Meet the Modern-day Miyamoto Musashi | Where You Can See Shogo in Kyoto 

▼Yushinkan Samurai Experience with Modern-day Musashi▼ A 90-minute experience in Japan where beginners can learn how to wield, draw, sheath, and swing the katana from the modern-day Musashi! I, Shogo, will be your interpreter to lead you into the wonderful world of samurai martial arts! Make your reservation here: www.airbnb.com/experiences/4577764?locale=en A video of me visiting this experience: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MqBCAC42zAM.html ▼Please support me through Ko-fi (a donation platform like Patreon)▼ ko-fi.com/letsaskshogo ▼Let's ask Shogo Merchandise Shop▼ Where you can buy t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, etc. of cute Ukiyoe animal characters and logos of Let’s ask Shogo: suzuri.jp/lets_ask_shogo ▼The BEST online katana shop for martial arts (Iaido, Kendo, etc.): Tozando▼ tozandoshop.com/letsaskshogo Everything I use for my katana training is bought at this shop! I still use the first training katana I bought in 2016, and it is still in good shape! ▼The recommended online katana shop for decorations and cosplay: Mini Katana▼ minikatana.com/SHOGO *Get 15% OFF off all their products by purchasing through my affiliate link ▼Who is Shogo? What is this channel about?▼ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nhEamHfzyyg.html ▼Related videos on this channel▼ -Chopping Up Mats with Katana in Real Samurai Armor at a Dojo in Kyoto, Japan ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MqBCAC42zAM.html -6 Real KATANA Recommended by Kyoto’s Iaido Dojo | The Very First Real Katana of My Life ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LD2uNPbJrko.html -A Day in the Training of Katana Trainees Preparing for a Mat Cutting Competition ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-azhJOBnVrLU.html ▼MY DREAM▼ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EgowIV_kagA.html “To make every Japan lovers’ dream come true, by making Japan a more secure, comfortable, and safer place for everyone to visit, study, and live in” I will be using the profit I gain from this channel at restaurants, hotels, and cultural facilities in Kyoto to introduce them. The more you watch the videos on this channel, Kyoto and Japan will become a more exciting place, and you can support your own and others’ dreams in the future even more. ▼Join our Membership▼ ru-vid.com/show-UCn7DCb9ttrcw9h3vh9dfnVwjoin The ticket to the front row seats to Shogo's rapid adventure to make his dream come true! Through the videos, lives, and zoom chats your ideas and opinions will be adopted for Shogo to make the right decisions for his challenges! ●Membership benefits -Limited behind-the-scene videos -Weekly Zoom call or live stream -Priority reply to comments ▼Sub-channel: “Shogo’s Podcast”▼ ru-vid.com/show-UCZAe1VayWxp5NLO4Net78DA ▼Instagram▼ instagram.com/lets_ask_shogo/ *Please ask me questions through the DM here!（⚠I do not use e-mail）

I practice JKD and MMA, and Musashi's Book of Five Rings has been a huge help with my martial arts and weapons training. I see "Musashi" and I click!

Thanks to Yushin Sensei, Shogo and all the team. I had a fantastic experience recently on 5 April this year. Very professional, and friendly.

Congratulations! I defiantly want visit if i come to Japan one day.

I am so very grateful to be studying iaido. I " stumbled upon it" 3 years ago in a small dojo tucked away in my home town of Schenectady New York. I may never experience going to Kyoto, but I share some of the pure pleasure of training with an iaito and delving into the culture it represents. I deeply appreciate the sacrifices and devotion those who have brought this sword art across the globe, even to towns like mine. It is pure joy to train ! I support you in your vision, Shogo!

Just booked my tickets hotel and the dojo! I just started practicing Iaido again at a local dojo too! I’m very excited!

Joined this experience 2 weeks ago, it was super fun and I really wanted to commit more time to learning the art! Looking forward for my next visit!

Congrats! Best of luck in your new adventure.

Omg , i know where i MUST go if i ever travel to Japan , so cooool!!

We gonna travel to Japan soon and i saw this by chance on airbnb and immediately booked an appointment for my husband 💙 looking forward to it

Great experience.. I will visit Japan soon , and I will go this place.. サウジアラビアから ありがとう..

Such a fun experience. Going back as soon as we can.

