The judges are not infallible. They make a lot of mistakes and there are no video re-play for review. It's whatever the judges say and that's final - even when they are wrong and you show them the video of it there is no recourse.
No, the judges just know when someone gets a point. You just need a few years of Kendo practice to know that. The judges do make a lot of mistakes too and that’s the reason there are three of them.
Practiced Kendo for 8 years in Australia. Basic rules for those who don't know: There are only 3 valid striking points which are the top of the head, the right wrist and the right side of the body. And 1 valid thrust which is the throat. For a point to be awarded by the judges, you need to not only accurately strike the right area, it has to be done in a proper form with a kiai shout that demonstrates something known as zanshin. Kendo is descended from various classical schools of kenjutsu who experimented with bamboo swords and protective gear so that they could practice sparring and hence, we have what it is today being practiced.
The speed is crazy, imagine if they were using real swords and how deadly this would be. Basically each blow would be a kill shot or crippling injury, All your training for years comes down to a few seconds.
Yeah once I saw someone get ippon in two moves, a parry and strike, it was literally beautiful and I’ve never even tried kendo, only watched some vids like literally last week
It's been almost 50 years now. As a student of Masayuki Miasaka and Fritz Dettwyler in the Renshin Dojo, I was able to get to know Kendo and train with the national Swiss squad. Well actually I was mostly busy with suburi in front of the mirror and wiping the dojo after practice. I never became an active kendoka, puberty came, girls got interesting and I started my apprenticeship. But that's not so important either: I was deeply impressed by the two Sensei, from them I learned the most important things for my later life, I learned: You can keep going and practicing steps even if blisters develop on your heel and you can hold the shinai even if your little finger cramps. They taught me perseverance and respect. And there was something that I always sensed in both of them, but only understood as a mature man, that was their greatest gift: Zashin. Today you would say the training was old school. At that time I was often jealous of the students in the other dojos - they had their complete bogus after a year. Not me: After a year I was allowed to wear the old Kote from Sensei Fritz and I got the oldest oak Bokken from the Dojo for even more Suburi and even more blisters on my hands. But that was one of the nicest gifts I've ever received! Fritz said to me: You've earned the Kote. And then he told me that I hadn't wiped the corner in the back of the dojo clean. He was a very impressive person! I like to remember this time, the two sensei shaped me - you really could feel their zanshin. Even today, when I'm almost 60 years old, I go to Sonkyo when I'm feeling bad and when I close my eyes, I immediately feel the old Renshin Dojo again, hear the Kendoka and the clicking of the Shinais. For me, kendo was one of the most important schools of my life. Masayuki Miasaka and Fritz taught me perseverance and respect. I grew up without a father, he died when I was very small - but through kendo I even had two for a short time! The two sensei are still in my heart.
Im a Kendoka for a year now, and dont worry.. im not already wearing men or kote. i just earned my Hakama and Gi lately. i can read a lot of truth in your words. Even when my training is not as traditional as yours and i only get blisters on my feet, i already learned so much for my personal life. A year ago i was quickly irritaded by the littlest things like a small comment about my hair loss (28 and the hair line of a 45 year old :D ) but that, and many things changed over time, thanks to kendo. my personality grew through kendo and is still growing. i already was lucky to have met Ebihara Sensei this spring. For me it was quite a event to train with the japanese national coach, who throughout the lesson and at the end, spread his wisdom around, just as you would expect from a sensei. I know what you mean when u say you can feel someones zanshin. by the way its never too late to go back to kendo...there are some older people 40-60+ in the association i train in. sure.. you would not go to competitions and win first place, but i guess thats not your goal. so maybe you have a chance to come back to this amazing sport. best wishes :)
@patrickbrun5830 Your post made me realise it is 50 years ago this winter that I first walked into a Kendo Dojo. I was 19 and fresh out of school. My personal interests had been Karate and Tai Chi, but a very kind man I met in my first job was a 2nd Dan in Kendo and told me of his Dojo. Despite being lifelong disabled and being told in my second or third class that I would never be graded, I loved it. Most of the time, Suburi and then more Suburi. Like you, my Keikogi/Hakama/Bokken and Shinai were all hand-me downs. Within a couple of months, I was put into a (borrowed) Bogu and comprehensively thrashed. My head hurt so much, I nearly gave up there and then. The following summer, we had a Kendo taikai (meeting to train and compete) and despite my stage fright, I was given my first (totally unexpected) grading. Unfortunately, it was also my last. I hated my job, which was making me both physically and mentally ill and I left both the job and my home town. I did not find a new Dojo in my area and although I continued to practise some Suburi, some Kata and a little Iaido, I did not return to club Kendo. Because of my disability, I was permitted to learn and practise the Wakizashi kata and also to modify it to make the retreating movements safer. Looking back, I realise how much it did for my physical balance and for my mental wellbeing and I deeply regret not continuing. I wish you well. Sensoru rightly says it is never too late to play Kendo, unless disability or injury prevents you, as it now does for me. He mentions people 40-60+, but when I was training there were stories of older Kendoka (80-90 year olds, 7-8th Dan plus) who beat European 5th Dans easily.
