I hate to break it to you guys but strikes like that might not even get through your shirt, let alone skin. A strike with the intent to hurt would take maybe five times as long, depending on the technique and force.
I tried kendo for a year, and it is really cool how they launch themselves forward and strike in one motion, although really fast, that strike has some of their body weight behind it so it's not a light strike
@@jash1281 Ah. I didnt actually mean he could defeat anyone in mutual combat. That's different. What I meant was with the force hes generating at the speed hes doing it at, If he hit someone they would be incapacitated before their brain could tell them too react.
This is truly amazing. And I really wouldn't want to step up against someone like him. He is like that guy from Sekiro. Jinsuke Saze. The guy in the Ashina Dojo.
Interesting to see how fast someone can move with a sword. All I have ever seen is that the tatami cutting, and people doing that always make a big motion and making the move slower. This one I guess is the actual way to use it in a fight, from guarding position to attacking, this is more similar to how medieval sword art practice that I saw. You attack fast and with as little opening as you can.
A real sword fight would not have been the game of technical prowess that modern competition fencing make it out to be, even those with "historical" in their names. A real sword fight would use real swords with real consequences. What we in kendo call shikai (the four sicknesses): Surprise, Fear, Doubt and Confusion will come to dominate the match moreso than skill, and the one to act without hesitation will likely be the winner. Big techniques are fine when the opponent is paralized with doubt.
@@Ianmar1 I understand when it comes to competition, especially the one where you need to cut as many tatami mat as you can, then the necessary technique will change. But also, even outside of competition this is the first time I saw someone use katana like this, compared to how many videos out there of people who practice western sword art doing both the practical way they were used, and the way to cut something with big swing. Maybe it's about the culture too, unlike the western who only think of the sword as a tool. Kanata is not only a weapon but a sacred item too, and so people is reluctant to test out the limit of it's use without being disrespectful.
@@hikariizuki1693 Eh, those "big swings" are part of how they were used, especially 14th/15th centuries. Light, fast flicks won't get through the base layer of armor, and a friend tested some with a sharp against street clothes, showing that they generally wouldn't even get through that without significant force.
@@shadowmancy9183 if your sword can't get through street clothes without significant force, it's either the sword is not sharp enough or the type of sword you use is not optimal for cutting. I won't deny that big swing have their use, but if you know your opponent is using an armor, you wouldn't attack the armor but the gap between the armor. In the first place, a sword is not made to go through strong armor. That's war pick, war hammer, axe and other heavy weapon are for. Sword is used as last resort, not main weapon. The gap you show when you're trying to attack using that big swing will be the end of you if you don't create an opening with those fast strike first.
@@hikariizuki1693 Or, as one of the tests was done with a sword honed to a razor edge, linen fabric is actually pretty cut-resistant, especially when quilted and layered like Kevlar. He tested with European and Japanese weapons, so the "cutting ability" of the weapon made little difference, as he failed at the same fabric thickness. In plate, yes, a sword will not cut through metal, but cutting straps/laces makes armor not as effective and hinders your opponent's ability to fight you. Taking it to practical examples- a slice to the belly as done in kendo won't get through armor, but if you can cut the lacing, then the armor doesn't work as well. The same applies with European armor- if you cut the laces that are keeping my arm harness attached, then the armor will start to move and interfere with my motion. It was also common in Europe to fight with your visor raised to make it easier to see, hear, and breathe in a melee after you've dismounted (voluntarily or otherwise). That's assuming the fast strikes are noticeable by the opponent. I've been hit in the hand hard with a 3lb club and barely noticed it through my gauntlet, though it did knock my strike off target. A light tap will do nothing in this case. You are right that the sword is a sidearm, and generally a lance, hammer, or similar weapon would be the preferred primary, and this holds true for East and West. However, the sword is the equivalent of a pistol in this case, dagger/tanto remaining the last resort. Have you fought in armor of any kind? It's a very informative experience to any weapon art you study. Tangent- my understanding of modern Kendo is that it comes from an 18th or 19th century system, to which the closest European weapon would be the sabre, as the two-handed sword fell almost completely out of use in the 16th century.
The human brain reaction time to a visual stimulus is between 0.15-0.30 sec (00.00.00.150 - 00.00.00.300 with the timekeeping used in the video), and slightly faster to audio stimulus. Meaning these strikes would land dead on your head 0.016 seconds after your brain registered the visual que that he was about to strike you, IF you had among the fastest reaction time a human can have. If you were average, youd be hit before your brain process the visual que that he was about to attack, crazy.
