Responding to Ninjutsu Comments on My "Fake Sword Defense" Video
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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A good opportunity to have a open discussion about realistic, martially viable techniques in armed martial arts. How do you know that something is effective against non-compliant aggressors? How specialized should training be? What kind of criticism is fair and valid?
And of course, how should the mighty log be deployed against a swordsman? :)
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I love the idea that someone chopping wood in the forest would choose a log as a self defense weapon instead of their axe.
Yeah I'd even choose long stick over the axe for power and reach but I woimd never go for the log xD
Or just... not a fucking log.
I would go barehanded before I went for the log
seeing how situational these are, clearly the intent was that the axe head broke off just before the attacker showed up
@@bugsmith9751 But you still have the axe handle, right?
Clearly, Skall cannot comprehend the fact that ninja master Ball Grab Log-sensei tapped into the Speed Force, in order to slow his students and beat them at 80 times the speed of sound.
Like DBZ, the footage was slowed down so people with low power levels can comprehend what's going on.
FUELED BY POCKY AND THE ANCESTOR SPIRITS
Yea, I also hope my opponents move like they get filmed by a 1000 frames per second camera, when I need to fight them.
Isn’t 80 times the speed of sound kind of sluggish for flash?
He used potion of swiftness AND speed monado
Damn, my man wrote an entire essay just to defend the ball grabbing dude
🤣 must have taken him years to master such a technique.
It make me look back at papa franku's words of "opinion"
Prob has to defend that he wasted so much time in an useless technique by making a statement
@@thegoodjohn6258 people in psychology call that "effort justification". That uncomfortable feeling he had when watching Skall? Thats cognitive dissonance, which if he follow through, he may break the brainwashing.
Too bad the reply seem to indicate otherwise. I hope he will see the light
Thats some hardcore dedication to the art of ball grabbing. For him, ball grabbing isnt merely an exercise but a lifestyle. Always wear protection kids no matter what your kinks may be.
"bujikan is all about getting out of your opponents line of sight and slipping in hidden strikes they aren't expecting" *Ninja with a wood log on his back slips into the darkness*
the infamous log ninja, famous for bonking people in the head at lightspeed
I'm pretty sure it's just the log from their substitution jutsu, so it's way more practical than it sounds :^)
@@DXYS95 You thought it was ninjo, but it was loggo! Bamboozled again!
@@Reragi They say many men who failed no nut November were sent to horny jail by his log. Beware.
* rolls 20 natural
“Way to look up the goofiest videos from a dojo.”
Maybe just dont do goofy things in your dojo as the principle instructor 🤷♂️
One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no RUclipsr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear avi
Or better yet: Tag them as silly.
Who
Oh no, that was nowhere NEAR the goofiest thing from a dojo.
Goofy martial arts is quite the rabbit hole on YT.
Oh this guy doesnt just do goofy things...many people say his martial arts school is cult like, he also offered a practice that he called "sexual healing" with women and was therefore accused of rape by multiple women
“Having lived in Japan briefly” probably means they come here on vacation, visited some anime shops and now think they are experts about Japan. People like that get made fun of around here.
I think people like this get made fun of everywhere. Like the stuff they see is just a show thats put on for them and they just assume thats the entire culture. Same here with people visiting vienna and salzburg that then go on to assume all austrians just listen to mozart permanently or stand somehwere in the alps yodeling.
@@sewi014 wait, all Austrians dont yodel on the Alps? Damn... So much for my dream of moving to Austria...
Sounds like the so called blues experts that come to Mississippi to see the " living legends " that are a joke. Duck Holmes being the first one who comes to mind. Retired teacher who can barely sing or play.
Agree. Same with people who watch shitty cooking videos and think adding garlic, olive oil and basil to stuff makes it "italian". Pisses me off. Culture is much deeper than what you can experience in months or even years...
@@custink22 There are alps, and there is occasional jodeling involved (mostly in Tyrol/Allgäu), but mostly it's alcoholism as culture (both in Austria and Bavaria) and Germans and Austrians dissing each other across the border. Fun times for all.
Skall: Here's a video criticising the technique, not the person
Commenter: wHy ArE yOu CrItIcIsInG mY dOjO
They know its bullshit, so they are insecure
This can basically be summed up as "Offended weebs talking out their ass, to which Skal responds far too politely."
Tbh as someone who values all martial arts, the sort of "theatrical" ninjutsu is boring. Real Shinobido was about subterfuge. Get in, fuck shit up, get out. They weren't warriors, they were assassins. So a lot of the "Ninja vs. Knight" shit is like comparing apples to oranges. They're two different things. Shinobi were assassins, spies, and saboteurs. And one thing a lot of people don't realize is that during the height of Japanese martial history (the Sengoku Jidai), Shinobi would primarily use guns, not Shuriken, or whatever the hell else people think they used.
@@jackarmstrong8790 everything Japanese is so extremely misunderstood, and unfortunately mostly overhyped by a factor of a billion. Fucking weebs.
Thank you for the summary
Maybe political assassins, as opposed to wartime. Afaik they were spies primarily. In Korea however, you do find what funnily enough looks like our modern depiction of ninjas, masked assassins employed during wartime.
@@jackarmstrong8790 there were ninjutsu practitioners in ufc getting their faces kicked in. its a joke of a martial art.
"The log was taken out of context". Yes, it should have been filmed in the forest.
With a beaver as an enemy.
No not really any more than a spear in a house is out of context. This is a traditional battlefield weapon. Said to be like tanks as far as tactics go.
@@DouglasEKnappMSAOM If that log is meant to be a Kanabo or Tetsubo, it really misses the point. Those are basically really long metal shod baseball bats and are in no way accurately represented by a huge log. A log is not a battlefield weapon.
@@michaelvansise4887 no actually you have it wrong it is meant to be used as a helmet spike pole arm Halbert mace flail arming sword katana scimitar chest piece that specializes in the harvesting of pineapples bananas and skinning of animals you buffoon
@@michaelvansise4887 No, it really exists. I have seen it in other videos but I don't know the name of it and can't find the other videos. The one in this video is about the right size and shape.
Not like crazy western weapons don't exist. I have seen some very odd western ones also. Just because you don't know it, does not mean that it does not exist.
"The log is taken out of context."
Okay, please explain the context that allows someone to move half a telephone pole faster than a person who's mid attack with a sword.
The only possible context was "I'm demonstrating a joke."
WAIT WHAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR THE LOG LMAO
@@danlorett2184 The context would be that you were out chopping wood. Of course in that context you'd also have an axe - But I guess a log is a better weapon than an axe...
@@_XR40_ If you're fighting Ents
@@biohazard724 I would argue that an axe is the best weapon to fight an ent
@@gyroscope915 Fighting an ent with a log is like beating you over the head with a dead body. It is both a weapon and a morale destroyer
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 ball grabs once, but I fear the man who has practiced one ball grab 10,000 times.”
Imagine how that hand smells after done the 9,999th grab
I'd fear the man who could stand after being the practice partner.
At some point that stops being a martial art, and becomes akward foreplay.
i don't think i'd want to face a TRUE ball grabbing master honestly. that sounds awful.
