Kenjutsu-Foundational Principles-Kuzushi/Gathering
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- A number of people have asked me to go into detail about the difference between high level Kenjutsu movement and what is normally done in martial arts. This is the first in a series of videos designed to explain how and why the movement is fundamentally different. This is experiential training where it is necessary to feel what is happening however I will do my best here to explain and demonstrate. Our goal is Otonashi noh Kachi, Silent Victory, no touching of swords. Kubo ittai, Offense and Defense as one, a single movement, is another necessary principle. Another one is Kihatsu ittai, Origin and Manifestation as one, this means no preparatory movement. Even the Mind must be still less we allow the opponent to see when we decide to move. High level Kenjutsu was the most sophisticated of the Samurai military arts and is a difficult and subtle path to travel. Extreme relaxation and sensitivity, and a calm and discerning mind even in the most dire of circumstances.
Better than Joe Rogan
I’d love to see a video explaining different stances in Kenjutsu and their applications.
Excellent thank you, Sensei
Fascinating. I'd love to see this sort of stuff explained from a physics standpoint. Bit more science might make it more digestible.
Yes, it has to do with the compliance of the different muscle groups under subconscious control. They adjust more readily to a changing force than any conscious reaction can.
The thing to remember though is that knowing how it works on the physical or physiological level doesn’t help you perform it any better. (Albeit, some people might trust it a bit more.)
As they say in Ki-Aikido, it’s all about mind-body coordination, which is like a feeling/attitude that can be readily trained, with the proper feedback. Just practicing the tests that Sensei Williams demonstrated will start the process, if you stay alert, relaxed & receptive.
At the higher levels it turns into ‘no-mind,’ a highly responsive state of mind without thought; but that takes a lot longer to attain.
He's basically talking about applying force in a direction that the opponent is not braced in and doing it in such a way that the opponent cannot perceive it and resist.
@@mkultraification Yes.
Quoting Sensei Williams at the start: “So kuzushi gathering is a critical aspect of koryu kenjutsu. It’s very subtle. It takes a lot of sensitivity. It takes posture. Okay. You can’t do it by force. You can’t make it happen. So let’s look at some drills we can do.”
Quoting Sensei Williams at the end: “So if I do this properly, I can move him like both of us are moving together. If I try to move him as a separate object, I start pushing, leaning, flexing. That’s not what’s happening. It’s very subtle.”
It’s all about not trying “to move him as a separate object.” It involves a control feedback loop that constantly adjust to the opponent’s response. That’s what allows you to constantly adjust to how the opponent pushes back or changes his stance. That’s what allows you to do it with so little force that you are “doing it in such a way that the opponent cannot perceive it and resist”.
Again, if you try to make these adjustments consciously it will not work because it will be too slow and out of phase with his response. That’s why it is a subtle art.
This is just like one of the Ki-Tests of Ki-Aikido.
- Granted your blade work is far more … extensive!
good one!
Excellent!
Right, so if kung fu against Mike Tyson makes a coeragrafer to move with and far away from the punches. Then if the uke practice partner can stand taller to allow that transfer..
Aiki!
Are those bokken available online?
The bokken that I am using is custom made by James Dinh of River Reed Craft