Hi I'm an east Asian sword enthusiast. This channel is designed to talk about history, science and just my general thoughts regarding east Asian swords. I also run a club called Sydney Korean Historic Fencing where we teach JoJangDo, building on the techniques listed in the manual Jedok Geom found in Muyedobotongji.
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Im planning to buy a display one, its pretty chep (barely can afford) but i Love Japanese/Samurai stuff ;) I will try to just sharpen it with the stone technic, hopefully it will do work :)
So, this awesome giant sword was used by pirates… epic. This was a really good video!
and subbed. love when people deep dive into old historical weapon manuals. especially obscure ones.
couldn't you also just jamb the sheath in the dirt or mud & run forward draw & attack
You could but then you damage your sheathe more (and they probably weren't cheap or easy to acquire) and you also only have the option of moving in one direction so you can't draw and change your mind to draw while retreating
A little sharing from my POV (kendo beginner🙋♂) - Ki Ken Tai Ichi is an element unique to Kendo & Kumdo (correct me if im wrong), for both their practice methods as well as sparring for competition. Like any sports, the ruleset influences the way the player play the 'game'. so for kendo, kikentaiichi is heavily emphasised into their rules of sparring - it may not fit into other sports when applied. KKTI, the idea isn't exactly to move as one but a harmonising of the 4 elements as part of the striking process in kendo, its heavily emphasised as a way to train and ingrained the philosophy into the practitioners. - without those elements, an ippon does not count. Ki, the energy & spirit - showing you are on a level of high alert and readiness, physically & mentally, hence the Kiai serves a function to intimidate your opponent & pshcye yourself up as well as purging your mind of unnecessary thoughts for the moment. Ken, the techniques/waza of your sword (showing proper techniques, accidental shots does not count) Tai the posture, including footwork & correct posture (don't want to look sloppy and un-energetic) Ichi, as one. Harmonising all of the above for a cut So the ideal kikentaiichi practice is to show your preparedness & energy , create the opening with waza/techniques, then launch a strike while calling the name of the target through fumikomi. Back to readiness & zanshin for a follow-up strike (if need to) hope this is informative - in my lighthearted equivalent would be of Pickleball vs Tennis. Same Same...but Different....🤭
Yeah, I'm not against the concept of kikentaiichi. Just the execution ends up as everything moving as one, and it's a concept that's leeched over into many koryu schools and other sword arts as well. The concept is fine, the execution is usually poor and the teaching of why or the thought process of order of movements that students get taught- often even poorer
@NamazuRyuSaiken quite possibly. Many of koryu schools I've been to have been in the context of sparring and most of them have had some kendo experience. Either way, I think many kendoka would benefit from considering order of movements though that's probably the least of issues with kendo
@@JustaBug Different Koryu have different approaches to combat - so KKTI being bleed over to Koryu may have something to do with my theory of a kendoka dojo doing koryu as an extension. It's just a theory of mine since I dont hear KKTI term being used on Koryu exclusive dojos. My best guess is a Kendoka that trains in Koryu as an extension bleeds the concept over because its what they are learning from the beginning. And Koryu is very open ended conversation too because MSR is categorized as Koryu but it is a relatively modern style developed during a peaceful era (which seitei takes heavy inspiration from) - when other much older styles were developed during the warring times when theres more emphasis on survival than "presentation" base
great video and demonstratoin
the sword is 175cm? I thought it was taller since it towered over you
Thankfully I'm still taller than the average 1500s korean soldier so it would've towered over them even more
dude. why dont u swing it and slash some fruits or branches for us...
Because it's not sharp. I've gotten a blunt one so I can experiment and test the form as it's recorded in the manual without risk to myself and others while trying out different techniques, especially in terms of interactions with other swords and polearms
@@JustaBug yes. jus slash plastic bottles and fruits. i would like to buy one of these weaopns but they seem very rare. or branches that are half an inch thick.
no need to slash anything too. just swing air for us to see. its just an amazing sword. haha
I know the Long Sword that is ming influenced has reached Southeast Asia in the 16th-17th century. Apparently, In Cambodia, the long sword was used in warfare. When the Qing expelled the Ming, they headed to Vietnam, but the emperor told them they lived in the Mekong Delta. The ex-ming actually ended up living at a port in Cambodia. They ended up making their own trade center. Their sword was locally produced and it used local and Chinese material.
Thank you
had no idea this existed thank you!! interested in your future vid
Tell David Miller you have found a use for REVERSE GRIP! @sellswordarts
Great content. As a piece of constructive criticism the echo is really bad. That room is an audio nemesis, and it will never know defeat.
Among all the rubble that inhabit that platform once called Twitter, there are some hidden jewels here and there, like the user Gunsen History, who deals a lot with old japanese and samurai weapons and armor, sources included. There, he once showed how odachis were popular over the 1300’s during the Nanbokucho Wars. These were unlike your example in the video, those were long, broad and beefy greatswords but had a problem: they were unbalanced and unwieldy. They tried making heavier tsubas to counter balance the weight a bit, but it was not enough and many warriors started to wrap some cloth in the lower part of the blade to safely grab it from there, like a ricasso. That was the origin of the nagamaki. Then, another source, here in KZread: Shogo, from his channel “Let’s ask Shogo”, in an interview with his sensei, Seki, the later made a demonstration of Edo period performances with an odachi. But at that time the sword was now thinner and lighter, it wasn’t made for war anymore. Also, swords during the Sengoku Jidai and at the time that wokou pirates were active, japanese swords were larger, and many of these were shortened during the Edo period to comply with laws, and what were considered normal swords in the 1500’ may have been considered long odachis during the Tokugawa Shogunate. With all of this, now I don’t know why exactly did I write down all of this. I do not want to berate you, I cannot correct you, maybe you will find the two sources I have provided interesting enough to look them up, perhaps I started to write this comment thinking about “hey, maybe that odachi you have there is not exactly historically accurate with hoe odachis were back in that specific time frame”… but I liked your video nonetheless. Odachis were used and maybe that sword from FF7 is comically long, just as that buster sword.
