Why Japan Decided to Preserve Ancient Martial Arts that are Impractical Today
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2024
- Today, Japanese BUDO martial arts are trained all over the world. You too might be currently training in or have trained in Karate, Kendo, or Judo etc. yourself.
The Japanese martial arts that have become mainstream today are called "gendai-budo," and the former arts are called "ko-bujutsu," which are various methods of using weapons and fighting techniques that were practiced by samurai.
However, even though ko-bujutsu and gendai-budo have the same roots,
if you unravel their history, you will find that they differ greatly in content and purpose.
So today, as a Japanese budoka living in Kyoto, I will explain about the history of ko-bujutsu in Japan and the 9 main kinds of skills. I will also talk about how gendai-budo was born from ko-bujutsu and the 9 martial arts included, as well as their differences.
At the end of the video there is a really important message that I want to share through today’s topic, so I hope you can enjoy this video till the end.
For those of you who are currently practicing gendai-budo, I believe learning about ko-bujutsu will help you to deepen your understanding of Japanese martial arts in general.
If you are training in either ko-bujutsu or gendai-budo, please let me know in the comments what you train and why!
●Japan Kobudo Association Official Website
www.nihonkobudokyoukai.org/
●Japan Kobudo Promotion Society
kobushin.jp/
●Gendai Budo Nippon Budokan
www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/english
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0:00 Let's START!
2:16 The History of Ko-bujutsu
7:41 How Gendai-budo was Born
11:10 The Differences Between Kobujutsu & Gendai-budo
12:48 Today's Conclusion
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Many years ago, when I was a young infantry officer, one of my soldiers married a woman who had come to Canada from Japan. After her mother passed away, her father came to live with them. He wanted to start a karate dojo. Everyone of the soldiers in my platoon joined the dojo.
It gave me the opportunity to have a structured environment in which to build working relationships with my soldiers that made me a much better officer and leader.
Did it give me practical combat skills? Any martial art will teach you about the capabilities and limitations of your body. This knowledge can be applied in combat, but more importantly it can be applied to enrich all aspects of your life.
@MINISTER MOTOVLOGS Thank you for your reply.
I believe this comment is one of the most well said examples of how martial arts should be viewed. Very inspiring!
As someone who train bits and pieces of different martial arts, in my own opinion, each different art holds the history, experience, and story of the region that they originated from.
Well my dad used to go for taekwondo and but idk what belt he ended up with but luckily did know what techniques he was thought with.
sound like you learn to learn not for fitness. thats nice, for most situations its needed to react with one muscle, the brain.
Something my step dad always stresses, “Your fists are a powerful weapon, until someone pulls out a gun”
(My stepdad has taught martial arts for almost 30 years btw)
@@ronbird121 For me it's fun to learn new techniques then experience the adrenaline rush when I finally manage to execute it. [:
@@anactualalpaca7016 You stepdad is right. A punch is a quite powerful surprise weapon. As long as someone pull a gun out on you they're no longer surprised.
A martial art is not just about how to take out an opponent most effectively. They are as much about culture, mental discipline and physical fitness as anything else. This is true in most of the surviving martial arts today.
Yes - I completely agree 👍
I agree too. Killing your enemies is martial science. Art is totally different.
No. Martial arts are about competition, strength and power
@@draco_1876 yes well it's both
@@draco_1876 I assume you are just joking since 1) not all martial arts are about competing (and some that do them have no such intention) 2)I actually mentioned physical fitness.
But then maybe you come from Cobra 🐍 Kai Karate . (Reference to the Karate Kid movies and Series)
As a Goju-ryu karateka, I have to say that for me, the beauty of (most) Budo/Bushido disciplines is that you can start it as a sport (let's say in your childhood or young years), progress to self-defense in your mature age, and they could become your way of life eventually.
Btw. Jesse Enkamp (a.k.a. the Karate Nerd) has a very nice definition of the difference between the "jutsu" and "do". As you have said, the difference is the goal: in "jutsu" it is the self-protection, whereas in "do" it's self-perfection.
