Hi Sensei Kobayashi today I bought a brand new plastic broken ,and saya started practicing some of your drills before starting Iai To I only did Chinese Martial Arts also use to teach it. Spent a few hours on doing your basics it was great fun and very different for me.Thank you for making these videos .Respect from Montreal,Canada
If you have the money for one I highly recommend looking into getting a bokken from shinbudo weapons. Bought one awhile ago myself for $300 and it’s the best bokken I’ve ever used. They’re made from paper phenolic so it’s ultra durable without being too heavy. All in all it’s about 2 lbs so it’s comparable to a live blade in terms of weighting. Dennis is extremely accommodating and can even make them from any kind of exotic wood you desire and can even do custom jobs for that extra bit of added flair
You make excellent videos. I’m only just starting and I find a lot of people either don’t explain or show the process properly. I have bought highly reviewed books on it too which have helped but I’m more visual so this helps much more. Your video on drawing and returning the blade already helped me much more than other videos I saw not only showing more detail but explaining it much better. Saved your videos and subscribed so I can practice along with what your showing. Thank you!
Again many thanks for the details Sensei. Simply " thinking" your hips will move you, totally change the whole feeling and in the End the Technique. Once someone is privileged to use a real shinken, all of the sudden you understand that " the Shinken knows the way by himself" oos
i need to get a bokken for practicing. I see that "calm" is key. I used to shoot a lot when i was in the Army. the best lesson I ever learned for improving accuracy, was to clear and calm my mind. thanks for the lesson
I have an issue of my tip wobbling at the end of the stroke but I believe that’s because my left arm is allot stronger than my right so they’re not flowing in synch in terms of force
Thank you for these advices! I have been looking to perform the technique correctly but I still have many errors and sometimes my wrist hurts and stuff like that.
thank you, so wonderful lesson. I've been there tree years ago, Japan is so astonishing I want so bad to come back!! A question for you, do u practice karate? becouse I think the base position is kinda the same... btw do u advice practice both karate and kenjutsu?
Hi, So i figure its worth asking. And you'd be the best person to ask. Im looking for a heavier furibo. I have a 5lbs wooden furibo. But thats quickly getting to light. Ive done some looking and found a site with 10lbs. Ill spend the 215 if i have to. But do you know of anywhere better. Not a problem if you dont. Ill just pay the peice if i have too. Thanks for your videos. Take care and have a good one
Actually you don't need to use heavier one than that. Because eventually you need to swing without muscle.And Heavy bokken's purpose is to enhance your tanden, feel its weight, then swing down using breath and gravity.
Can I hold the katana with my left hand on top or is it wrong? I go much better at hitting with more speed and precision with the left on top, also without the left above I go very badly to extract the kata from the sheath and hit.
Thank you sensei for the response i think i am holding it too hard. I have a question sensei, when i swing my bokken do i have to hold it tightly using my left? Or do i hold it just right and follow the weight of the bokken as i swing?
Kaz. Are there practitioners that only use Bokken and don't move onto a real sword? Is there a sport that only uses bokken, I ask as it seems the bokken is very popular on You-tube Kaz. Love your stuff buddy.
If you want to practice iai or kenjutsu seriously. it's better to use real one someday. But, if you want to do as sport or exercise something it's ok to use only bokken. it's popular and usually using bokken.
It's better try to do both movement 🙆♂️ Slow move ment is for check wheather your body, breath and katana conecting or not. And Katana movement correct or not.
its crazy how your left hand is the strongest versus the right very hard for right handed persons With a gun both hands have to stabalize the grip I wonder if european swords though are held differently
Look up "rotator cuff" and "shoulder crepitus" on Google. You might be able to do exercises like pendulums. I'm having a similar problem at the moment and the pendulums and other exercises help to relax the shoulder a lot.
I have a question kaz, Im 13 years old and started kenjutsu since 3 months ago. But for me my bokuto is too heavy for me while everyone else in my class can swing their sword easily. How do I improve my arm and wrist strength? The Bokuto is 2 pounds but I cant swing it straight enough. PLEASE HELP
It can be bad for you to use a bokuto that is too heavy for you. It can cause injury, create bad form and habits, and this can negatively impact your stance and movement. There are different types of bokuto. Make sure you find a lighter one that you feel comfortable with. I recommend that you get the light one. This way you can learn the proper form. As you get to high school and college age and have more strength and a good foundation for your form, you can use to the heavy weight bokken for improve your core, lower abdmen. It's better to use these depending on porpose In my Kaz method I teach how to use both the light version and heavy version - swinging the light one as if it is heavy and swinging the heavy one as if it is light. This improves use of the tanden, waist (koshi) and consciousness. So please switch to a lighter boken.
overhead swing being too small is definitely something i keep doing and have to pay extra attention not to do it. however, am improving on this, i think.