I enjoyed the video but I would really recommend you get a shotgun mic or something. It is kinda hard to understand you sometimes due to the large reverb of the hall you are in.
Oh wow havent see you in a long while! Glad to see you are still on the platform!
Thanks namazu! Still posting infrequently
@@JustaBug Keep them coming! Always appreciate your post!
The main reason to use this sword is it's cool.
Or an odachi or the nodachi are also similar swords right? Japanese tho
That sword isn't anywhere even CLOSE to the same size. And that kinda makes the entire video moot. And untrue. Nice facts and factoids though.
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Improper weilding also costs an arm and a leg. Literally.
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen
Those swords must've been one hell of a project to forge back in the day. Quite a showpiece.
Great explainer, mate! And I'm happy for you that Skall actually got back to you on the topic. Love that cross-discipline sharing of insights and interpretations 😁
It's easy: 1. Swing at an enemy at distance. 2. The scabbard becomes a ranged weapon. 3. ??? 4. Your enemy is already dead and now your sword is unsheathed.
Skall sent me. Time for a response to the response to the response.
Love this, I need to get a ssangsudo!
important thing about giant swords. Your arm span is equal to your height (give or take 5 to 10cm) so as long as the blade doesn't go higher than roughly your chin, you can unsheath it "naturaly" (accounting for closed fist)
Indeed
I always just figured the Masamune was an exaggerated odachi.
Aw man if I was still in Sydney I'd have been VERY interested in learning Korean HEMA. Still, it's a good thing you're doing =u= 수고하새요~
This issue is... the only historic examples close to Sephiroth's Masamune would be something like the Norimitsu Odachi, which for sure no one ever actually used in battle. Sephiroth's sword is around 2.8m (9ft) long. There is no way anyone ever wielded such an extreme example on the battlefield. Shaq would have a hard time wielding a 9ft sword.
Ssandsudo sparring when? Maybe half speed? 🤔
Half speed would be the fastest that's not instant concussion land. Ssangsudo isn't really for use against another ssangsudo so maybe vs 4 normal sized swords
Hey, stumbled here after Skallagrim's response to your response. What kind of sword are you using and where did you get it ?
Hi there, I really love the approach your club took to Korean swordsmanship (i.e. with HEMA practicalities). I am based in Melbourne and train at FSV but if I'm in Sydney will definitely check it out!
Very nice
you make the lil girl inside me very happy to find a weapon as sexy as sepiroth is real
Please! My wallet can only become so empty!
Hey , I’ve been trying to find a sword just like this for a while now , but I can’t find anything as big, do you mind letting me know where I can buy one like the one in the video ? Thank you .
"History is a fantasy that doesn't exist!!" -Skallagrim
Excelent
"Sephiroth's sword which is well over his own wingspan isn't a fantasy sword because here's a real sword which isn't even slightly longer than my wingspan" This argument is as valid as saying "Jaguars aren't too dangerous to be kept as pets because look at this Cheetah. Cheetahs are not as aggressive and their strength is comparable to a fully grown fit man." Like bro, you're making an argument for something that's not in question... Try to make this video with a custom made sword (or analogue) with Sephiroth's sword's dimensions and see if you can even pretend it's usable against another armed opponent.
Thank you for this
"a sword that is like 2.4m is actually totally realistic and practical because some people used a 1.8m sword" doesn't seem like a good argument to me. The difference in length is so huge that a lot of what you showed doesn't apply. There's still some cool info in the video I just don't think it applies to Sephiroth's sword the way you say it does.
Skall sent me. What's up, Bug. Nice vid. Make more plz.
oh, that looks familiar, Lady Eboshi's bodyguard draws his sword like that in Princess Mononoke during the night raid scene. leave it to Miyazaki to get something like that correct.
I enjoyed this video. It's informative and concise, and I appreciate that you didn't talk trash or try to start a rivalry with Skallagrim or anything silly like that.
You are cool man and that sword is majestic! 😎🗿🤩
This is SOOOO cool
Just an additional note, the Kage-ryū mentioned here probably is NOT the one that is ancestor art of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (Kage-ryū characters 陰流), but rather the still extant, but less famous, Kage-ryū using characters 影流. The second Kage-ryū is best known for using very large swords, or "chōken", as they like to call them. To find info on them without getting hits on Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, use kanji characters as your search term. That said, the first Sephiroth sword Skallagrim handled in that video probably was another foot (30cm) or so longer than the sword shown here. Ah, well, time to watch Skall response to your response.
zweihänder was quite sort ;-) there was the so called "Gassenhauer - Schwert" it was quite longer than an ordinary Zweihänder