Never practiced this but always wanted, perhaps being 45 is good age to start 😁 But anyway I remember 25 years ago I saw kendoka mess up kickboxer using umbrella. It was just for fun but the speed and precision was spectacular and I was in awe. Still am, this is really spectacular.
Kendo is amazing. I got into it late 30s. Hopefully you give it a go soon. I used to have axes and the like for self-defence, after 10K suburi, the bokuto is good enough. Might get a big meaty club like the show in the video one day.
You can do it by frame analysis. Film a stop clock that's counting, view the footage frame by frame and see how much time has elapsed after one frame, this is your baseline. From there you can film yourself and count the amount of frames it takes you to complete your action/attack (I am unfamiliar with the exact terminology sorry) and using the baseline amount you got from the stopwatch footage, multiply that by the amount of frames and there you go. There are probably better ways of doing this, but this is a method that's simple and doesn't require any additional equipment than what you already likely have (your phone almost certainly has a stopwatch function). Hope this helps!
@@a.lame.username. It is not only fast cut, but overally fast move, which is not the same. Also, it is fast, but he had the blade pointed forward already so it is still "tapping". You can hurt someone with it, but it is not exactly killing blow and you have to be able to overcome your opponents defense. Which is not always possible just with the speed.
The question is stupid in some ways, because the times will be of course the same. However, I bet the katana used this way will never cut an armor (it's just a touch and quite not a cut. Try to cut your steach simply by pressing your knif on it instead of slicing).
Swords do pretty poorly against armor in general, which is why most fencing systems represent unarmored duels or small sided street brawls. This same motion could however be used to slip a sword point under a helmet into a vulnerable face or neck.
Excellent demonstration of the power of kendo. HOWEVER, the katana shines as a cutting/slicing weapon. While such harrassing strikes to the opponent's wrist and forearm with this kendo movement is perfectly fine (you can also see in the slo-mo that the sword barely came up at all before moving back down) there is still a large difference between "hitting" with the sword and actually "cutting" with the sword.
There is another video where a kendoka actually cut using kendo's moves : th-cam.com/video/LGwK5vwE6nA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Weaponism time code 3:23 Enjoy !
My experience in either kendo or Kenjutsu is absolutely non-existent. But from an HEMA perspective I'm very tempted to say that these strikes would be at the very least completely disabling, and quite possibly fatal. we have these kind of casting cuts in sabre, longsword and other systems, I count them as ending the fight if they land clean, it's probably bad enough that there wouldn't be much afterblow either. But it's always hard to say for sure... no one is going to get out there and put that theory to the test.
@@nylonandstockinggirls2636 Yes. As I said, this kind of strike is perfectly valid. All I'm saying is that, to bring out the maximum potential of the katana as a cutting weapon, one needs to actually wield it as such. Chopping with a sword is not the same as cutting in the sense of slicing.
@@S.Grenier I agree with you. A strong and rapid chop to the wrist/lower forearm is likely to result in a fracture at minimum. My only point is that the katana is principally a cutting/slicing weapon. The difference is between an attack that disables the wrist vs. one that takes the wrist completely off. This may seem like splitting hairs, but it would be wrong to conclude that a kendoka could actually wield a katana as intended at the same speed as a shinai. In short, can you do certain kendo moves with a katana? Sure. But can you perform kenjutsu moves with a katana at the same speed as you could with a much lighter shinai? No.
@@МихаилНастески I don't believe that I can post website links, but weaponsim replied to a post from 6 days ago a link to his kumdo association page. Hopefully that is enough for you to find it!
The power for this particular strike comes from the feet, so chopping should work fine, but the strike as presented lacks a follow through so it will not cut without modification. They have another video investigating this: th-cam.com/video/LGwK5vwE6nA/w-d-xo.htmlm22s
He did though, at the end he used the suburito which averages at about 2-3x's the weight of a steel sword, its used to train the arms, didnt look any slower but that added weight would probably kill you even if you had a helmet on, just breaking your neck or driving the skull downwards which can cause the brainstem to drive up into the brain or detach it.
@@ArcticGator That is not my point, I am intrested where is weight limit for given athelete, where we are able to see slow down. Question is when it becomes too heavy to be noticible, for speed.
look at his arm muscles moving when the video in slow motion. incredible.
i wish my arms where like that
This is why kendo does not teach defence, people like this exist who will strike you faster than the human reaction time.