Very strange video. The title says "suburi" as in "suburito" which is a very long. wide wooden sword. What is being used in the video is a regular bokken.
suburi has different length for practiceing different type sword. 😂 So it doesn't matter the materials and the form. The important thing is the weight and balance of the suburi.
ehm ... could it be you are holding the sword way to stiff ? overall I understand its about common mistakes but you miss all the mistakes you make ! ...
@@kumadbd His posture (mental/physical) is rigid and can be seen especially in his arms (elbows locked). Lack of flexibility is medium-term dangerous when performing suburi, doing so does a lot more harm than good.
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These lessons are wonderful-also enjoy seeing the shrines and the practice area-keep up the awesome work
Cool video man! I'll try to watch out for these mistakes 😁 I love how you show some of the local area too! So beautiful
Very clear and concise instruction. I will share this with my friends. Thank you very much.
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YES! I have been looking for a Suburi workout instruction!
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Muy buen video, todo lo básico está aquí, muchas gracias por su tiempo y esfuerzo al crear ésto.
Thank you Kaz! Show more of your beautiful city always looking forward to better tomorrow.
Brilliant video and explanation thank you.. I can't wait to watch other videos
Hi Sensei Kobayashi today I bought a brand new plastic broken ,and saya started practicing some of your drills before starting Iai To I only did Chinese Martial Arts also use to teach it.
Spent a few hours on doing your basics it was great fun and very different for me.Thank you for making these videos .Respect from Montreal,Canada
If you have the money for one I highly recommend looking into getting a bokken from shinbudo weapons. Bought one awhile ago myself for $300 and it’s the best bokken I’ve ever used. They’re made from paper phenolic so it’s ultra durable without being too heavy. All in all it’s about 2 lbs so it’s comparable to a live blade in terms of weighting. Dennis is extremely accommodating and can even make them from any kind of exotic wood you desire and can even do custom jobs for that extra bit of added flair
gracias sensei, ayuda mucho sus clases mas para los principiantes
Domo Arigato Sensei! 🙇♂️
Great tutorial👌👍 Thank you for sharing.
Bravissimo maestro!
Thanks for this very clear explanation! Thanks also for showing us the surrounding area!
It's my pleasure! Keep practicing!
Interesting points , thank you.
Watching his videos makes me feel like I can breathe.
I have made some of these mistakes before...when I started...I loved this video...thank you
Ever heard of a comma?
You make excellent videos. I’m only just starting and I find a lot of people either don’t explain or show the process properly. I have bought highly reviewed books on it too which have helped but I’m more visual so this helps much more. Your video on drawing and returning the blade already helped me much more than other videos I saw not only showing more detail but explaining it much better. Saved your videos and subscribed so I can practice along with what your showing. Thank you!
Which books would you recommend?
Awesome video
OMG thank you so much i made all those mistakes, knew something odd about It. Thank you 🤗🤗
Again many thanks for the details Sensei. Simply " thinking" your hips will move you, totally change the whole feeling and in the End the Technique. Once someone is privileged to use a real shinken, all of the sudden you understand that " the Shinken knows the way by himself" oos
i need to get a bokken for practicing. I see that "calm" is key. I used to shoot a lot when i was in the Army. the best lesson I ever learned for improving accuracy, was to clear and calm my mind. thanks for the lesson
very useful tanx . with best regards from Iran
Thank you. Great tips!
I am new to your channel, it is great information thank you so much. You seam like a very kool person.
I needed a good basic lesson. Thanks.
Arigatou gozaimas🙏🏼
Excellent....Thank You.
Thank you for posting this corrective video.
I starting to learn the proper way.. thanks..
I'm happy to hear that🙏
Great! I've learnt alot from this lesson.
Good vid man
Nice!! I was making almost all of the mistakes.
thank you so much for this!!
Love the vibe of your videos and love that I am learning so much! Thank you!
Really, thank you so much man for all your beautiful videos!
This training help me so Musca keep up the good work!
Great video Maestro thank you 🙏
Thank you for sharing 😄👏👏👏 always a good idea to revisit the basics...i miss the shrine visit in your videos 😁
Nice
Good stuff. I've been doing that side to side thing, now I know why!
These lessons are very helpful. I have been having a problem whenever I would strike my blade ended up wobbling on its way down and now I know why
I have an issue of my tip wobbling at the end of the stroke but I believe that’s because my left arm is allot stronger than my right so they’re not flowing in synch in terms of force
Thank you sir for sharing! :-) I wanted to ask what would be better this or hitting something? Thank you again
Thank you for these advices! I have been looking to perform the technique correctly but I still have many errors and sometimes my wrist hurts and stuff like that.
thank you, so wonderful lesson. I've been there tree years ago, Japan is so astonishing I want so bad to come back!! A question for you, do u practice karate? becouse I think the base position is kinda the same... btw do u advice practice both karate and kenjutsu?
