in the sword. It's or weight reduction. That's all. And for knowing the edge is aligned in practice/training

Omg pls play Für elise

The President of The Internet has the same lack of sword knowledge also.

"Call within the next 30 minutes and we'll send you a second Japanese samurai sword for FREE!"

JESUS HAHAHAHAHA

Order now and we’ll throw in Narutos hidden leaf ninja headband for only $19.95!!

Same I also like their anime and manga

well duh, human body biomechanics are the same worlds over. Although the Europeans and Japanese vanishing feudal warriors and flourishing early modern duelling culture are unique, yes.

Not sure who told you that. HEMA has drills and flourishes but I don't think I've ever heard of anyone doing a kata. Are you thinking of the Meyer diagram?

@@joebloggs5318 well, to my understanding, katas/forms is basically just another word for drills.

yes u right especially that part ける様になりました

+Personmr funny the curved spears get all the spot light when the straight spear was the most prevalent weapon in history. the Yari gets no love. Just like how the Guan Dao is famous and the Qiang is relegated to obscurity. Halberd to the Pike spear. No appreciation for the simple pointed stick lol

DtWolfwood when i said pole arm i was including the yari.

Monty Python self defence sketch "what if he attacks me with a pointed stick"?

because people love curves!

Personmr Incorrect ! the sword was the most primary weapon. The samurai did not just fight on the battlefield !! everyday use or need was the shinken.

VicariousReality7 孙子曰：百战百胜，非善之善者也；不战而屈人之兵，善之善者也。故上兵伐谋，其次伐交，其次伐兵，其下攻城。

VicariousReality7 I understand this video is old but I’ll add this. My Grandfather was a professional warrior for 30 years and in his older age told me that the only way to utterly destroy an enemy it to make him your friend.

@@smittysmith6173 That's deep.

@@smittysmith6173 and then you can stab him in the back easily, smart move indeed!

@@smittysmith6173 As a swordsman I can tell you that's complete rubbish. Forget thoughts of destruction you only need to kill your enemy.

Maybe he is saying itnlike that so english speaking japanese find it easier to listen to

Agree, these so called "martial arts experts" are no experts by any mean

Fred Smith naice m8

You could conceal a hammer or axe inside it so that it becomes a hybrid tool

@@pyrrehraus6571 maybe you could conceal a toothpick, but nothing bigger

never underestimate the toothpick

and what about in an ukulele fight? you know, to see if you play it better than the enemy :p

You're fucking hilarious….thank you I needed the laugh.

White boy martial arts is the best.

Man doesnt even know that shields existed in Japan

tiffsaver what a bout me I train with kitanas at jk lee and know a lot about martial arts (I’m black)

@@sake5065 I dont think you know anything about "keetanahs" bro but that's just me

Psychiatrist approved

LMFAOOOOO

+mike little I KNEW IT! I thought he did it on purpose (placing the sword the other way), maybe his ritual was different than the one we practice (in pakua), but now you confirm my theory haha. Thanks.

mike little thanks for yr clever comments May I add that the blade should be facing towards him not to the outside... is it correct? Wonder why he committed these blunders Also touching the blade is simply incorrect manner of handling the sword!!! One must never touch it unless you wear gloves or have blade resting on tanegushi ( cotton cloth)... Otherwise interesting performance He is kiwi and it's down under so maybe that's why stupid mistakes...:):):)

The hi is called a fuller in the West and like western swords it's purely to reduce blade weight without making the blade weaker.

@@TheLiamis yep it works like an " H beam " in construction ,to keep rigidity while reducing weight

Mike is correct you will touch your blade while holding some positions and safely putting the sword in the sheath. You don't look down at it you do it all by feel. You are suppose to wipe and oil your sword after each use. Also the blade when it is on you is facing up. You turn it out right before you draw your weapon.

It's done mostly to stop getting rust marks on the blade is all, a purely cosmetic thing. A lot of longer swords include techniques where you grab either your own blade or your opponent's.

As noted by Joe Bloggs, touching the blade with your fingers will leave traces of oil, acids and humidity. The finger prints will make the Katana blades rust since they are made of black steel. It's time consuming and hard work to clean the blades properly and oil them. The blade I own is more expensive than my car. Of course, I don't want to have a trace of a finger print on it.

I know bayonets have blood gutters

@@davidirving4138 They are called FULLERS!!!!! They are to stiffen and strengthen the blade so it doesn't bend or snap when driving into something.

