Zato-ichi Style lightning fast Flash Cut in 3 simple steps!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2021
- One of the most iconic moves in classic samurai cinema is this Zato-ichi's flash cut. Whether you know the much loved antihero or not, this move will grab your attention if you're interested in flashy sword action.
I can not post any clips from the original movies due to the copyright policy in Japan. And as an industry professional, I strongly recommend you to either purchase or rent the movies, but I know that it's not the most realistic option for a lot of us.
Below are a couple of links to Zatoich's flash cut scene on TH-cam
Zatoichi fight scene compilation
• 勝新太郎座頭市
Zatoichi slicing a coin in midair
• Video
I hope this furthers your interest in Samurai movies/animes/games and/or culture! - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
![[TH] VCT Masters Shanghai Playoffs DAY 1 // 100T vs FUT | FNC vs GEN](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/erQ7pGChzxA/mqdefault.jpg)
![โอ้มายก๊อด! ไม่ถึงชั่วโมงหมดเป็นแสน 😅 [cc] แดนแพทตี้ SS2 | EP.42 |](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OH2ShXfO6tA/mqdefault.jpg)
Instruction unclear: accidentaly learnt Judgement Cut End
Damn I hate when that happens
When you are extremely *MOTIVATED* to learn this.
Ah, rookie mistake. I think you hold triangle a bit too long mate 😂😂😂😂😂
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOOOACHING
Mooore power…
"Oh actually this is not that hard lemme..."
*Rips my arm off*
Sounds like you need to sharpen your sword
Ah ….
@@q8_hyper_869 ah yes I “ripped my arm off”
@@Kenkaneki-gb9ue you too 👁👄👁 ?
@@q8_hyper_869 yes
I think people misunderstand something. This isn't meant to be effective technique, it's meant to explain you how to make one of those flashy samurai movies cuts. AND I LOVE IT
Little cut to forehead. Then blood came out, because its super sharp.
It is not for deep cut like movie
Of course it isn't an effective technique. The finger play would take away way too much cutting power to the slash no matter how sharp the blade is. It's simply for-the-sake-of-the-movie katana juggling. Cool-looking, but with no real battlefield use.
I came to the comments looking for this deffinatly dosnt look like there would be enough leverage on the sword to cut deep so i doubt it would kill
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer depends on the opponent ...this slash would work perfectly against a street thug ...not against someone with training ...of course not ...if u watch the Zato-ichi movies he usually takes out untrained thugs very easy ...but against highly trained Samurai's or Ninja's he struggles and barely makes it out alive
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer oh no so I couldn't use it in a sword battle
I've been doing this draw/cut for thirty years and must say that you did a very good job explaining it. Good for you sir. Now try this for fun, draw and spin it, but swing it to the right side of your body, continue the motion and do a figure eight back to the put-away position. That is how Zato-ichi's (Katsu Shintaro) real life brother (Tomohiro Watanabe) puts his sword away (he played the Lone Wolf in the Lone Wolf and Cub movie - AKA "Samurai Assassin", made in 1965. I think he was even better than Shintaro with a sword. Anyway, thanks for the video, you did a really good job with this. Oh, and it works with Sai's too!
Thank you for that tip; it makes it easier to hold on to the tsuka during the spin to reversed grip and it also adds a chiburi-like motion. I'm not sure how safe using these techniques would be outside of the movies, but it's certainly fun to practise them
@@misterkami2 outside of movies or practicing with it for fun, where else would you be using your sword? Lol
@@watchreport What I meant is that iaido / iaijutsu techniques are fun to practise and they can have added benefits such as improved concentration, coordination, speed, distancing, reading an opponent, etc. which are benefits that might even help in a self defense situation.
So in practise/training is exactly where you might be using those techniques.. but it's also where I mentioned I was not sure how safe this particular technique would be to apply, especially when training with a partner.
Within movies however, just about anything can be made possible or made to seem like a viable or safe technique.
I must say you been wasting ur education
@@based_prophet No doubt you have wasted yours, therefore you speak from experience ! Confuscious say " One who wastes education, is wasted himself ! Bible say " Waste not, want not " , Sun Tsu say, " Waste your opponent, not your education ! ". School teacher say " Haste makes waste , " .
I can see this going wrong in several ways. Only the master makes it looks easy
You’re training with a weapon designed to split people in half. No shit it’s dangerous
Habit is a process which makes repetition the mother of learning. You can do this not your first day but with practice your creat habit (aka muscle memory) then with repetition it becomes a part of you. A Shinai is how your should start so that the worse that can happen you get slapped in the face by bamboo.
