It is said that Musashi did not take a bath or brushed his hair for years. As I dedicated myself to follow his teachings and to walk in his footsteps as a warrior I have not washed me or my clothes over the last three years. The effects are truly mindblowing My CHI has grown to a level that when I walk the streets people faint and fall to the ground like dead at a distance of 5 up to 10 meters! They literally loose conscience. One thing I havent figured out is the following phenomenon, the power of my CHI seems to depend on the weather, on a hot summer day with no wind it is like a perfect circle around me whereas on cooler and windier days only those people standing DOWNWIND feel its k.o.effect but those UPWIND have to be as close as two meters before they take one deep breath and fall like dead flies. Any ideas? PS: All these people that don't believe in CHI, I tell you, it's real! But it is not for anyone, you need the mindset of a true warrior with a stonecold heart, as you have to deal with the fact that you work with a power that is so strong, normal people can not even bear your deadly presence. I tell you nobody dares to mess with me now, people flee wherever I go! Isn't that amazing?
You need to consume more garlic in your diet during your Shinto ritual prayers. This will embolden your inner spirit and thus amplify your chi such that when you do deep breathing exercises within a few feet of others they will faint even if downwind! Hope this helps!
To strengthen your Chi or Ki, I further recommend implementing not only garlic (like TheScaleless said), but also onions and possibly hot peppers. Peppers would help Chi exit or emit in really strong and hot form from your rear end, whereas garlic or onion will from your front end.
Not me. One Halloween night a man with a machete and a hockey mask came out of the woods and started stalking my car. My friends started freaking out and yelling for me to drive faster, but I stopped and rolled down my window. He came over, pulled up his mask and simply said "hi." You can meet so many interesting people if you're not afraid of death.
I understand how the mask is intimidating now. Once the eyes and skin are covered in shadow, the main traces of human within that armour is shown only in the skin of the hands. It is a black silhouette and shadow of death on the fields of war.
One of the reasons why I like them more than knights. Sure they have all that armor and look like tanks, but when I charge at my enemy I want to look like a freakin' demon!
Another thing is that a mask or full faced helmet is hiding the identety of the warrior. In peacetime you might spar with a warrior from another court, or see them fighting someone else. With the face covered you can''t recognise and prepare your moves based of knowledge of his skills.
Even though he makes a point in an other video that samurai did not wear face mask in battles. In fact there isn't a single representation of it in art when it comes to battles. Also in reality samurai armors were pretty colorful. Some were black as his, but most was painted and laced with brightly dyed silk cords
I've heard historians say things like that, he's a child killer, though strangely a lot of them don't like to explain why he killed that kid. But it's their opinion, and be that as it may, I prefer the historians to state what happened without trying to impose their moral views on their readers. People these days get shit for wanting historians to be impartial and just state the facts much like journalists should, Sadly, that's not so in a lot of cases these days. "Think as we say instead of thinking for yourself and forming your own conclusions." seems to be the way of things.
Just a note, when Musashi-sensei refers to a "long sword", he is referring to a katana, not a no-dachi. Though the principles can apply to both. As a practitioner of Heiho Niten-Ichi Ryu (Santo-ha Hosokawa-dento), we study the Go Rin No Sho quite a bit. It's quite interesting how much deeper meaning can be drawn from the text when you start to understand the actual techniques of the style and can see their practical application.
+spykez spykez He said in his "what i think about japanese swords" video that he doesn't own ANY katana currently so unfortunately he had no choice but to use the Nodachi. He said he actually prefers his Nodachi to a Katana now though anyway, due to the balance etc..
Btw. for People who don't know. Musashis Sword School still exists to this day. Hyôhô Niten Ichi-ryû. There also some Training Groups in Europe and the US/Canada. The Gorin no Shô(book of five rings) is the denshô of this school. And while the translations of this is very nice and pleasing to hear only students of Musashis School, who learned the Kuden to deceiver the japanese text, will understand the true intended meaning.
