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What we learned from these (awesome) videos: If you fight with Seki Sensei, do not do the following: -Do not fight with him, because you will loose either way
It looks so elegant. The German word for art, Kunst, makes it more obvious that it's about skill. IMHO, art is also about skillful functionality or efficiency and the eye for opportunity. You can also apply this to e.g. photography. It's about so much more than making a photo of someone.
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In this video every time Tsukasa-sensei attacked, he first drew his Katana, generating noise to alert Seki-sensei. I'm curious how well this works in a noisy environment, or with an already drawn weapon.
I think it was stated in an older video that the first person to unsheathe a katana with no valid justification, is assumed to be commiting a crime. In a situation where someone has a katana out, it’s either self defense or you are already in a battlefield. No reason to keep it sheathed
@@Sbv-25 Imagine following scenario: It is night, there is no person in sight, you are tired and on your way to an inn. The cicadas are pretty loud tonight, there is a loud argument in the house you are passing. No one is around to notice the man with an unsheathed Katana sneaking up on you noiselessly. My curiousity stems from the question if the premise of the video: 'Attacking from behind is not a good idea' can be applied to situations in which the attacker is unnoticed. Everything in the video hinges on the attacker being noticed, I have never been in such a situation, so I don't know if the swish of the blade throught the air, the breath of the attacker or another factor would get said attacker noticed in a situation like I described, or if you'd need to rely on a 'bad feeling' to survive (which is actually a thing, though I don't know if the few 'bad feeling' dodges I did during dodgeball were coincidences).
@@MarcelJ.Well, there’s a reason why unannouncing the attack is dishonorable. Probably because it’s an incredible advantage no different from assassination
@@MarcelJ. is that what you meant? I thought it was skepticism. Sorry But one MMA coach said to me, action is faster than reaction, even if you can see your opponent in front of you. The attacker still has an incredible advantage if attacking from behind. I would imagine the odds of survival be significantly slim The attacker would have to be really slow or make a mistake to increase the defender’s odds
Greetings! I stumbled into your video about rapier and decided to propose what Seki Sensey can watch to get a better grasp on european style of swordsmaship: - The Deluge (duel scene). This is Eastern European style, with sabers. - The Duelist (all duel scenes). This is concidered one of the most accurate depiction of 19th century swordmanship - Rob Roy (duels scenes) Disclaimer: I'm not a HEMA practitioner myself, just interested in this topic a bit.
Damn, that neck slash was quite close! Again it shows Tsukada-sensei's reflexes are sharp because I feel it could've gone south with a less skilled individual. I know these moves were probably practiced beforehand, but it still says a lot about the skills of both Seki-sensei and Tsukada-sensei if they can slash at each other with decent speed this close and evade getting injured!
The cultural context behind these techniques makes so much sense…. Otherwise I wouldn’t have figured out why a samurai would be attacked from behind just from walking down the street
So, footwork and flawless sense of timing and measure. 🙂 Despite the obvious difference of weapons and schools, ultimately the same foundations apply to all kinds of swordmanship across cultures.
Such simple movements yet such an effect. I can see that turning counterclockwise also turns out of the swing while turn clockwise turns into it. I think of it as + where you dont want to be in the top or the right side as anywhere in that area is the strike zone. With swords being dominant right handed its not too hard to dodge of you have the finesse. Problem really is sharpening your senses and intuition. Always like seeing the variables and how to react to them. It really boils down to "hit where you can, not where you want". Thank you.
What I like about Japan swordmanship traditions, they take little details into consideration, because someone has actually needed to think about it few hundred years ago. Like dodging to the direction of you katana so that your katana sheath gives you that extra little bit of protection.
In fairness, the same applies also to other swordmanship traditions born from real life experience. All around the world, the test of real battles and duel had probably allowed only the best traditions to survive through time. For instance Fiore's treatises (an Italian swordmaster from the Reinassance) also took into account a large number of specific real life scenarios and how to properly react to those. In fact, I find it fascinating how people from such different cultures often came up with somewhat similar solutions.
So amazed by these videos...... Tsukada Sensei is so amazing. Seki Sensei is FLAWLESS. I love this channel. What a beautiful artform to share with the world. I'm a complete novice, do you use dull katana for the demostrations?? (Like at 2:38 )?? Massive fan from U.S.A. !!!! I think Samurai were the perfect warriors, honorable and powerful...