Can see that...what is with that spinning motion if you actually hit your target? The blade will be slowed or even stopped touching flesh or bone.
@@KaelisRa81 I think this is just meant as a demonstration of a very cool looking move, not an actual technique that would work in combat. He didn't ever claim it was effective though, so there's that
@@addictedtochocolate920 and it is indeed very cool looking. He does it flawlessly.
Finally, someone who knows how to draw a sword. Most honoured.
@@true1330 why put this reply in a samurai topic video? Go spread your ideas somewhere.. why did ISIS do those things they did? Because they just obeyed. End of discussion no explanation can excuse what they did.
You wouldn't actually draw a sword like this in a real sword fight, although i understand the chances of something like that happening are practically nonexistent today.
Your best bet against a sudden attack from an opponent who also has a sword, is to draw yours by performing a *wider* cut upwards as you stand (aplies more force to the cut and it positions the blade in front of you to defend against upcoming afterblows). But, most importantly, *keep the damn sword out of its scabbard;* you don't know how the opponent will react, and if he dodges or doesn't instantly fall after your first attack, you must be ready to defend yourself.
Remember: in Medieval Europe and feudal Japan people used these weapons to protect themselves and survive, not just for fun or to look cool.
@@addictedtochocolate920 A man who draws sword like this, knows how to draw it in any situations including when it matters.
Too much talk, less facts.
@@hirayaman246 want any facts? You can study actual historical sources, HEMA, Kenjutsu, etc., and you will see that this isn't anything more than a fancy move. It is quite entertaining, it requires practice, but it isn't indicative of any real experience in armed combat or historical fencing. This is the equivalent to spinning a revolver: it doesn't mean you actually know how to use the gun effectively.
I'm not saying this man doesn't know how to use a sword or how to draw it in a risk situation neither; I'm just saying you wouldn't use this "technique" in real armed combat, for anyone who thinks this is what actual Samurais did deserves a small disclaimer to avoid misconceptions.
Want to know what Samurais actually did? There's a few channels out there like The Metatron, who can also teach you about Feudal Japan culture, social structure, weaponry, and many other subjects based on historical treatises.
This isn't meant as an attack towards anyone. Just trying to inform.
@@addictedtochocolate920
You assume wrong that you know about this, just like you assume you know who you're talking to.
As someone who's studied Historical European Martial arts for almost 20 years, specifically Italian, Spanish and German fencing along with some Persian sabre, I greatly appreciate this.
“Pft, it’s just like twirling a branch”
*Head found later ^*
I started Kyokushin karate in '68, the summer before I started high school. My instructors quickly became my friends and they took me to all the Zatoichi movies in Los Angeles. The theatres were the Kokusai, the Toho Labrea and the Linda Lee. Eventually, all 3 either went out of business or became adult theaters. But not before I saw every movie of his. Now his movies are on TH-cam for free. Thank you modern technology. I earned 4 black belts but never got comfortable with the sword or bokken. Thanks for this training video.
damn bro your old
I learned of kyokushin karate from a heroic kickboxer who used a rolling thunder kick on a punk in a boxing match, being also a student of the haihokadensho at a young age with bokken and doing taekwando made me interested, martial arts young.
Im interested in kyokushin ryu and want to be a student
Guys, get a bokken or a non steel iaito when doing this. Please don't mess around with shinken
I wonder how many weebs really think it's that easy
@@doortofreedom5832 tried it with a bokken, took me a whole day to figure it out and i have to do it in slow motion lol is pretty fucking tricky XD
nah. get a proper European sword.
@@gordonlekfors2708 Never do the japanese style of putting the sword away with European swords, even with single edge blades like Messer or the Sabre, it will end really bad. Learned from experience :)
Imma do it with a razor sharp nodachi
Glad to see the culture of the Samurai still being celebrated and taught today! I was once a student years ago in my youth that studied the arts and the way. I wish I would have continued. Thank you for sharing!