Do a video on the void scroll! I love this book. I've trained and coached in MMA since 2004 and every time I read the book and meditated on the concepts I found certain things that I struggled with begin to work well for me.
My goodness you have really been bringing the quality of the videos up at such a fast rate... what have you tapped into? My mind is just being overwhelmed by the sudden changes in the recent videos. Keep up the good work!
beautiful site, so tranquil. the mountain in the background wasn't lost on me either. very artistically portrayed Signori Raffaelo .i thank you full well. i apologize for the original posting mispelling your name.
Great video! I think you're really getting better at these cinametic video's. It may be just me, but I prefer your relaxed and to-the-point tone of delivery in terms of your voice. It makes the whole video much more serious and enticing IMHO.
Go Rin no Sho is a very deep and interesting text. Fantastic book and a good read for those who love historical literature and/or martial arts and Zen etc.. You should do some more of these, and make them longer so we can actually get a decent context of the lessons entailed!
It is a great book, and the most recurrent advise in the book is something simple and quite obvious that applies to everything in life but most people forget. If you want to excel insomething you must devote your life to it.
After seeing some of the close ups in this video, I now understand why the samurai mask was so frightening, it was just unsettling to see it in a video. I can't imagine what it was like to see on the battlefield.
I have watched alot of your videos and when it comes to subscribe and likes im lazy about that for some reason but you, you have earned my sub and like on a lot of videos. You're for sure the best Medieval/Ancient/Samurai youtuber in my oppinion. Good Job :) !
The armour, sword and some of the music retracts emphasis from the words; they also make the video more appealing. Personal opinion; I am not a professional media anything.
Distraction, deception and disturbance are three necessary things needed when battling. In case of blocks, the ability to disturb your opponents pace of blockage determines your escape from getting a rebound by the enemy. This movements can be understood from interaction of five elements, water fire earth wind and sky which water represents that which grasps or engulfs, wind as that which brings movement, earth as the substance of it, fire as the thing that converts and sky as the thing that holds. The interactions between these five elements with respect to time matter and space brings many aspects within its range of characteristics form and activities which leads to movements like holding, blocking, spreading, engulfment, predictibility of pattern, focus to break the engulfment, speed that distracts the focus through multi directional spreading etc
I love the darkness of the helmet. It makes me wonder if there were any helmets or masks that had a reflective aesthetic. A smooth face mask that would have worked like a mirror so that my opponent could see themselves in it...
It brings me a surprising amount of comfort to know Metatron roams the countryside of Sicily clad in samurai armor and wielding a nodachi. Are you Just BPRD: Sicily?
I've been staring at my hardcover for years wanting to do a readthrough. I've a bit of Iaido training from the 2000s via Sensei Niclaus Suino. I saw sensei throw up some of his Iaido videos...a man with your training could likely appreciate his shtuff. Good vid!
If there were a mist around you, that would be even more intimidating and epic ! Should have woke up earlier :D That armor looks really good, and that nodachi is enormous !
Ka 火| Mizu 水 | Chi 地 | Kaze 風 | Gai 虚 | (Fire/Water/Earth/Wind/Void) Those are the five books, the last book being named "Void" is kind of misunderstood. People misunderstood and often mistranslated the Void book thinking that it is all about emptiness and about the Taoist and Zen concept of "Mu" etc.. but in reality the fifth book is supposed to represent "Heaven", it was just written using a more buddhist flair using the kanji 虚 instead of 天 (Ten) that usually refers to heaven (i.e. Tengoku). The ideal of the fifth book was "Perfection" and achieving mastery over your life. The first four books talked about mastery and reaching high skill in one specific aspect or region of life, and the fifth is essentially the culmination of it all, representing ascending beyond your human status. Real interesting stuff, i'd like for him to do a legit translation of "Void" to show some of the things that i'm talking about.
I taught myself from reading the Book of Five Rings! My mom got it for me when I was 12 so I would stop cutting myself messing around with the katana I bought without telling her!
That size of Katana was normally in shrines and used in ceremonies. Not many were seen on the battle field. They were, but not many. To large to use on horse, somewhat hard to wield in combat in close quarters. Also very hard to make at the time.