Dude you teach better than my Japanese History 101 lecturer during my uni period. Kudos to you, hope you can get to 1mil subs real soon! Cheers
I’m a big martial arts enthusiast, so, I’m always glad to see videos like this, where the history and mindsets of martial arts are given to us in detail.
I train in Kyokushin Karate (also trained in some Aiki Jujutsu on the side), which I assume is Gendai Budo. I started it because I wanted to fight like my favorite character from Street Fighter, Ryu, but overtime, I developed an appreciation for the training, techniques, and the mindsets behind it, and I can’t see how my life would’ve been if I took any other path. Also, I really love striking.
Personally, I would’ve loved to learn other martial arts, such as the ones mentioned here like Taijutsu. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I can make the time.
Loved the differentiation between Kobujutsu and Gendai Budo, as well as the breakdown of “Jutsu” and “Do”. From what I understand, they’re like Yin and Yang, Do being Yin, and Jutsu being Yang, so both mindsets should be held in equal importance when training in martial arts…but, that’s just my interpretation.
I appreciate your work, Shogo.
I am currently practising Kenjutsu (started 2 years ago) and started it because of my interest in swordsmanship. I must say, that I really like it and the people in my dojo are very friendly. The only thing that I am missing is the practical application (sparring) but I knew that before starting.
If you have any HEMA clubs near you, you might be able to spar with them. My club which does mostly longsword often hosts open hall sessions where people from any other club can come down and spar
@@thomastucker7317 if i may ask, how to train / study HEMA if there's no club around you? At least the most rudimentary drill/kata without sparring
@@thomastucker7317 I do have a HEMA club nearby, but due to time constraints that is not really a possibility for me right now. But thank you for the answer, I never considered that as a possibility.
Hema is larping with no purpose.
Learn a true skill from a live tradition.
@@Bb5y If you take it at its literal definition, all martial practice is larping. And it has a very obvious purpose that it makes very clear, revival of dead martial arts. So neither of your first points land.
And what live tradition do you practice?
Thanks for this video. I feel that since the rise of MMA there has been a narrative of dismissing Asian martial arts as 'impractical'. When you participate in the artforms, you learn that hurting people is one of the lower priorities of the art. Many of these traditions are dedicated to educating self-control, restraint, self awareness, selflessness, humility and the passing of an ancestral way of being. People engage in them for the education of body and mind for life, rather than the specific act of winning fights.
Some parts of Asian martial arts are practical, but learning just one type, particularly the demo stuff, is not. Similarly, just a boxing education is too little to make a fighter.
You're talking about an adaptation from edo period which focused more into spirituality, self development, etc. But if you look at pre edo school, the purpose is clearly to hurt and even kill the opponent. Not even to mention some techniques in some schools were clearly made for assassination (for example, stabbing the opponent while you're serving him drink or food).
@@Hachizukatenzo That's still there, but if you're a student studying with a master the level of emphasis in learning respect is equal to the actual combat if not more. I'm not an expert on Japanese culture but I'm willing to say this isn't something that's new or exclusive to the Edo period and after because how how common it in other asian artforms. The 'bushido' style honor based teachings are likely very new, but respect/humility aspects are engrained from a much earlier point
@@Hachizukatenzo bro pre edo martial arts were literally just wrestling/takedowns
@@draco_1876 why are you talking about pre edo "wrestling"? actual jujutsu schools were rare before Edo since most schools were generalist ones (meaning you learned both armed and unarmed combat). Look at schools anterior to edo era like Takenouchi ryu or even Katori Shinto ryu and tell me if their unarmed techniques are just "wrestling/takedown".
This was definitely your best video so far. You definitely were spot on with the differences in the philosophies, so I hope that more potential practitioners watch this video so that they can truly see the differences.