Lol that sounds like some real scary eagle claw shit
You never know when you're going to be attacked, imagine you're taking your pet log for a walk and someone with a katana shows up, you gotta practice that stuff
Well I'll just lest my dog bite the crap out of him.
@@kingaccountant7858
Well my pet LOG can crush him into a tiny bits, beat that
Obviously, and with the superior speed and agility granted by the log, you should easily be able to win against the katana.
But what do I do if I’m taking my katana for a walk and get attacked by someone with a log?
@@AveragePicker you gotta disarm the angry scottish logman and then use the scot log to log the scot over the head.
That man who write essay :
"You're basically mocking the very Japanese form of training method here"
My Japanese friend who watched their video :
"They are clearly mocking us right there, they think our combat is exactly like in the anime or movie"
Wait until they figure out that Japanese martial arts don't involve yelling the name of a technique before doing it
Or wait until they realize that the opponent won't stand still doing nothing while the technique name is being yelled. 🤣
@@silverhand9965 Lol, Kendo disagrees (Yes, it's more of a sport than combat sport, but still.).
@@qwormuli77 Sport combat can be indeed an exception. Especially when its purpose is for entertainment. WWE is the best example for this case, especially when the wrestlers are about to do their signature attacks and most of the times their opponents are purposely take the hit for the crowd.
@@LynSain You're right, but what I was referencing to is the idea of announcing the point area you are hitting, before you connect in Kendo. You pretty much shout "head!" while striking at the head, in a simplifying nutshell.
You are being too kind with this character. His dojo is the perfect example of what is known in the martial arts community as bullshido. Period.
absofuckinglutely
Just call it MCdojo guys
Yep, truly bullshito.
@@kurodo9926 there's a reddit community with that name and the content simply is amazing and fascinating
One step away from these dojos that teach you to use paranormal abilities as self defense. They are actively harmful to their students that now walk around thinking they can take on an armed attacker.
"Bujinkan is about evasion, slipping in hidden attacks that your opponent doesn't expect"
Well fuck me that sounds awesome. Way more awesome than what those videos showed.
I got a good laugh out of that
"I didn't expect him to even try that with the log."
* cleans blade on dead log man's shirt *
TBH I would never expect to be attacked with a fucking log
It's also about tricking your opponent's senses so that he'd expect something you absolutely won't do. (can be otherwise described as, feinting pushed to the limit)
It was also partially an art of spreading legends about yourself so that people are wary of things you would not even attempt, leaving the things you would actually do out of their expectations. (aka making people believe you can actually manipulate the elements through some kind of sorcery)
It's all about getting out of a fight while sustaining as little as possible.
@@damic3237 unless you're fighting with sloth from the Goonies.
This guy would be good at chess. He can move 3 times as often as his students.
He'd probably move his pawn forward 3 times and get it immediately taken.
Fantastic analogy. I'm stealing that.
If you think about it, even though chess is turn based, it's pretty close to real-time. You move at the same rate as your opponent. If you don't know what you're doing, you waste time and put yourself in increasingly more awkward positions until there is no escape. But if you do know what you're doing, you move efficiently and gain an edge over your opponent.
Based on the video he would still lose every game even with 3 moves to one
@@mrkiky incidentally I like bullet chess
What Skall failed to realize is that alchemy was used to enhance all of his stats.
Unfortunately the Speed potion is consider an illegal drug now.
@@GallowglassAxe Hey Jackie! Tick tick. Got that sniff! Tick tick
No potion used, clearly a White Mage behind cast "haste" on him.
@@GallowglassAxe It is only illegal if you get caught.
he had enchanted armor
"A ninja who is disguised as a gardener and has to subvert (?) an old man that is onto him." My sides are in fucking orbit.
While you were partying I studied the art of subverting old men that are onto me in the garden.
Imagine having to train to defeat an old gardener...
@@BaldorfBreakdowns that sounds horrifying. I can't do my own gardening without him!
Imagine he had to subvert an young soldier that's onto him, and he even doesn't have a rake!
also, feudal Japan hasn't existed in centuries
Thanks! At least someone got the joke.
Skall: ok everyone just criticizing this one guy and not attacking his school or anything.
Commenter: wow this guy thinks he can disrespect my school and get away with it. Time to write a rage fueled essay and waste my entire day.
Humans:*facepalm
Yes
Weebs that want to pretend their martial art is real
he didn't even criticized this one guy but the techniques he shows
@@bobderbobs1521 Though, the guy himself does deserve some scathing ridicule. Look him up.
Even if he disagrees still should respect others point of view I think
"Just because we produced a video for the public, doesnt mean this is how we operate. We wanted to show our techniques in the worst way possible so that people know how good it actually is" -Jeff guy
dude's a far right conspiracy theorist, of course he can't take rational criticism
@@dummy_vicc2976 lmao you think the far left any better
@@Kratos-eg7ez "far-left" to many people is saying that the phrase "Cost of living" shouldn't exist. We definitely aren't stupid enough to spend our life savings on a jpeg of a monkey.
@@Kratos-eg7ez Found the far right conspiracy theorist. Whataboutism.
@@RedRabbitEntertainment don't throw random words together to sound smart please
Skall: I'll only go after the argument and not the person.
Butthurt mcdojo guy: seems sus, you must have something personal against him. I know because I can read minds as well doing anime moves.
A lot of people attach themselves to ideas to the point that criticizing the idea become a personal attack.
"naruto runs into the darkness"
_"You're wrong Skallagrim!! Those ninja techniques works PERFECTLY!! Cant you see how they apply them on those martial npc puppets!!"_
"I'm really good at fighting games, but only when they're in training mode"
@@k96man same, exept not only on training mode :O
I'm so good at For Honor, when I fight bots, ehm passive bots...
@@MDM2-MDMX 🤣🤣🤣 same
@@MDM2-MDMX dont worry lvl 3s beat everyones ass before rep 30
When I was a kid, we all practiced the ancient Japanese art of kicking our shoes off at each other. The ancestral spirits surely smiled upon us
Except that is more martially sound than whatever that bullshitsu guy was doing with that staff. Kicking off your shoe at a guy can at least DO something like stun them. I don't see how that staff sweep could do anything.
My friend accidentally K.O'd a girl with this martial art. She took a shoe to the face and went down. I watched it happen from a distance and it went into slow motion as I yelled to try to get her attention so she didn't get hit! The guy felt so bad for it and couldn't stop apologising. Thankfully after she could see the funny side.
You mean Kung-Shu?
That's a chinese art.
@@cadethumann8605 I can appreciate the technique, but you should always end them rightly, with a pommel throw.
"You're not understanding the context of the ancient mystical wisdom of Japan!"
[This art was invented in 1970]
I know this post is old, but good gods you deserve WAY more credit for pointing this out. Too many anime/manga fans have the concept of "ninjas" COMPLETELY wrong these days.
@@nealbiederman4664 If a ninja is fighting, he has already screwed up badly.
Yeah, too many fans don’t know samurai bullshit when they see it.