Love it! Got the book, Gorin no sho!(The Book of 5 Rings) 1. PRINT in german! Super rare. I didn't bargain over the prince! I Payed only 5 €👀 Worth it!
Could you do a video on the golden age of piracy. I would like to see you discuss some of the major pirates like Blackbeard and Bartolomew Roberts. Do you think pirates would be good with three weapons?
@Metatron I know in your Nodachi/Odachi video you had talked about proper technique to use with the blade, and this video seems to be a small step in that direction. I was curious though if you had considered supplementing training with Miao Dao techniques given the similarity of the Nodachi to the Changdao.
ABA - Always Be Attacking. Every defense should also be an attack. The whirl of a moulinet deflects the enemy's blade while following through to the cut. Every movement should be a deliberate, linear chain leading to the defeat of one's opponent.
It is said that Musashi did not take a bath or brushed his hair for years. As I dedicated myself to follow his teachings and to walk in his footsteps as a warrior I have not washed me or my clothes over the last three years. The effects are truly mindblowing My CHI has grown to a level that when I walk the streets people faint and fall to the ground like dead at a distance of 5 up to 10 meters! They literally loose conscience.
One thing I havent figured out is the following phenomenon, the power of my CHI seems to depend on the weather, on a hot summer day with no wind it is like a perfect circle around me whereas on cooler and windier days only those people standing DOWNWIND feel its k.o.effect but those UPWIND have to be as close as two meters before they take one deep breath and fall like dead flies. Any ideas?
PS: All these people that don't believe in CHI, I tell you, it's real! But it is not for anyone, you need the mindset of a true warrior with a stonecold heart, as you have to deal with the fact that you work with a power that is so strong, normal people can not even bear your deadly presence. I tell you nobody dares to mess with me now, people flee wherever I go! Isn't that amazing?
this deserve more thumbs up
You need to consume more garlic in your diet during your Shinto ritual prayers. This will embolden your inner spirit and thus amplify your chi such that when you do deep breathing exercises within a few feet of others they will faint even if downwind! Hope this helps!
To strengthen your Chi or Ki, I further recommend implementing not only garlic (like TheScaleless said), but also onions and possibly hot peppers. Peppers would help Chi exit or emit in really strong and hot form from your rear end, whereas garlic or onion will from your front end.
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No lie, I would have been scared shitless if I walked up to that lake and you were there in that samurai armor.
MORENO MAN I would have been freaked out lol
MORENO MAN you would have seen a samurai, and a modern person filming him :p
Not me. One Halloween night a man with a machete and a hockey mask came out of the woods and started stalking my car. My friends started freaking out and yelling for me to drive faster, but I stopped and rolled down my window.
He came over, pulled up his mask and simply said "hi." You can meet so many interesting people if you're not afraid of death.
DrTheKay he certainly tried, it seems.
uhm, indiana jones any one ;)
I understand how the mask is intimidating now. Once the eyes and skin are covered in shadow, the main traces of human within that armour is shown only in the skin of the hands. It is a black silhouette and shadow of death on the fields of war.
Archive 405 if he wore gloves, he would look like a walking set of armor, and ghosts are always spooky
One of the reasons why I like them more than knights. Sure they have all that armor and look like tanks, but when I charge at my enemy I want to look like a freakin' demon!
PREACH
Another thing is that a mask or full faced helmet is hiding the identety of the warrior. In peacetime you might spar with a warrior from another court, or see them fighting someone else. With the face covered you can''t recognise and prepare your moves based of knowledge of his skills.
Even though he makes a point in an other video that samurai did not wear face mask in battles. In fact there isn't a single representation of it in art when it comes to battles. Also in reality samurai armors were pretty colorful. Some were black as his, but most was painted and laced with brightly dyed silk cords
miyamoto musashi is one of my favorite historical figures so to see one of my favorite historical youtubers do a video about him is a dream come true
"it is the strongest spirit that wins, not the most expensive sword" - Miyamoto Musashi
So your argument is
1. Musashi was a coward
2. Americans like him
3. Therefore Americans are cowards?
How does this follow?
