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He liked the pommel.

I can imagine in the hands of martial artist the pole arm or halberd will be their most ideal choice of weapon especially when mixed in some eastern techniques with western techniques which utilise the full potential of the polearm or halberd fully

The handguard would poke into the wrists of whoevers using it if it was sideways. The longsword bas many different styles that require the use of the wrists to change the direction of the blade so having the handguard facing the way it does kinda makes it easy to use with your wrists. The rest of the arm is more for power while most the of the actual movement of the blade comes from the wrist.

Seki-sensei「お前への贈り物を考えていた。絶望を贈ろうか」

What about the Wakizashi against another Wakizashi?

seki senseis skills are beyond this world its amazing how he came up with all of these technics in a short time and was able to find so many strenghs and weaknesses of the halberd amazing video . and after watching alot of videos about different weapons and their pros and cons in my opinion every weapon has its strenghs and weaknesses and its better than other weapons in its intended situation and the most important thing is the persons skills who is using the weapon for example a warrior with a katana wins against a warrior with halberd if he is the better fighter. and i want to mention i saw a movie where the samurai choosed wakizashi for duel in the house and he won because the enemys katana got stock at the ceiling when he did an overhead strike it shows that even in case of a katana and a wakizashi there is no better or inferior weapon they both serve their purposes ( i would like to hear your opinions too if you guys think i was wrong about something mention it )

#1... yeah that's a weak grip and if the target sneezes he will disarm him. 2 ok that ain't bad. 3 useless. 4 icepick grip. Universally recognized as useful but only in limited situations. Such as off hand draw or tight quarters.

Is it odd that after this I can imagine Tsukada sensei in a movie where he plays a shy computer nerd who surprises everyone part way thru the movie with his sword skills?

Doing the migi-jodan will burn your forearms up! My gosh this is tough!

Excellent video. Would love to see Seki-sensei use a naginata or kama yari against a halberd.

Thank you very much for posting videos like this online! It helps me with my own training. I very much appreciate the explanation that Seki Sensei gave for the purpose of sparing, and the materials that Asayama Ichiden-Ryū use for this exercise. I will be incorporating these into my training and teaching. I also very much appreciate your openness and willingness to learn - that in itself takes guts... If you continue to engage in various challenges, like these, it will be amazing to see how you grow and develop in the coming years! Much encouragement for you to continue your training!

The blade is heavy and pointy. You don't want large swings if you are not 300% you will hit a fatal blow. The idea is to aim for deep cuts around face, shoulders and ribs. Different from other swords, it is also a defense as it absorbs lots of impact and helps to keep multiple enemies away

damn, that first clip really went: "prepare to-" "fshh!"

He was so accurate 😂

thank you for picking "the last samurai" apart! what a bad movie and bad publicitiy for samurai culture! man, I love Akira Kurosawa's samurai movies! would love to hear Seki-sensei's opinion on some of those! cheers! とても尊敬します

Seki Sensei can face swords and spears but still gets flustered with celebrities haha glad to see he is human. Awesome video, only time we get to see Sensei like this. I love the new intro mostly because it meant so much to Seki Sensei. They are obviously excellent musicians and truly bring the Japanese spirit into their music. So its fitting that its now the intro. Amazing. Congrats all of you. Nothing but up from here, I hope to one day soon become a student myself.

I'd really like him to react to some scenes of "Shogun".

I agree with the other comments, it would be nice to revive those kata. The point is to revive the reyuha and it's culture. The other headmasters made sure to write them down for a reason. That would be awesome. Thank you Seki Sensei for another very cool video. 💪

He mastered the Halbert better than the Swiss could

Greetings! Will be possible to download archived videos from lessons after purchace of ticket?

Halberd is probably my favourite polearm, it's just so versatile making it actually difficult to predict what attack will come next, and compared to a spear the only weakness I'm aware of is that it's pretty top-heavy. Speaking of, a weapon that is very difficult to smack away is a Polish sabre, a weapon designed for a very quick exchange of slashes. I'm Polish and therefore would love to see it tried out on this channel.