@@Duothimir exactly, and if a ninja is recognisable as a ninja, they've also failed. iirc, the reason ninjas are depicted in modern times as wearing full black garbs with face coverings is because of plays where the ninja would assassinate someone during scene transitions dressed as one of the stagehands. it only works in that context because it's meant to surprise the audience and because the stage hands are ignored by both the audience and characters. in real life a ninja would probably use a similar method of dressing up as the least noticeable type of person in a given location, likely meaning the most boring and uniconic clothes possible.
@@Pihsrosnec hollywood ninjas are like hollywood spies, neat
Skall is such a respectful dude. The commenter basic wrote a book stating "this is a leet Japanese fighting style, you gaiji just don't understand" yet Skall's so respectful through his rebuttal.
There's no other way. Sure, you could tell people like that, that they are idiots, because apparently they are trying to raise points that weren't even part of your criticism, but to what end? Sometimes it's just easier to be respectful and be left alone by aggressive idiots rather than getting dragged into their BS. But yes, it's funny, because he's leaving nothing for them to attack, which they aren't used to, since they train Bullshido.
That's part of what I love about his videos. He is always open to discussion and I think too many people nowadays just ignore other people and call them stupid. I know I've been guilty of it at times lol.
Watching him and other RUclipsrs that are open about these things and are actually respectful when they discuss things is definitely a good thing.
Exfuckingactly like there wasn’t any blatant disrespect like he said he went off on times but again the entertainment
@@jinxhead4182 or you can ignore them since they do essentially nothing and have no value as a person. Delusional people don't deserve the time of day let alone a reubttal.
But this is interesting content and that's why he's responding to it. Plus being polite and thoughtful is on brand for Skal.
@@richardnash6111 I thought it was clear that I meant, after they "come for you". And some BS requires to be answered, imho. But yes, you could just ignore them. However, I strongly disagree on the "interesting content" part. It has a similar fascination like a trainwreck. It certainly is entertaining to watch these Bullshido demonstrations, but interesting certainly isn't the word I'd choose.
A real ninja would be too stealthy to leave their comment where others could read it.
Underrated comment here xD
A real ninja would have impersonated Skallagrim and then denounced himself.
This comment needs more attention.
too bad he's not
A real ninja would have made a weird comment to confuse him, use that to sneak up on him, throw an egg full of pepper in his eyes and run away
I feel this is the equivalent of defending yourself from having said that "nerf toy guns are not effective weapons"
I think it is
I’ve read a few airsoft arguments in my day, and I can imagine this scenario playing out in real life
People... I meant the toys. It's written there. The supermarket ones. Not any used in sports or that uses fancy equipment.
my partner shot her brother in the throat with a nerfgun it was rather effective tbh
@@kielwelsh4512 if he didnt explode it doesent count... in the films they expolde and films must be real right?
The guy who wrote the essay is just mad that he spent 100k becoming a black belt of the Creed Bratton Dojo
Hey, don’t tarnish Bratton’s name!
Actually took a look at Prathers channel. The dude has a cult following that will go after you if you criticize him in the slightest. Typical brainwashed followers
Yep. When the commenter started saying
“It’s not until you get to the black belt Q levels that they start to teach...”
I was immediately reminded of scientology.
How can I get my own brainwashed followers to give me a supporter base to take over the world?
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 also they always claim that prather could beat you (the criticizer) in a fight so now I cant criticize him for some reason
@@prismaticc_abyss just don't make the fight fair dude simple as that
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 _"Q level"_
...həh.
The staff sliding technique is to disable unaware old men with canes, that's why they can't pick up their staff back.
Brilliant idea
My first thought, as an untrained non martial artist ... why would you try to slide a staff when you should be falling back on unarmed training, it seems like it would fuck your balance up without even considering terrain.
Alternatively pick up your own stick and smite the untrained guy rightly.
I laughed so hard at this 😂
My real question is why didn they just kick their cane our from under them.
Those particular techniques were cringy and laugh worthy. You did them justice in your video. These people who are feeling hurt by it have been watching too much Naruto for their own good.
Edit: I watched Naruto too, people. Not criticising Naruto. Just saying the people feeling hurt by the video are too into ninja stuff.
Seriously, they need a reality check.
@@Darth_Anomalous this guy talks about being an ex agent fighting the deep state on a daily basis on his channel, a reality check comes far too late
Yeah I feel like he was nice to the guy. He was more than fair in his criticisms.
Or they're probably students of his or someone like that bullshido "master" xD
@@heibk-2019 I'm an Agent of the Deep State of Suganda
The "It could be for disabling an old disabled man" argument made me crack up. Practice vs the situations that are, kinda hard to do without practice. I'm pretty sure I can win in a fist fight with a 3 year old, and I can't imagine practicing it.
I mean, what if a disabled old man with a very loose grip on his cane starts taunting you while you have a conveniently placed staff at your feet at the perfect distance?
You gotta be prepared
What if the 3 y/o has I-frames and a lothric straight sword. You gotta be careful man.
@@mcdonutboy9817 is no longer a fist fight then.
What if a dude who is just recovering from anesthesia after having carpal tunnel surgery on both his hands attacks you when you happen to step over a random staff on the ground? Can't joke around, you don't know how real this can get!
Your chances of being killed by as 3 year old or a heroin-overdosing old man collapsing while holding a quarterstaff are low, but never zero.
Prioritize practicing those scenarios before anything ELSE!!
A lot of people took this video very personally as if Skall was insulting them or their art form. It’s sad to see people missing the point when Skall’s being as careful and conscientious as possible with his language.
I don't think they missed the point, I think they partake in bullshido of this kind and summon the name of the martial art to defend their stupidity.
That's what cults do to you. Warp your mind into a blind believer that would defend the cult bullshits at all cost when someone start pointin it out
Skall clearly loves what he does and while unarmed combat isn't his forte of course that would piss off a guy that is so passionate about his own work. Skall is a guy that's incredibly interested in history and armed combat, his videos are fantastic and he does what he can to test how legit things are which is why so many people follow him.
Anyone who gets butthurt over a commentary meant for entertainment purposes should take a deep breath, hit the power button and spend some time cleaning the cheeto dust out of their keyboard 🤣
Some people make traditional martial arts styles a cult, and specially in Bujinkan. If they made a lot of fuss about Skall's criticism, you dont have an idea what they say about a historical researcher that debunked Ninjutsu as an art of assassins or close combat specialization :P
"What if I need to fight an old man?" Yes, that definitely requires a specialized technique...
it's called geriatric nursing, and it's usually even slower
Yes, but in all of the mysticism woowoo old age has no tangible effect and the danger of an older opponent raises directly with the amount of nonsensical stoogery you have to perform in front of them.
@@nanoblast5748 damn that's dark. I like it.
Hey, what if the old man bursts into muscles like Master Roshi or something, gotta be prepared you know
@@tobiasrogerio1200 that's probably just the hallucinations that come with the sedatives. The bursting into muscles usually only happen on the recipients end.
There's a reason nobody mocks Master Ken, he has the ability to punch you through your phone materializing in the pixels and using the pixel matrix to absolutely devastate the back of your face
Critzises Master Ken.
TELE-GROINSTOMP!
Now i remember that one episode with the moaning
That sounds like a stand attack from jojo
@@Gay_Priest Oh dang you're right.