I've heard historians say things like that, he's a child killer, though strangely a lot of them don't like to explain why he killed that kid. But it's their opinion, and be that as it may, I prefer the historians to state what happened without trying to impose their moral views on their readers. People these days get shit for wanting historians to be impartial and just state the facts much like journalists should, Sadly, that's not so in a lot of cases these days.
"Think as we say instead of thinking for yourself and forming your own conclusions." seems to be the way of things.
Mocks me? Who? Are you assuming I'm American now? Lol.. way to logic!
dreadrath lol amazing comment mate
DrTheKay he didn't say that, and you are underestimating the Metatron's viewers intelligence, troll.
Just a note, when Musashi-sensei refers to a "long sword", he is referring to a katana, not a no-dachi. Though the principles can apply to both. As a practitioner of Heiho Niten-Ichi Ryu (Santo-ha Hosokawa-dento), we study the Go Rin No Sho quite a bit. It's quite interesting how much deeper meaning can be drawn from the text when you start to understand the actual techniques of the style and can see their practical application.
I think he's only using a nodachi because he doesn't have a decent katana.
At that range, even a monosteel "katana" would look decent, though. TBH
Or a huge oar! This is the water chapter, am I right? :p
+spykez spykez He said in his "what i think about japanese swords" video that he doesn't own ANY katana currently so unfortunately he had no choice but to use the Nodachi. He said he actually prefers his Nodachi to a Katana now though anyway, due to the balance etc..
Of course I know that and I have now realized I need to write it in the description or this video will be flooded. I don't own a katana.
"It is crucial to think of everything as an opportunity to kill" love it
Was waiting for some water bending
Spot on.Went like ctrl+F and typed in bending.
Next video: swimming the lake with armour.
Well if the Romans could do it....oh wait, that was cork....
Now I know the feeling of seeing a new upload just as your about to go to bed
Whoa, production value! Thumb up!
Btw. for People who don't know.
Musashis Sword School still exists to this day.
Hyôhô Niten Ichi-ryû.
There also some Training Groups in Europe and the US/Canada.
The Gorin no Shô(book of five rings) is the denshô of this school.
And while the translations of this is very nice and pleasing to hear
only students of Musashis School, who learned the Kuden to deceiver the japanese text, will understand the true intended meaning.
Do a video on the void scroll! I love this book. I've trained and coached in MMA since 2004 and every time I read the book and meditated on the concepts I found certain things that I struggled with begin to work well for me.
My apologies Metatron, but I would have ran away screaming if I walked up and saw you in that armor.
My goodness you have really been bringing the quality of the videos up at such a fast rate... what have you tapped into? My mind is just being overwhelmed by the sudden changes in the recent videos. Keep up the good work!
I’ve watched this so many times. Love it thank you brother
Lovely visuals and nice excerpt. Thanks for sharing this
These shots are absolutely BADASS! :O And scary as hell!
Knight fanboy wants to be a samurai now :')
You wait to see today's video, the Wind Scroll, than you teel me what's scary :D ;)
I loved the Wind scroll video, too! I think I like the quotes and presentation here more though somehow. Can't wait for more Scrolls!
Ok, THIS time your intro was badass. I love it. Well done.
You are not a good warrior according to Musashi, you dropped your blade's sheath.
He is using a Nodachi...
one does not simply draw a nodachi from the hip.
Well, it looks like a lot of you didn't get the reference. Search about the duel between Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro and you'll understand.
Not to mention he is holdiing it with both hands
That dude's form is wack in the first place you can tell by his stance
Hey metatron, these videos you doing on the book of five rings are really cool.
beautiful site, so tranquil. the mountain in the background wasn't lost on me either. very artistically portrayed Signori Raffaelo .i thank you full well. i apologize for the original posting mispelling your name.