Great video as always! I'm not sure if you post a video about it but there are forms in asayama Ichiden Ryu to use tsuka and/or tsuba without draw the katana?( I guess so)
These techniques are all quite different from one another, beginning with even the initial dodge differing from one technique to the next. That introduces a problem, I think: what is the technique to use if your opponent doesn't tell you in advance which kind of back attack they're going to use?
Tbf this like almost all of the Aikido disarms are things you teach because if you need them and are lucky they save your life, not because you trust them to save you life. In a gunfight you don’t learn first aid because you plan to get shot, you learn it because it is better to have training you don’t need than need what you don’t have.
@@josephflynn9792 Even still, one would hope for a more universally applicable answer to a back attack rather than a lot of different ones that work theoretically, but only if you correctly guess the exact back attack.
@@budgetcommander4849 I guess what I'm saying is that I can't see anything here that looks more reliable than just desperately running or dive-rolling forward and then trying to reset from there. Those could easily fail, too, but at least they're equally applicable to any back attack? I mean, I be completely off. I'm honestly curious about what the answer to this is.
Seki sensie thank you for making these videos; I would humbly ask if you could make a video using samurai fighting style with a dadao Chinese war sword & how to fight an opponent with a dadao againat a samurai sword. Thank you 🙏☸️☯️
There's a hidden thing Sensei didn't mentioned in the video: How can we sense an attack from behind? If you train yourself hard enough, at a certain level, you should able to sense someone's intent when you're about to be attacked. I believe this can also be trained at Karate or other martial arsts as well. Another thing is how can Sensei predict the strike position? Well... I notice in the video most of his counter attack starts from after he quickly turn around and see dirtection of the strike, so I guess Sensei quickly see attack direction and quickly decided based on tons on practice for a quick counter attack, no blind decision here. But that's are what I notice. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Small things. Hearing footsteps, hearing their blade unsheathe, seeing their shadow, feeling the breeze suddenly be blocked, there's plenty of things that can, at least subconsciously, tick you off. Only so much you can do without visual information, though. Probably.
It's a sort of sense you gain as you train in these kinds of styles. Effectively you gain greater spatial awareness and can tell when something's about to happen.
I recommend you to try seidoshop. You can buy an iaito (training sword) there. Everything on how to choose it is explained on their website. And, yes, the length depends on your own constitution and the weight must be "light" or "normal" for a beginner. An heavy sword is for muscular training when you already are familiar with the techniques.
This technique is within the context of a duel, where both parties know each other’s presence If someone from behind has their weapon out, that’s an assassination
As someone who watches Rurouni Kenshin (a.k.a. Samurai X) during my childhood. These lessons are like a dream come true kind of thing. 若い時にるろうに剣心（侍X）を観てみた方として。この授業は夢の叶うみたいです。
I would certainly like to see full-speed sparring using these techniques, maybe using bokken. As some of these techniques are seemingly a 'good in slightly slower motion, but may not work in full-paced combat' situation. Either way, I'm glad to keep seeing the techniques even just as entertainment, and the occasional history bits, too!
I was wondering, is there a style where you can defend yourself with a bokuto against a real katana? If there isn't any, then can seki sensei develop a style in where he can showcase how fighting with a bokuto can be beneficial against a real katana?
Makes sense attacks from behind wouldn't work. Most Warrior/Samurai class swordsmen where almost always on guard, and due to the actual Samurai code, no Samurai worth their salt wouldn't annonce their presence. The only people who would try a sneak attack would probably be Shinobi, and even then it wouldn't be as simple as a attempted knife in the back, it would be far more tricky.
I don't like this, the natural question is "what if the opponent's weapon is already drawn". Or if there is enough background noise to make you not hear the blade being drawn. Considering how many various defenses are shown here I also have to question how to recognize which attack is being thrown. We practiced in HEMA stabbing one another in the back, trying different tactics against it and the only thing that had a decent defense success was lunging forwards after being aware of being attacked. When it didnt dodge the impact- at least it lowered the damage taken
They seem like last-ditch techniques. They're risky, and unlikely to work against equal opponents. It's not like the extent of his training is this, after all.
Honor, something people today have no idea what it even means. People were a lot more virtuous in the past - even in Europe. Honor was *everything* to higher class people. I also believe it has a firm root in believing in an afterlife or what you do in THIS life matters a lot in the next. Things like this is why someone attacking from behind would call it out.