Finally, someone who explains this very important aspect! Great work! People should be able to differentiate what koryu and gendai budo mean, so that they may choose WHY they should choose to follow a martial art :) The only thing that I would add is that there were martial traditions that were led by famous masters even before the Sengoku Jidai. And they involved swordplay, sojutsu and jujutsu while, becoming ryuha even before and especially in that period. Taisha Shinkage Ryu, Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, Onoha Itto Ryu are some examples, all descending from the ancient Kage Ryu, which if I am not mistaken, dates from somewhere in the 14th century. Shogo San, could you please develop around this aspect? Thank you for the insightful and well done videos!! Keep up the great work!
I practiced Aikido from the age of 14 to 21 and only stopped because I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. We did some Judo and Bojutsu as well. They were incredibly fun, helped developed my self-confidence and critical thinking skills, and helped me deal with the anger I was having problems with. I went from being mostly introverted to being mostly extroverted. I've only used Aikido once and felt guilty about it afterward, like I let down my sensei because I didn't deescalate the situation. It's been 20 years since then, and I'm still grateful for that time in my life. I don't know if I would have achieved what I've achieved without the training I went through.
I've trained in shito-ryu karate and developed basics that way. Now I train in various striking styles but maintain my karate base. I'm basically just adding to my repertoire.
Today's martial arts are historically different from their origin for one major reason:
Back then martial arts were the difference between life and death where as today is mostly about fitness and some self defense.
This is gold! Domo arigato 🙏
Great video!!!! I practice both a koryu and modern jujutsu. The koryu jujutsu (Sosuishitsu Ryu Ju Jutsu) was used to form the modern version (Fuji Ryu Ju Jutsu) that we practice. We train traditionally but with the understanding that everything taught also has a martial purpose. My sword instructor had a saying when it came to martial arts training "either you're a tea drinker (do) or a fighter (jutsu)/self-defense practitioner". I guess as long as the art you train in matches why you are training you're ok.
I started in Aikido but was quickly drawn to Aikijujutsu. As stated in the video, the overt sufarce goal is different and the focus far more on combat.
How are the classes structured? Is there sparring? Most of the aikijujutsu I've seen just looks like crappy judo without randori with some aikido locks thrown in and static practicing of techniques.
@@user-nb8dm1gz2t sparing used to be part of most, if not, all samurai jujitsu schools but that was back when severe injuries and deaths were allowed and commonly happened. You make jujitsu safe enough for modern sparing and you have judo.
@@user-nb8dm1gz2t Assuming Aikijujutsu is referring to Daito-ryu, the practice is mainly kata based. Supplemental practices will vary from dojo to dojo, however.
@@jjs3890 True to some extent, but I get the sense things are getting mixed up here. It seems you might be referring to dojo busting or individuals going to challenge dojos on their own turfs as part of a musha shugyo practice. This was not how standard practice went, to my knowledge.
Japanese practitioners did wrestle, of course, but they were still pragmatic nonetheless. Things may have been rougher in the past, but it was understood that injuries (especially serious ones) are counter-productive. I suspect it's partially why kata practice was still used regardless of whether a specific dojo or tradition also used gekiken/randori/etc as part of their practice. There are certain things you can't really practice in a pure sparring or competitive context.
Thank you for this video! Hello Shogo and the youtube family. As a practitioner of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu ((天真正伝香取神道流), this video hit home and even taught me a thing or two. I wanted to train in such an ancient style because I wanted to learn a manner that was traditional and seeded in history and beliefs. I actually have many reasons I wanted such a style (including love for Iaijutsu/Battoujutsu), but ancient history made me like the style. This is very important to me. The traditional beliefs, the strength in tradition, and personal views have made my koryu very important to me.
Nice video, clear and instructive. Thank you!
Doumo arigato gozaimas, for teaching us japanese culture i am grateful that i have seen this channel😄, all the way from the philippines🇵🇭 gambatte🙂
Always love how informative your videos are. This one in particular makes me want to take up Karatedo (I think that's the correct nomenclature) again, but I don't have time in the day sadly
I train in Shitoryu Karatedo......it has given me much in terms of discipline and confidence throughout my life. Thank you for this video. The many types of Japanese Martial Arts will never disappear
I currently practice both. I mainly practice Gendai Budo aka a Kyokushin Karate offshoot and for the past three months I've been practicing Taditional Jujitsu. Gotta say I still find the Jujitsu that I'm learning relevant in expanding a lot of my striking while I'm learning basic grappling as well. I'm very much enjoying them both a lot and hope I can still afford practice both. Especially since the place I train in Jujitsu will also teach me Jodo in time.