_The back_ of your face lmao
I'm sad that I missed the posting of this video when you first released it, Skallagrim. These two videos are the first two that I've seen of yours, and the only reason that I stumbled on the first of the two is because I recognized the man, the myth, the legend Jeffrey Prather. That being said, I gotta say I'm impressed with the quality of the content that you put out.
I was a student of the Bujinkan dojo from age 13 - 17, and let me tell you it was an interesting experience. I wasn't directly a student of Prather-shihan (as we called him), but he was the sensei of my sensei as it were. The best way I can describe "Jeffrey" as you call him (which I love, btw) is that he is a Very Big Deal in the Bujinkan dojo. He is the epitome of what every single one of those black belts in the video want to become. Jeff Prather is one of the original students of the Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi who then went back to America to spread the word of Bujinkan. The way that he is spoken of in the Bujinkan dojo is equivalent to speaking of the avatar of a deity that has graced us with his presence. In this metaphor, of course, Hatsumi is the deity.
Because of this legendary status that Prather has, his students all want to BE him. They want to do everything to please him. And if they do *anything* to upset his demonstrations (e.g. swinging a sword *at* him instead of where he was standing at the beginning of the demonstration), they will get scolded and abused for "ruining the demonstration", and then told to sit down and be replaced by another "Uke". The feeling is that if you play the good boy and do receive the technique in a way that makes Sensei look good, you might get noticed and get your next belt. If you're not part of the "in" crowd, you get nothing and go nowhere in the dojo.
It breeds a culture of compliance and submission, which, ironically, is exactly the opposite of what they're shooting for.
Interesting. I've done a bit of bujinkan, and my sensei's sensei went to train in Japan with a direct pupil of the Grandmaster. He did manage to have a few practice sessions with the Grandmaster himself.
One thing that he told us when he came back was that the Grandmaster had told him straight to his face, that the bujinkan learned throughout the world is basically bullshit. Hatsumi popularised it, but also changed the art so that a lot of it is just crap. The real bujinkan ninjutsu is only known to him, his direct pupils and a few others. Every other bujinkan in the world is basically a watered-downed, crap version of bujinkan.
My sensei's sensei got a taste of the real bujinkan when he had his few training sessions with the Grandmaster, and when he came back to Canada, he completely changed the training of all his students (including my sensei). He reworked the training from top to bottom to be closer to what he learned from the Grandmaster.
This way a small guy can beat a larger guy. The larger guy just has to be a Ninjutsu practitioner.
@@howlingbeast3x6
100€ that it's more bullshit of the same sort.
@@MrCmon113
Yes and no. He had 1 singular real lesson with the grandmaster. He changed the entire curriculum based around what he could glean from that lesson, but obviously a single lesson does not teach you much about the martial art as a whole. I'd say, he tried to give a veneer of the real style over the bullshit we learned
So what I gather is this: don't waste time at a Bujinkan dojo if I ever want to get involved in a martial art with real applications.
... Probably would go with Muay Thai even if I didn't read this comment TBH. I got long limbs.
Skall you are not allowed to insult Ball-Grabbu Sensei before watching every episode of Naruto twice.
Already watched every episode of naruto twice. Can i please go on insulting Ball-Grabbu Sensei now?
Ball Grabbing goes against my ninja way.
Borru-Grabbu*
with filler? cause that adds a few years to the watchtime
@@chabri2000 I have, that ninja ostrich still gives me nightmares.
I can't believe there are people dumb enough to defend that joke, these are the same people that fly twenty feet when a kung-fu master pokes them with a finger.
Yeah, but absolutely nothing is better than the Chi Warriors who use their magical barriers and attacks
The myths behind Kung-Fu and Thai Chi are actually enforced by the Chinese government, at least for a while. They're mystical properties and the superhuman myths about various masters were protected by the government. Check out Xu Xiaodong, a Chinese MMA fighter who made it his mission to show that not only is modern fighting styles far superior to traditional ones but that the mystical properties were BS. He was attacked a lot by the government, had his fights blocked, 'social credit' score lowered a ton, and a bunch of other stuff for calling out Thai Chi and Kung-Fu masters, who typically apologized and backed down after calling Xu out after he accepted their challenges.
@@danielwoodie6974 It actually pisses me of how the chinese treated that guy, just in order to maintain that propaganda or cultural tradition, they made his life hell, I one "oficial fight" agaisnt those "másters" they made it obligatory that he needed to use clown make up ffs
Probably is just the dojo students
@@danielwoodie6974 I really enjoy Xu. And I hope that someone helps him. The Chinese government is just fucking this man over (the explanation is for those who are unfamiliar)
Prather has deleted or privated all his wacky martial arts stuff!!! You made a difference Skall!
I don't think so. I can still watch the videos presented on Prather's channel.
@@masterwildcrashp6626 thanks goodness, I was disappointed coz I was just about to head there to laugh my ass off
I just checked his channel, every video Skall showed was there. They are all very short clips, between 9-40 seconds each. And they aren't really labeled that well, you kind of have to use the thumbnails to tell what each one is.
@@milamberarial But he blocked comments on those who were most made fun of.
"Here's a novel about why a guy hitting another guy with a FREAKING LOG is perfectly acceptable combat skills."
As I slowly lower this log that I was easily carrying with a string while you kneel motionless, you are crushed. Got it?
I guess if you're kratos its effective
@@TheLunarMan if you can dodge a tree swing by a murderous Greek god, you can dodge anything!
@@eddiemaiden4192 Kratos isn't a god, Blasphemer.
@@userequaltoNull he quite literally calls both himself and Atreus gods, multiple times, so idk what ya want from me
What Skall fails to realize is everyone in this dojo has unlocked the chakra in their balls which allows them to slow their opponents to a snails pace
Yes, and to disturb the balls is to disturb the chakra.
I've been examining my balls all morning and I still can't find a chakra.
Gold star for this comment
@@kahun78 Try crushing it to extract chakra juice.
This Is literally the best comment I've read this week
Shit, you got told-off by a legendary level grand master of Kibordu, the ancient art of the keyboard warriors who draw their power from traditional poofed cheese crunches, diabetes-inducing potions of energy, and a sense of self-righteousness.
Kibordu got me 😂
Alright lmao that got me too 😂
"You Kibordu Fu is weeeeak" - @Skallagrim probably
He was way too polite in answering them in my opinion. After a certain point a person has the right to "call bullshit".
"Kibordu". *is dead, send help*
Can you imagine making a video countering a katana strike by dodging and loading a black powder musket all while your opponent is in slow motion on the same strike, and then calling it a special defense technique
Step 1: Take a hit of Ultra Jet...
Step one: time the dodge well to enter pirate witch time
@@u1849ka Maaaan, I love me some Ultra Jet!
*Me playing assassins creed 3 and black flag* uh yea who would do that... *looks away shiftily while walking back from the small army of guards and soldiers trying to kill me while I'm reloading my musket and half a dozen pistols*
@@madmohawk6560 I miss that game and black flag because of those interactions, both sides missing and aggressively loading their guns hoping that they can get the next shot off was so fucking funny
The responses reminds me of how the chinese goverment treats that MMA guy who goes around challenging the 'kung fu fakers' to real matches, wipes the floor with them and yet the officials call it a 'tie'
What guy?