Love it! I remember trying to get this move down a few years ago for weeks, just by watching the classic movie of him doing it, & remember trying to figure out how or what exactly he was doing (I’ve been training with katana & shirasaya’s for almost 15 years now) & I knew that’s how he was doing it after a while (exactly how you showed it’s done), but had trouble keeping it fluent and very fast at first, until I realized to pull the sheath itself back completely (just as you said) rather than the blade being pulled out more than the sheath was being pulled back. I remember how excited I was to show my family and friends when I finally got it down pact, & mastered it entirely! Lol it was one of my favorite skills I learned, especially quick draw skills. Still to this day, it’s one of my favorite (that and the reverse down & over version, if you know what I mean) to this very day, & one of my go too moves I’ll do to show people that wanna see my blade skills, & it’s a perfect move (very simple, yet super wicked looking to others) for when you wanna show off a little and impress people lol😅👌🏻✌🏻.. it never fails to amaze. Even though I can do a litany of other draws that are far more complex, this one is always the one that impresses the most haha.
Many Thanks Son ! . The illusion of Removing the Sheath From The Sword I Would Never Have Figured Out in A Million Years ! And I've Been Watching Zatoichi Movies For Half A Century ! . 🙏
Brilliant!! Loved all of the old Zatoichi movies, he was such an iconic character, and the sword play in the films was so fantastically choreographed. This broke down his movements perfectly. Your talent is absolutely stellar, sir!
I just watched the episode in which he cut the coin in the gambling parlor with this technique, I even slowed the video down to try and figure out how he did it! THANKS this is awesome!
I learned the spin sheath and the flash cut today . I had to take a break on both since my skin on my fingers is basically peeling off from how much I was doing it . Very educational video , learned fast , loved it .
If you keep doing the practice daily for a short time, even though it cauess a bit of discomfort, you'll soon have a little blister there, and when that pops from practice, the skin underneath will form a callus. Those sword-calluses are an easy way to determine who has practiced a lot with a sword and oftentimes can tell if they practice in a proper way. When I was practicing more actively a few years ago, they really made it easier to do.
Zatoichi holds his sword with a reverse grip most of the time though, more especially when he fights.
Only time he holds his sword in a forward grip is when he does demonstrations depending.
:0 Its Zzzatoichi!!
@@true1330 okay, an advice, i understand that your priority is learn about religion and all that, but if you gonna use scientific bases, please inform yourself first, i do not read it completly, but your misinformation at least in matters of biology (my specialty) is obvious, i mean, ¿The human body is perfect? No way xD. We are full of dumb mistakes that exist just because they can, like or blindspot do to our foto receptors bend inside instead of being straight, or having the genes to produce all of our aminoácid but being the only mammal that have to consume them from outside because the genes doesnt work on us (that is the reason your dog doesnt have to eat vitamin c and you do). So, finally, dont speak like "that is your tough and your tough is wrong" at least if you want people to listen to you, the only way to truly understand others is not calling them dumb or wrong, is accepting that you have the exact same chance as them to be wrong, and just share your experience/knowledge instead of preach it
@@true1330 Zatoichi > Allah
@@doctorgorgomel hell yeah man. AMERIC- I mean JAPAN
@@ExtremelyOnlineGuy i don't really get it, but have fun nonetheless! :)
I was gonna write a really detailed, extended comment about this but honestly, all i can say is...
*holy fuck*
Yup Nippon all the way my friend!!!
Fantastic video!
Performed this technique successfully before the video ended thanks to your simple and clear instructions💜
Never mess with anyone who wears loose pants. They're either Samurai or a 90s gang member😂 This was AMAZING 💙
I'm really a fan of how direct to the point your videos are. This is another awesome one! I could never figure out how Zatoichi did that flash cut. Keep it up! 👏👍😎
When I see your video I realized that Zatoichi the blind swordman was real.
Zato-ichi movies were our favorites as young men in the 70's.
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen thank you for slowing down and showing the technical side.
Many MANY many slow repetitions until muscle memory is acquired and the technique becomes effortless. Or until the blood loss becomes too much and you pass out....... ;) That was really fun to watch sensei!
Thank you. Zatoichi is a truly great series.
Finally!! I’ve found the channel I’ve been wanting since the internet was born! Awesome video sir!
Zatoichi is one of my favorite fictional character in any genre.
Wow! That movement is impressive!!!😳🤯🤯🤯👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for your concise breakdown of the fast sword draw.
Used to watch these (Zato) back in the day in a DC movie theater. English subtitles. My Dad and I were some of the only Caucasians there. Good stuff.
"Zatouchi" is the Best film about swordsmanship. And your work is aloso great !!!
Show cut tests! I want to see how much cutting power it generates on target!
This cut isn't intended to deliver cutting power. That should be more than obvious.
@@GTRNights then what is it for?