Not about yoh already know, its about to stay alert in full concious, its to be intuitive, samurais train a lot emptiness of mind to stay alert, even to feel its there somebody behind.
Like they say in the video, if you have time to draw your sword, you will fight normally face-to-face. So the implied scenario is that someone shouts the apology pretty much the same time as they decide to swing. Or you just react some weird sounds behind you. How honourable that is, I don't know. Japan honour system is more complex than this video could ever describe. One of main reasons why someone would like to attack from behind is fear of your opponent. Its much easier not to look your possible death eye-to-eye.
Seki sensei: “If you announce yourself and the opponent loses, it’s his fault” Even if the defender knows there’s someone behind them, there’s no guarantee they are fast enough. They might fumble or make a mistake Attacking from behind in this context (which appears to be a duel, in which case both fighters now each other’s presense), is a form of advantage. This is why if the attacker goes unannounced and still loses, he is forced to commit seppuku for being dishonorable for attacking from behind. Announcing yourself is a form of honor
So if I understood correctly: I win saying Mairu, ok / I lose saying Mairu, ok (provided the enemy decides to spare me) / I win without saying Mairu, ok (it is really acceptable)? / I lose without saying Mairu, Seppuku (you are both a cheater AND a loser).
These were so fast, that slo-mo was actually required! :D An inexperienced enemy wouldn't even know what happen to him. XD I really see no meaning in attack from behind if you let your enemy know. xd On the other hand, tho, there's still no way of knowing where you're gonna be attacked, therefore, no way of knowing which evasive strategy you should use. You need to see your opponent to be able to tell where he's going to attack you. And that was never explained. Like, should you do it randomly or use the more universal side-step? The moves of Seki sensei and Tsukawa san were happening almost simultaneously, that's why I am wondering.
I don't understand. A thief or assassin wouldn't announce themself. A dueler/samurai would but probably wouldn't attack from behind. Attacking from behind is risky for both parties if you announce your attacks. This is because neither side can see the angle at which the other is about to cut. So, both are surprised. Considering how one injury to the hand could lose you the duel even if the wound isn't immediately fatal, I would think both sides of a duel would be more careful and not risk attacking from behind or allowing the opponent to attack from behind. I guess I just don't get the usefulness of this video. I also didn't understand why rotating the other direction made the wakazashi more useful. I'm not a swordman so maybe I'm missing somethings here on this video. Thanks for the video.
I don't understand why every attack is so slow.. the man is waiting the sensei reaction instead of slashing like the thunder.. I can't imagine how to lock such a flash cut..
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Holy cow! 🤯 Seki-sensei makes the techniques flow-out so naturally! Kodos to him & his countless hours perfecting such mad skills!
The man is terrifying, for such a jolly fellow.
It looks so elegant.
The German word for art, Kunst, makes it more obvious that it's about skill. IMHO, art is also about skillful functionality or efficiency and the eye for opportunity.
You can also apply this to e.g. photography. It's about so much more than making a photo of someone.
The Latin word from which the word art comes from means skill and technique. The way it's used now is different from what the word originally meant.
What a beautiful word!
Unbeatable 🎉 🎉🎉🎉 from all angles ❤❤❤❤ nothing beats Seki Sensei’s instructions! Naturalness as the Way!! What a gift Asayama Ichiden Ryu‘s transmission is! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Four words: situational and spatial awareness.
So glad to hear there are instructional classes happening on Sunday! It the only time I'm truly off
Thank you for posting these!! 🙇♂️ BEST CHANNEL!
I would love to see him fighting with a scimitar like Aladdin uses and giving his impressions of the sword
In this video every time Tsukasa-sensei attacked, he first drew his Katana, generating noise to alert Seki-sensei. I'm curious how well this works in a noisy environment, or with an already drawn weapon.
I think it was stated in an older video that the first person to unsheathe a katana with no valid justification, is assumed to be commiting a crime.
In a situation where someone has a katana out, it’s either self defense or you are already in a battlefield. No reason to keep it sheathed
@@Sbv-25 Imagine following scenario: It is night, there is no person in sight, you are tired and on your way to an inn.
The cicadas are pretty loud tonight, there is a loud argument in the house you are passing.
No one is around to notice the man with an unsheathed Katana sneaking up on you noiselessly.