What guy?
@@tamlandipper29 This guy, I assume: ruclips.net/video/AOKv5UaZ1_w/видео.html
Xu Xau Dong I believe. I forgot how to spell his name
@@mcdonutboy9817 close, Xu Xiaodong. Dudes awesome.
McDojo Bullshito options:
_"Always demonstrate in training your technique on your trusted martial NPC puppet. You can lower their stats, such as strenght, speed, reaction, intelligence, defense, poise, etc so can prove any shit ass crazy techniques at your pleasure."_
As long as those dirty tricks work in war, that’ll be counted.
Oh, no! All the stat adjustment sliders in the "Options" menu are greyed out! What am I gonna DO???!!!
@@christopherreed4723 OMG! Those are not npc martial puppets anymore, those are fully intentional opponents :O RUN BITCH!!! Tell them you don't want to kill them!
I love this quote from Wikipedia on training only being against compliant opponents : "Bujinkan as a means of self defence is a purely theoretical concept"
Haha wiki defeated magical ninja
"Only attempt if the enemy is asleep"
@@gyroscope915 *(commits assassination with a f ing pine tree)*
I mean yes ...considering 99% of the schools teach a farce of it and all actual practice of it rare outside of private families and ancient schools in japan and inheritance schools elsewhere.
to be fair, I’d start running away if someone is running at me with a fucking tree
not because of the tree, but because the guy could realise that he’s more effective without the tree at any moment, and then I’d be screwed
Skall basicaly giving a lesson on how to respond with class and respect.
Yeah, but he forgot the end him rightly.
Internet comment etiquette with Skall
I respectfully disagree. There is a sort of sense of outrage pervading most of his responses, that I do not think it is so praise-worthy.
@@kevinpiala6258 He remained calm, polite and always took the critics seriously, even if the comments were awfully badly written. He was never condescending even if a lot of these comments would make a lot of people on the internet react that way.
It's still milking the lol-cow, because even though he's respectful, we in the comments are not.
People who comment on "using the axe instead of the log when you're chopping wood in the forest" are all just hypocrites who are too confident in their interpretation of the scenario so they decide to act smart and comment on it based on the way they thought the situation was.
Obviously the guy didn't have an axe and was karate chopping the wood bare handedly. His obviously high physical ability allows him to wield such a heavy weapon as is the log, at terminal velocity. Hence he chose the log
had me the first half ngl
LMAO, brilliant.
Some time some where some weeb has to have typed something out that was just as silly as this but in full ernest
Honestly even with an axe, I'm sticking to the log. Grab it, yell like a fucking coked up tarzan as a first attempt to deter the opponent and just swing it if he seems to try to rush me while hoping that he's just panicked and in fight mode so I can have a free (horizontal) swing. Not very effectiv, no, but I'm stupid and untrained so this is more likely to actually let me have a response instead of just freezing up. Grab wood, scream like your nuts got tangled in jellyfish and swing when opponent comes near. Three simple steps that ensure I optimize my chance of both doing something and being effective.
I've got your log 💩 right here 😅🤣
the amount of explaining that needs to be done to justify what happened kind of speaks to itself. there's a reason a lot of dojos are considered McDojos and it seems this would be one of them tbh.
Honestly this is a whole level beyond McDojo
Assume a spherical cow in space...
@@lucascastro2802 its reminds me of that russian slap martial art that became viral a while back
Straight up bullshit if techniques don't work in real life they ain't worth learning or wasting time on.
@@goreobsessed2308 as long s as you aren’t learning them with the expectation that it is a viable method of self defense I don’t see any problems with it. They can still be used as a work out or as a way to get into shape. But the problem is that these so called “martial arts” try to market themselves as a viable means of self defense, when they clearly aren’t. That is not only dishonest and deceitful but it is also dangerous, just think about how many people must have ended up dead or hurt because they had misplaced confidence in their “martial arts”.
Man wrote a whole essay about how skall is wrong and how you can do any anime move.
You could practically see the ‘butthurt’ emanating off the page!😆
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 fr if he thought that his ninjutsu skill are great than go and compete.
Writes an essay. Refuses to test them on a real training opponent who is fighting back and wont cooperate.
Are you telling me I cant use jutsu to make more of me?? How dare you.
I run across the ceiling every morning.
"Hema practice uses alot of protective equipment" AAAAND? So does Kendo! Get the guy a Kendo Suit!
was thinking that too ..... or get some hema gear any other thoes would work
Not sure if the pants sufficiently protect your balls
@@benedict6962 that's why there the cup men's best friend for your nuts
@@benedict6962 i have seen kendo armor whit padded skirts , just combo that whit a cup and boom.
I mean...just get some equipment too, you don't NEED to be in kimono...
Him disabling the guy by kicking his staff aside reminds me of those movies in which the lead woman is disabled by the villain grabbing her hand.
Only difference is grabbing her hand can apply a lot of pressure and pain, whereas this.... well.
@@cactusmalone thanks for sharing.
@@cactusmalone I have
Or when when a woman slaps a 200 pound guy with her shoe and we all pretend that it actually has enough impact to stun him.
@@redwithcoffee619 that one I haven't seen. a shoe specifically?
You talking about the woman sneaks behind a very very large man and lightly bonks them on the head with something very lightweight because they didn't have a cast iron pan on the set.
Skall: Destroys a fake martial arts channel
Fake master: Calls BS on Skall calling BS
Skall: "Time to take out the big swords"
Call Guts...from berserk.
Skall, the black[stripe] RUclipsman
@@redblade5556 don’t call him, I need him on the new chapter or I’m gonna kill Muira.
@@ChadKakashi
XD
"Heard of the 21 foot rule?"
*pulls out pistol and bang*
There's ur crappy dojo lesson
this is basically Skall saying "sounds good, doesn't work" for 22 minutes
Those videos need the looney toones sound effects. Log hits head "Bonk"
@@Beardshire Needs more doge *bonk* Go to horny jail!
Time to call Xu Xiaodong to make a demonstration fight with the dojo
Human weapon took the main dojo on ;)
"This is a technique Ninja uses when disguised as a gardener and needs to disarm an old man quickly"
Did I fucking hear that right? Lmao
I loved that that was actually posed as a legit scenario. Like teacher comes in the dojo "And today we're going to practice a technique for whenever you need to defend yourself against a very old woman riding a lawn mower while carrying a kitchen sink and getting a bee trapped under your shirt".
I think the best way to "defeat" the old person is just hit them in the head with the staff/rake/shovel. I think the fear of the old man is that he'll call for help, not that he'll kill you with his cane.
Also... I've done a lot of yard work in my life, I wouldn't say I'm a Q Level black belt at it but... A green belt for sure. In all that time, I've never used a tool with just my feet.
@@RogaineForEwoks You have much to learn young grasshopper. come, i will teach you the ancient art of foot combat gardening. in time you may perhaps even surpass me.
@RogaineForEwoks It is better to be a foot-warrior in a garden than a gardener in a foot war.
I don't know who wrote that interesting context but I can confidently say it's bollocks. It's basically just a very risky muto dori technique. Actually, even in the school it comes from, it's mostly practiced as folklore.