@@sensoru Hi, I have just responded to Patrick and when I was training (as a teenager, 50 years ago this year) we heard stories of Japanese Kendoka in their 80s and 90s still training and often beating younger (50 year old) Europeans - in relatively friendly matches - by virtue of using those techniques which they could still perform and which they had mastered. While many of my teachers have retired or passed on, there are one or two who are still going. I had the privilege to train with Len Bean, who was already a Dan grade when I met him. So, when he modestly says he has been training for "more than" 50 years, he means it.
I used to do it nearly 30 years ago in Ireland. But we didn't push our opponent or tough them with our bodies, it was all sword work. Even with the armour, it is very painful. It used to take me 2 or 3 days to recover from a session.
That's why I'm watching this 😂 Trying to see if the actually legit parry and weave unlike Jamie and Adam on and old mythbusters episode but it's almost the same lol.
I didn't know so many people did kendo truly amazing to see the kendo community flourishing I have done 8 years of kendo and counting and still, I cant match the speed and skill of many of these amazing people.
This is as far from a real fight as it could possibly be. And is also Really far from a Kendo's fight. Everyone of them seems to be an angry kid with a stick... They just push their opponent because they can't do anything else. And, btw, a real fight with katana ends at the end of the movement took for extracting the sword from the scabbard, called "Iai": exctacting and cutting in one single movement
@@niccolocammilli3648 dude I don't think they can have people actually being stabbed. So being pushed down is a way to show being defeated. Just because you don't understand it doesn't me ya gotta insult it.
@@slutforpotetoes2993 It's exactly because I understand it that I say it's the wrong way to practice kendo. I started practicing it about five years ago, so believe me, i can guess if it's a good kendo or not. In kendo, you don't have to show that you lost, because technically, no one wins. It's a strange philosophy, i know, but believe me, there are many aspects of kendo which are not even considerated in this video
Uberbeaster yes it also seems like a bad way to practice because muscle memory is making them expose thier entire midsection after every strike. its still very cool to watch though
It's not really exposed, because the idea is that the opponent had already been killed/incapacitated, and also generally speaking they should be able to strike from a sword raised position faster than their midsection can be hit (sword raised is an attack stance though generally not used in fights).
@ I never said I wanted kendo to be an olympic sport. I never want it becoming an olympic sport. I'm just pointing out that it is officially recognised as a sport. Sport Accord is actually a Swiss organisation and yes, they have to ask permission from the International Kendo Federation (which has higher power than the Japanese Kendo Federation) in order to recognise it as a sport. Also the definition of a sport is "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another." The world kendo championship fits within that definition very nicely, so by definition, kendo is a sport. I will quote you here: "Maybe in some country where they don t understand a fuck what they are doing" The International Kendo Federation is in Japan and they officially recognised kendo as a sport, so in essence you are saying Japan don't know what the fuck they are doing, despite being the country that created kendo? Also with a bit of research, Kendo is said to be a sport by Kendo.com by the Honorary Consultant General of Japan in Sweden, Leif Almo. Also, btw, I was trained by Kishikawa Sensei (Hachidan) in Hong Kong and have had the chance to train with Sumi Sensei (Hachidan) and Honda Sensei (Rokudan) in Fukuoka, so I would say I'm pretty touched up on the subject.
As a kendo player, you must be precise and fast thinking. In sparrings or training you must not attack when your opponent looks approachable in his/her stance. You need to concentrate where to blow or go look for an opening, you need to attack quickly like these dudes, im a 3dan only so for those who want to learn kendo, the key trick is to concentrate, improve your kata's and find openings of your opponent, don't attack recklessly or the opponent will backfire at you.
I wish I knew the rules of these matches. Either way, it's fascinating to watch. They move so quickly, and their clothing... It almost looks like they're floating. Beautiful and intimidating!
Explanation what kendo is all about, it's supposed to train your self defense and reflexes and hand movement for example, you find your self a stick the opponent is way stronger than you and you don't want him or her to take a bite or slash to you because it's straight death. This is why taking a hit from the wooden stick is a game over, -Well why do you fight with wooden sticks? Because it helps you to defend and block any movement the opponent tries to strike you with an object.
kendo is for self discipline, self improvement (life teachings), and philosophy like several other asian arts not just for training your reflexes and your body. Escrima/kali/arnis and krav maga are interchangeable martial arts that were both used during wars and for self defense that uses wooden sticks, knives, machetes, etc Muay thai/boran, escrima/kali/arnis, kenjutsu and more are not just about self defense and attacking people but for self discipline and improvement of one's self body and mind
In a real fight they would be wearing armor. So fights would go on a long time. If I remember correctly medieval knights were unable to peirce the armor of an enemy knight so they just fought till one got too tired and the Victor would take his opponentd helmet off and then kill him.