My curiousity stems from the question if the premise of the video: 'Attacking from behind is not a good idea' can be applied to situations in which the attacker is unnoticed.
Everything in the video hinges on the attacker being noticed, I have never been in such a situation, so I don't know if the swish of the blade throught the air, the breath of the attacker or another factor would get said attacker noticed in a situation like I described, or if you'd need to rely on a 'bad feeling' to survive (which is actually a thing, though I don't know if the few 'bad feeling' dodges I did during dodgeball were coincidences).
@@MarcelJ.Well, there’s a reason why unannouncing the attack is dishonorable. Probably because it’s an incredible advantage no different from assassination
@@Sbv-25 ...which is why I commented it to start with? If we disregard honor, does this still work?
@@MarcelJ. is that what you meant? I thought it was skepticism. Sorry
But one MMA coach said to me, action is faster than reaction, even if you can see your opponent in front of you. The attacker still has an incredible advantage if attacking from behind. I would imagine the odds of survival be significantly slim
The attacker would have to be really slow or make a mistake to increase the defender’s odds
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Greetings! I stumbled into your video about rapier and decided to propose what Seki Sensey can watch to get a better grasp on european style of swordsmaship:
- The Deluge (duel scene). This is Eastern European style, with sabers.
- The Duelist (all duel scenes). This is concidered one of the most accurate depiction of 19th century swordmanship
- Rob Roy (duels scenes)
Disclaimer: I'm not a HEMA practitioner myself, just interested in this topic a bit.
Excellent video! And his accuracy really is frighteningly good!
Damn, that neck slash was quite close! Again it shows Tsukada-sensei's reflexes are sharp because I feel it could've gone south with a less skilled individual.
I know these moves were probably practiced beforehand, but it still says a lot about the skills of both Seki-sensei and Tsukada-sensei if they can slash at each other with decent speed this close and evade getting injured!
The cultural context behind these techniques makes so much sense…. Otherwise I wouldn’t have figured out why a samurai would be attacked from behind just from walking down the street
I have enormous respect for the Japanese Masters. 🙏. Thank you for this new presentation.
Yes, it's all very effective but you never know where you will be attacked.
So, footwork and flawless sense of timing and measure. 🙂
Despite the obvious difference of weapons and schools, ultimately the same foundations apply to all kinds of swordmanship across cultures.
Simply beautiful
Truly gracefully!
a reverse circular cut is very effective there are 2 styles that are reversed for high and low attacks
i think just saying "dont attack seki" would be faster instead of listing every situation 😂
While true the point is you can learn and perform these techniques yourself just like he did
Such simple movements yet such an effect. I can see that turning counterclockwise also turns out of the swing while turn clockwise turns into it. I think of it as + where you dont want to be in the top or the right side as anywhere in that area is the strike zone. With swords being dominant right handed its not too hard to dodge of you have the finesse. Problem really is sharpening your senses and intuition. Always like seeing the variables and how to react to them. It really boils down to "hit where you can, not where you want". Thank you.
.Thank you.
What I like about Japan swordmanship traditions, they take little details into consideration, because someone has actually needed to think about it few hundred years ago. Like dodging to the direction of you katana so that your katana sheath gives you that extra little bit of protection.
In fairness, the same applies also to other swordmanship traditions born from real life experience. All around the world, the test of real battles and duel had probably allowed only the best traditions to survive through time. For instance Fiore's treatises (an Italian swordmaster from the Reinassance) also took into account a large number of specific real life scenarios and how to properly react to those. In fact, I find it fascinating how people from such different cultures often came up with somewhat similar solutions.
Magnificent!
So amazed by these videos...... Tsukada Sensei is so amazing. Seki Sensei is FLAWLESS. I love this channel. What a beautiful artform to share with the world. I'm a complete novice, do you use dull katana for the demostrations?? (Like at 2:38 )?? Massive fan from U.S.A. !!!! I think Samurai were the perfect warriors, honorable and powerful...
as usual, Beautiful.......
Great video as always! I'm not sure if you post a video about it but there are forms in asayama Ichiden Ryu to use tsuka and/or tsuba without draw the katana?( I guess so)
These techniques are all quite different from one another, beginning with even the initial dodge differing from one technique to the next. That introduces a problem, I think: what is the technique to use if your opponent doesn't tell you in advance which kind of back attack they're going to use?
Tbf this like almost all of the Aikido disarms are things you teach because if you need them and are lucky they save your life, not because you trust them to save you life.