You could end being surprised without weapon for a reason or another (it's pretty much why Takeda Shingen had to block sword attacks with a fan) but the ninja story here is nonsense.
Skall is nothing less than a case study on how to be a decent, conscientious, human being who treats his fellow man with respect.
Take notes, this is a true master!
its a Canadian thing, we are forced to tolerate fools due to the large leftist population
im not very good at it
It's usually a fool's errand but for Skal it works as part of his brand. Turning the other cheek for dim bulbs will just over occupy your time and patience when you could be doing something more practical and useful. Just like in training you have to ration out your time wisely
@@danluckins4071 Skall is not Canadian, though.
I'm not gonna lie, the testicle punch guy reminds me of the man with a scimitar when Indiana Jones just fired at him. Nobody is going to wait around for you to do distracting or positioning until you are ready, they are just going to see a threat and take it ASAP.
0p
Fun fact, Harrison Ford was going to have a sword fight in this scene ( don't ask me what weapon he would use ) but he had a severe diarrhea and they decided for that path!
I don't remember if it was in the special DVD edition or in interview, but Harrison himself tells about this
@@anthonyaubert4074 WOW, good luck is the best screenwriter.
"That technique is for when a ninja may be disguised as a gardener and has to subdue an old man!"
Just a suggestion: why not train for how to subdue younger and more able bodied men at all times, and simply use the infirmity of the old man as a circumstantial bonus? 🤔
I'm pretty sure that any technique that works for taking down a younger man will most definitely work on an older man too.
Nah, you do the rake-kick to show the (potential) old man that you were prepared for just this eventuality before you strangulate him and change into the cook-costume.
Wouldn't you just bumrush the old man and keep punching him in the face until he dies? Why would you practice a technique to subdue an old man?
No! Show the elderly some respect! Do the fancy crap specifically designed to take out old people!
Young'ns nowadays, I declare...
So you train all these years to fight an old man leaning on a stick, only to one day be faced with an old man without a stick. Now you're fucked.
All the techniques for young men use leg sweeps, so they're naturally useless against the wily codger who braces his body against a mobility aid!
My basketball coach: "you play like you practice."
Even when we practice with no defenders, we still act like the they exist and know when a turnover happens. And we try to move as fast as possible.
When i did knife defence it was the exact same. Assume any touch is lethal, because it can be.
While true, it kind of also falls on the proficiency in the skill at the time. If you have training or skill in whatever you are practicing, it definitely makes more sense to be practicing as if you are truly in that moment.
For someone fairly new, it is necessary to start slow until they build up the mental and physcial skills to act and react accordingly.
@@nicovulkis1827 Are you implying this martial arts teacher is "fairly new" to his "art"? ;-)
@@carcharhinus_555 no, I'm just saying that practicing as if your opponents are truly pushing against you is better for practitioners with some level of experience.
Ding ding ding
They are just angery that pommel throwing defense is better
the pommel throw is the ultimate technique
Based
Indeed
@@livrasyt166 no its not the best.
This is the ultimate technique that any one can do even you....
Run away
@@Darth_Anomalous nigerundayo smokey!
Beware skall, they could send the world slowest marcial artists to your house. What would you do then if you didn't study the art of fighting against 4 slow and drunk oponents at the same time?
Skall normally has access to some woods so with appropriate training he could cut down a tree in time to engage the hit squad
he just has to use the knecht and he'll literally cut the 4 of them in half.
Lol
Sounds a bit like the snail meme
@@-Anarion- Lol, true. Instead of a snail it's 4 drunk Bullshido ninjas.
I'd expect the log was used as an assassination weapon.. "I'm just a peasant carrying my firewood.. *wham*"
Assassination by crushing. Slowly lowered the log as the victim compliantly knelt on the ground. Of course the log was also resting on the ground... but lethal.
😂
Wouldn't it be easier to hide a knife to kill someone than to use a log?
@@justicedemocrat9357 your not getting the point, how are you going to explain to someone when you are caught with a knife?
@@nooneishere123 Why would they stop a random peasant and strip search them?
Guy: Why are you carrying a knife?
Peasant: For protection against wild animals and bandits.
Guy: Okay.
"But what if you're disguised as a gardener and an old man with a stick who is getting suspicious comes along?" That was hilarious. Stellar defense of this goofball xD
“The log is taken out of context”. That’s just to good 😂.
But true. It was a battlefield weapon. It has big, heavy and iron clad.
@@DouglasEKnappMSAOM A Kanabo or Tetsubo sure, but those are substantially thinner than that silly huge log.
Everyone who played Warcraft 3 knows Logs are the perfect weapon for Tauren. He didn't lecture the use of Logs but the defense against Tauren, duh!
@@Zazu1337 If I was a 10ft tall minotaur I would use a log too. ;)
Fun fact master ken videos are slowed by 1000x so we can see them. Now go restomp that groin.
Huuusssssssssss
*STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP*
@@LuanMower55 Oooh, oooh... OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
Gotta say while the videos you covered were amusing his video on responding to an active shooter is pretty scary. He apparently teaches you such great anti-shooter moves as "throwing your shoe at them", "throwing a book at them", "putting a sheet of paper in front of their gun", and "grabbing their handgun by the slide while you twist to the side avoiding the bullet". I... I just don't even.
That's actually genius though, because while you're distracting the shooter and dying, everyone else can escape to safety and survive!
Skallagrim: I'm going to be reasonable and tell you why I believe what I do and not be personal.
Bullshido: So you have chosen death by a thousand keystrokes.
“You’re missing context for the log!”
Did we miss the part where he fought off seven ninjas while he chopped the log down?
@Joist Kalmeyer actually as he fell the tree his axe broke and every stick and tree was found miles away and right after that happened he was attacked
Anti deforestation ninjas of the late 1600's
Also, he wasn't the one who chopped down the log. He kept redirecting the seven ninjas' attacks into that log until they chopped it down, at which point he picked it up and ended them swiftly.
" it isn't a battlefield smash way of fighting" now watch me club a man with a sword with a giant log
it does sound a lot like pure strength builds in dark souls tho.
Great club for the greatest build
@@allanon64king10 greatclub OP.
i know log style!
As a Bujinkan and karate practitioner, I think your points are very valid. I have a problem with people mocking other arts, but if you freak out when someone criticizes anything being done by anyone in your art, you’re just not being truthful to your own art.
18:34 "Today students we'll train the ancient techinique of bonking a old suspicious man in the head with garden appliances"
"first we knock his 'walking stick' away and prepare the bonk on our standing opponent."
"eh sensei, what if knocking the walking stick away makes him fall"
"then hes an old man and you didn't need to fight him... you monster."
This excuse was amazing.
Apparently you need a specialized technique specifically for fighting someone moving half your speed.
Lol!! Cracked me up.
The dude making the comment IS tearing apart the instructor though. Calls him out for a number of mistakes.
Ok I just skipped forward to see what this was about. What the hell type of cope is that? These people need help 😅
Funniest part about the "context" that you might be out chopping wood and have a log handy: You would also have an axe handy - So it's still ridiculous...
funniest part: where would you pull a log out
The thing is even if I had a log and some guy with a sword attacked me, I would probably drop the log instead of trying to use it as a weapon.