TBH I don't think martial arts is too useful in experienced combat. Specific skills learned from certain martial arts are pretty useful, which is probably why Mixed Martial Arts is probably the most effective.
I guess, in combat, all you need/want is overcome your enemy as fast and efficiently as possible before your enemy do that to you. In that context, culture, tradition, self-perfectioning, mind/body union and discipline of the soul are useless. If you have a gun, and can avoid body to body combat, even more so.
That's why drone/robot attacks are the present of armed conflict. In the near future, every kind of martial art could be considered useless.
In an actual combat context.
Thank you very much for the excellent explanation!🙇🏻
Awesome video, Shogo! Being a former Shotokan karateka, there was a lot more of Japanese martial arts history I never knew! Arigato!
I practice Kendo, but my parents see it as something useless and ridiculous, even of that i still like it, and like to practice it.
Thank you for this video. Your explanation of the difference between the two is the clearest I have ever heard. I really appreciate the videos that you do to enlighten me and others to Japanese culture. Would you be so kind as to go into further detail about what is practiced in Budo schools besides just the martial techniques?
Thanks Shogo for this video. Your explanations are very clear.
Love the history of this, thx for the vid
Though this is quite late to reply, I had the wonderful experience of learning Kyudo (Japanese-style archery) for several years in the Midwestern United States! People in the US aren't usually aware of this incredible martial art and I was lucky enough to be part of a cultural festival where the local team held an exhibition. I had always enjoyed Western-style archery but the calm, careful, methodical rituals that accompanied every shot of the bow gave me a new way to see a skill that I had previously just seen a bit like playing darts- closer to the center means more points and I win! As I trained in Kyuudo, I developed a new understanding of and appreciation for the act of *taking my time* and doing things carefully and well rather than quickly. It was very difficult for me as I do not fit the "body type" typical of most people that practice and my sensei and I had to be quite inventive to figure out ways to make things work for me! I eventually had to leave the team due to moving out of the area but I am keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be able to find another chapter in my new home!
kobujutsu, despite the notable difference in purpose, are often seen practiced in an impractical way through ritualized forms and lacking pressure testing.
in fact, gendai budo like judo might actually be more functional in self-defence than old jujutsu practiced today.
love to see your thoughts on it!
thanks for the video!
"often seen practiced in an impractical way through ritualized forms and lacking pressure testing" - an 'impractical way' is a subjective assessment; how do you know they are 'practiced in an impractical way'? By what standard do you assess practicality? Are you certain that just because you 'saw' ritualised forms.. that this is the only training done? How should fatal techniques be 'pressure tested'?. Not speaking directly to you, these are just my thoughts when I hear comments like this.
I guess the problem is that 1. Dangerous techniques are not really able to be pressure tested
2. Often times the Equipment also limits pressure testing
I do kendo for example on a reasonable level. In order to compete properly you must be very fit and you need to apply your technique against resistance.
If you train other japanese sword arts it can be near impossible to become anything close to a fighter as pushing other Equipment and techniques in these arts can lead to serious injury.
Another way to express it... in a real sword fight between a kendoka and a kenjutsu practitioner, is it the person who trained with real swords but no sparring, or the one who uses bamboo shinai against resisting opponents who has the edge?
hiii thank you very much shogo,i practise at one side daito-ryu aikijujutsu who is an ko bujutsu and on the other side naginata and jukendo and i love them all ,i feel they complimate all of them together
Excellent video as always, Shogo!
