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Seiki Sensei is like a living dictionary of cold weapon technique. I cannot imagine how much effort he put into all these training.

A lot of these fall in line with one of my instructor's favorite questions: "Who wins a grapple in a swordfight?" Answer: "The first person who realizes you are no longer in a swordfight." The number of times she has disarmed or outright thrown people is comical.

One thing I admire about Tsukasa (Apologies if I am getting the name wrong) is the fact that whenever Seki Sensei strikes he tends to be on alert no matter how close of the weapon is from him.

I have about 32 years live steel fencing, traditionally "to the mark"... Watching this fellow, I am confident that this man would mop the floor with me. My experience does however allow me to read his movements, he has a gentle and contemplative spirit and good sense of humour. I enjoy your videos, the more I watch the more I become fascinated with everything Japanese.

Seki Sensei "putting them on blast." The disarm techniques are always awesome to watch.

Master Seki is unbelievable 😮 He is so full of knowledge!! We are so lucky to have him showing us all these techniques!! Thank you so very much 🙏 Take care. Stay safe 🙏 John and Kate

Thank you for destroying your floor for us! A spectacular video!

That final kata, the Jo techniques, those really stood out to me. They're so simple, but the simplicity is the secret to the effectiveness - and it's an easy one to adapt to my HEMA sparring as well. The unarmed kata in the first situation is very useful for modern situations as well, it seems - it would have to be adjusted to account for the much shorter blade and handle of a knife compared to a sword, but it could very effectively restrain and potentially disarm an attacker in a pinch. Thank you Sensei!

Even though I am unable to commit to the classes, I am still very fortunate to have this channel to reference when ever I do my in home routine. Please accept my humble gratitude Shogo-sama and Seki-sensei for giving so much to a beggar such as I. Arigato gozaimasen. I place my head at your feet.

I am impressed with every video I watch. The techniques, the videography AND the explanations!

Thank you for the content, Seki sensei, and thank you, Shogo, for translating and filming it! Hope you're doing better! Can't wait to become a student! Love from the USA! 🙏

Definitely... We need more staff type videos

@letsasksekisensei

6 ай бұрын

We will absolutely be making more in the future!

I practiced Aikido for a number of years. The disarm that Seki Sensei does using the Jo definitely looks like movements we would do in Aiki Jo. The sickle disarm looked a lot like a disarm the FMA do often.

Thank you for bringing us the videos with Seki Sensi. It's so awesome to see someone of his skill level and knowledge. And you are getting much better we can tell you have been working hard on your techniques.

Brilliant! Love the sword-to-sword one especially. Please would you ask Seki Sensei if he would react to some of the video replies that HEMA practitioners like Scholagladiatoria made to him trying-out a longsword?

Spectacular techniques! ❤

Seki sensei is incredible! Has he ever had to put his years of training to use? I'd love to hear stories from Seki sensei.

Seki sensei lessons are always good, you can always see the logic in his techniques

very cool thank you.

Thank you.

Recuerdo que un amigo me decía que en iaido y en kendo no habían más técnicas. Y le dije que en kenjutsu había una gran variedad de técnicas. Que esa idea en parte se debe al manga, anime, video juegos y películas.

Good stuff 💯💥✌🏻

A very true master!

It'd be cool to see you or your sensei sparring.

@letsasksekisensei

6 ай бұрын

There will be a video of that soon!

@boreragnarok4680

6 ай бұрын

@@letsasksekisensei Nice!

Seki srnsei always impressive on the jo

glad to see some disarming techniques from japanese swordmanship, which was something i didn't see when i was practicing kenjutu, but it something you will very commonly see in european martial arts like Hema.

I've seen the kama video (also the duell the kama) and I wanna know more about the kama recording techniques

How is Master Sensei tied to the five Bushido, and the origins of Japanese martial arts?

I noticed a few kama attacks are similar to axe fighting techniques, very interesting to see. Perhaps give Seki sensei a axe to fight with, see what he comes up with, I expect kama style techniques to show, but he could surprise me. And yes, I am from Viking decent, which is also how I noticed the similarities. 5:28 This specific move, if he would release the weapon with his left hand, wouldn't it strike harder and there for do more damage to the opponent? Attacking the shins as hard as possible could potentially incapacitate or floor your enemy as well depending on the opponent's stance and the power you use to swing the staff. A mere stick can do incredible damage if used properly.

It's been nearly a year since you started this channel. I'd be very interested to know the thoughts of both Shogo san and Seki sensei regarding the value of the online training opportunities. Have any participants been inspired to visit Seki sensei's dojo in Japan or to attend or organize any seminars, etc.? There's a very commonly repeated maxim that "you can't learn a martial art over the Internet." Do you think you have compelling evidence yet to refute this view?

@letsasksekisensei

6 ай бұрын

We have, and will be making more videos in the future of our online lesson students performing the techniques they have learned through online lessons! I believe that would be proof of how well you can develop over the Internet too.

