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Why Katana Were Shaved by Samurai

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Tachi is a long and well curved type of katana (nihon-tō) that was originally used on horseback during the era when samurai were fighting one-on-one battles. And the typical katana we imagine today are the shorter and less curved Uchi-katana that was used on foot, and I’m sure you’ve heard that these two types of katana are very different.
However, did you know that there are some uchi-katana that used to be tachi? When the styles of war changed from one-on-one fights on horses to group battles on foot, the mainstream sword changed from the long Tachi to the shorter Uchi-katana.
But samurai wouldn’t of course just throw away their Tachi because it can’t be used anymore. So many of them were shaved by the inner handle (nakago) to shorten them to a Uchi-katana or even shorter lengths.
By the way, I really love such katana called “磨り上げ Suriage” in Japanese. This is one that was sold at Tozando, my favorite katana shop in Kyoto, but you can see it is more curved and have a longer tip than a regular Uchi-katana. I’d love to ask this swordsmith to make me a katana someday.
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@LetsaskShogo Год назад

▼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?sca_ref=2893299.hcDMfLw4P2 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 ▼Where you can meet me in Kyoto, Japan | 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 ▼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▼ -5 MORE Real Katana Recommended by Kyoto's Best Sword Shop | Which One Did I Buy? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jjuhdz3hDTM.html -Where You Can Become an Apprentice of a Katana Swordsmith for a Day ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yGGZvQ5FEPw.html -You’ve Been Told Lies About What Katana Grooves are For ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OKj-qSg9TJw.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）

@justachievements1974 Месяц назад

❤

@jamestdc7485 Год назад

I heard uchigatana and my 4 remaining neurons pogged thinking about dark souls

@TheActualMrLink Год назад

Same, but with Elden Ring. Nothing beats the Highland Axe, though!

@xxx-ff9gw Год назад

FACTS

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

@badfoody Год назад

I know the Yari and Naginata were the primary weapons for foot soldiers. but why would the Samurai shave their Tachis? Isn't a longer weapon better? or was it too inconvenient to have as a side weapon.

@yofu3048 Год назад

Great video! huge Japanese sword enthusiast here, I LOVE the tachi style swords but the handachi koshirae is my absolute favorite! Because it’s a kind of mix of tachi/katana

@benevolentworldexploder5395 Год назад

That is pretty innovative how they modified the weapon to suit a newer form of battlefield.

@MasoTrumoi Год назад

so THAT'S what Uchi-Katana means! i was always curious about why Dark Souls and Elden Ring used that term.

@ynvch Год назад

There is a spaceship called Tachi (later, Rocinante) in The Expanse books and tv show. Now I know why.

@giannimortela7887 Год назад

I was losing my mind listening to the background music. this song belongs on billboard musical

@v3rycherrybomb Год назад

Right 😆

@tempeii Год назад

do you happen to know the title of the BGM song? It's so beautiful🥲

@giannimortela7887 Год назад

@@tempeii sadly, I don't.

@TheAngryAsianAnimations Год назад

I heard it was also because of the samurai fighting style. That since they mostly relied on giant pikes as weapons, they needed a sword that they can quickly draw in the event an enemy got past the pike point. It's also why the quick draw was so iconic to the katana. After an enemy gets past the tip of your pike, if you aren't fast enough on the draw, you die.

@tyrant1178 Год назад

Being a larger person, when learning kendo and kenjutsu. I personally fell in love with the tachi. However, after years of practice I moved onto the nodachi. I even met the great Norimitsu in Kibitsu. It was a humbling sight.

@Mamoru0Hasukage Год назад

I remember some people arguing it was the koshirae that made the distinction, but I feel like they have overlooked the Nakago being shortened aspect to go with it.

@akio_saito4877 Год назад

0:14 dude the green katana look so beatifull 🔥

@vyranlaise8356 Год назад

I also like to have a longer Katana too. Not to long maybe just a few more inches because of my height. If it's to long it won't be as fast, so the right size is extremely critical. What people are forgetting is that back in the Edo period the average size of people that used Katana's were smaller in height and weight to today's standards. People are only going to get taller. Till the average size is 5 feet 10 inchs. With the exception of some reaching over 6 feet tall. Where they will feel more comfortable using a longer Katana. Like myself and most of my friends. There are many styles of Katana's harmon and some have even been forgotten in time. I would love to give it a try using science along with other compounds mixed with the mud used to get the right patterns to pop out at you. Like in the 1600s styles. Thanks for sharing your video's and stories with us, also the information you give use is really appreciated. For some reason I feel my last life I was Japanese. Just because I know things that I shouldn't have a clue about. It just comes naturally to me. Well maybe someday I might really find out how I know theses things. Thanks again

@abhishekjain3148 Год назад

But you mentioned in one of your clips that sensei usually discourages having custom katana made because of humility and that it is the katana that chooses the wielder, not the other way around.

@velazquezarmouries Год назад

Uchigatana with tachi blades are beautiful

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

They absolutely are!