True, in every test I ever tried, my reaction is 220-250ms... this guy hits you in 170ms, thats incredible
Kendo is just 1 part in Kenjutsu if you learn the other parts you will learn perrying and counters as Japanese swordsmanship is not a place for error
Who told you that kendo doesn’t teach defense?
th-cam.com/video/tU3tuV98ZLc/w-d-xo.html
@@hyc1842 Oji waza look defensive, but the timing only works correctly when you initiate the attack.
I hate to break it to you guys but strikes like that might not even get through your shirt, let alone skin. A strike with the intent to hurt would take maybe five times as long, depending on the technique and force.
I tried kendo for a year, and it is really cool how they launch themselves forward and strike in one motion, although really fast, that strike has some of their body weight behind it so it's not a light strike
Always love the energy and enthusiasm in these videos. Nice work as always!
He could one shot anyone on earth before they could blink with that training bo-Ken. Legend.
That's quite the bold statement... pro fencers with other weapons exist all around the world, what's your benchmark base ?
@@jash1281 Ah. I didnt actually mean he could defeat anyone in mutual combat. That's different. What I meant was with the force hes generating at the speed hes doing it at, If he hit someone they would be incapacitated before their brain could tell them too react.
@@jash1281how do you think Kojiro died?
@@ttchme9816wasn’t he caught off guard by musashi’s terrible manners and killed in battle facing an unfamiliar technique that musashi made.
So air resistance is balanced out by the weight making them both the same speed. That is a neat little bit of information.
This is truly amazing.
And I really wouldn't want to step up against someone like him. He is like that guy from Sekiro. Jinsuke Saze. The guy in the Ashina Dojo.
Well, I for one wouldn't want to be hit by a katana that fast
I had to rewind so many times, I blinked and missed those strikes. Quite impressed with the amount of power he can unleash with such speed
Insane strength.
You guys are awesome. Loved the video!
always fun watching your videos!
Interesting to see how fast someone can move with a sword. All I have ever seen is that the tatami cutting, and people doing that always make a big motion and making the move slower.
This one I guess is the actual way to use it in a fight, from guarding position to attacking, this is more similar to how medieval sword art practice that I saw. You attack fast and with as little opening as you can.
A real sword fight would not have been the game of technical prowess that modern competition fencing make it out to be, even those with "historical" in their names. A real sword fight would use real swords with real consequences.
What we in kendo call shikai (the four sicknesses): Surprise, Fear, Doubt and Confusion will come to dominate the match moreso than skill, and the one to act without hesitation will likely be the winner. Big techniques are fine when the opponent is paralized with doubt.
@@Ianmar1 I understand when it comes to competition, especially the one where you need to cut as many tatami mat as you can, then the necessary technique will change.
But also, even outside of competition this is the first time I saw someone use katana like this, compared to how many videos out there of people who practice western sword art doing both the practical way they were used, and the way to cut something with big swing.
Maybe it's about the culture too, unlike the western who only think of the sword as a tool. Kanata is not only a weapon but a sacred item too, and so people is reluctant to test out the limit of it's use without being disrespectful.
@@hikariizuki1693 Eh, those "big swings" are part of how they were used, especially 14th/15th centuries. Light, fast flicks won't get through the base layer of armor, and a friend tested some with a sharp against street clothes, showing that they generally wouldn't even get through that without significant force.
@@shadowmancy9183 if your sword can't get through street clothes without significant force, it's either the sword is not sharp enough or the type of sword you use is not optimal for cutting.
I won't deny that big swing have their use, but if you know your opponent is using an armor, you wouldn't attack the armor but the gap between the armor. In the first place, a sword is not made to go through strong armor. That's war pick, war hammer, axe and other heavy weapon are for. Sword is used as last resort, not main weapon.
The gap you show when you're trying to attack using that big swing will be the end of you if you don't create an opening with those fast strike first.
@@hikariizuki1693 Or, as one of the tests was done with a sword honed to a razor edge, linen fabric is actually pretty cut-resistant, especially when quilted and layered like Kevlar. He tested with European and Japanese weapons, so the "cutting ability" of the weapon made little difference, as he failed at the same fabric thickness.
In plate, yes, a sword will not cut through metal, but cutting straps/laces makes armor not as effective and hinders your opponent's ability to fight you. Taking it to practical examples- a slice to the belly as done in kendo won't get through armor, but if you can cut the lacing, then the armor doesn't work as well. The same applies with European armor- if you cut the laces that are keeping my arm harness attached, then the armor will start to move and interfere with my motion. It was also common in Europe to fight with your visor raised to make it easier to see, hear, and breathe in a melee after you've dismounted (voluntarily or otherwise).