The_Reginald nah armour would blunt the sword; real fights with armour they would use war hammers, which were just long hammers. Sword fights one shot kill or break your sword
al they would also use half swording if a hammer wasn't available. Another method would be trying to get the knight on the ground/disable thejr movement. At that point, you kick off the helmet and go for the kill, or if you were really daring, stab em throh the eyehole with a dagger
I recommend using the keys "," and "." to check the exchanges frame by frame, at glance these duels look completely chaotic and random (some of them are) but frame by frame you can appreciate the speed and skill of some of the contestants check this one for example 4:22 - 4:23
It doesn't impress me at all. Sure they are fast and know how to quickly respond to movement, but the fact that they just go at each other with no feeling of risk of potential lethal injury (or imagination thereof) and with zero intent to kill... it indeed just makes the whole thing laughable.
@ You tell me I don't get it and go about on a rant on something I didn't even mention. Compared to the sword masters of old, this just looks like fearless swinging with a piece of wood. Modern kendo has far left behind the ideals and mindset of those old warriors. Which in my humble opinion makes that needless clubbing of woods without intend to kill and fear of being killed a quite unsightly thing to see. Okay, maybe I don't get it but seeing this doesn't inspire me enough to develop an interest in it, let alone going in deep and practicing it myself.
LogiForce86 these are VERY aggressive matches and are very rare. My dad is a kendo renshi and usually they would stop the matches for a lot of these pushes.
Charles Gagnon-Potvin Ah I see, but I don’t really think Judo’s a failure just because they removed leg throws. It’s still probably the best throwing art along with certain forms of wrestling and it’s got submissions.
Judo didn't fail in anything, it is the most universal self defense to this world today civilian to military, and if it's context to MMA you still can practice newaza (ground work) if you wanted to, all the "illegal" leg locks are still taught but you cant use them in the olympics
To get a point out of the strike in kendo, you have to not only hit your opponent, but also do a proper zanshin. In sport kendo it looks like running behind your opponent after a strike or if you don't have enough space - run back. It's the way to make sure, that the opponent won't have the chance to strike back, even if he's still alive. Another interpretation is it's a way to get to another opponent after killing one on the battlefield. And hands are above head, because if the strike wouldn't pass (or opponent will still be alive) from this position you have shorter way to hit him again - you don't have to lift your arms, how he has. And notice that hands are lifted only after strike in the head. After this you have already your hands on top, so it doesn't take long to get to this position. After hitting wrist or chest, it may take more time, so running away is made with basic position of sword pointed into the throat.
gemmay why switch? Do both kyokushin is probably the most legit form of striking you can get in Martial Arts and this is the Pinnacle of sword fighting.
I've been studying Kendo for 300 years like the rest of the people in the comments. And i can tell you that everything on this video is correct, and so are the people in the comments below.
I hope to one day be anywhere near as good as these kendo practicioners. I started kendo at 32 years of age so i doubt ill be great, but i want to be compitent enough to hold my own against a high level dan... I can dream can i?? 😆 Good stuff. Incredible skills & technique in this video
Just think if you got into a sword fight with one of these guys, no matter how good you imagine yourself to be, you probably gonna die. Training is everything
Tudod én meg úgy kendoztam otthon gimnazista koromban hogy csináltam fából kardot a kertben és úgy magamba csináltam és jó trükköket tanultam és így 20 év után is kiprobalnam fából sima bottal
you have to be able to observe every small detail of your opponents movements, so you can block any attacks that they will launch. so speed of senses is one part. the other part is being able to lift and strike a weapon, which seems easy when they do it, but that is what i assume to be pure wood and that shit is heavy
I don't practice it myself, but a part of kendo is sorta vague. Rules like striking areas, good posture, not acting cocky, etc are easy enough to write down and enforce, but how do you word and judge 'zanshin'? Plus the judges get the final say in a way that's not true for other sports. Try to see if you can find a video showing the difference between fencing and Olympic fencing for how many changes had to be made. Maybe the Korean kumdo will become an Olympic sport, it's better suited for it....
@@tiaxanderson9725 kumdo isnt better suited, rather Koreans are not so tied down to tradition and willing to modify it for it to become Olympic sport, like introducing electric shinai and armor.
@ Thank you for telling that; I feel like i'm going crazy by reading all the other comment. Most of people think it's just a "sport". People who think Kendo just like another sport would probably never understand the real meaning of Kendo.
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@@tiaxanderson9725 Rules are easy to write down, but difficult to master. This is why 8 dan examination has an average of 0.6% pass rate.