@velazquezarmouries Год назад

@@LetsaskShogo though i honestly prefer the transitional koshirae that keeps some features from the original tachi like the fuchi and a kabutogane instead of a kashira the and the metal fittings on the scabbard

@dominiclapinta8537 Год назад

In Vision fo Escaflowne, theain characters, can and Allen, used tachi, which I discovered later on was the type of sword, and I had thought that it was just a fantasy version if katana. And although the anime was fantasy, they had still incorporated different types of historical things throughout the show from different cultures and people's from history.

@TheActualMrLink Год назад

How on EARTH does a reaction image as SPECIFIC as man-casually-throwing-away-a-katana even E X I S T ? ! That one FLOORED me!

@Leman.Russ.6thLegion Год назад

I have a gendaito O-Katana made by Minamoto Moriyoshi. It's very curved and has a large Kisaki, and the cutting edge is 32"

@mikotagayuna8494 Год назад

This video was 20 minutes long...until Shogo shaved it.

@meindertverhulst2311 Год назад

It's fun that you made a video about Japanese history again.

@prepperskills7223 Год назад

There was a british cavalry sword that was ground shorter and re branded as an infantry sergeants saber. Early 1900's late 1800's

@unique_storm_777 Год назад

he said : tachi What I heard : ITACHI

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

Amaterasu!!!!

@JoseNunez-mo9zf Год назад

Wow that was a long sword so cool I swear I dream about katana every night Super cool❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️⚔️🤙🏻

@fakemoviesrealtrailers7737 Год назад

Tachi are nice, however som Suriage make me sad, knowing how great and massive these swords used to be, especially with Nagamaki and Odachi I just wish we had more un-shortened examples of those wonderful blades However I believe some suriage uchi-katana are still quite beautiful, but some of them sadden me.

@OssamabinKenny Год назад

I’ve heard Kamikoto used makes great Katanas for the past 800 years but nowadays they make kitchen knives. I have also heard that they are a bunch of scammers that have less to do with Japan than the Established Titles has to do with Scotland.

@erichusayn Год назад

Cool short. Always been a fan of the tachi. Have a replica of the Onimaru Kunitsuna blade with all blacked out koshirae in the works as I type. Can't wait for it to be done.

@iceteeize Год назад

This was so interesting and I wish I wouldn’t giggle every time you said “tachi” like the trash I am

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

😮

@Robint04 Год назад

That kimono 👘 is cold blooded.

@crazyirish1659 Год назад

I Hope You Get the Dream Katana for all the Information You're Sharing with Us!!!

@gameragodzilla Год назад

Interesting. IIRC in Europe, swords actually gradually got longer as time went on. Seems like it was the opposite with the Japanese.

@jamiehuff5407 Год назад

Thanks for the great history lesson 🥰

@ravenraeperfecto2414 Год назад

I'm in love of tachi sword in Japanese weapons

@timwhite5562 Год назад

Must have taken a bit of time to get used to the shorter one when they shaved them. Not just the shorter length, but also burying the tang deeper into the handle is going to completely shift the balance...

@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42 Год назад

My estonian plywood katana is terribly balanced Haha Well, it's actually just a nice display item and can cut rice crackers

@pek5117 Год назад

We weren't allowed to use metal or bladed swords in training, it was more like a bokken.

@noahporter8471 Год назад

Hey Shogo! Always love seeing your videos for what kimono you decide to wear. Always so cool. If I may ask, do you purchase them online or at a store in Japan?

@KurisuchanRuisu Год назад

In my country there is a store that sell katana...it cost rm2000 which is 500USD...i hope I can purchase it someday

@anderssorenson9998 Год назад

Are you sure it wasn't just analogue of a cavalry saber? Sure cavalry men could fight man on man, but a saber is devastating when used against ground troops.

@q_tfiaw Год назад

Shogo san, please make a video about the game Touken Ranbu someday. Love your content btw! 💕

@myprincessaditi1965 Год назад

Wow i don't know about it thanks for sharing your information

@addictedtoblades2 Год назад

Thanks for sharing 👍

@ZommBleed Год назад

Do you have any videos explaining katana ownership laws in Japan? It was my understanding that this was illegal since the end if WWII.

@cristsan4171 Год назад

Wait for 40 more years. You can never afford it until then. It took them that long to forge one proper legendary class master class legendary piece. Guns and bullets on the other hand are extremely different. Ready made are ready to use.

@kevinmao148 Год назад

Is there a proper term for these kinds of katana called "Handachi （半太刀）"?

@Will-bo7kg Год назад

Reduce, reuse and recycle

@1982pros Год назад

Don't follow the red line, when you describe diffrens between uchi and tachi, and shaving length. 🙄

@Manudyne Год назад

Average dark moon buffed uchigatana fan: 🤓 Average chaos zweihander enjoyer: 🗿

@theconfederacyofindependen7268 Год назад

European Calvary is different, they use Sabres heck, even guns like the Winchester Gun

@themeditatingdog6402 Год назад

And here I thought this video was going to be about the morning routine of a Katana... But as always, very informative Shogo.