That's assuming the fast strikes are noticeable by the opponent. I've been hit in the hand hard with a 3lb club and barely noticed it through my gauntlet, though it did knock my strike off target. A light tap will do nothing in this case.
You are right that the sword is a sidearm, and generally a lance, hammer, or similar weapon would be the preferred primary, and this holds true for East and West. However, the sword is the equivalent of a pistol in this case, dagger/tanto remaining the last resort.
Have you fought in armor of any kind? It's a very informative experience to any weapon art you study.
Tangent- my understanding of modern Kendo is that it comes from an 18th or 19th century system, to which the closest European weapon would be the sabre, as the two-handed sword fell almost completely out of use in the 16th century.
his forearms are goals wtf
Wow , pretty impressive speed and power
Your videos are always fun!
The human brain reaction time to a visual stimulus is between 0.15-0.30 sec (00.00.00.150 - 00.00.00.300 with the timekeeping used in the video), and slightly faster to audio stimulus.
Meaning these strikes would land dead on your head 0.016 seconds after your brain registered the visual que that he was about to strike you, IF you had among the fastest reaction time a human can have.
If you were average, youd be hit before your brain process the visual que that he was about to attack, crazy.
Impressionnant merci pour les info
Never practiced this but always wanted, perhaps being 45 is good age to start 😁
But anyway I remember 25 years ago I saw kendoka mess up kickboxer using umbrella. It was just for fun but the speed and precision was spectacular and I was in awe. Still am, this is really spectacular.
Kendo is amazing. I got into it late 30s. Hopefully you give it a go soon.
I used to have axes and the like for self-defence, after 10K suburi, the bokuto is good enough. Might get a big meaty club like the show in the video one day.
I did Kendo for a few years and compared to his speed, he would've been done with his taxes while I'm still in the process of hitting the Men.
Thanks for a fun video!
Nice demonstration👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
How about trying jian vs katana?
So interesting. Thank you.
Check out his forearms. He could be using a boat oar and it would still be fast.
I'd like to see that. After all, pretty sure you know what happened the last time someone tried an oar.
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No way! That's awesome.
It's nice to be used in the "the walking dead" series to kill and outrun a good amount of zombies!
I would like to see a sword breaker with dull blade of course.
Nice 👊🏻
That’s a strange looking bokken👀
It is a tsuburito, the added weight is for strength and speed training. They feel quite heavy, particularly after a couple swings.
@@darkapostate8358 my fat deadass literally read the bokken's name as a burrito 🌯
But thanks for the information🙏
Nice! Can you do a "jogo do pau" video if you ever find a master of this portuguese style?
Wonderful!!!
front leg removed from floor, Ippon revoked.
Please, can you tell me what do you use to mesure the timing on video ?
I need to mesure my own speed.
Thanks a lot
You can do it by frame analysis. Film a stop clock that's counting, view the footage frame by frame and see how much time has elapsed after one frame, this is your baseline.
From there you can film yourself and count the amount of frames it takes you to complete your action/attack (I am unfamiliar with the exact terminology sorry) and using the baseline amount you got from the stopwatch footage, multiply that by the amount of frames and there you go.
There are probably better ways of doing this, but this is a method that's simple and doesn't require any additional equipment than what you already likely have (your phone almost certainly has a stopwatch function). Hope this helps!
that dude is jacked holy shit lol
No matter how you train you cannot do judgment cut as Vergil.
hello, what is the name of the training katana that is made of steel and is adapted for 1vs1 training? like yours
They use rubber katana for sparring.
Very cool
My guess without seeing the ending is Katana is faster or he is faster with the Katana.
awesome
Amazing kendu warrior ❤️ 💙
But will this fast move be also strong enough to deliver some damage?
They have another video addressing that:
th-cam.com/video/LGwK5vwE6nA/w-d-xo.htmlm22s
The faster it is the more kinetic energy.
@@a.lame.username. It is not only fast cut, but overally fast move, which is not the same. Also, it is fast, but he had the blade pointed forward already so it is still "tapping". You can hurt someone with it, but it is not exactly killing blow and you have to be able to overcome your opponents defense. Which is not always possible just with the speed.
@@Tkoutlosh 0:38 take a look at his shinai
@@ultrasuper6353 Is it broken? Or what?