I train in Goju-ryu and Matayoshi Kobudo (and kendo for a little while in university), and I really enjoy discussions like this since it makes me think about what the purpose of my training is. Something my sensei in Okinawa told me also sparked this kind of conversation: when I got my 1st degree in kobudo, my sensei said that I have a responsibility for passing on the teachings and culture of our style. We do a lot of practical techniques that can be used when needed, but the idea of this duty of cultural preservation really stood out to me. I'd be interested to hear what other folks think about this :)
Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
Thanks for the clear explanation of the history and modern day relevance of martial arts Shogo! I’ve been a practitioner of Iaido for many years and it has been an important aspect of my life and I’m grateful for it
Thank you for sharing. Really enjoyed the video. I study Karate (Shūkōkai) which I really enjoy, I even had the joy of visiting the birthplace of Karate in March 2023, Okinawa and hope to visit again.
Judoka! Love your channel! Thank you!
Absolutely awesome summary of 1500 years of Japan and Japanese martial arts history 👏👏👏. As a student of Gendai Budo (Shito-Ryu Karate-Do and Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo mainly, but I have also been introduced to Japanese Jo-Do and Iai-Do) I really appreciate it. Many thanks and all my respect to you.
Shogo! I love your channel! I have and continue to train in Japanese martial arts.
I currently train:
Koryu: Marobashi Shinkage Ryu (taught in tandem with Seigo Ryu Iaijutsu), Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu
Gendai: Meifu Shinkage Ryu Shurikenjutsu
I dabbled in Kodokan Judo for a bit.
sorry for my sloppy language, its just that i feel your explanations are the most acurate. thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you very much for your explanations
i am from Singapore and i am training in karate (Shito-ryu specifically), and i love it
Very interesting video learned a lot
I started training in Toyama Ryu (military swordsmanship) in 2006. I was drawn to Toyama Ryu because of the influence combat in Manchuria in WW2 had on the system.
I train in kendo/Gekken using WW2 ruleset where jujutsu is allowed in randori. As done at the Haga Dojo
I also train in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for self defense.
Toyama ryu isn't koryu! I am not impressed with that Gendai art tbh
@@ninpobudo3876 don't care
This is a fantastic video 👍❤️
I am training Jujutsu, Kodokan judo, Shuriken jutsu, your videos are great.
Greetings from Croatia.
Thank you, Sensei!
I personally practice Yoseikan JuJutsu and Yoseikan Aikido for about 9 years and have trained Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu for about 2 years, but I quit Katori because I had less free time and Katori was way more traditional and less part my passion at the time than Aikido and JuJutsu. Watching your video's have inspired me to pick up Katori again and I am considering Kyudo and Sado (if I can find a place that will teach me) as well.
Thank you very much for your video's.
Very informative
Really interesting , I train karate, jiujistu, Kenjitsu and kyujutsu, and love the older ways, and trying to see how the would have lived there lives love the videos.
Noel
Japanese martial arts center ireland.
It is nice that you explain that there are two ways of thinking in Japanese martial arts. I used to train in Jujitsu and my sensei focused on understanding the techniques, but still had elements of of self development. There were also classes which were focused purely on fighting. It feels like that this kind of blurred the lines.
I train in karate, aikido, and kenjutsu at Sandia Budokan, Albuquerque NM, USA.
I train Kendo but had a few interruptions because of work (the longest being the start of the pandemic). I‘m fascinated by the sword culture but also the direct comparison of skills in shiai which kind of keeps you grounded. I have also attended two seminars of Hokushin Itto-ryu, one of the most influential schools that led to Kendo.
Interresting topic I was training Kobujutsu - Kenjutsu in Poland it was much different then what friends lerned in Kendo.
Thanks!
I practice Katori Shinto Ryu and Daito Ryu Aiki-jujutsu.
Recently, I had the opportunity to train even wearing traditional armors: with regards to Koryu Budo, I think that it is quite satisfying to practice with armors as well, being it the light equipment of ashigaru or a heavy yoroi, as it helps to better comprehend what you are studying for (in my case, jujutsu and kenjutsu techniques).