I would probably be better off trying to tackle him or even just fucking running away.
I have the choice of maybe dying trying to take him on with my bare hands or definitely dying trying to smack him with a log.
There is no reason to use the log ever
What if you're an advanced martial artist, who can chop trees with his bare hands ?
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y then you can chop a guy in half too so what's the point of using a log?
@@istvanbarath6333 For added style points I'd assume.
Practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect, it makes permanent.
perfect practice makes perfect.
Who was it that said "you don't practice until you get it right, you practice until you can't get it wrong"? I saw that recently and forgot where it was.
As my ex-marine band director always told us "Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. If you continually practice a mistake you'll always make that mistake."
Breaking a bad habit you practiced into muscle memory is infuriating.
Did you just say Master Ken isn't a proper matrial arts channel? He taught me how to defend against someone who's sitting down, do not dare question his authority.
he taught me how to defend against people with slow mo syndrome
He taught me how to kick a can off of a 6 foot person's head....... You kick him in the balls first!
How do they defend" oh no step-brother, i just dropped my staff and i can't pick it " bait move
What are you doing step-ninja?
@@logitimate underrated comment
I don't get the issue, that video was a stellar display of ninja prowess. While you were distracted by the giant log and the people whose limbs freeze in place eternally the moment their target moves, a dude was actually sneaking into their office and rewriting a few forms so their next audit will go poorly. Like a true ninja.
Damn Tax Ninjas! They foiled my attempts to get my returns once again!
@@sethmiller2532 i could do nothing about it they were so powerfull... anyway so, i started blasting
Skall is the eternal student, humble yet knowledgeable. What a class act.
"If it looks nothing like that, why would you practice it like that?"
This reminds me of a saying: "Practice makes permanent."
If you do something wrong repeatedly, that's what you're going to default to; it's only through actively working through your mistakes and practicing it correctly many times that it becomes permanent.
Aand a couple moments later, you say exactly that. Awesome!
The action economy is kinda like DnD, you can have movement, action, bonus action, reaction, free action, one of each, you can’t just attack, grapple, throw, attack again, grapple, disarm, attack
Well you can, but your attacks go from 20-30 each to 1-3, with a DC 5 to resist.
Unless you're battlemaster fighter.
My level 30 22 dex 26 BAB duelist begs to differ!
Oh wait, she's actually unrealisticly fast and definitely not representative of what happens! The guy in the video skal criticizes thinks himself a 26 BAB epic warrior.
You can if you get good at stunlocking your opponent. XD
Wait isn't that exactly what a monk's turn is until they burn all their ki?🤣
Their argument is like saying traditional chinese martial arts is the ultimate fighting technique only to get rekt by some dude with a decent MMA background...
Except traditional Chinese martial arts are real. Even if they’ve delineated a fair bit from their original Martial origins.
It’s really just a case by case basis. If you are a legit practitioner of traditional martial arts and you actually do spar with a lot of people (especially from different backgrounds and fighting styles), you have the potential to be really good. On the flip side, the MMA opponent must also be really good as well, for it would be a strawman argument if the MMA fighter only trained & sparred for a few years and got wrecked by a traditional martial artist who spent decades honing their skills.
@@____________838 The only thing real about chinese martial arts is the way Xu Xiaodong demolished the chinese martial arts "masters"
@@kaiguynicky7317 i don't know If its true, but I heard an intersting story that all of those kung-fu stiles were suposed to be used with weapons and at some time in China they started to only train the movements because regular people werent allowed to have weapons.
ruclips.net/video/I09xfAHv5fw/видео.html
Skall: valid criticism and silly jokes
Ninjutsu commenter: So I took that personally
"Bujinkan is about evasion, slipping in hidden attacks that your opponent doesn't expect"
I mean, not to be a buzzkill but isn't every martial art all about evading a blow and countering with your own ? Just saying.
Yup and a lot of commonsense to actual RESEARCH rather than go off half cocked on the bullshit you supposed master has actually fed you rather than understanding where the martial arts he is preaching comes from rather being hook winked into believing what you are told.
to a man doing a blow to the nut sack would stop him in his tracks, if you want to do actual damage base ball bat, tonfa, jo or weighted implement would do something permanent damage, though personally someone facing me with a log as a weapon i seriously think it be time for a pistol or a shot gun with slugs in it..
Technically yes. However some people like to be stupid and make the martial arts look stupid
@@koreancowboy42 this puts master ken to shame, from dribbling shit to not knowing what he is talking about the only 2 people in the where that specific log would be in use (living or dead) Andre the giant and the big show, to physically wield it for actual use due to grip size..
In terms of medieval usage in the UK likely be a half staff or quarter staff..
might as well be a lumberjack and throw the log in a pond and see if you can get someone to fall off log and taking a dunk in the water..
Some research on the style itself will tell you it refers to a combat hall in japan, as a martial arts style Karate
My guess the so called master most likely failing as a karate-do instructor and reinvents himself as a ninjitsu instructor and is also failing at that, if i walked in and saw this stupidity i would walk straight out the door, as you would have to be stupid to see this as a martial art to begin with even shonks that claim to do/teach ninjitsu training to use a log in defense...
they be asking what ganja you be smoking 1st in laugh in your face..
Also Skall still missed the fact the instructor stabbed himself with opponents sword
I know right, i waited for him to comment on that in the original video but he didn't.
I think he did talk about it in the original video during the log segment.
@@webbowser8834 i think he only mentioned how his hand was almost cut, not how he basically impaled himself stepping towards the sword
@@kazumiryuuken1814 I believe he did talk about how he walked into the opponent's sword in the follow up, but I'm willing to be wrong on this.
Thank you, I thought I was seeing things
"your lack of faith in the log disturbs me" hahahaha
He didnt want to name drop but he learned all he knows from Sensei Ninja Eugene.
Awww, I'm sad now. I miss Ninja Eugene!
@@clearmelody6252 He's still in deep naruto meditation, guys!
He will return when the world needs him the most.
"Oh brave Sir Robert!"
Your open-mindedness on this, reasonable opinions, and general down to earth vibe of this def earned a sub from me lol I've had weird experiences trying to get into martial arts ranging from ego to just non-practical training and I've been hesitant to get back into it because of this, but the fact that there are people like you involved with it make me hope that I've only dealt with the "bad" side of it
As someone that practiced bujinkan, you did well, Skall. I don't know how most dojos or senseis teach the art, and I don't want to say "but my teacher teaches the true way!!", but I guarantee that anyone in the dojo would laugh at the demonstrations shown. As you said, they lacked tempo in the demonstrations, people barely resist anything, the appliance of force isn't realistic... everything there is wrong, objectively wrong.
Thanks for another great video, Skall!
True, and in Naginata and Aikido, those "demonstrations" would also be laughed at, lol
I think any specific teacher or dojo has areas where they could improve, Prather focusing too much on fun theoretical stuff to the detriment of immediately practical techniques may be an example of that.
@@jonathan0berg I don't even see how you could call prather's stuff shown here 'theoretical' - it's fantastical. Theoretical things should, in theory, be able to work if exectued well. Prather's going to need some theoretical physicists to work out a way for that stuff to move from fantasy to theory, cause he's doing some time manipulation there
In the simplest terms: Sensei would be able to punch the guy in the groin, but any competent swordsman would have his ears by the time he did...