Hi,
So i figure its worth asking. And you'd be the best person to ask. Im looking for a heavier furibo. I have a 5lbs wooden furibo. But thats quickly getting to light. Ive done some looking and found a site with 10lbs. Ill spend the 215 if i have to. But do you know of anywhere better. Not a problem if you dont. Ill just pay the peice if i have too.
Thanks for your videos.
Take care and have a good one
Actually you don't need to use heavier one than that. Because eventually you need to swing without muscle.And Heavy bokken's purpose is to enhance your tanden, feel its weight, then swing down using breath and gravity.
@SAMURAIKAZARTS thanks & thank you for getting back to me
Knowing common mistakes is good for progress.
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Can I hold the katana with my left hand on top or is it wrong? I go much better at hitting with more speed and precision with the left on top, also without the left above I go very badly to extract the kata from the sheath and hit.
Basically right hand on top.
Top hand is just support when you attack.
Mainly using bottom hand it's means left hand.
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Is it okay to feel forearm cramps on my left arm when i practice suburi or am i gripping my bokken too hard?
If you feel that pleasd don't do it too much. I thinki that you make a mistake something.
Thank you sensei for the response i think i am holding it too hard. I have a question sensei, when i swing my bokken do i have to hold it tightly using my left? Or do i hold it just right and follow the weight of the bokken as i swing?
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Please don't hold on tight your left fingers.
Mainly hold your left fingers, little finger, ring finger, middle finger.
Kaz. Are there practitioners that only use Bokken and don't move onto a real sword? Is there a sport that only uses bokken, I ask as it seems the bokken is very popular on You-tube Kaz. Love your stuff buddy.
If you want to practice iai or kenjutsu seriously. it's better to use real one someday. But, if you want to do as sport or exercise something it's ok to use only bokken. it's popular and usually using bokken.
@@SAMURAIKAZARTS Thanks I'll invest in one.
Kaz's face in the thumbnail looks beautiful
Is it much better to slow the movement swinging down at first and then try to do the movement more naturally once you feel comfortable?
It's better try to do both movement 🙆♂️
Slow move ment is for check wheather your body, breath and katana conecting or not.
And Katana movement correct or not.
@@SAMURAIKAZARTS okay ill keep that in mind :)
Arigato😊
its crazy how your left hand is the strongest versus the right very hard for right handed persons
With a gun both hands have to stabalize the grip I wonder if european swords though are held differently
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Am I doing it wrong if my right shoulder keeps on cracks whenever I do a suburi?
If you cracks your shoulder, it's better don't do it. And when you do suburi use mainly your left arm, hand.
Look up "rotator cuff" and "shoulder crepitus" on Google. You might be able to do exercises like pendulums. I'm having a similar problem at the moment and the pendulums and other exercises help to relax the shoulder a lot.
I have a question kaz, Im 13 years old and started kenjutsu since 3 months ago. But for me my bokuto is too heavy for me while everyone else in my class can swing their sword easily. How do I improve my arm and wrist strength? The Bokuto is 2 pounds but I cant swing it straight enough. PLEASE HELP
It can be bad for you to use a bokuto that is too heavy for you. It can cause injury, create bad form and habits, and this can negatively impact your stance and movement. There are different types of bokuto. Make sure you find a lighter one that you feel comfortable with.
I recommend that you get the light one. This way you can learn the proper form.
As you get to high school and college age and have more strength and a good foundation for your form, you can use to the heavy weight bokken for improve your core, lower abdmen.
It's better to use these depending on porpose
In my Kaz method I teach how to use both the light version and heavy version - swinging the light one as if it is heavy and swinging the heavy one as if it is light. This improves use of the tanden, waist (koshi) and consciousness.
So please switch to a lighter boken.
my left wrist hurts like ass wtf do i do wrong
Yes, probably it's something went wrong.
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overhead swing being too small is definitely something i keep doing and have to pay extra attention not to do it. however, am improving on this, i think.
Can I come live with you and be your apprentice?
Very strange video. The title says "suburi" as in "suburito" which is a very long. wide wooden sword. What is being used in the video is a regular bokken.
suburi has different length for practiceing different type sword. 😂 So it doesn't matter the materials and the form. The important thing is the weight and balance of the suburi.
ehm ... could it be you are holding the sword way to stiff ? overall I understand its about common mistakes but you miss all the mistakes you make ! ...
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this guy is a joke lol, poor form even when he shows the "correct" way of doing things
yeah I was really wondering what is going on, looks like the worst suburi form I've ever seen...
By all means, show us how it's done correctly.
Rude twat.
@@kumadbd
His posture (mental/physical) is rigid and can be seen especially in his arms (elbows locked). Lack of flexibility is medium-term dangerous when performing suburi, doing so does a lot more harm than good.
Probably because there are many genre of iaido. They hold sword and swipe sword all in different way.
Awesome video