Great video! I think you're really getting better at these cinametic video's. It may be just me, but I prefer your relaxed and to-the-point tone of delivery in terms of your voice. It makes the whole video much more serious and enticing IMHO.
One of Metatron's most epic video's.
Go Rin no Sho is a very deep and interesting text. Fantastic book and a good read for those who love historical literature and/or martial arts and Zen etc.. You should do some more of these, and make them longer so we can actually get a decent context of the lessons entailed!
It is a great book, and the most recurrent advise in the book is something simple and quite obvious that applies to everything in life but most people forget. If you want to excel insomething you must devote your life to it.
Awesome video! Well done.
Davvero spettacolare!!!! Complimenti amico mio !!
Great editing and filming. Very well done!
After seeing some of the close ups in this video, I now understand why the samurai mask was so frightening, it was just unsettling to see it in a video. I can't imagine what it was like to see on the battlefield.
I have watched alot of your videos and when it comes to subscribe and likes im lazy about that for some reason but you, you have earned my sub and like on a lot of videos. You're for sure the best Medieval/Ancient/Samurai youtuber in my oppinion. Good Job :) !
I am more interested in the reactions of passers by noticing a man in samurai armor, yielding a nodachi by the lake and posing for the camera.
The moustache looks funny in my opinion :D
pls do more of these Musashi videos, they are great!
Amazing! Very atmospheric.
The armour, sword and some of the music retracts emphasis from the words; they also make the video more appealing. Personal opinion; I am not a professional media anything.
It would be absolutely amazing if you did this for more of the Water Scroll teachings, as well as for the other Scrolls in the Book of Five Rings.
That is seriously excrement into pants inducing levels of awesome Metatron!
Nicely done! Please do more of these videos.
I didn't even thought you was under that Vader suit ! Deym that's the badass if the ancients!
Top tier Metatron, top tier. Sorry I have but one thumbs up to give.
Really good production man.
Excellent video. Hope you do the other scrolls as well.
Metatron and Lindybeige are the history teachers I never had.
Masterly prepared my friend! Always at top, looking forward to make on with you!
Thanks!
Distraction, deception and disturbance are three necessary things needed when battling. In case of blocks, the ability to disturb your opponents pace of blockage determines your escape from getting a rebound by the enemy. This movements can be understood from interaction of five elements, water fire earth wind and sky which water represents that which grasps or engulfs, wind as that which brings movement, earth as the substance of it, fire as the thing that converts and sky as the thing that holds. The interactions between these five elements with respect to time matter and space brings many aspects within its range of characteristics form and activities which leads to movements like holding, blocking, spreading, engulfment, predictibility of pattern, focus to break the engulfment, speed that distracts the focus through multi directional spreading etc
Nice outdoors stuff - Please try a "Dolly Zoom" effect - just give your armour a bit of added menace as you hold a stance.
Can't wait for more excerpts. :D
Love that nodachi and Takeda samurai armor.
Great video! Love your samurai armor
I love the darkness of the helmet. It makes me wonder if there were any helmets or masks that had a reflective aesthetic. A smooth face mask that would have worked like a mirror so that my opponent could see themselves in it...
It brings me a surprising amount of comfort to know Metatron roams the countryside of Sicily clad in samurai armor and wielding a nodachi.
Are you Just BPRD: Sicily?
The way the armor absorbs light makes him very difficult for the eye to track even in broad daylight.
I've been staring at my hardcover for years wanting to do a readthrough. I've a bit of Iaido training from the 2000s via Sensei Niclaus Suino. I saw sensei throw up some of his Iaido videos...a man with your training could likely appreciate his shtuff.
Good vid!
Yyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Beautifully done!!
If there were a mist around you, that would be even more intimidating and epic ! Should have woke up earlier :D
That armor looks really good, and that nodachi is enormous !
Sharing this. It's amazing.
Well done great work like always. Side note have you or will you do a video on the Boshin War?
Metatron, best anime protagonist.
Man, that was awesome! Please, please, petty please do more!
