Iaido Fundamentals Part two with Mae 

I always had the feeling that all these iaido moves were carefully designed to minimize self inflicted damage....then comes Furikaburi and the art of cutting your left ear as elegant as possible. What in all things were they thinking back then?

Thank you Sensei for your wisdom and experience....

Very interesting, especially for the explanation of the technical words of the gestures of each kata. Thank you.

Well I'm 2 videos in and from my limited experience you have a very clear, concise way of illustrating Iaido fundamentals. I am a student of Ninjutsu and we have to learn some kenjutsu (mostly from Kukishin Ryu I believe) and so with the lockdown I decided to take Iaido as well to supplement/boost my training in Budo...and it was a great idea!!! Iaido is a very, very deep art from the couple of months I've been studying it and seems like it will give me goals for a lifetime. I highly recommend it to people, but it isn't for everyone. We study Muso Shinden Ryu and have some other Ryu-ha in there as well, I am not sure what Ryu you study as I'm a novice but your lessons seem universal and hit on what we as students need regardless of style. Thank you

Just started Iaido, I'm over 60. Fortunate to find an instructor who doesn't insist on my kneeling- my artificial knee courtesy of the Navy just doesn't permit seiza or tatehiza.

I woke up this morning and decided to get down on me knee and then back up to standing position, definitely not easy. After my morning coffee my first RU-vid video to pop-up is this perfect video, lol, and an excellent video to start with. Thank you. Now I begin my lesson getting into position, ahh, then back up. 🤓👍

Excellent lesson, highly detailed. Thank you!

This is great! Beautiful movements. I practice Korean sword forms as part of Tae Kwon Do. What I find different is that we quickly twist our un-drawn sword prior to drawing. We also move into a lunge position without our back knee touching the ground prior to putting our sword back into the holder (it's hard!). It's very interesting to see the different adaptations across the countries!

There is something truly enjoyable about your thick Boston accent talking about Iaido. Thanks for these awesome videos!

This is another very good video to practice with (I prefer standing) and thus is a very important fundamental practice at any level, thank you Senseii

Thanks so much! I’m learning this on my own and these videos are very helpful.

Nicely done!

Thank you so much for the BEAUTIFUL videos 🙂🙂 But def. volley ball kneepads helps a lot in seiza, you can use similar pads for the top of your feet too.

The fluid movement is impressive and important. My sensei had a walkthrough like a stop motion animation. It was less fluid, but it always caught the opponent off guard. It looked sloppy, but was effective against trained students. But, it was like calling in an outside party in wrestling. The way taught here is much more effective and requires less effort by the user. I realized I have been doing it wrong for over 20 years. Thank you for the lesson.

great lesson thx

Just discovered this channel, very informative

Tq for lesson 🙏

Thanks 👍🏼

Thank you so much for your teaching it was excellent I have a question for you bow to your katana is the sharp blade is it facing you opposite direction? When you are sitting ol standing? When you enter the dojo you should be holding your Katana on your left side if you hold on the right side you are asking for a fight is called respect carrying on the left side

Thank You !

Nice detail

Thank you for your teaching sensei when you're sitting when you're bowing to your katana which way is it facing?

Thank Sensei, Standing Mae is for me with my double TKR. Will you be making beginner standing waza’s only? Mae, what wax’s is next?

Great lesson, thank you very much. Would you be able to link me the video on the breathing and the varying speeds?

Nice wasa/ kata Where are you based? Sydney? Do you have dojo? Thanks

like all the other lessons very well explained. looks like my knees can deal with seiza mae but my toes aren't 😂 right foot toes no Problem but the left foot toes they won't bend enough. 😮 guess it takes a few weeks to make them more flexible wirh toe streching exercises 😅

A little off topic but everyone keeps telling me that if your hand touches the blade you should clean it and oil it so do you clean your sword after each time you perform Noto? I mean clean it at the end of that practice that day.

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What katana do you recommend that’s affordable but won’t fall apart?

What happens if your opponent isnt defeated after Chiburi?

Very helpful how may I contact you? Thank you

Hello from Canada. What is the weight of iaito you would recommend to someone 5'10"/160lb?

Im 46 and thinking of tharting Iaido but both my knees are shot, id love to see some of the standing techniques

slow medium fast can you send me a link please?

I want to do this so badly.

Is it mandatory to use those clothes ? Can we use a short or pants and a t-shirt? 🤔

Iaido trainee here. One thing I'll never understand is why do we learn to do so much stuff sitting or starting from a kneeling/resting position. Hardly ever you'll get in a fight where you have a katana right on your belt while sitting on the floor wearing a hakama (maybe at a comic-con or a halloween party). In all seriousness, not a single samurai ever sat down inside a building with their uchi katana on them, only the wakizashi if they ever had both swords. So, it's historically incorrect and not very practical, it just looks cool and makes you feel "ready" for battle even while sitting down, but there's almost no chance of that actually ever happening.