Doesn't even have to be a decent one, the sensei has to slide down, punch the dudes groin and hold his hand all while the swordsman just has to shove down the sword while gravity helps him
Pretty sure no competent swordsman would hold the sword over his head in that position when the groin catching happens to even get in that position. He's doing a full overhead 2h swing with a katana, because everyone knows a vertical overhead chop is the best way to use a sword, got to go straight for skull or collar bone, who goes for vitals anyway. Should also ignore the fact that he's perfectly motionless while doing said swing, seems legit. Might as well ignore he blocked 1 hand while we're at it, not like swordsman can just release grip from it and use the sword with other hand while this guy is playing with the marbles. And swordsman apparently has no legs so he can't do any footwork to counter that defense. It's just bs on multiple levels.
Even if by some magic he'd get to block the attack and hit the swordsman in groin/hip/whatever to try to get some form of advantage, he's still only got a flimsy hold on one of the swordsman hands, what happens if swordsman does 1 step back? either he tries to hold onto his hand and falls or releases and gets in perfect position to get a sword slash over his arms/chest. It might be a technique, but unarmed vs armed is never in favor of the unarmed person. Even if you do everything correct it's just a last ditch effort that most likely won't work.
When I used to teach, showing a new technique, the first attack was always full speed, full power, so the students knew it would work. THEN I'd do the slow-mo break-it-down version so they could see what actually happened and follow all the nuances.
I'm a student of traditional Ninjutsu, your criticisms are all incredibly valid and that guy's essay is entirely wrong. I agree with your video. My sensei would have beaten me in the head. We never move slowly when practicing, the only way to learn properly is to get hit in your exposed places until you learn how to fix it.
So log dude isn't just teaching martial arts, he's also teaching 80s Saturday morning spy craft
"now class, if you have an umbrella and follow the person with the umbrellas covering your eyes, they will never know you are there... second lesson, if you cant see them, they cant see you."
Log arts and spycraft, go hand in hand, don't you know??
The 1st week in the CIA teaches log-Wei.
literally looked this dude up on google, "Jeffrey Prather explains how trump and some other people will defeat DA DEEP STATE"
15:58 "why would you spend time on something so hyper specialized?" I guess that's how Kenshiro got all of those weird and very peculiar techniques, like making people only go backwards and stuff
The term "fanboy" exists for a reason. Fanboys can be expected to cheer for ANYTHING the focus of their ardour does and will defend beyond sense EVERYTHING their object of desire does.
yea just like you? did you actually watch the video? The whole point is not the Martial art itself. Its about the Person presenting it or rather how the person is presenting it. Skallagrim himself said he has a friend that trains in Bujinkan and can fuck someone up... If someone would Present HEMA in a stupid way people practicing it would also get offended if someone says HEMA is a scam martial art or whatever... And i know Skallagrim didn't say that Ninjutsu is bullshit but it makes it look like that especialy looking at comments like yours
@@andreadrian5718 ninjutsu is bullshit man.
@@andreadrian5718 Thank you for illustrating my point so well. Not at all sure what windmill you are tilting at but keep up the good work, you'll surely achieve something at some point.
@@mikelazure7462 people in a glass house shouldn't shit. Clearly you didn't watch the video and clearly didn't get the youtubers message. No use talking with stubborn people who think they are right with anything. Anyway have a nice day and good luck in life
@@andreadrian5718 I regularly shit outside, not ashamed of my shit - you ashamed of yours? You clearly seem very clear on your clear points about lots of stuff which you guessed. I agree with the idea that some people are not worth talking to or listening to. I really hope you consider me one of those people.
When I was practising Aikido, our Instructor literally said: "Hit, like you want to actually hurt him. You should only stop/slow down directly before contact. But you should end with your hand on the target.", If we weren't resisting enough, he would change the technique, send us flying and then start the technique again, after reprimanding us for not reacting. (If we would resist too much, putting our full weight in the defense for example, we would also end with a short trip to the mat, followed by a "very funny, but let's show the others this technique first")
But Aikido is more about structually prohibiting the Partner from reaching you, so it is easier than in Hema or the techniques shown here.
The worst part with the staff is, that he effectively puts an effective weapon outside of his own reach and into the reach of the opponent. So now he has zero, while the enemy can grab either
That's why it can only be used on arthritic 98 year-olds who are helpless if you knock their canes away. It's a very specialized technique. Hahaha.
@@kevincrady2831 Don't forget, it also works on people on so much heroin they can't stand up unassisted.
as someone who has been in an Aikido class, I can tell I could just have attacked any different way or just put some force to completely cancel any technique, and I'm a pretty weak dude, like I seriously could just be moved by a shove, but trying to move me by trying to move my arm it ain't going to work because I have a second hand that is more effective because you're using both hands and I can just attack
Aikido in general isn't a ""bad"" martial art, it's just is marketed as "it always works"
@@AlexSFM Not sure which techniques you're talking about, but unless you've learned antigrappling techniques from another martial Art, when i get a hold of you, you've got a big problem. Yes, Disarming is dangerous, but it is always dangerous if you are unarmed.
Yes, you cannot always throw, but you can restrict and when i've got one arm, i can stay out of reach of the other.
My question is, did you do more than on class of Aikido, because i had a guy a head larger than me struggle to reach me, when twisting his wrist.
These doof potatoes can defend “partial movements” all they want, but Potato-sensei put on a whole routine of this when he picked up the naginata.
Lol, doof potato. Thx, made me chuckle.
The fact that someone took the time to debate and criticize this with you is gold all on its own
As a Canadian that spends A LOT of time outside dealing with logs, that "renegade samurai encounter" while I'm way out here is not cool man. Guess I need to check out these log defence videos! Wish me Luck!
Drop the log and pick up the axe you would probably have...
@@_XR40_ Yeah In all honesty the samurai would need a good machete/axe/chainsaw defence... Not including the other safety gear and sharp shit strapped to me.. It's my solid Sasquatch Defence.
I love you.😂😂😂😂
That made me laugh out loud.
And choke.😂🤣👏🏼
I gotta say, Skall can remain amazingly calm under so much fire from people who definitely do not extend to him the same courtesy of being polite. Yes, not everything is worth getting angry about, but if you received several dozen (hundred?) comments that are attacking you, then even a mild-mannered person can crack under that. All of which is meant to say, respect to Skall for remaining so polite.
Probably because Skall knows that if those guys ever actually came after him, he could kick all their asses in a way that would, ironically, look almost like one of those anime/martial-arts movie scenes where one fighter wipes out a whole mob singlehanded. And when they all limp back to their dojo bruised and moaning:
Prather: "You failed? All of you?! You are a disgrace to your dojo!"
Student: "But...but he MOVED!"
I spared with a ninjitsu black belt once. Years of experience, training several times a week - running marathons in his spare time. I handn’t trained in a few years at this point, and was seriously out of shape. Every reset ended up with me kneeling on top of him while he wondered why none of his techniques worked.
Non compliant training is an absolute necessity, for every practitioner of every system.