Nice cinematography
we need more vid like this, keep up the good work m8 :)
0:54 was the most frightening thing I've seen all day
Hey if you haven't already I recommend reading the manga vagabond it's a re-telling of the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, and it's really really good.
תודה רבה על ההקראה
great demonstration Raphaelo
I'd like to see more videos like this one...I thought it was pretty awesome!
The epic story of scrolls begins.
Aether/Void next please.
No, fire because I am edgy.
but the void does not exist this is the purpose of the void
SPOILERS:
the void is nothingness
+Robert Whitby
"people die when they are killed"
Ka 火| Mizu 水 | Chi 地 | Kaze 風 | Gai 虚 | (Fire/Water/Earth/Wind/Void) Those are the five books, the last book being named "Void" is kind of misunderstood. People misunderstood and often mistranslated the Void book thinking that it is all about emptiness and about the Taoist and Zen concept of "Mu" etc.. but in reality the fifth book is supposed to represent "Heaven", it was just written using a more buddhist flair using the kanji 虚 instead of 天 (Ten) that usually refers to heaven (i.e. Tengoku). The ideal of the fifth book was "Perfection" and achieving mastery over your life. The first four books talked about mastery and reaching high skill in one specific aspect or region of life, and the fifth is essentially the culmination of it all, representing ascending beyond your human status. Real interesting stuff, i'd like for him to do a legit translation of "Void" to show some of the things that i'm talking about.
I taught myself from reading the Book of Five Rings! My mom got it for me when I was 12 so I would stop cutting myself messing around with the katana I bought without telling her!
Hi metratron! Could you do a video about hairstyle of samurai(chonmage)?
thanks and good work! (from an italian fan)
Oh yes. More like this, haha. Awesome. Now I need to read Gorin no sho again. :D
Thank you for the excellent video. Im going to reread Vagabond now :D
this is a great video you did, Metatron. do you intend to post videos about the other scrolls within the Book of Five Rings?
best intro yet
definately More Musashi videos!
That size of Katana was normally in shrines and used in ceremonies. Not many were seen on the battle field. They were, but not many. To large to use on horse, somewhat hard to wield in combat in close quarters. Also very hard to make at the time.
Great video and surreal.
i'm actually reading vagabond , so this is cool AF to me!!
Awesome! You could take some small clip/image from this video to make a fantastic intro!
Do videos like this more often please
Awesome video!
I've always wanted to read The Book of Five Rings. I'll have to get around to that, soon.
Have it read to you while you drive. Get the audible copy, it's quite decent.
Thanks, I'll probably give it a shot.
That was awesome
Duuuddeee, that was awesome! 😂👌🏼
Never came so fast in my life
Love it! Got the book, Gorin no sho!(The Book of 5 Rings) 1. PRINT in german! Super rare. I didn't bargain over the prince! I Payed only 5 €👀
Worth it!
1:20 ...
LOOKS NICE!
0:55 Honestly looks a lot more intimidating without the mustache. Feels like im staring into the abyss.
I would love to see more video on this book. Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to that you talked much about japanese swordfighting schools?
This video was really cool! I would very much like to see videos on the other scrolls. :D
Be water me friend.
That meditarranean landscape though :D. Btw why are you wearing Geta?
Just wondering if you have any intentions on doing any videos on taijutsu and or jujutsu?
you look so good in samourai armour
Could you do a video on the golden age of piracy. I would like to see you discuss some of the major pirates like Blackbeard and Bartolomew Roberts. Do you think pirates would be good with three weapons?
@Metatron I know in your Nodachi/Odachi video you had talked about proper technique to use with the blade, and this video seems to be a small step in that direction. I was curious though if you had considered supplementing training with Miao Dao techniques given the similarity of the Nodachi to the Changdao.
Nice Satan Goss cosplay!
Cool video!
Those mustaches make it go from looking terrifying to looking goofy af XD
ABA - Always Be Attacking. Every defense should also be an attack. The whirl of a moulinet deflects the enemy's blade while following through to the cut. Every movement should be a deliberate, linear chain leading to the defeat of one's opponent.