In a gunfight you don’t learn first aid because you plan to get shot, you learn it because it is better to have training you don’t need than need what you don’t have.
@@josephflynn9792 Even still, one would hope for a more universally applicable answer to a back attack rather than a lot of different ones that work theoretically, but only if you correctly guess the exact back attack.
@@n0wheregrrlI doubt there is such a thing. There's never a universal answer in battle- if there was, that's all people would do.
@@budgetcommander4849 I guess what I'm saying is that I can't see anything here that looks more reliable than just desperately running or dive-rolling forward and then trying to reset from there. Those could easily fail, too, but at least they're equally applicable to any back attack?
I mean, I be completely off. I'm honestly curious about what the answer to this is.
Seki sensie thank you for making these videos; I would humbly ask if you could make a video using samurai fighting style with a dadao Chinese war sword & how to fight an opponent with a dadao againat a samurai sword. Thank you 🙏☸️☯️
no hate but how should u know wether the attacker is attacking your head torso, leg and so on. Of course if you know its easier to defend.
This is why the initial evade is important. You make space and all attacks will miss, and then quickly make an assessment
Could also title it: "don't attack sensi"
There's a hidden thing Sensei didn't mentioned in the video: How can we sense an attack from behind?
If you train yourself hard enough, at a certain level, you should able to sense someone's intent when you're about to be attacked. I believe this can also be trained at Karate or other martial arsts as well.
Another thing is how can Sensei predict the strike position? Well... I notice in the video most of his counter attack starts from after he quickly turn around and see dirtection of the strike, so I guess Sensei quickly see attack direction and quickly decided based on tons on practice for a quick counter attack, no blind decision here.
But that's are what I notice. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Small things. Hearing footsteps, hearing their blade unsheathe, seeing their shadow, feeling the breeze suddenly be blocked, there's plenty of things that can, at least subconsciously, tick you off. Only so much you can do without visual information, though. Probably.
what if the attacker had blade in hand when attacking? no sheathe. no scabbard.
Thank you for this video. But got to ask ,how do you know where the opponent will attack at？
It's a sort of sense you gain as you train in these kinds of styles. Effectively you gain greater spatial awareness and can tell when something's about to happen.
@@TheBanishedWind Yes. I think so. Must be years of training to master it.
When I see sekisensei web site, I cannot find any information of seminar in Miami. Where am I supposed to find it?
"just attack from behind, bro!"
HOW TO CHOOSE A SWORD FOR TRAINING....FOR A BEGINNER???WHAT SHOULD BE THE LENGTH AND WEIGHT OF THE SWORD? DOES IT MATTER?
I recommend you to try seidoshop. You can buy an iaito (training sword) there. Everything on how to choose it is explained on their website. And, yes, the length depends on your own constitution and the weight must be "light" or "normal" for a beginner. An heavy sword is for muscular training when you already are familiar with the techniques.
What about enemies who have their weapon drawn or like something small like a dagger ?
I ask before finishing the video
This technique is within the context of a duel, where both parties know each other’s presence
If someone from behind has their weapon out, that’s an assassination
But what if the opponent is much closer and has knives/short blades? Wouldn't drawing the katana be more difficult then?
Quero aprender 😥
As someone who watches Rurouni Kenshin (a.k.a. Samurai X) during my childhood. These lessons are like a dream come true kind of thing.
若い時にるろうに剣心（侍X）を観てみた方として。この授業は夢の叶うみたいです。
I would certainly like to see full-speed sparring using these techniques, maybe using bokken. As some of these techniques are seemingly a 'good in slightly slower motion, but may not work in full-paced combat' situation.
Either way, I'm glad to keep seeing the techniques even just as entertainment, and the occasional history bits, too!
There is sparring on this channel and even more on Asayama Japanese YT channel using fukuro shinai.
I guess I'll look for these such training videos/sparring videos on this particular topic then.
I was wondering, is there a style where you can defend yourself with a bokuto against a real katana? If there isn't any, then can seki sensei develop a style in where he can showcase how fighting with a bokuto can be beneficial against a real katana?