@@dicksonerex2900 Speed slash, I guess. Only 3 fingers and thumb delivering the spin, and you're pulling away the scabbard instead of pushing against it... It won't take a limb off, but it could cut down to the bone if the sword is really sharp!😅
@@KickyFut
Or going for soft vitals, like the arteries on the side of the neck or an eye slash
@@KickyFut In the demo, the cut is a vertical "shomen" type. In a more applied scenario, I would modify it to a slightly diagonal "yokomen" type cut to the neck. This would take out the carotid nicely. The cut does not need to be deep and would encounter little resistance from the neck muscles.
Fantastic explanation! Looks really smooth and beautiful! Thank you for this video. Subscribed immediately 🙏
Been watching your spin videos many times. I hope you will be doing more!
Really awesome stuff!
I saw my first Zatoichi film in 81. I was HOOKED. Awesome vid.
Nice. Handheld weapons are always interesting to me and how samurai swords were executed really is like art. A deadly weapon that can have quick and precise execution in the most capable of hands.
Great video
Shintaro Katsu is Legend! Very nice breakdown, great work! Liked and subscribed!
The way the dude brings the saya back when drawing and forward when resheathing is legit.
Amazing speed for " Nuki , kiri and noto !..." .... a master level .... congratulations !
Great series of videos. Thank you.
OK, I'm hooked and subscribed. Who doesn't want to look like Zato-ichi?
I love this move by the time i have see that in zatoichi movie . So great and cool !
I've been looking for something like this for awhile, amazing.
Same as the spin sheath, just combining the attack draw with it. Interesting and very well done on adding on to the techniques you've already developed! That's how I know you're born for mastery.
Edit: and then you go and explain the spin sheath at the end. Lol
Dude that was amazing! Please do more zatoichi movesets!
Very cool technique! You did a great job explaining how it’s done properly. Thank you!
He just cut the air!!
now the breathing technique can't no longer be used!!!
brilliant!!
I want to go watch Zato Ichi challenged again now. I haven't seen the other films but I need to. Thank you for this video!
I really hope the next video is how to stop this bleeding
Ok I have no choice but to subscribe after seeing something that amazing! Just in awe!
Very fun tips and tricks to practice at home! Thank you for these videos!
Hone to perfection: Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!
Respect. I clicked on this expecting to be unimpressed. I stand very corrected.
lucky
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen! Love you videos!!
by far the coolest thing i've ever seen
Seen everything and loved the entire series and 20 movies. Thank you for the draw technique breakdown.
==Hokuto Shinken
20 movies of Zatoichi (i assume you are talking about that)? You sure?
While at the tender age of 68, I'm afraid I must admit that I shall never be able to come to the point of even being able to attempt to attain your skill. But I also must admit to a great degree of admiration of your ever so wonderful ability. Your dexterity and your speed are almost unbelievable. If I had not seen it for myself I would not have believed it even possible for a human being to attain such speed. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for making this video that I might be able to see for myself that such speed be humanly possible.
Dunno footage seems sped up to me since the motions dont mach up eh wish I could see irl though(.
Thank you, that's beautifully laid out
Very nice control! Thank you for showing this!
wow! thank you so much!
You're skilled and also funny 👍🙂
That was cool, homie!
From Brazil with respect
I've watched all the movies in order and while at 1st he looks like a sympathetic "swindler" it quickly becomes a sad curse where everywhere he goes death follows like some kind of warrior hell he can't escape, again super cool to see the technics explained even for a non practicioner thank you
SHESSHHH, IT'S LOOK 🔥🔥🔥. Its even make me one handed man
Thats cool I've been practicing that move about 2 weeks now. Another year I might get it.
Beautiful, Thanks for demonstration 🙏🏻☺️
A fascinating and beautiful movement...
Instructions not clear, now I have a cheap amazon Katana stuck on the ceiling. 10/10 will try to chop my own head again.
Perfect draw 👌
Dude!!
That is AMAZING!
This guy is just pure gold xD diamond, sapphires xD
You should be the Stunt double for Jin Sakai when the movie comes 👌🤣
One always should acknowledge
Ichi -sama with a pleasant “Konichiwa”when passing on the road,,,
Seems bad things happen when people on the roads get behind him and make sudden moves..
I think I've found my new favorite channel
Thanks for this video , do not hesitate to post others on your channel - it's always a pleasure
It’s a real samurai! And he’s making videos explaining his samurai ways! He never says the sentence “I am a samurai” because he doesn’t need to. His actions and deep explanations speak for him. I’ve seen like two of these videos and I have now Liked. Commented. And Subscribed. I see you only have a couple thousand subscribers. Don’t fret and keep making videos like this and you’ll be at a million subscribers one day. This is really good content.