As for Gendai Budo, I don't really like the fact that many of these have competitions, or even revolve around competition, as it may change the way the practitioner/teacher trains: tournaments and championships are not 'wars', so you can not (luckily) really replicate what fighting meant; if you want to compete, then play some sport. When it comes to the practice itself, however, I have nothing to say with regards to modern martial arts: they are a splendid exercise, both for the body and the soul. That said, I'm not pretending that traditional martial arts are "better": I humbly believe that Koryu Budo are simply a more honed way to develop what Gendai Budo can as well, for the sake of education; the only difference being that, as you pointed out, traditional martial artists are not satisfied with the sole improvement of body and soul, preferring to deepen the (tangible) understanding of techniques as well - which is usually not as easy for Gendai Budo practitioners, as their way of studying techniques is more detached from combat reality and more bound to aesthetics and competition.
They key is the attitude you gain from what you defined "purpose", after all: if you train well, let it be it traditional or modern, you grow; it is not a matter of old vs new, but of studying effectively 'martial' arts.
Yes
This a great video.
Kendo and Iaido for over 23 years ... I like the quiet ... also and especially in combat. i love to practice with others.
Take care of yourself. You’re a friendly spot on this platform.
I practiced in Italy Koryu Bujutsu for some years! One of the best experience I have ever had. After that, the modern Budo is something without a sense for me.
Your gripes with iaido are kind of why I gave up on Taekwondo. It became more about the school's brand. The instructors also grew more unpleasant at times, even disrespectful. I have actually considered learning martial arts again, but actually going for karate, as there is a dojo very close to my house.
I practiced kumdo in a dojang in Texas for 5 years. Our Grand Master trained in Kendo in Japan. He is a 7th Dan and he also included Kendo training in every session. We also had regular Kendo matches on Saturdays. I moved to Tennessee and the Kendo clubs are still shut down in my area due to Covid. Hopefully I will get to use my armor again someday. Haha
●Japan Kobudo Association Official Website
www.nihonkobudokyoukai.org/
●Japan Kobudo Promotion Society
kobushin.jp/
●Gendai Budo Nippon Budokan
www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/english
Today, Japanese BUDO martial arts are trained all over the world. You too might be currently training in or have trained in Karate, Kendo, or Judo etc. yourself.
The Japanese martial arts that have become mainstream today are called "gendai-budo," and the former arts are called "ko-bujutsu," which are various methods of using weapons and fighting techniques that were practiced by samurai.
However, even though ko-bujutsu and gendai-budo have the same roots,
if you unravel their history, you will find that they differ greatly in content and purpose.
So today, as a Japanese budoka living in Kyoto, I will explain about the history of ko-bujutsu in Japan and the 9 main kinds of skills. I will also talk about how gendai-budo was born from ko-bujutsu and the 9 martial arts included, as well as their differences.
At the end of the video there is a really important message that I want to share through today’s topic, so I hope you can enjoy this video till the end.
For those of you who are currently practicing gendai-budo, I believe learning about ko-bujutsu will help you to deepen your understanding of Japanese martial arts in general.
If you are training in either ko-bujutsu or gendai-budo, please let me know in the comments what you train and why!
I have practised kobudo for a while and its not just about the practicality, its the experience
I love your content man, I'm really considering getting into Iaido and Tameshigiri, I've seen your videos about where to get Iaido, but where do you go for your Shinken for cutting practice? Tozando has their actual Katana for 6000+ USD but I don't see anything for Tameshigiri. Please help man, a video would be fantastic
I have practiced kendo for six years and recently started iaido from my kendo teacher almost a year ago. I also did naginata for several years alongside kendo. Why wasn't tankendo included in the list of gendai budo?
I'm looking to start Kashima Shintō-ryū either in Japan or the UK at some point.
I train Aikikai Aikido. I started training for self defence purposes. But after more than 17 years of training, my focus is more on self improvement.
