very good video! thanks for posting. if i may ask, what is the name of master kuroda's particular school of swordsmanship? in all my kenjutsu youtube travels i've never seen anything quite like it.
To say the least. I tried to figure out some of the stuff he shows here and not as easy as it looks. Having no tension in his feet I get as we walk similarly in bujinkan but the rest makes the mind boggle. The host talks of chi but it looks like taijutsu to me :)
This movement is designed not to be seen, hence it is not possible to see how things are actually done. What you "see" is not done in the paradigm that it looks like.
i think run mindlessly swinging the sword all around is more effective i mean... if you dont know what u are doing your opponent dont know what you are doing sooooo.. yeah
its not staged, meet kuroda sensei himself, train a day with him and you will experience it yourself. If..... you can even fathom it then because you will be blown away because this guy started at age 5, this video is from 2012 so he is 62 here. His family practiced this for over 450 years and passed on from father to son. Can't "youtube tutorial" those skills dude. I've seen some amazing things in dojo's, and this is not even the most weirdest/magical/fastest stuff.
Said the "expert" behind the computer who had never really experienced this sort of work firsthand, or even seen it done in person, and really had no business at all commenting on it...
@The Sleeping Giant - I agree. There is a lot of bullshittery out there in the martial arts trade. His sword skills seem okay to possibly even good, but......that finger shit is not practical.