They move so fast, but the twitching movements are all that I see, so I'll just stick to HEMA because when they raise their arms up to roof guard after every attack is an open place for the thrust.
it's impressive on how fast they can move, but it's hilarious on how it looks like they're just convulsing angrily at each other.
Lone wolf productions can you fix your grammar? I can barely understand your comments. I would appreciate it. Thanks.
There is no anger there.
Give them a sword to chop each other they may not looks hilarious :)
Lone wolf productions holy shit I just got your name and comment together I clap
They look like the have mastered the art of the the New York famous slam on the hood raise their hands “Heyy! I’m walkin’ over here!”
The eyes of the judges runs at thousand frames per second or something
The judges are not infallible. They make a lot of mistakes and there are no video re-play for review. It's whatever the judges say and that's final - even when they are wrong and you show them the video of it there is no recourse.
No, the judges just know when someone gets a point. You just need a few years of Kendo practice to know that. The judges do make a lot of mistakes too and that’s the reason there are three of them.
If the judges see that fast, imagine the the kendo players
Once you know what you are doing scoring becomes second narure
more like a million
Practiced Kendo for 8 years in Australia. Basic rules for those who don't know: There are only 3 valid striking points which are the top of the head, the right wrist and the right side of the body. And 1 valid thrust which is the throat. For a point to be awarded by the judges, you need to not only accurately strike the right area, it has to be done in a proper form with a kiai shout that demonstrates something known as zanshin. Kendo is descended from various classical schools of kenjutsu who experimented with bamboo swords and protective gear so that they could practice sparring and hence, we have what it is today being practiced.
The speed is crazy, imagine if they were using real swords and how deadly this would be. Basically each blow would be a kill shot or crippling injury, All your training for years comes down to a few seconds.
Not very bright are you..
real swords are heavy
@@noam8628 Yeah, 1-1,5kg.
if you were using a real sword you wouldn't be this fast.
Armor
What my mom sees: two 5 year olds playing with sticks
What 5 year old me sees:
Lmao underrated
Man some of these strikes are savage as hell, I feel slower than a slug stuck under a rock of salt by comparison, damn
probably took them years of training though
Hanzo- -No-Okami sliced into two man... Glad their era was end. But now we must face the rise of MMA which the Samurai did hundred years ago. Lol
Get gid
Yeah once I saw someone get ippon in two moves, a parry and strike, it was literally beautiful and I’ve never even tried kendo, only watched some vids like literally last week
Me too like a snail 🐌
It's been almost 50 years now. As a student of Masayuki Miasaka and Fritz Dettwyler in the Renshin Dojo, I was able to get to know Kendo and train with the national Swiss squad. Well actually I was mostly busy with suburi in front of the mirror and wiping the dojo after practice.
I never became an active kendoka, puberty came, girls got interesting and I started my apprenticeship. But that's not so important either:
I was deeply impressed by the two Sensei, from them I learned the most important things for my later life, I learned: You can keep going and practicing steps even if blisters develop on your heel and you can hold the shinai even if your little finger cramps. They taught me perseverance and respect. And there was something that I always sensed in both of them, but only understood as a mature man, that was their greatest gift: Zashin.
Today you would say the training was old school. At that time I was often jealous of the students in the other dojos - they had their complete bogus after a year. Not me: After a year I was allowed to wear the old Kote from Sensei Fritz and I got the oldest oak Bokken from the Dojo for even more Suburi and even more blisters on my hands. But that was one of the nicest gifts I've ever received! Fritz said to me: You've earned the Kote. And then he told me that I hadn't wiped the corner in the back of the dojo clean. He was a very impressive person!
I like to remember this time, the two sensei shaped me - you really could feel their zanshin.
Even today, when I'm almost 60 years old, I go to Sonkyo when I'm feeling bad and when I close my eyes, I immediately feel the old Renshin Dojo again, hear the Kendoka and the clicking of the Shinais.
For me, kendo was one of the most important schools of my life. Masayuki Miasaka and Fritz taught me perseverance and respect. I grew up without a father, he died when I was very small - but through kendo I even had two for a short time! The two sensei are still in my heart.
Im a Kendoka for a year now, and dont worry.. im not already wearing men or kote. i just earned my Hakama and Gi lately. i can read a lot of truth in your words. Even when my training is not as traditional as yours and i only get blisters on my feet, i already learned so much for my personal life.