@uncle0eric

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for responding. I look forward to the videos!

I think its important to understand the distinction between combat on a battle field and combat for survival, self-defense by another word. In a warzone, in a battle you have mates, and Allies and you have back-up and support teams. Your training and fighting acumen needs to reflect that. So you train to be a unit less so a warrior. Your tactics are shoulder-to-shoulder and back-to-back and circle-up. Everyone needs to be on the same page and making the same moves and implying the same restrictions to maintain a cohesive power. A fighting force. Not just a rabble farce. Self-Defense? Survival Combat? Self-Alone Guerilla Battle? Any, and all, advantage or leverage or even cheat needs to be utilized. You need to be ready to fight with whatever is at hand. Like, sure. Moral Considerations, I'd never personally use poison to defend myself simply because if the offender leaves and the poison doesn't? I'm the asshole. I also take the first hit, or at least wait for the first strike to get mean. I'm not in a warzone so I have no one counting on me and I have no one to count on so, if I throw my boot or leave my knife in a ... tree limb, not a problem. I could throw my weapon -outright- and not a dang person but me has to regret it, you know? What's wrong with a little "b'Zerker Flaying" with a huge pole between enemies of convenience. Eh?

Like.[★] Cortador de arros como arma de combate samurai.😏🌾🌾👍🏽

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@letsasksekisensei

6 ай бұрын

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@The_true_Joe_mama

6 ай бұрын

lol

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ok, but usually I have my thumb on the tsuba and left hand on the saya at all times (when the katana is sheathed).

As much as I love this and as cool as it seems, I just cant see the first 3 katas being effective in real time/real fight scenarios. I would LOVE Seki Sensei to prove me wrong, or to speak to my concerns. I'll make my points: Kata 1 (Kama): If the opponent draws without holding back, it's too risky to try to intercept the draw, not knowing if he will strike higher or mid body. If you miss the catch or are too late to intercept, it's over. The chance of success ratio doesn't make it seem worth trying. Kata 2 (Katana): I would trust this Kata more than the Kama Kata, but the opponent could grab your hilt with his free hand (scabbard hand), possible taking it or at least preventing the upward tilt of the blade for attack. What's the best approach should this happen? Kata 3 (Chain): I strongly believe it is possible to block the strike with the chain, but having time to wrap the chain around the blade and disarm doesn't seem possible in real time. Also, if the opponent follows through with the swing of the blade, it could overpower the tensile strength that your arms are applying to the chain and slip through the block, or even come down enough to hit your head or shoulder Kata 4 (Jo): This is the most plausible of all katas in my opinion, but I don't think it is easy to blast disarm a katana wielded by someone with a very firm grip. I do believe this is a very effective way of parrying though. Anyhow, thanks for entertaining my thoughts. I would love to see this in sparring speed with safety gear and no sense for holding back. Best Regards :)

@HeyyyJude

6 ай бұрын

You are taking the kata too literally. It’s like doing boxing drills and expecting a fight to go the same way. It’s the principle knowledge that matters not the choreographed steps to get to that point. Learning these skills is not about replicating the kata. They are about seizing an opportunity if one presents itself for you to take. They will never look like the kata.

@AcesHighMedia

6 ай бұрын

@@HeyyyJude Of course! Its repetition in motion. Of course I have to take them literally because they literally are literal. They were designed for what if not to defend yourself against an attacker? Just how Karate has katas that would prove useful, not as a whole but individually should the opportunity present itself, but if the opportunity presents itself, shouldn't it be proven to work? I'm not making these points or asking these questions to be malicious, this is a new realm of discovery for me outside of hand to hand combat and I truly want to know the answers.

@HeyyyJude

6 ай бұрын

@@AcesHighMedia for example, the first kata where the sword is drawn and seki-sensei stops the attack by stepping off line of a horizontal (into the path of the sword) attack and grabbing the arm then disarming. I agree that this is VERY unlikely to work. In my own kenjutsu, the kata are not to be taken entirely literally. They are safe, choreographed steps to practice a PARTICULAR concept (the actual disarming of the sword, not the walk forward and grab a moving hand from a distance). So in reality, you wouldn’t see a man walk forward on an enemy attacking from a distance. You are more likely to use this technique if you are already in close quarters. I can’t speak for seki-sensei’s school since I don’t study it but only offer what I’ve been taught. Kata teach concepts that you will need to figure out how to use in a live-scenario. It’s probably not the answer you were looking for. Koryu is a preservationist passion for martial arts and culture. You will have a hard time trying to learn how to actually use these concepts in this day and age because that style of fighting is gone. One last note: the kata are not omnipotent, game-ending skills/concepts. They are simply skills and knowing when to use them is just as important.

So anyways, I started blastin'...

seki sensei isn't samurai he is more like motobe from baki. a martial art involves a lots of weapons though history. his dojo is a museum.

Thrilling I liked the video🤎I liked your foot work Seki Sensei 🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍we will meet again🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🖤

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