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
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
Jeff Brown
Hmmm.... could it be from extremi-ryu anime-jutsu, wanabe-samurai no kata
Then again - I could be wrong.
Erik
And yet again with the karate-guys doing McDojo sword-jutsu!? I dont get it... Why (so often) karate-guys?
Fredrik Hall
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." /Confucius
I liked the woman's comment at about 0:25 - "Cousin Itt."
Josh Lerner
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.
Jeff Brown
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
Dave Drawdy
"the artist formerly known as Sergeant Major"
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.
Josh Reyer
Swa sceal man don, žonne he ęt guše gengan ženceš longsumne lof, na ymb his lif cearaš. - The Beowulf Poet
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...
It looks like the sword dance rather than iai.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJHGdMQda4
Mai Shikata
If you want to strike your opponent, you should let him strike at you.
If your opponent strikes at you, he himself will already have been struck.
-- Yagyu Munenori
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.
Jeff Brown
Video has been removed. I guess we were naughty cracking all those jokes eh?
Fredrik Hall
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." /Confucius