+Tora TAULAPAPA Yes..and yes!

bohi makes it a light cutter, generally less niku for cutting, a nohi version is usually a heavy cutter with thicker niku

Tora TAULAPAPA correct. It's called a fuller in the West. It lightens the sword without weakening it. As with katana western swords came with and without fullers/hi.

a m e r i c a

Yep his name was Yasuke

Ma boy Yasuke

Technically speaking a european longsword could destroy a katana and double edge makes it more versatile only thing the katana has over a longsword is speed

@Michael Terrell II Lmao Ok Miyamoto Musashi

@Michael Terrell II I disagree. Don't get me wrong, I love katana, but technically speaking, longsword is technically better. Not because "Oh, Europe's better than Asia" or "lol, stupid weeb, I have god on my side," but because of why either was made. Katana was made for cutting down opponents who didn't exactly have armor, or if they did, they had open spots you can hit. The Japanese honestly didn't use swords nearly as much as people assume, at least not on a battlefield. They were used, but more as a backup and not a choice weapon; that would be the Naginata, which aside from weight, size and occasional awkwardness was pretty much better in every way. The longsword, however, was made for attacking at, well, a longer distance than the average sword. And it was designed to be used against European armor, which was frankly much more effective than Japanese armor (but doesn't look nearly as cool). While it wasn't exactly heavier than katana, it was still nonetheless longer, which undoubtedly gives it some advantage, it was also double edged, which made it easier to slice compared to katana. Now, would a man with a longsword *always* win in a fight with someone with katana? No. *Could* he win? Yes. Really, it depended on the equipment and skill of the people fighting. A samurai with katana and full armor fighting inexperienced some guy with a longsword and nothing else would always win the fight, no doubt. And vice versa; a knight with a longsword and armor fighting some inexperienced guy with katana would always win the fight. Now, a trained samurai with katana vs a trained knight with longsword? Depends on their tactics and surroundings. Really, anything could happen, it's not one sided. However, the main disadvantage the samurai would face was both his inferior armor and the type of weapon he has; a longsword would have little trouble damaging Japanese armor, and the other way around for the samurai; his sword would have very much trouble damaging the knights armor, which has little to no open spots and is mostly metal; the katana, being a single edged blade meant for cutting, would be very weak against European heavy armor. Of course, the Samurai has one very big advantage over European knights when you really think; not his skill with the blade, not his speed, nah. The *real* advantage a samurai has over a European knight is that they're specialized in mounted archery. If this was a real battle, a samurai would likely not take any chances and just ride around the knight, shooting him over and over with heavy arrows with a very powerful yumi. *TL:DR* Katana ≤ longsword < yumi Boom. Facts.

He like a bloodthirsty person once he draw his sword 😅 am I right..

+Wolf Lupke I didn't think he was going to cry, I was crying because he is the humanisation of grumpy cat

omg so true.

+Wolf Lupke Have a look at Japanese paintings of Samurai and watch other Japanese Iaido people and you will see they all do it ,,,I do

Exactly correct.

Weighted towards the handle is preferred? Who told that load of crap? Swords have what they call the point of balance. The further back better a sword is for thrusting. The further forward the better for cutting. This thing about a sword being perfectly balanced is Dungeons and Dragons fanboy bullshit. A katana needs a point of balance quite far forward because the style is 90% based on cutting.

That was in the time when knights still had honor tho.

Ivan Todorov haha when did knight ever have honor maybe after raping the women if a tiny village with a bunch of merceanaries in War XD btw im not saying that Samurai had any honor either they were just as disgusting

Aparently you never studied history or you lack the braincells required to understand it

I named my shield after a women I knew, 'Rosetta' because like my shield no man was able to penetrate her.

@@purpleprinc3 too small or muscly?

...Or Sekiro Tsushima die Twice

Or ghost of tsushima

@@wakalaska *Shadows

Kiwi* But yes, ye is the best!

Don’t be racist bro, that white guy has also the right to be a master of the sword and teach it. We should be glad that this is happening today and the world is knowing each other's cultures, and being more and more open about it.

that gent is a 7th dan Kendo master fyi, and speaks English as a native speaker from NZ.

@Not You How is it disrepect ?

@Not You that is an ignorant statement

Why would you need one?