A year ago i was quickly irritaded by the littlest things like a small comment about my hair loss (28 and the hair line of a 45 year old :D ) but that, and many things changed over time, thanks to kendo. my personality grew through kendo and is still growing.
i already was lucky to have met Ebihara Sensei this spring. For me it was quite a event to train with the japanese national coach, who throughout the lesson and at the end, spread his wisdom around, just as you would expect from a sensei. I know what you mean when u say you can feel someones zanshin.
by the way its never too late to go back to kendo...there are some older people 40-60+ in the association i train in. sure.. you would not go to competitions and win first place, but i guess thats not your goal. so maybe you have a chance to come back to this amazing sport.
best wishes :)
@patrickbrun5830 Your post made me realise it is 50 years ago this winter that I first walked into a Kendo Dojo. I was 19 and fresh out of school. My personal interests had been Karate and Tai Chi, but a very kind man I met in my first job was a 2nd Dan in Kendo and told me of his Dojo. Despite being lifelong disabled and being told in my second or third class that I would never be graded, I loved it. Most of the time, Suburi and then more Suburi. Like you, my Keikogi/Hakama/Bokken and Shinai were all hand-me downs. Within a couple of months, I was put into a (borrowed) Bogu and comprehensively thrashed. My head hurt so much, I nearly gave up there and then.
The following summer, we had a Kendo taikai (meeting to train and compete) and despite my stage fright, I was given my first (totally unexpected) grading. Unfortunately, it was also my last. I hated my job, which was making me both physically and mentally ill and I left both the job and my home town. I did not find a new Dojo in my area and although I continued to practise some Suburi, some Kata and a little Iaido, I did not return to club Kendo. Because of my disability, I was permitted to learn and practise the Wakizashi kata and also to modify it to make the retreating movements safer. Looking back, I realise how much it did for my physical balance and for my mental wellbeing and I deeply regret not continuing.
I wish you well. Sensoru rightly says it is never too late to play Kendo, unless disability or injury prevents you, as it now does for me. He mentions people 40-60+, but when I was training there were stories of older Kendoka (80-90 year olds, 7-8th Dan plus) who beat European 5th Dans easily.
@@sensoru Hi, I have just responded to Patrick and when I was training (as a teenager, 50 years ago this year) we heard stories of Japanese Kendoka in their 80s and 90s still training and often beating younger (50 year old) Europeans - in relatively friendly matches - by virtue of using those techniques which they could still perform and which they had mastered.
While many of my teachers have retired or passed on, there are one or two who are still going. I had the privilege to train with Len Bean, who was already a Dan grade when I met him. So, when he modestly says he has been training for "more than" 50 years, he means it.
I used to do it nearly 30 years ago in Ireland. But we didn't push our opponent or tough them with our bodies, it was all sword work. Even with the armour, it is very painful. It used to take me 2 or 3 days to recover from a session.
If it was painful with the Bogu on then your opponents just had bad Tenouchi.
@@abc6568 yep alot
@anonymous haha ok
@anonymous they cover the wrist but some of the arm is still unprotected
remember sekiro, hesitation is defeat.
lol, sekiro was great
That's why I'm watching this 😂 Trying to see if the actually legit parry and weave unlike Jamie and Adam on and old mythbusters episode but it's almost the same lol.
Actually the sekiro style was laido I guess
They using ichimonji when there trying to hit the head
I didn't know so many people did kendo truly amazing to see the kendo community flourishing I have done 8 years of kendo and counting and still, I cant match the speed and skill of many of these amazing people.
Very close to how ancient people fight with sword .real fight with sword take few seconds not like hollywood
This is as far from a real fight as it could possibly be. And is also Really far from a Kendo's fight. Everyone of them seems to be an angry kid with a stick... They just push their opponent because they can't do anything else. And, btw, a real fight with katana ends at the end of the movement took for extracting the sword from the scabbard, called "Iai": exctacting and cutting in one single movement
@@niccolocammilli3648 piss off lmao
@@niccolocammilli3648 dude I don't think they can have people actually being stabbed. So being pushed down is a way to show being defeated. Just because you don't understand it doesn't me ya gotta insult it.
@@slutforpotetoes2993 It's exactly because I understand it that I say it's the wrong way to practice kendo. I started practicing it about five years ago, so believe me, i can guess if it's a good kendo or not. In kendo, you don't have to show that you lost, because technically, no one wins. It's a strange philosophy, i know, but believe me, there are many aspects of kendo which are not even considerated in this video
Samurai wore armor the fights wouldn't be over quick
I know its part of the sport and all but does anyone else think that its funny as hell to see them just hop away like that? lol
Uberbeaster thought the same thing but I respect the sport. I wouldn't mind taking lessons myself if I have time. looks fun honestly
Uberbeaster yes it also seems like a bad way to practice because muscle memory is making them expose thier entire midsection after every strike. its still very cool to watch though
It's not really exposed, because the idea is that the opponent had already been killed/incapacitated, and also generally speaking they should be able to strike from a sword raised position faster than their midsection can be hit (sword raised is an attack stance though generally not used in fights).
I'm a newb what is that hopping victory dance they do mean/why do they do it?
Its not a victory dance, they're getting out of their opponent's range to make a counter attack impossible.
I do kendo! Definitely a good sport to try.
I totally agree with that. I'm also training kendo(well, for me it's kumdo anyways, both are the same)
if you train "in kendo" you are supposed to respect your opponents lol you don't behave like this its a shame @
@ kendo was one of 13 sports featured at Sport Accord’s first Combat Games in Beijing. And it is officially recognised as a sport.