I practice a form of ko-bujutsu recently renamed to Bujinkan Budo Ninjutsu (when I started, "Taijutsu" was used instead). I have my regular teachers where I live, whom I spend the most time with, and then my Japanese teachers, whom I mostly see when I travel to Japan to train. Finally, I have trained under our current Soke, Masaaki Hatsumi-sensei, a couple of times, like so many others used to, when going to Japan.
We train nine ryuha:
Gyokko ryu Kosshijutsu (玉虎流骨指術)
Koto ryu Koppojutsu (虎倒流骨法術)
Shinden Fudo ryu Dakentaijutsu (神伝不動流打拳体術)
Takagi Yoshin ryu Jutaijutsu (高木揚心流柔体術)
Kuki Shinden ryu Happo Bikenjutsu (九鬼神伝流八法秘剣術)
Gikan ryu Koppojutsu (義鑑流骨法術)
Togakure ryu Ninpo (戸隠流忍法)
Gyokushin ryu Ninpo (玉心流忍法)
Kumogakure ryu Ninpo (雲隠流忍法)
Even after 12 years practicing, I still feel like I've only just started. 😊
I have been practicing karate for 5 years and soon also jujutsu (not Brazilian jiujitsu). I also tried aikido and tenshin shoden katori shinto ryu and i would like to try or practice judo
Could you do a crossover with shadeversity? That would be awesome.
I have the 4th Dan in Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido and train Ju-Jutsu since 17 years now.
I started with them becouse of my interest in the culture and history of Samurai.
I practiced naginata for quite some time, before I moved to a place where there was no club. So I swapped to Historical European Martial Arts, or HEMA for short.
Man, all the Hema clubs around me a are over 40 minutes away.
Is Hema the German sword martial arts? I think I saw it at a Renaissance fair one year
@@BB-nm6oz HEMA is the training of European martial arts, from longsword, saber, dagger, to historical wrestling. Longsword is the most popular weapon, with German and Italian styles being the most common.
Most styles trained are around 15th to 16th century, although some places may train even older style or more recent ones like cane martial arts
@@shienxiii.ArkSoft thank you for the info. I'm learning Iaido right now, but would want to try Hema for sure. I'm interested how sword styles differ between single edge and double edged blades.
U nailed it
Shogo, is the success of the Battoutai the reason the Tokyo Police still train in kendo? Is it for traditional reasons rather than practical reasons? I am sure kendo has some practical application but would have thought jujitsu would be more useful for police officers.
I'm personally a Kendoka, and I've got a daikyu bow and arrows but i havnt practiced "kyudo" but that ones just a self training hobby of mine
Aikido practitioner here (our teacher has been taught by Europe's best Aikidoka Christian Tissier!).
I see its purpose in improving myself and my body control. Long-term it is a useful sport, as you learn how to fall without breaking your bones (helped me several times!) and move more efficiently. We have a history of bad backs in our family, Aikido is excellent against back problems!
It is true that it's not about pummelling chads in dark alleys, for that you got kickboxing, which you do until your knees or back are broken because of it and then you join us in Aikido. Seriously, Kickboxing ruins your body.
I have trained in Goju Ryu with my sobo Goshiki Yamaguchi, and Shotokan with my kasan Kuroko Sanada. My today Shinobu taught me some Kyokushin. My sensei Hatsumi Sensei taught me Bujinkan. My itoko Eugie Mintu has taught me some Aikido. Tanemura Sensei has taught me Genbukan. Hatsumi Sensei and Tanemura Sensei asked me to read books on Genbukan and Bujinkan Ninjutsu training and my own training to brush up on my skills. I took these budo to make myself a better person and because I was told to learn them to defend myself if need be. Thanks for the video Shogo itoko!
Aaaaah, Amazing insight, no wonder the traditional martial arts survived in Japan. It was meant to keep the spirit of the Nation.
I training Shotokan karate in the states. Always had a love for karate growing up and as I learned more love it even more. The fitness goals I have reached and friendships I have made are just great side effects.
Im a fellow shotokan practitioner bjj and wrestling too a more traditional shotokan school (our senesi is a direct student of nishiyama
@@ajmjl9102 Very cool I used to have Nishinyama's book but during a move it got lost sadly. My sensei trained with James Fields.