@NachtKaiser666 Год назад

Wasn't the cutting side on the other side on a tachi or I misremember this?

@W4ABN Год назад

Just curious, are swords generally a standard size or can the size change depending on users height? Or is it just a users preference?

@DillyBobBanana Месяц назад

As someone with little knowledge on the subject I thought more reach would still be beneficial on foot? was the length a weakness in terms of speed or weight? Or is there another reason to shorten the length of the blade that I am unaware of?

@nightwinglopez Год назад

To be completely honest with you first things I thought of when I heard Tachi and Uchi was Itachi and Uchiha from Naruto 🍥

@iivin4233 Год назад

I need some evidence that one on one fights were the norm. Was this in a competition context? Were these duels? Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

Please check out my video where I explained in detail about the Mongolian invasion in Japanese history! I talked about how samurai fought one on one😊

@iivin4233 Год назад

@@LetsaskShogo OH I missed that vid. Thank you! It was a difficult time in history but also a stylish one.

@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 Год назад

It's not about the size. It's how you use it.

@rolandpachuau5402 Год назад

The longer the better

@medhahita1498 Год назад

Can you do katana review on Bleach and any other anime that use katana as their weapons? Samurai Champloo, Gintama, K Project etc

@ozzy9410 Год назад

proclaims that katana chooses their own master, also says that they would like to have their own custom katana. doesn’t eleborate

@Mr.Scootini Год назад

Did katana or anything else have curved hilts? Seems like it might have been useful.

@sonicsfurrycock Год назад

Very cool

@dianalindeman1644 Год назад

Educational!

@sherwindispo691 Год назад

Will you be in trouble if you have a tattoo like the Yakuza?

@shaneself2831 Год назад

I love your info on swords howcan I get to talk to you if I may ask

@SomeGuy-gc8zs Год назад

Repurposing old tools. Tale as old as time. Modern militaries even still do it- NATO militaries have upgraded their old battle rifles for use in a new capacity as weapons for designated marksmen, or modified them to be general purpose machine guns, and the Canadian military in particular kept Lee Enfield rifles in continuous use for over 100 years.

@zerozerotoo3593 Год назад

i wonder how they use tachi on horseback, did they use is like a Lance in western ?🤔

@SyegerTubs Год назад

in game Kenshi there is more useful sword - naginata or nodati

@Amadeo790 Год назад

Why would they throw away the Katana? Couldn’t they smelt and reshape the blade to the preferred size? Was it that hard and costly to do that back then?

@IScream_Truck Год назад

That's not how smithing works. Once a blade is hardened, it can't be reforged.

@Amadeo790 Год назад

@@IScream_Truck ah, my bad then.

@futurelink1638 Год назад

hey shogo did you ever compare them while doing a kata? i guess they would feel quite a bit different

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

Oh I’ve never done that before! I’d love to try someday😊

@osmacar5331 Год назад

A blacksmith could make one easily.

@neuro1996 Год назад

Im planning on getting zoro katana set but will have to do some insane practice to handle it and swing around with 3 heavy swords

@FFXI_Addict Год назад

Get a broom and sweep up a public area. A large one. It will build proper muscles. Serve your community like a real samurai did.

@neuro1996 Год назад

@@FFXI_Addict ahhh I don't care about the community? Im not planning to clean after others. I would do myself a favor and go to the gym.

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Год назад

I'm not totally ignorant about Japanese swords but one thing that I'm puzzled by. I hear people say tachi means sword, but also hear people say katana means sword. So is it translation thing or do they really have the same meaning?

@From_Mint_land Год назад

where can I buy a low budget kata

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

minikatana.com/SHOGO tozandoshop.com?sca_ref=2893299.hcDMfLw4P2 You can check out these websites for me!

@user-yt1jq1nx5p Год назад

How much is a Katana?

@Narutosleftnut Год назад

Why do these katana names sound like names from Naruto like Uchi-katana which sounds like Uchiha and Tachi which sounds like Itachi? Did the creators make that on purpose?

@hanoli7933 Год назад

Tachi *are the better katana* 👁👄👁

@tonyhines836 Год назад

I'm ninja guy ! What was the Ninja swords

@hachimanjiro Год назад

Tsurugi?

@0nullnil Год назад

Shaved katana shaved katana

@wolfphantomanimations_official Год назад

Wow

@Alisonsgachaverse Год назад

OMG HE DIDN'T MENTION EDO PERIOD

@LetsaskShogo Год назад

😏

@Alisonsgachaverse Год назад

@@LetsaskShogo I didn't see you say the word "Edo" anywhere in this video

@Berserkerbaboen Год назад

I don't understand 'shaved'. Like a beard? Why not just sledge off 70 cm of the tip? EL HORROR!! :)

@FFXI_Addict Год назад

The cutting edge has been refined more than the softer tang. Shaving the edge means having to sharpen and polish it again from nothing. It's better to remove length from the tang.

@w1ldruss1an Год назад

Hello, i am a swordsmith. I could hand craft you a blade, but only by 2024. Im very busy this year but by the next year i can hand craft you a excellent blade. I hope for a reply.