@ I never said I wanted kendo to be an olympic sport. I never want it becoming an olympic sport. I'm just pointing out that it is officially recognised as a sport. Sport Accord is actually a Swiss organisation and yes, they have to ask permission from the International Kendo Federation (which has higher power than the Japanese Kendo Federation) in order to recognise it as a sport. Also the definition of a sport is "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another." The world kendo championship fits within that definition very nicely, so by definition, kendo is a sport. I will quote you here: "Maybe in some country where they don t understand a fuck what they are doing" The International Kendo Federation is in Japan and they officially recognised kendo as a sport, so in essence you are saying Japan don't know what the fuck they are doing, despite being the country that created kendo? Also with a bit of research, Kendo is said to be a sport by Kendo.com by the Honorary Consultant General of Japan in Sweden, Leif Almo.
Also, btw, I was trained by Kishikawa Sensei (Hachidan) in Hong Kong and have had the chance to train with Sumi Sensei (Hachidan) and Honda Sensei (Rokudan) in Fukuoka, so I would say I'm pretty touched up on the subject.
@ it's not im a mauy thai fighter now that's a sport
As a kendo player, you must be precise and fast thinking. In sparrings or training you must not attack when your opponent looks approachable in his/her stance. You need to concentrate where to blow or go look for an opening, you need to attack quickly like these dudes, im a 3dan only so for those who want to learn kendo, the key trick is to concentrate, improve your kata's and find openings of your opponent, don't attack recklessly or the opponent will backfire at you.
Top 10 anime fights
they all lasted 5 seconds
I wish I knew the rules of these matches. Either way, it's fascinating to watch. They move so quickly, and their clothing... It almost looks like they're floating. Beautiful and intimidating!
yep, the anonimity of the masks also really adds to that
This video explains it all :)
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Yeah and it’s truly awesome to be able to do it yourself. Starting to train Kendo was one of the best choices in my life.
It feels like you're floating ....
A proper DO is just satisfying to watch
i cant ever tell who won
It’s hard to tell since it’s fast but the main goal is to hit your opponents head
@@kanda8157 Or torso, wrists, or stab to the neck. Heads are just easy targets.
YeetMister Trey oh really :0 haha I’ve always thoughts it’s always the head :33 thank u for the information!!
Used to do this myself for 5 years. Kendo is the ultimate confidence builder.
Explanation what kendo is all about, it's supposed to train your self defense and reflexes and hand movement for example, you find your self a stick the opponent is way stronger than you and you don't want him or her to take a bite or slash to you because it's straight death. This is why taking a hit from the wooden stick is a game over, -Well why do you fight with wooden sticks? Because it helps you to defend and block any movement the opponent tries to strike you with an object.
COMPLETELY WRONG
Nothing you learn in a dojo will help you in self-defense. Try one or two lessons and you'll understand that that's the truth
kendo is for self discipline, self improvement (life teachings), and philosophy like several other asian arts not just for training your reflexes and your body.
Escrima/kali/arnis and krav maga are interchangeable martial arts that were both used during wars and for self defense that uses wooden sticks, knives, machetes, etc
Muay thai/boran, escrima/kali/arnis, kenjutsu and more are not just about self defense and attacking people but for self discipline and improvement of one's self body and mind
This is the real Spirit of Japan.
Mirco Niero and korea ok?
Ok.
chicken chicken
In korea it called Kumdo not Kenndo right?
Why are you saying kendo is real spirit in korea?
I do not want Korea to do kendo. Because Korea is booing and cheers loud at the game.
Kendo is not traditional sports in Korea
@@Wabbarubba korea always claim Japan's tradition
Where's the 5 min fight hollywood sold me
In a real fight they would be wearing armor. So fights would go on a long time. If I remember correctly medieval knights were unable to peirce the armor of an enemy knight so they just fought till one got too tired and the Victor would take his opponentd helmet off and then kill him.
The_Reginald nah armour would blunt the sword; real fights with armour they would use war hammers, which were just long hammers. Sword fights one shot kill or break your sword
al they would also use half swording if a hammer wasn't available. Another method would be trying to get the knight on the ground/disable thejr movement. At that point, you kick off the helmet and go for the kill, or if you were really daring, stab em throh the eyehole with a dagger
its cool and likely really painful but those cute little hops away are just hilariously precious.
I recommend using the keys "," and "." to check the exchanges frame by frame, at glance these duels look completely chaotic and random (some of them are) but frame by frame you can appreciate the speed and skill of some of the contestants
check this one for example 4:22 - 4:23
Like watching two vipers in a cage. Fast and deadly but beautiful in its own sense
Wow, first time I heard Worakls as the track to anything on youtube, good stuff. Slick moves too
Now that is fast, even as a fencer I have trouble focusing on their movements!