新選組隊士の永倉新八は、江戸で夜間、酩酊して歩いているところを背後から突然切り付けられた。危うくかわして、その敵をほぼ一撃で即死させた記録がある。しかし彼も顔に軽い傷を負ったそうだ。
Makes sense attacks from behind wouldn't work. Most Warrior/Samurai class swordsmen where almost always on guard, and due to the actual Samurai code, no Samurai worth their salt wouldn't annonce their presence. The only people who would try a sneak attack would probably be Shinobi, and even then it wouldn't be as simple as a attempted knife in the back, it would be far more tricky.
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I don't like this, the natural question is "what if the opponent's weapon is already drawn". Or if there is enough background noise to make you not hear the blade being drawn. Considering how many various defenses are shown here I also have to question how to recognize which attack is being thrown.
We practiced in HEMA stabbing one another in the back, trying different tactics against it and the only thing that had a decent defense success was lunging forwards after being aware of being attacked. When it didnt dodge the impact- at least it lowered the damage taken
They seem like last-ditch techniques. They're risky, and unlikely to work against equal opponents. It's not like the extent of his training is this, after all.
first like SECOND COMMENT WOOOOOO JUST SEKIS COMMENT BEFORE MINE
What's the point of attacking from behind if the attacked person knows about it?
Honor, something people today have no idea what it even means. People were a lot more virtuous in the past - even in Europe. Honor was *everything* to higher class people. I also believe it has a firm root in believing in an afterlife or what you do in THIS life matters a lot in the next. Things like this is why someone attacking from behind would call it out.
Not about yoh already know, its about to stay alert in full concious, its to be intuitive, samurais train a lot emptiness of mind to stay alert, even to feel its there somebody behind.
Like they say in the video, if you have time to draw your sword, you will fight normally face-to-face. So the implied scenario is that someone shouts the apology pretty much the same time as they decide to swing. Or you just react some weird sounds behind you. How honourable that is, I don't know. Japan honour system is more complex than this video could ever describe. One of main reasons why someone would like to attack from behind is fear of your opponent. Its much easier not to look your possible death eye-to-eye.
Seki sensei: “If you announce yourself and the opponent loses, it’s his fault”
Even if the defender knows there’s someone behind them, there’s no guarantee they are fast enough. They might fumble or make a mistake
Attacking from behind in this context (which appears to be a duel, in which case both fighters now each other’s presense), is a form of advantage. This is why if the attacker goes unannounced and still loses, he is forced to commit seppuku for being dishonorable for attacking from behind. Announcing yourself is a form of honor
So if I understood correctly: I win saying Mairu, ok / I lose saying Mairu, ok (provided the enemy decides to spare me) / I win without saying Mairu, ok (it is really acceptable)? / I lose without saying Mairu, Seppuku (you are both a cheater AND a loser).
You can find it at 2:10
Ah, yes, backstab parrying and dodging techniques. Wait till fromsoft finds out about it. Overall, very, very impressive.
These were so fast, that slo-mo was actually required! :D
An inexperienced enemy wouldn't even know what happen to him. XD
I really see no meaning in attack from behind if you let your enemy know. xd
On the other hand, tho, there's still no way of knowing where you're gonna be attacked, therefore, no way of knowing which evasive strategy you should use. You need to see your opponent to be able to tell where he's going to attack you. And that was never explained. Like, should you do it randomly or use the more universal side-step? The moves of Seki sensei and Tsukawa san were happening almost simultaneously, that's why I am wondering.
I am reminded of that one English King who was assassinated while on the loo 😂
Meanwhile in real life you just get run through lol
I mean at this point can seki actually lose?
Wouldn't it be better to create distance and fight from there, since you have no idea how they are going to attack you?
That’s the point of the evasion step. It seems like it’s enough to evade an attack from every direction
I don't understand. A thief or assassin wouldn't announce themself. A dueler/samurai would but probably wouldn't attack from behind. Attacking from behind is risky for both parties if you announce your attacks. This is because neither side can see the angle at which the other is about to cut. So, both are surprised. Considering how one injury to the hand could lose you the duel even if the wound isn't immediately fatal, I would think both sides of a duel would be more careful and not risk attacking from behind or allowing the opponent to attack from behind. I guess I just don't get the usefulness of this video. I also didn't understand why rotating the other direction made the wakazashi more useful. I'm not a swordman so maybe I'm missing somethings here on this video. Thanks for the video.
I don't understand why every attack is so slow.. the man is waiting the sensei reaction instead of slashing like the thunder.. I can't imagine how to lock such a flash cut..
They are using real katanas, and showing you the technique that MIGHT save you.