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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 15 2012, 10:45 PM

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Oct 15 2012, 11:25 PM

Endured for half a minute, it's too stressful for me, some astonishing skills !!!

Posted by: Gitarrero Oct 16 2012, 06:59 AM

Your bandmates think you'll end up fat??



Nice video

Posted by: wollace03 Oct 16 2012, 07:50 AM

sorry, but the video made me laugh.....or is this a serious one?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2012, 08:08 AM

No, no, not fat, it's about the tremendous skills ...as THE NEMESIS OF THE WATER BOTTLES!

Posted by: PosterBoy Oct 16 2012, 08:15 AM

You may laugh but it's probably the only exercise he gets

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2012, 08:19 AM

Sword fencing does not make you slim unfortunately But you can pump iron/ use functional training and have an awesome shape, aside from polishing your reflexes and strategic thinking by practicing fencing.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 16 2012, 12:46 PM

Don't get between that man and his burger !!

That's some great skills he's got though. But.. imagine how many bottles he must have to buy !

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2012, 01:04 PM

Oh man, indeed! Well, anyway, guys, do you have any idea on how the medieval samurai were testing their new blades?

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 16 2012, 01:49 PM

Bamboo trees ? Or the enemy ?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2012, 04:26 PM

Prisoners and dead bodies...brrrrr. They had a system of evaluation for blades - 1 man blade to 5 men blade - guess why..

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 16 2012, 05:01 PM

Woah... not nice.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2012, 05:08 PM

But really effective... Omote tatami are the rice rugs around a bamboo pole which you usually see in Tameshigiri demonstrations. It is said that they replicate the consistency of the human body..

Posted by: Todd Simpson Oct 16 2012, 09:14 PM

If he doesn't have a heart attack first. Poor guy! Deft with a katana for his size!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 17 2012, 08:03 AM

Well, Musashi would not approve his shape for certain

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 17 2012, 11:46 AM

Although I will say one thing. A physically fit, strong and exceptional martial artist is no match for a sword ! It's always said that although fitness is necessary to be a competitive martial artist, in a real life assault aerobic fitness doesn't count for much.. the responses would call upon anaerobic fitness. It's more about sheer violence and explosiveness of action rather than being in good shape

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 17 2012, 11:53 AM

Indeed it is, on one side - Musashi's techniques and teachings had no aerobics and tricks - everything was set on defeating your opponent with the least amount of movement and waste of energy - in one word, efficiency above all.

But staying fit sure does feel good and does a lot of good for your body!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 17 2012, 11:58 AM

Oh I do agree sir !

Btw, have you ever tried jump rope training, like boxers use ? It's incredibly intense and hard to learn but it's amazingly effective !

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 17 2012, 06:29 PM

Hey, C-Maestro.. speaking of samurai swords, I thought of you when I read this...

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=46433

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 18 2012, 08:22 AM

I wrote a little story for ya there

Posted by: llibach Oct 18 2012, 04:09 PM

You're right I do a lot of skipping it can be very intense training especially is you work in moves like two spin of the rope to one jump or sprint skipping and crossing the rope. Plus if you put on some fast pace music you can time your jumps with the song.
I just can't help thinking though that if that guy pulled a blade on ya all you have to do is run There's no way he's gonna catch you is there.

Posted by: gregc1 Oct 18 2012, 04:17 PM

At 0:35, all I could think of was "the body was found with 46 stab wounds in what looks to be a crime of passion".

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 18 2012, 06:27 PM

I'm just still trying to learn the basic running on the spot thing.. it's hard as hell. I'm a long way from double unders !

But yes, you're right. I actually think the person most equipped for self defence is Usain Bolt, not some 9th Dan Jujutsu expert !

Posted by: llibach Oct 18 2012, 09:28 PM

It's really not that hard. Get a speed rope not leather it's a bit easier to get it round. At first jump really high (with both feet) and spin it twice fast just till you get used to the pace of the spin keep doing it just the once till you can get it. After you get it most times pretend your counting beats in a song and every 4th beat or skip spin it twice, so 1,2, 3, jump etc, it worked for me anyway.
Why not start a thread and Post video's of your progress.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 19 2012, 09:50 AM

Rope jumping would be a great warmup indeed! Anyway, in Ken Jutsu, there's a sick warmup drill called Haya Suburi, in which your body should stay straight and your feet should alternate a back and forth bouncy pacing while swinging the sword. All this is done at a steady but accelerated pace. When you step in front you cut, when you step backwards you arm. Pretty difficult to explain, but it requires a great amount of energy and coordination - check it out in the vid below:



We usually start the training session with about 100-150 Haya Suburi

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 19 2012, 09:59 AM

I bet that's hell of a workout ! Where do you feel it most ? The back and shoulders ?



Oh hell no ! Nobody needs to see that

But yeah, I've got a plastic speed rope

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 19 2012, 10:21 AM

Shoulders, all the time All the cutting drills work the hell out of your shoulders.