Your combination of technique and personal style are always a joy and a pleasure to watch. I always look forward to your video's. Thank you Tom for so strongly representing freedom with swords. You encourage us all. Don't ever stop doing what you do. The peace of the Lord be with you my friend.
When I looked to u tube to see nunchuku forms I found only wack mc's. I trained my self. Now I look to find swordsman. You sir are just that plain and simple. thank you and keep up the great work. I will be tuning in for my ration of basics to pull from your forms.
I am practicing with a regular wooden sword at the moment before I go to the real sword form. I believe that is a basic start for me before advancing to the read sword. As my sifu say's before handling any weapon one must practice and combine mind and weapon into ones mirror image. Awesome video TPRoach. Once I have mastered the dragon sword form in my training. I hope one day I will be able to share that video on you tube for everyone to see. I can not wait to see more of your videos TPRoach.
Awesome skills. i have recently bought my first katana and id like to to learn how to cut with it. Could you recomend any training for a complete beginner ie kenjutsu or something similar. Cheers
Hello TPRoach! Thanks for uploading this video. I have been practicing Katana for 4 months now. You just set me straight on the finger roll from Min 56 to 1:15. You are my master.
Your are right, almost. Did you look on his knees and shoulder, the way he moves forward? He really is very potential. I am sure with the right teacher he will become one of the best experimental. His movement need work, the forward movement in attackbase is a little less, or what do you think? You are great TPRoach! Dont Stop that!
nicely put together, the clips fit the music, and again its been a while sience one has been up, training is training, and you do need basics down and set in stone befoer you start doing free flow sword, though i belie ve its agreat way to go, im glad to see another expresionist swordsman, always been a fan of your stuff.
Hey TPRoach, I've long been in love with the Katana and the Samurai ways. Problem is, my balance is VERY bad from chemotherapy treatment. How would you suggest building up my strength and balance so I might eventually be able to perform forms, practice, etc, even slowly with a Katana? Thanks for your time!
am trained now and have been before. thing is i try everything i like the look of and explore artistically here on youtube. So some aspects are untaught and based on creative movement, (vids are ment to be creative). i hope to ground at only one form of kenjutsu for the next 10 years
is it good to practice with a close to real katana? i have a metal-handed katana, and it's blade isn't true, but very close, and it is pretty sharp. would that be good for training, or would a hard-wood practice katana be better? i've been messin around with this stuff for a while now, but i'm not very diciplined at it.
I like how there is no special effects or long introduction sequences. There is just the one person performing their techniques and a bit of subtle camara work. Just one question: near the end when the camera goes to black and white, is that dirt on your face or did you cut yourself by accident?
There certainly seems to be a lot of Chinese influence in what you are doing in this video. I like what you have done here. There is some very good camera work and it is a very artistic demonstration of sword arts.
fairplay mate, yeah i do luv a good spar, but it is too dangerous these days without full kendo gear. Everything has to relate to an opponent in the end otherwise its not swordsmanship, but understanding how you can attack allows you to understand how you'll be attacked and getting over the fear of your own weapon is very important. I have a friend who is very good at kendo who shook when he help my katana.. using a shinai is a completely different kettle of fish. But its all good :-)
dang I love this video, You have a nice place to train at. =] I kind of lacked my training with school and Cross country. And MY sword broke. =[ anyways hope to hear from you 5 stars
yeh, you'll know when you own a good katana when you have to clean and oil it every week/after ever use. It quickly tarnishes. i like it though.. finishes of training sessions peacefully.
Honestly, that comment about our sparring match was written DURING watching the video, after seeing most of your work i think a sparring match would end very badly for me. I never knew you could actually control the motion of a sword to that extent without rigorous training over decades.
God, i dont know how everyone on this chat can be so thick. It's a good video, the spins are a measure of control, not of form, so dont rag on the spins. By the way, I noticed you dont use KaTana Osai, you use a shorter model. I am experienced in Osai, but only train with a training sword (plastic casing filled with cement) I am trying to get in to KaTana Odachi. The one-knee attack is very impressive (you regained balance quickly), however i hope iun a spar it;s a last resort, danger tactic.
Your combination of technique and personal style are always a joy and a pleasure to watch. I always look forward to your video's. Thank you Tom for so strongly representing freedom with swords. You encourage us all. Don't ever stop doing what you do. The peace of the Lord be with you my friend.
This guy know's exactly where his sword is being manipulated to.
best on youtube.
props man
When I looked to u tube to see nunchuku forms I found only wack mc's. I trained my self. Now I look to find swordsman. You sir are just that plain and simple. thank you and keep up the great work. I will be tuning in for my ration of basics to pull from your forms.
Damn, the way you swing the sword looks so damn awesome.
I don't know what it is, but it just does.
Thank you my friend. I wish you all the best with your training, would be great to watch some of your videos in the future :)
Yeah. WICKED STUFF :D As usual Tom, you rock i love the flow, clean cuts and weird moves. And the Gollum part at the end is awesome XD
Glad to see you're still alive and well, Tom
You should do a step by step on how to do some of the spins you do, that's really cool.
nice job there - truly inspiring to focus more on my own training
great work! wow. you rule big-time. I wish to learn as you have. Thank you.
beautiful form/technique, great vid.
