Videos right at the bottom of the page.
Enjoy: http://www.wklok.com/mylife/2008_06_...kai/Page2.html
Videos right at the bottom of the page.
Enjoy: http://www.wklok.com/mylife/2008_06_...kai/Page2.html
hum, I wanted to see them for some time. Who are the participants, which ryu? (Not talking about the puppy by the way )
Toyama Ryu.
Well one of the guys is actually one of my Mugairyu brethren!
Regards,
r e n
Interesting armor. I liked the use of Nike soccer shinpads on the one guy's forearms
TSKSR - Kakudokan Kristiansand
Kendo - Kristiansand Kendoklubb
Josh Reyer
Swa sceal man don, žonne he ęt guše gengan ženceš longsumne lof, na ymb his lif cearaš. - The Beowulf Poet
That is Hataya-sensei's organization. He teaches this and other things in addition to Toyama Ryu. I believe Sang Kim sensei from the New York Toyama group won this competition. It is with blunted steel weapons, looks like Hataya-sensei himself was judging.
Dave
Dave Drawdy
"the artist formerly known as Sergeant Major"
This was new.
Where is it held, if anyone knows, and what kind of rules is there?
Steffen Gjerding
Kakudokan dojo
Yup, lousy english
I believe this was their annual tai kai in Japan (Machida?) held in June of this year. Only one of the events, also had the usual kata, kumitachi and shizan. One of the guys in that group would have to tell you about rules.
Dave
Dave Drawdy
"the artist formerly known as Sergeant Major"
This was the annual Japanese Toyamaryu Taikai, held in Machida.
The weapons are real steel swords, just not sharpened.
(And FYI, the bouts have to stop every 30 seconds because the swords bend ALL the time. Very informative re. a "real" duel.)
The armor is a combination of kendo, soccer, and whatever else works.
The rules are minimal: basically try to avoid hitting in the back (where there is no armor), try to avoid getting your sword under the neck/shoulder protection where you can really hit the neck and kill someone, and try to avoid stabbing the kissaki through the armor and killing someone.
Other than that, anything goes, first legit contact wins, anywhere on the body.
And yes Sang won.
Regards,
r e n
Interesting video. I also wondered what this would look like. The first pictures I saw of this habikito gekiken thing were in some kind of wrestling ring, so I thought it was a bit of a spectacle, but these videos are much better.
Do any other ryuha participate in this or is it mainly a Toyama Ryu thing? Also are the Mugairyu folks alright with their monte participating in this kind of event? Also are they pulling their blows at all or are full force strikes allowed?
I assume there must be some kind of waiver to sign in case of serious accident.
I'd like to see a match like this starting with nagebokuto! (throw bokuto to each participant and start the match when they catch the weapon).