Good eye Jimmy..can see through the smile ....
Nice post but there is no I am a Samurai. Would it not be “I am Samurai. .?
…
alright now all i need is to do this while dashing in full speed
Just fall asleep bro
My upmost respect and admiration for what you just thought us!!!
Bro this video is such a gem 🤩
You'll see this in Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning. Sorry, spoiler😅
Very nice sir, that was really fast🔥
▶️
Yes! @ 17:20 😅
Subscribed in second after see first 20 second of this clip. Even more happier that u use very good english to describe. Thank you.
Sadly however, you're English desperately calls out for proper, education and instruction... The Irony.
Wow! Thanks! I'm a HUGE Zatoichi fan!
I must have watched that whole Blind Zatoichi tv series like 4 times. This is a great video.
Ace. The actor who played Zatoichi was the same who played Oshi Samurai: Tommy Wakayama. He was a master at this technique. In Oshi Samurai he also performed multiple spins in the reverse direction. He could even do them over head. Do you know the technique for this sequence?
I know Tommy Wakayama from the Lonewolf and Cub series, but never saw him pay Zatoichi. Shintaro Katsu and Takeshi Kitano are the only actors I've seen to portray him.
@@zad7768 Wolf and Cub was dope 🤙
Wakayama never played Zatoichi. It was his brother Shintaro Katsu.
Rudger Hauer is my Zatoichi x)
@@hikari67 roy batty...he has seen things you wouldn't believe
Keep at "half-draw"
Turn Saya at angle as you draw
Draw across body
Step out with opposite leg at same time as draw
We gonna have so many samurai after this
Dude, that is amazing!!!
As someone who had a marathon of classic Zatoichi this looked so nice. Wonder who came up with this for the movies
Zatoichi uses "Gyaku giri' or reverse cut. I refer to Shinataro Katsu. He grabs the sword palm up and cuts reversely. You can see the grip when Zatoichi is preparing to draw. The same technique is taught to Christopher Lambert in "The Hunted" by my Master, Takayuki Kubota, who plays the old man in the movie. Study that, and you will understand this technique. I have practiced the sword kata "Gyaku Giri," and I am familiar with this technique. This dude is off in the ozone...
Wow he is your master? He played that role super awesome. I love that movie. Such epic samurai vs ninja.
Man gets up faster while practicing than I do when the pizza man comes over
This is super cool thank you for sharing this, I was able to master it very quickly thanks to your tips 💜
I've been practicing this with a polypropylene katana and sheathe for years. I've got the koiguchi down and everything. But I'd never risk it with a real blade lol.
His cut IS had not Power.
@@martinkukumberg1908 even with no power, speed can deliver an awful mark. Look at it like this. Grab a kitchen knife and use nothing but brute force to slice a carrot, then use speed as fast as you can. A half inch cut more from a pretty fast weak swing will have in for a rude awakening. The avg joe won't feel anything for a bit besides a little bee sting, but after awhile, the avg will feel the pain and be a bit staggered to the simple weak slash that had pretty much nothing but speed. Let alone, a sharp edged katana is different from a double edged sword. Now in a battle against evenly skilled swordsmen, the technique will be awful. But let's be honest, the vast majority of these comments (including you and me) aren't skilled at all.
@@itzpicayune8157 Yes,thats right.Now I understand.Sorry,but I have one question:what You thinking about FLANKYROVKA.( excercise with saber in Eastern Europe ). IS IT only for show,may use for real fight or not?
You can get a dull iaito for practice I'm over made from an aluminum alloy and are actually pretty light it's still kind of resemble the look and feel of a real katana
Haha im actually going through all the Zatoichi movies right now, im on the Zatoichi and the Chess expert atm.
I have every single Zatoichi movie. This is such a cool thing to see :D
thank you so much, your content is amazing and help me so much!
Fck that was cool.
Imma try this on my umbrella katana 😆
I guess you will end up walking in the rain right heheh
I have a WW 2 issue Katana, forged in 1943. It's not a light blade to be slinging around like that, and with one miscalculation in your movement, you can end up hurting yourself badly. A genuine Japanese Katana is wickedly sharp and it will not forgive you for mishandling it.
Beautiful!
after 3min watching I became flash cut samurai... thanks TH-cam 💪😹