Anyone familiar with this kata?

[morpheus]

I found this kata on youtube and thought I would see if anyone was familiar with the ryu from which it came. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMap8NvA4VA

[Erik Tracy]

Hmmm.... could it be from extremi-ryu anime-jutsu, wanabe-samurai no kata :D

Then again - I could be wrong.

Erik

[Fred27]

And yet again with the karate-guys doing McDojo sword-jutsu!? I dont get it... Why (so often) karate-guys? :look:

[Brian Owens]

I found this kata on youtube and thought I would see if anyone was familiar with the ryu from which it came. :)
The rare and seldom seen Sheepdog Ryu?

[Joshua Lerner]

I liked the woman's comment at about 0:25 - "Cousin Itt."

[Prince Loeffler]

I guess he could not cut it in karate.........:laugh:

[morpheus]

In may be from the same ryu as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMUO5Qa6WFA

No flashy hakama but there are a number of similarities.

[socho]

yep, posted by the same guy, same dojo. sigh. beware the tasuki of death! (cord used to tie back the sleeves. which doesn't, wrong kind of sleeves) check out the 'Tiger Claw' team choreography from the Disney World event. Cool stuff, very athletic, lots of strength and discipline. Not sword.

Dave

[Josh Reyer]

I like that he ties on the tasuki (super quick), and then pulls his sleeves back down past his elbows, thus making moot what little point the tasuki may have had.

[kdlarman]

Hmm, looks like CRS - "Cocker Rage Syndrome". The attack starts often while they're sleeping. Their pupils dilate. They attack quickly and with no apparent control whatsoever. They're confused and unresponsive as it happens and are often glazed and disoriented once it is finished...

Maybe the hair is to hide the dilated pupils...

But I thought it was relatively rare and only happened in a couple dog breeds...

:laugh:

[Karasu Maru]

It looks like the sword dance rather than iai.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJHGdMQda4

[morpheus]

I see a great deal of difference between the first two and the last link posted. The last link is actually quite beautiful and there is an obvious knowledge of how to use the sword.

[Fred27]

Video has been removed. I guess we were naughty cracking all those jokes eh?

[Steve Delaney]

My eyes! My *expletive deleted* eyes!

[hyaku]

I see a great deal of difference between the first two and the last link posted. The last link is actually quite beautiful and there is an obvious knowledge of how to use the sword.


Bit of a champon though.

[bujutsustudent]

That is more theatrical than swordplay. It looked more like a choreographed ice skating routine. If you want to see what true sword play looks like in the hands of a true master, check this out. This is Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei from BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlQtTMK5Ys

[bujutsustudent]

I forgot to sign my name: Shaz DSouza

[Brian Owens]

...If you want to see what true sword play looks like in the hands of a true master, check this out. This is Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei from BBC
I've seen the program before, and enjoyed it. Too bad the presenter didn't learn how to pronounce "kata" properly.

[DDATFUS]

Too bad the presenter didn't learn how to pronounce "kata" properly.

You mean it's not supposed to be pronounced "kutter?"

My favorite part of that program is the way the presenter stands right between Kuroda and the camera, neatly blocking our view of Kuroda at all the most important points. Then he shouts, "Look! Look! Ain't that kutter amazin'?" And I shout, "I don't know, you rampaging dolt, because you're blocking the $%*!ing camera!"

[Chidokan]

It's not been a bad series, however I think if they had done it with a swordman presenting the sword arts section it would have been a lot more informative...

[Nii]

You mean it's not supposed to be pronounced "kutter?"

My favorite part of that program is the way the presenter stands right between Kuroda and the camera, neatly blocking our view of Kuroda at all the most important points. Then he shouts, "Look! Look! Ain't that kutter amazin'?" And I shout, "I don't know, you rampaging dolt, because you're blocking the $%*!ing camera!"

I always thought it was pronounced like "cutter". ka-ta? Or is it Ka-a-ta or something?

[Brian Owens]

I always thought it was pronounced like "cutter". ka-ta? Or is it Ka-a-ta or something?
Japanese vowels and vowel-consonant combinations are always pronounced the same.

The "a" sound, and combinations like "ka," "wa," and "ta" thus always rhyme.

The "a" sound is like the "a" in "water" or "father" as an American would say them, not like the "a" in "cat" or "man" and certainly not like the "u" in "cut."

(Not to mention that there's no "r" in "kata" at all! "Cutter"? Where the heck does that come from?)

Japanese pronunciations are completely phonetic.

"Kata" is ka-ta.

Over here the one the grinds most on me is people pronouncing karaoke "carry oakey". They don't call karate "carry tea" so why don't they apply the same rules to karaoke? It's not spelled "kerioki"!

BTW, to me, the British chap on the TV program sounded like he was rhyming kata with "chatter," not "cutter," but whichever the case may be, it was off by a mile.

[Brian Owens]

My apologies to all for the above thread drift; I tend to get carried away sometimes on linguistic tangents.

For any who, like me, are interested in Japanese language, the "Language" forum here at E-Budo has a wealth of threads.

Here's just one for starters: New Game: Pronunciation Guides (http://www.e-budo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31325)