The way of warrior-samuraie on youtube

[Bushido01]

This is a very intersting 4 parts video on youtube. I attached the link for the first part, you can find the other parts on youtube should you decide to watch them all.

It is intersting that the Iadio Sensei uses a 600 years old katana in his katas. Also there is a short part on making a katana by Yoshihara Jr.

Enjoy,

Rod

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nobody]

Thanks Rod,

They are very interesting. I watched all parts and saved them.

[Bungo]

the story of the boyfriend hunting for the tiger is obviously apocryphal as there's no tiger in Japan ( edo days, that is ).............

otherwise the tape is outstanding.

 

milt the ronin

[Nobody]

  Bungo said:

the story of the boyfriend hunting for the tiger is obviously apocryphal as there's no tiger in Japan ( edo days, that is ).............

The origin of that seems to be the story of General Riko (李広将軍; I do not know the original reading.) written in Shiji (史記). In the story, he shot the tiger (stone) for his mother.

 

FYI; Shiji

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiji

[Ichi]

Hi Rod,

 

Thanks for the video clips. Very interesting to see how this sensei maneuver with his nihonto. Have you ever cut your fingers?

[Nobody]

The school of the bujutsu is "Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū (天真正伝香取神道流)".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katori_Shinto_Ryu

 

And the sensei in the movies is Mr. Otake Risuke (大竹利典).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otake_Risuke

[Guido]

I was very surprised when I saw him in the video. I imported a sword into Japan via unaccompanied air luggage in 2003 (never again, what a hassle!), and therefore had to attend a pre-Shinsa at Narita airport. Through this video I now learn that it was no other than Ôtake-sensei who met me in a stuffy room at one of the cargo offices at the airport. It was a sweltereing day in August, no a/c, and we were sweating like pigs, but he was very kind, and an extremely pleasant person to talk to, and obviously knew a lot about Nihontô. I had no idea he's such a famous person!

[rgus]

Thats the most enjoyable 40 minutes or so I have spent in a while. Thanks for shairing.

[myochin]

Fantastic videos; thanks for sharing.

Is there any way I can download these videos to my computer?

 

Thanks,

Paul.

[Brian]

Try http://www.keepvid.com

It will allow you to save many of the online hosted videos as an .flv file.

You will need a small flv player, but they are freely available for download.

 

Regards,

Brian

[Martin]

Hi,

 

you can also try this one I used this time

 

http://www.youtubex.com/

 

cheers,

Martin

[myochin]

Dear Brian & Martin,

 

Many thanks for your help. Those links worked a charm... once I had figured out to rename the downloaded file with an ".flv" extension.

 

Paul.

[Bungo]

  Guido Schiller said:

I was very surprised when I saw him in the video. I imported a sword into Japan via unaccompanied air luggage in 2003 (never again, what a hassle!), and therefore had to attend a pre-Shinsa at Narita airport. Through this video I now learn that it was no other than Ôtake-sensei who met me in a stuffy room at one of the cargo offices at the airport. It was a sweltereing day in August, no a/c, and we were sweating like pigs, but he was very kind, and an extremely pleasant person to talk to, and obviously knew a lot about Nihontô. I had no idea he's such a famous person!

How old you think he was when you were in the Turkish bath ?

 

milt the ronin

[Ford Hallam]

The film footage actually come from a BBC series entitled "The way of the warrior, the paradox of the martial arts" and was filmed a little over 20 years ago.

 

The Katori Shinto Ryu is considered by many authorities to be one of the most well preserved classical warrior training systems. There are losses to the curriculum but never-the-less, it's methods and philosophy offer a fascinating and perhaps unique glimpse into the ways of the warriors of old Japan. These old schools ( koryu ) practice Iai-jitsu ( among other things ), which is the purely practical form of what has today evolved into the slightly more "socially acceptable" and less combatitive practice of Iai-do.

 

Actually, for anyone interested in learning a lot more about Otake Shihan and the school, I would recommend this, as yet unpublished, book purely on the basis of previous offerings from these authors. Here's the link;

 

http://koryu.com/new.html enjoy

 

cheers, Ford

[Guido]

  Bungo said:

How old you think he was when you were in the Turkish bath ?

The Wikipedia link says he was born in March 1926, I met him in August 2003, so you do the math .

[Bushido01]

  Ichi said:

Hi Rod,

 

Thanks for the video clips. Very interesting to see how this sensei maneuver with his nihonto. Have you ever cut your fingers?

 

Hi Ichi,

No I haven’t cut myself in Iaido yet and I always bow to my sword before and after practice to be nice to me. But I get more than enough injuries in Kendo. I heard a high rank Sensei once cut one of his fingers off during Iaido practice and his students took him to the hospital immediately along with the remain of his finger off the floor. The surgeon stitched his finger back and said it was an easy task as the cut was very clean and laser like. The Sensei was able to move his finger after just a few months. Now you know why they like to practice with a 600 years old Koto blade.

[Guest Simon Rowson]

I well remember watching this TV series on BBC in 1983.

 

It covered martial arts from all parts of Asia but obviously my favourite episode was the one covering the Katori Shinto Ryu and Ritsuke Otaki.

 

The only annoying aspect as I recall was the narration which was done by cockney actor Dennis Waterman (of "Minder" fame) who tried, very unsuccessfully, to imitate a cultured upper-class accent. I suppose he thought that his usual "Cor Guvnor, look at that Oh-tacky geezer swing 'is chopper abart!" might lack the required dignity for such a serious programme.

 

Anyway, it impressed me enough to get the book of the series and the 3 volumes of Otake sensei's "The Deity and the Sword" (both shown below).

 

Simon

 

 

[Bushido01]

Here is the link to Tenshin Shoden katori Shinto Ryu Katas by Mr. Otake Risuke;

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVBox1dnEd4

 

Their katas and techniques are very different from Muso Shindo, here is a link to some old Muso Shindo katas videos;

 

http://iai.whaleeaters.org/

[Steve]

Great links Rod!

Thanks

Steve F

PS It was good to see you today

[Bushido01]

Nice old vidoes of Nakayama Hakudo (Muso shindo ryu) in his younger and older times.

Enjoy,

Rod

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLCAeFOpHUY

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Thanks for sharing Rod. Very interesting.

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

Has anyone seen Nihonto TV on YouTube before? I found the videos pretty interesting to say the least.

 

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NihontoTV

Never noticed that the clay used to create the hamon was a different mixture and consistency than the clay used elsewhere on the blade, looked much darker and less dense...I'm guessing more charcoal in it? If so is the extra charcoal to contribute a minute amount of carbon to the ha?