I would be honored to learn iaido

Come to start in Malaysia. And thank you so much for sharing, such a wonderful video to watch and learn from.

looking forward to doing it one day! the sensei totally looks cool and mad skills man.

modern day miyamoto a pretty bold statement just saying

Officially a must visit now

IM PLANNING A TRIP TO JAPAN FOR MY 65th BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR , IM GOING ALONE ,LOOKING TO STAY AT A CAPSULE HOTELS, IN TOKYO AND IN KYOTO I M LOOKING FORWARD ON DOING YOUR SAMURAI EXPERIENCE, AND MEETING YOU AND YOUR INSTRUCTOR ,ANY INFO WILL BE APPRECIATED. OSU !👊🙏🥋⛩

That would be a dream experience!

Congratulations, Shogo.

Congratulations Shogo-San - I know that you’ll be the right person for the job! 😊

I hope to meet you all one day! Or if you guys come to Hawaii ill glady be tour guide

If you ever come to Dillon South Carolina in the US I would love to be your first student and we will push all information about the dojo and advertisement about the dojo will be free courtesy of the Kushite Selassie RU-vid channel

Ohhh ;) I planned to see the samurai experience for next summer. Even more cool, if I would run to you, since you make amazing videos. I am used to western swordsmanship, but I am really interested in the japanese medieval times, since it is such a great inspiration. Just started Musashi by E. Yoshikawa and already read the book of the five rings :)

1:48 so he was kinda like the japanese equivalant of Ip Man whom developed his own style of wing chun and whom also trained bruce lee

Hey Shogo... THANKS,. :)

Very cool!!

Thank you!

I will see you in November 👍🏼

Well I’ll be seeing you April 7th then!

I hope you achieve your dream, and I hope to see you there one day.

This is great. Just did the experience at the beginning of june. Definetively worth the time and every penny. Anyone who visits Kyoto...make sure to go there, esp. if you're interessted in martial arts. Are you staying in Japan for longer? (job? Study?)...you should ask if you can join the dojo! What better way to connect to people and learn the lingo then such activities??

Awesome 🎉 I’d love to visit Japan someday

Looking so much to experience this when I am back in Kyoto next year!

Awesome❤❤❤❤❤⚔️✌️

I would Love to become a Student 😍 please come to Austria 😃

Cool. I would love to visit the Yushinkan Samurai Experience when I decide to make a trip to Japan.

This is sooo interesting and cool! Thanks so much for these videos! 😍

Hey Shogo, congratulations on this step towards your dream! Since you mentioned expanding internationally, I would love if you ever visited Brazil (the second largest japanese population, last only to Japan itself) to compare what is taught as 'japanese culture' over here. My intuition is that it probably resembles early 1900's Japan, because it was around that time the majority of japanese people emigrated from japan to Brazil and estabilished communities.

Shogo: so glad you are utilising full range of skills to keep enjoying & promoting activities you love. 💌💖

Sweet

Congratulations in your new endeavor. Much success to all of you.

My family will be traveling to Japan for the first time in Mid/Late March, and will be in Kyoto for a few days. Would love to meet you and take part in this experience. I have 2 boys (8 and 11ys). Would they be able to take part, or is this only for adults? Thank you for all your wonderful videos!

👍🙏

I already wanted to make it a priority to run into you if I ever managed to visit Kyoto. Now I know the way. Nice work, Shogo! Really excited about this!

definitely an interesting experience. if i one day travel i hope i remember this place.

Someone buy me a ticket to Kyoto!

I was given the name Musashi by my parents. Unfortunately iaido schools, which I'm more interested than kendo, are few and far between in my area.

As someone who loves the ancient and medieval Japanese culture and history, I always loved the techniques of multiple martial arts and weaponry training, I however do not know how to use a katana or any Japanese weaponry, this facility looks awesome and I am glad you are working at a place you love

Can we wear an armor again?

Going to train here is definitely on my list. 👍

This is amazing, I've always been interested in Japanese culture, especially in samurai and shinobi and I've always wanted to learn more about Musashi's Niten Ichi Riyu or "The Way of the Two Heavens", his twin sword weilding style. I've somewhat mentally trained myself in it. And in fact, just today I received his Book of the Five Rings, I idolize Musashi both as a skilled warrior and a philosopher. Philosophy and warfare, a shame these two have become so distant since the times of Sun Tzu and Miyamoto Musashi. Much love from America to Japan and the rest of the world, may the Gods smile upon you.

I would like to learn more about it. How can I be apart of this?

Hello Shogo l. My wife and I will be travelling to Kyoto for the end of July and really want to do this experience. We will be on a cruise ship. How far is this dojo from the cruise ship harbour. How could we get to you?