I take aikido and All other martial arts. As yeah I can unsheath a kantana fast and make a clean cut
Use nodachi/odachi please:)
But what is the name of that Kendoka :'(
They say that his name is Hyun Seung-cheol at 2:14, but this could be a translation error since I cannot find any information about him.
www.letskumdo.com/sh_page/player_view.php?pid=69
The question is stupid in some ways, because the times will be of course the same. However, I bet the katana used this way will never cut an armor (it's just a touch and quite not a cut. Try to cut your steach simply by pressing your knif on it instead of slicing).
Swords do pretty poorly against armor in general, which is why most fencing systems represent unarmored duels or small sided street brawls. This same motion could however be used to slip a sword point under a helmet into a vulnerable face or neck.
Swords are not meant to be used against armor normally
@@drejade7119 how convenient
Now search some hma practitioner with same condition. Lets see the result.
Excellent demonstration of the power of kendo. HOWEVER, the katana shines as a cutting/slicing weapon. While such harrassing strikes to the opponent's wrist and forearm with this kendo movement is perfectly fine (you can also see in the slo-mo that the sword barely came up at all before moving back down) there is still a large difference between "hitting" with the sword and actually "cutting" with the sword.
There is another video where a kendoka actually cut using kendo's moves :
th-cam.com/video/LGwK5vwE6nA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Weaponism
time code 3:23
Enjoy !
My experience in either kendo or Kenjutsu is absolutely non-existent. But from an HEMA perspective I'm very tempted to say that these strikes would be at the very least completely disabling, and quite possibly fatal.
we have these kind of casting cuts in sabre, longsword and other systems, I count them as ending the fight if they land clean, it's probably bad enough that there wouldn't be much afterblow either.
But it's always hard to say for sure... no one is going to get out there and put that theory to the test.
@@nylonandstockinggirls2636 Yes. As I said, this kind of strike is perfectly valid. All I'm saying is that, to bring out the maximum potential of the katana as a cutting weapon, one needs to actually wield it as such. Chopping with a sword is not the same as cutting in the sense of slicing.
@@S.Grenier I agree with you. A strong and rapid chop to the wrist/lower forearm is likely to result in a fracture at minimum. My only point is that the katana is principally a cutting/slicing weapon. The difference is between an attack that disables the wrist vs. one that takes the wrist completely off. This may seem like splitting hairs, but it would be wrong to conclude that a kendoka could actually wield a katana as intended at the same speed as a shinai.
In short, can you do certain kendo moves with a katana? Sure. But can you perform kenjutsu moves with a katana at the same speed as you could with a much lighter shinai? No.
katanas chop fairly well
also at this speed even without a cut it might just break your wrist
Wah
Hahahaha the translation... "even when used by weak women."
I'm the 100,000 subscriber 🤯
日本刀を使う際に、近代スポーツである剣道の動きではなく、古流剣術の技を使ったら、もっともっと速くなると思いますよ。
Who is this guy
현승철, translates as Hyun Seungcheol
@@Ianmar1 thanks but i cant find him on social media platforms do you know if he haves any social media?
@@МихаилНастески I don't believe that I can post website links, but weaponsim replied to a post from 6 days ago a link to his kumdo association page.
Hopefully that is enough for you to find it!
@@МихаилНастески I believe that this video has a link to his dojo in he description
th-cam.com/video/eeNHTDpe5lU/w-d-xo.html
@@Ianmar1 oh thank you very very much
He can cut something?
The power for this particular strike comes from the feet, so chopping should work fine, but the strike as presented lacks a follow through so it will not cut without modification.
They have another video investigating this:
th-cam.com/video/LGwK5vwE6nA/w-d-xo.htmlm22s
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how fast omgg
OK chalange, let him hit with something heaby so se can se what will slow him.
He did though, at the end he used the suburito which averages at about 2-3x's the weight of a steel sword, its used to train the arms, didnt look any slower but that added weight would probably kill you even if you had a helmet on, just breaking your neck or driving the skull downwards which can cause the brainstem to drive up into the brain or detach it.
@@ArcticGator That is not my point, I am intrested where is weight limit for given athelete, where we are able to see slow down. Question is when it becomes too heavy to be noticible, for speed.
Ich habe das Video nicht verstanden.😕😕😕😕😕
Great LARP video!
I don't think that this one was LARP, they didn't seem to be roleplaying.
🙂
Que chingones son los felicito
No. Saved you having to watch the video.
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the narrator sounds like the korean englishman....
So....like....she single ?