@@toxi87 oh cool I'm in LA too I train under avi rokah at rokah karate werdums brother also teaches bjj there
Would LOVE to see you do a reaction to rurouni kenshin..
Hey shogo I want you to explain how many or how youkai are form or there legends
Shogo You are a BLESSING!!!
Thank you for educating the world about things they have adopted but know very little about. In these days everyone is a self proclaimed expert in what "works" and what "isn't practical" in martial arts while at the same time they don't have a clue about origins and how everything is developed.
aren't many of the ancient techniques lost, due to the fact that they were originally kept secret and weren't past over till our days, as well as after WW2 were kind of "forbidden" by USA and so are forgotten?
in japanese martial arts i'm trained in aikijutsu/aikido the reasons was for defence purposes but now with my big body (near 2 meters 100kg) i'm trained in a type of yin taiji qan and in traditional muai thai!
I learned, martial arts, because I wanted to walk,as a human being,under the sun,with my head raised, instead bow down my head,with fear. If I'm gonna die, I will die, fighting, like a true samurai! That's what my sensei taught me.
Hi, greetings from Tijuana México, great video
Shogo San, in your analysis you didn't forget to mention a super important man who didn't let this vast tradition of bujutsu schools simply not be swept away by the machine of westernization and rapid modernization that happened in Japan?
I speak of the immensely important figure of Jigoro Kano, founder of modern Judo and with his aggregating work he made the transition and to some extent the maintenance of the Koryus, as well as giving new meaning to those traditions that were considered obsolete and meaningless for the "modern era" transforming the "jutsu" to the "Do".
And congratulations again for your channel!
Well, thanks to this video now I understand why the Kenichi manga has the protagonists and antagonists be a conflict between "life martial arts" and "killing martial arts". Nice to know.
Lyoto Machida would disagree but he had to adapt Karate for mma. People need to remember that a martial art is a living breathing system and can and should adapt.
You should upload your videos as podcasts on Spotify.
Especially the videos like this one
This video is great but I feel a little confuse because I practice Budokai Budo Taijutsu.
Our purpose is like the one of Gendai-budo, but we have techniques to kill or use weapons with that purpose.
As I'm writting you this I'm thinking that maybe it's a mix of the two, but I don't know if that is possible.
What do you think about Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu?
I hope you find it interesting enough to make a video about it.
Thank you for reading and happy holidays!
I think I would go learn Jukendo since I love shooting bolt-action rifle. It would make sense to practice using bayonet too.
I feel that there is maybe a middle ground these days, for example jujutsu dojos training how judo dojos did 100 years ago (as an art and skill set, not as a sport) and including randori. Then there are judo dojos that have lost the 'way' so to speak and only train for sport and competition. That's why I tend to prefer jujutsu over judo.
At the end of the day though, both are practical for self defence, but the emphasis in the training is different, and it really depends on the dojo! Some judo dojos are still teaching the full art with kata and jodo elements, and some jujutsu dojos are rigid and without randori, and you can find everything in between! Just some thoughts, excellent video ^^
Its important that some groups preserve the old ways. Tradition helps the youth (who care or intrested) or anyone else for that matter, to reconnect with past that might give one a better appreciation for the now.
Are any of the more unusual traditional skills such as troop placement, scouting, and swimming in armor still taught in ko-bujutsu schools?
interesting. nice.
Thanks Shogo for your explanation Glad to see someone explain the difference between old battlefield martial arts and modern do arts
Preservation of historical inheritance. History is foundation of nation.
I practice Kendo and Atarashii Naginata (shortened to Naginata), and it seems pretty accurate that it's based upon training one's mind and body. However, if they didn't involve any kind of sparring, I wouldn't have chosen them. I practice them because in my city, only one Dojo, a Kendo Club, teaches Atarashii Naginata, and Atarashii Naginata looks so awesome. It's thought of as mostly a women's martial art, so I can train in a martial art without it being seen as a masculine thing