Wonderful news! I look forward to training under you all one day. 💙

Can you please do a video about Bosozoku?

Congratulations Shogo-san! Looking forward to visit someday, after I finish university and move to Japan!

Dear Shogo, please consider the following question: how long should be the nakago compared to the tsuka?

Can I ask how much does usually this samurai experience cost?

if you ever get to do your dream job and going international, belgium has not many schools with the sword, and little to none that i know of at the west end

Looks like he is using muscle, better training to everyone. Peace

@letsaskshogo what style of Iaido do you practice?

😁

Hi, Thanks for the idea of a fun thing to do when I’m in Kyoto this year (hopefully ) I already train mugai-ryu iaido in Portugal so would be interested to see the differences between the ryuha

I just took this class with Shogo & sensei today! It was an awesome experience that was interactive, fun, and very informative. Thank you for a great time and unforgettable memory in Kyoto. Cheers from NYC! Until next time 🙏🏽

Hello Shogo! Any idea how much wealth a samurai would need to purchase and maintain a Katana back around the edo or sengoku period? As I learn more about japanese swordsmanship, this is something that sprung to mind recently. Thank you!

Hello Shogo, I was wondering if I can purchase Katana from 勇進館? If I could, how to contact the owner, or just contact you.

@Letsaskshogo hello Friend can you help me choosing one of the Ryus in Seki Sensei page.

Merry Christmas, I just got my first katana and I wanted to know if running a ceiling fan is bad for the katana at all it is 1060 carbon steel and is displayed on a wall(blade facing up, saya on), and I wanted to know if that will cause it to degrade or hurt the blade?

I too hope to visit Kyoto one day and perhaps meet with you Shogo! I also want to visit Fushimi Inari Shrine one day!!

My video game charater

i may be too poor to go to japan, but every time i see this man's glorious smile, my day gets infinitely better

It is a privledge to share your dreams pursuit! Would love to get to have that experience. 😁 I already have a small piggy bank for my trip to Japan for all these amazing cultural experiences: food, sports and daily life! Thank you for your teachings!

Thank Shogo-san. i guess i know the next place to enroll and learn kenjutsu if i move to Japan.

They samurai acadamy again

Hello Shogo, Would you happen to know of any Kenjutsu schools in Tokyo (Akasaka)? Thank You!

I am defs doing this next year when i come to Japan!!!!!

what are best length katana and wakizashi?

Excellent!👍❤️

Ooo thank you for sharing this with us! Also Shogo, I just saw that you lived in Michigan for 6 years. I have lived here all my life so I found that pretty neat! Would love a video just about the time that you spent here and what you thought about it all (:

Sir Shogo Yamaguchi you are my favorite hero and I love your role of Narukami kenji.(Ryukendo) Huge fan from bottom of my heart. From India 🇮🇳 ♥️

After training in Ninjutsu, practicing the discipline of steel, the katana is the ideal complement to the mental and physical strengthening of the apprentice, thank you sensei Shogo for this spectacular video.I love Japan🇯🇵

Prueba de que los chilenos estamos en tos laos

Is there any sparring in the style you practice? And if not, why?

A sword for each hand , a stick, or no sword at all ...

Wait what 😮 A real dojo that teach you how to properly wield a sword. This is amazing. Do they have braches in Kanto area? And is the law prohibiting people to carry sword on the street (the meiji era law) still active today? 😅

Very Kool! I hope to send my [adult] daughters next year. How much martial arts training does one have to have to participate in these workshops?

Hmmmm......

What's your email address? I tried to leave some information ( health data,) in your comment section, but someone removed it.

What experience did you have before with this style shogo?

00:36 I know these tourists are noobs but please train them better. It hurts to see them do that.

yooooo

He said samurai*s*. Samurai cannot be pluralized with S. I'm sure

no sparring??

When you make a dojo of your own, you have to grow a wise beard to stroke while watching your students - dont forget!

Why not "Modern-day Yagyu Munenori" given the roots of Yushin-Ryu? "Modern-day Miyamoto Musashi" seems somewhat disingenuous/disrespectful to the lineage.

Does Yushinkan engage in sparring? How many kenjutsu (not kendo) gekken/gekiken matches has he won against masters of other styles? It's fine that he can cut a standing target with two blades. Great. But is that enough to call him a "modern day Musashi"? Who gave him this dubious title? Himself? You, Shogo? Such boasting is not becoming of a kenjutsu sensei, especially if there is nothing to make the comparison substantial.

Please talk English