Love that he isn't disrespecting, he just point that it's a different tipe of weapon

Why didn’t Hollywood use this sensei as a historic fight scene consultant so the movie can be more accurate 🤷🏻‍♂️

I found myself worried that the participants wear no protection. I love how positive Seki Sensei is in his commentary, he seeks the good and doesn’t find fault.

Rapiers rely on a style of fencing call Cut-and-Thrust, much like the foils you see in the Olympics but with sharpened bladed edges. Seki Sensei did immediately grasp the basics, small, subtle, motions that make big impacts. The rapier is meant to be light, agile, and fast above all else. As Seki Sensei noted, the moment a rapier fighter dodges a counter attack is coming with lightning speed as, often, they my not have needed to parry your weapon at all. The rapier actually relies on it's thin, slim, but long, profile to confuse and bait opponents into making mistakes. If Seki Sensei wants to see this in action, the recent Paris Olympics had some amazing fencing that show the unique attributes of the fencing style. It is also worth noting that there is a 2 sword style in fencing in what the fighters employ a small dagger with a long handguard for parrying of your opponents sword either with the dagger or the rapier, followed by an immediate and powerful thrust from the other. In practice it is extremely complex but, if mastered, is hard to successfully defend against.

Am I the only one loving that Seki Sensei has hung each of the western style weapons he's tried with the same honor and respect as the katana and Japanese weapons in his dojo? Something people over look or forget, at least for the longsword and the rapier, is that swords were a sign of noble status. You were at the very least a Knight if you carried one and later on, with the rapier, an officer.

I believe the guard is like that for the rare cases of where you blade lock.

Yes SEKI SENSEI fun awesome alternative blade techniques ,🎉👍👍 very fun and Wild to watch 😂😊 thanks again SHOGO solid video, May the Triforce bless you 🛡️🗡️👍😸👍

6:11 In this case I would say that the weakness is based on the flashy design that the replica has, normally the axe of the halberd is somewhat square or the curve of the axe is very close to the shaft

i love how being loose/relaxed is important in a fight situation; very similar to zen training about daily life and changing emotions

tatami mats don't fight back

Dude. The VERY FIRST use clip is almost exactly what is shown in the i.33 manual. The earliest sword manual from europe.

I would like to see Seki Sensei try using a Polish saber! It is one-handed, and *prominently* curved, such that there are cool techniques that are unique to curved blades like the saber

Awesome

please learn about the Reverse Grip! it's when you hold the long sword by the blade and use it like a blunt weapon!

Former SCA Combatant here. Leg attacks exists, and did happen, but at least in our end of the spectrum, they are considered heavily dishonorable and are to be avoided. In mundane terms, it's a dangerous place to strike, you generally want your sparring partner to *not* break anything (and swinging a 1.25 inch thick rattan club at someone's leg is a good way to snap a bone,) and most importantly, it makes for boring fights when people are just trying to poke at limbs to disable which leads to people just sitting on their knees and desperately trying to get in that body work and snap shots with 90% less momentum. In terms of manuals that suggest against it, that's kinda of a toss-up. You can find some that say it's useful, you can find some that says NOT to do it, and there are a choice few that say "If you are against someone of skill, then it should not be attempted."

yo when will we get nagamaki video (we already got naginata, wakizashi, rapier, longsword, halberd and more already)

Did samurai have techniques for throwing katana and wakazashi.

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The style and technique of fighting with the two swords is as different as the swords are to each other.

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what a pro, sneaky attack level 3. jejejejeje

Check that out it’s traditional great sword play

So the hand guard is in the set up for a clinch

Imagine trying some Hollywood sword twirling and body spinning when fighting an actual sword master like Seki Sensei. If you timed your spin correctly you could probably catch your own head before it hit the ground. 😂

Kinda makes me think of European Smallsword and Rapier parries.