Hello fencer ! Btw same i can barely understand what happens
I think it's because the video's quality is bad.
Hard to tell what happen with 30 fps.
5:18 突き ぶった切り 突き
*trying to respect the sport and not laugh*
😂
You made a profile with that picture just for this comment. Respect 😂
It doesn't impress me at all. Sure they are fast and know how to quickly respond to movement, but the fact that they just go at each other with no feeling of risk of potential lethal injury (or imagination thereof) and with zero intent to kill... it indeed just makes the whole thing laughable.
@ You tell me I don't get it and go about on a rant on something I didn't even mention.
Compared to the sword masters of old, this just looks like fearless swinging with a piece of wood.
Modern kendo has far left behind the ideals and mindset of those old warriors. Which in my humble opinion makes that needless clubbing of woods without intend to kill and fear of being killed a quite unsightly thing to see.
Okay, maybe I don't get it but seeing this doesn't inspire me enough to develop an interest in it, let alone going in deep and practicing it myself.
LogiForce86 these are VERY aggressive matches and are very rare. My dad is a kendo renshi and usually they would stop the matches for a lot of these pushes.
I found it fascinating.
The speed is amazing
ほんの少しでいいから、その強さをわけて欲しい。
guys this whole time i thought bo staff was kendo and i almost signed up for a club for kendo omg..
I’m willing to bet sword fights back in the day did not look like a bunch of kids spazzing out at eachother lmfao
Don't repeat Judo's failure. Don't touch the rules. The opinion is stronger rather from abroad.
MGH cnsGABA Excuse the late reply, but can you elaborate on Judo's failure? Not sure what you mean.
MGH cnsGABA Please elaborate
Charles Gagnon-Potvin Ah I see, but I don’t really think Judo’s a failure just because they removed leg throws. It’s still probably the best throwing art along with certain forms of wrestling and it’s got submissions.
Judo didn't fail in anything, it is the most universal self defense to this world today civilian to military, and if it's context to MMA you still can practice newaza (ground work) if you wanted to, all the "illegal" leg locks are still taught but you cant use them in the olympics
Background music - Worakls - Elea
I am in my 40s, but as they say, it's never too late. Have always had some interest in sword fight the last decades, and Kendo may be the thing.
You should try HEMA. More realistic
@@Keevas2123 thanks for the tip. Will look it up🙂
The real MVPs are the referees being able to detect hits in real time. While we are having to look at slow motion.
胴マジで上手…凄い
I've always wanted to try Kendo but now I realize that I am way too slow for that particular martial art
Why some fughters put swords over their heads and go reverse walk?
To get a point out of the strike in kendo, you have to not only hit your opponent, but also do a proper zanshin. In sport kendo it looks like running behind your opponent after a strike or if you don't have enough space - run back. It's the way to make sure, that the opponent won't have the chance to strike back, even if he's still alive. Another interpretation is it's a way to get to another opponent after killing one on the battlefield. And hands are above head, because if the strike wouldn't pass (or opponent will still be alive) from this position you have shorter way to hit him again - you don't have to lift your arms, how he has. And notice that hands are lifted only after strike in the head. After this you have already your hands on top, so it doesn't take long to get to this position. After hitting wrist or chest, it may take more time, so running away is made with basic position of sword pointed into the throat.
This is sick! I would love to do this. I already do karate (shotokan style) but Kendo would be a great experience!
I once practiced Kendō years ago, but the pushing someone over is new to me....🤔
Greetings from Germany....🙋🏻♀️
I'm starting Kendo soon and it looks very interesting.
Duplicate_ Games gud luck m8,ask me questions for advice if ya need
Thx m8
Hail m8
Me too at university...
Okay, I've decided lol.
I'm switching from karate to kendo.
What if you combine it though... That would be so cool.
gemmay why switch? Do both kyokushin is probably the most legit form of striking you can get in Martial Arts and this is the Pinnacle of sword fighting.
Sword Art + Hand combat
wtf ...are you saying if you ever get into a fight on the street you are going to pull out a katana rather than using your hand to defend yourself
Hand to hand combat and sword combat
Amazing video! My daughter is very interested in studying Kendo ❤
Honestly kendo would be something very cool to learn. Imagine a bully comes up to you and you grab a stick defeating them in less than a second
Just imagine how many guts there would be allover the place if it was for real
Sport of warriors.
Bushido 🙏 my guy.
Awesome
I can only imagine the samurai fights.... a samurai face would be full of scars
OMG I was searching for this songs for months or maybe year already and finally I found it.. and from this random video ! I am so happy :D
I've been studying Kendo for 300 years like the rest of the people in the comments. And i can tell you that everything on this video is correct, and so are the people in the comments below.
I know they're men mostly but they have the shape of women in the attire. I'm sure it's beneficial since you can't see leg movement.