Respect.
Beautiful.
I am practicing with a regular wooden sword at the moment before I go to the real sword form. I believe that is a basic start for me before advancing to the read sword. As my sifu say's before handling any weapon one must practice and combine mind and weapon into ones mirror image. Awesome video TPRoach. Once I have mastered the dragon sword form in my training. I hope one day I will be able to share that video on you tube for everyone to see. I can not wait to see more of your videos TPRoach.
Awesome skills. i have recently bought my first katana and id like to to learn how to cut with it. Could you recomend any training for a complete beginner ie kenjutsu or something similar. Cheers
@bestkid2323 Thanks for the awesome comments and contiuned support mate ;)
Hope things are going well!!
Hello TPRoach! Thanks for uploading this video. I have been practicing Katana for 4 months now. You just set me straight on the finger roll from Min 56 to 1:15.
You are my master.
Your are right, almost.
Did you look on his knees and shoulder, the way he moves forward? He really is very potential. I am sure with the right teacher he will become one of the best experimental. His movement need work, the forward movement in attackbase is a little less, or what do you think?
You are great TPRoach! Dont Stop that!
nicely put together, the clips fit the music, and again its been a while sience one has been up, training is training, and you do need basics down and set in stone befoer you start doing free flow sword, though i belie ve its agreat way to go, im glad to see another expresionist swordsman, always been a fan of your stuff.
Hey TPRoach, I've long been in love with the Katana and the Samurai ways. Problem is, my balance is VERY bad from chemotherapy treatment. How would you suggest building up my strength and balance so I might eventually be able to perform forms, practice, etc, even slowly with a Katana? Thanks for your time!
grab a bokken and start fucking around with it...learn what happens when you swing them and feel it...then you can learn technique
nice vid man iv only trained in the sword arts for 3 and a half years and not any where close to your level keep goin hard man nice style and forum
amazing as useral
how do you stop the katana grip from sliping?
do i need a new grip or is there some way of stoping it?
am trained now and have been before. thing is i try everything i like the look of and explore artistically here on youtube. So some aspects are untaught and based on creative movement, (vids are ment to be creative). i hope to ground at only one form of kenjutsu for the next 10 years
thank you
is it good to practice with a close to real katana? i have a metal-handed katana, and it's blade isn't true, but very close, and it is pretty sharp. would that be good for training, or would a hard-wood practice katana be better? i've been messin around with this stuff for a while now, but i'm not very diciplined at it.
I like how there is no special effects or long introduction sequences. There is just the one person performing their techniques and a bit of subtle camara work.
Just one question: near the end when the camera goes to black and white, is that dirt on your face or did you cut yourself by accident?
lovely! is that a Paul Chen sword you are practicing with??
nice can you tell me what have you sword for a steel???
very very nice video..
There certainly seems to be a lot of Chinese influence in what you are doing in this video. I like what you have done here. There is some very good camera work and it is a very artistic demonstration of sword arts.
fairplay mate, yeah i do luv a good spar, but it is too dangerous these days without full kendo gear. Everything has to relate to an opponent in the end otherwise its not swordsmanship, but understanding how you can attack allows you to understand how you'll be attacked and getting over the fear of your own weapon is very important. I have a friend who is very good at kendo who shook when he help my katana.. using a shinai is a completely different kettle of fish. But its all good :-)
THIS Arts!!!!
dang I love this video, You have a nice place to train at. =] I kind of lacked my training with school and Cross country. And MY sword broke. =[ anyways hope to hear from you 5 stars
do you take the movement for this katana from the ninjitsu or the samurai style?
i have a question, roach do you keep oil on your blades that you train with, because i heard they will rust without oil on them, im just wondering
Where did you learn the art of the samurai sword ???
yeh, you'll know when you own a good katana when you have to clean and oil it every week/after ever use. It quickly tarnishes. i like it though.. finishes of training sessions peacefully.
Honestly, that comment about our sparring match was written DURING watching the video, after seeing most of your work i think a sparring match would end very badly for me. I never knew you could actually control the motion of a sword to that extent without rigorous training over decades.
you know it.
Awesome!^^,
Is this in the U.K or the U.S.A, and do you need a license to have a katana in the U.K?
yeah, momo no saru.
Nice vid!
Godlike ^^
I'd like to go through a sparring match with you though, battle to end all battles....
what style is this?
God, i dont know how everyone on this chat can be so thick. It's a good video, the spins are a measure of control, not of form, so dont rag on the spins. By the way, I noticed you dont use KaTana Osai, you use a shorter model. I am experienced in Osai, but only train with a training sword (plastic casing filled with cement) I am trying to get in to KaTana Odachi. The one-knee attack is very impressive (you regained balance quickly), however i hope iun a spar it;s a last resort, danger tactic.
I dare you use three katanas at once
have you ever had any nasty accident's with your katana's?????
And me
omg lets hope not huh! lol