ZNKR iaido or any modern iaido style is just there to teach kendo practitioners how to swing a real sword, that's why it looks too "eye candy". Now you look at Toyama-ryu iai, the school was used to train sword techniques for soldiers in ww2, you would see they actually move with speed + precision for iai practice and actual sparring with steel blade for kenjutsu practice like in HEMA. You might also want to look at Katori Shinto Ryu (Otake branch) too, the oldest school that teach feudal time battlefield techniques, no eye candy slow mo movements at all

Yeah vikings were pretty cool with the way they treated their weapons. They used animal bones in their forging because they thought the spirit would help them in battle, making the worlds first version of steel

@@murkwithasmirk6877 bullshit Historical records prove black africans produced the first STEEL

@@jadekayak01 Wasn't it Mesopotamia and then later the Chinese with cast iron?

Vikings sailed to syria and persia and bought swords and back again! They never made swords and never had advanced smithy, eventually all nordic bullshit in the media goes back to ancient iraq both the horned helmet, their swords and their average chain armour were all persian made. 🖕🤮

Vikings did have names for their swords

same life but smaller dick

Same life, or even worse as an unemployed NEET because this is not feudal time

@@jaketheasianguy3307 I'm homeless and unemployed rn

Life in Japan is no picnic there's a reason so many people go die in that forest. Modern world is the same everywhere.

Cause u can costomize your Catana there

Sooo...,they are used in harakiri.

Its just u cause u gay

It's not a lightsaber

@@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934 basic sword etiquette, never touch the blade, unless your going to strip the sword and clean it, grease and acid in your sweat can corrode and mark the blade very quickly.

@@noninjashere I know the guidelines of owning a sword What I mean is that simply touching the blade won't cut your skin

@@noninjashere performing noto or certain techniqued require the user to grab the mune will always result the blade made contact with the hands. Swords were made to kill people, it was made to pierce through organs, skin and blood. All the detailed sword etquette stuffs is unnecessary for people who actually use the sword for practice. As long as you clean it and oil it properly after each practice session, you can touch the blade all you want

Well said, all this nonsense about spirituality must be stopped, people find many ways to justify violence and spirituality is one of them. This is not new.

Wasn't Muzashi the one Samurai who used both katana and wakizashi for attacking? he had the Idea that you shouldn't die without using all the weapons you have with you

Wakizashi is not just for harakiri, it's still serve as a side arm

1. Take make it rust faster 2. In case of european swordsmanship; and probably SOME japanese styles: because you're halfswording. In the 13 minutes of bullshit represented in the video, I'd go with option 1.

the irony LOL

i know, i about laughed when he said that, a bohi is a blood groove, when someone says this you can tell they never studied this stuff

I almost choked. He thinks a fuller is a blood grove when even a regard could have looked it up and seen it's purely for weight reduction. Also my tachi has no hi yet makes the noise when you strike. It's just heavier as a result.

What's your expertise, loudmouth?! He holds two PhDs, one in Human Studies from the University of Canterbury and one in Sciences from Kyoto University, he holds the 3rd Dan in Jukendo and Tankendo, the 5th Dan in Iaido and Naginata and is a 7th Dan Kendoka and they even conferred the honorary title _'Kyoshi'_ on him. Plus he is professor at Kansai University of Japanese Culture and History (if you don't know where that is, what you certainly do not know at all: it's in Japan!), teaches Kendo, is vice president of the International Naginata Federation, member of the international committee of the All Japan Kendo Federation, director at the Japanese Academy of Budo, co-founder of the Kendo World Magazine, and author of several books in English and Japanese. Not that it would matter, huh? So, again, what's your expertise? What are you? Who the fuck are you? What's your grade or title, your profession? What honor have they bestowed upon you? Moron? Muppet? Yeah, thought so. Bad news for ya: Moron may look Japanese, but it ain't.

I am Asian. My Iaido / Aikido sensei was a caucasian lady. She was also a university professor.

yeah but both are still awesome

He's holding it in the longpoint stance which is used in just about all European longsword systems.

@@joebloggs5318 And?

@@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934 Just tossing some information out there for people not well versed in swordsmanship. This supposed demonstrator knows far less than he should.

@@joebloggs5318 I'm a HEMA practitioner and German style longsword is my expertise so that's not necessary

That's because your sword sits in showcase and never sees any battle. Your sword is likely ashamed of you.

I mean, there are people where they would draw a pistol from the holster already. You could call that art, you could call anything art actually

Ever heard of gunslinger ?

It is biased on it I believe