Gayyyy
Well ,yeah thats the whole point of the hakama:hiding your movement so ita harder for the opponent to predict
They have the man and they have the swords, kendo is love between the two.
This looks more real than what i see nowdays
Who’s here because of Mark from Kendo practice
Kinda reminds me of western ice hockey . . . except it's one-on-one. Great stuff. It's classy.
The Japanese sword sport we have but not what we wanted
30 fps cameras don't do kendo justice in slow motion
I am going into it next saturday, every saturday!
Have fun. At the start is all feeld weird, but it turns to a lot of fun quickly!
Referee’s got super fast reflexes or super sight. Cause god damn they fast as hell
Love your uploads!!
Stone stance then charm of bludgeoning will do the trick
Very cool! I'd love to get a kendo club going here in the 4-State area (MO, OK, KS, AR).
Great montage. 👍🙏
I like how after a hit their arms immediately shoot up and they scoot backward. Lol like a crab!
I love how they celebrate a victory when if they were real swords, they would both be dead.
This is the twitchiest sword fighting I've ever seen
I guess it's a good thing Kendo and sword fighting are nothing alike...
These are the people who will be prepared in the zombie apocalypes
Best anime cosplay
They look like aggressive siblings that fights over the Xbox.
I hope to one day be anywhere near as good as these kendo practicioners.
I started kendo at 32 years of age so i doubt ill be great, but i want to be compitent enough to hold my own against a high level dan...
I can dream can i?? 😆
Good stuff.
Incredible skills & technique in this video
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I've always wondered how would Kendo fair with different martial arts like Arnis and Fencing.
Respect for the music - good choice
Isn't anyone a bit disappointed that they are not like those in anime??
the young ones rely on their strength and speed
Oh my god they look like angry dementors
No one... Absolutely no one...
Ourokadaki:- control your breathing
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They way they move looks like a TABS battle
5:55 I know that guy! Andy fisher. He was part of the grading panel in my mum's yondan exam. Her 6th attempt and she passed!
im happy for your mom!
Just think if you got into a sword fight with one of these guys, no matter how good you imagine yourself to be, you probably gonna die.
Training is everything
Ill use a spear
Looks like totally accurate battle simulator because of the way they jump at each other (they don't really jump irl)
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I think I can dodge those wooden sword strikes, I have over 10 years of Chanclazo experience to prove it.
Tudod én meg úgy kendoztam otthon gimnazista koromban hogy csináltam fából kardot a kertben és úgy magamba csináltam és jó trükköket tanultam és így 20 év után is kiprobalnam fából sima bottal
This a lot more hilarious than I initially thought since it’s, you know... sword fighting
speaking as a night of old bro as a night of old yo
Why r people freaking out about their speed? All I saw was them hit eachother than run away like they just were electrocuted or something
you have to be able to observe every small detail of your opponents movements, so you can block any attacks that they will launch. so speed of senses is one part. the other part is being able to lift and strike a weapon, which seems easy when they do it, but that is what i assume to be pure wood and that shit is heavy
You can't see because your power level is too low
You run away to avoid getting hit if the oponent is still alive
Its not a shotgun its a sword
Awesome beautiful...
imma have to rewatch this in .25x
It feels like T.A.B.S for some reason
omg....this sport is awesomeeeeee
Try it, you won't regret it! ;)
George Lucas saw this. Next day: light sabres.
the way they hit looks like a TABS character
It's a game of rock paper scissors....but on another level
Why is this not yet an Olympic sporting event?
I don't practice it myself, but a part of kendo is sorta vague.
Rules like striking areas, good posture, not acting cocky, etc are easy enough to write down and enforce, but how do you word and judge 'zanshin'? Plus the judges get the final say in a way that's not true for other sports.
Try to see if you can find a video showing the difference between fencing and Olympic fencing for how many changes had to be made.
Maybe the Korean kumdo will become an Olympic sport, it's better suited for it....
@@tiaxanderson9725 kumdo isnt better suited, rather Koreans are not so tied down to tradition and willing to modify it for it to become Olympic sport, like introducing electric shinai and armor.
@@UltraNyan ... Making it a better suited candidate for an Olympic sport.
@ Thank you for telling that; I feel like i'm going crazy by reading all the other comment. Most of people think it's just a "sport". People who think Kendo just like another sport would probably never understand the real meaning of Kendo.
@@tiaxanderson9725
Rules are easy to write down, but difficult to master. This is why 8 dan examination has an average of 0.6% pass rate.
They move so fast, but the twitching movements are all that I see, so I'll just stick to HEMA because when they raise their arms up to roof guard after every attack is an open place for the thrust.
While everyone is talking about players movement ..I am amused by judges how fast they raise there flags
vere very good. I begening kendo
Maybe kendo is where I belong instead of fencing lol
This looks fun!
This looks like the sword fighting from Wii Resort