They Won’t Wait for You

Zengogiri

Two opponents are facing you, one in your front, one in your back. You draw and come to the Seigan stance with the front opponent.

When you stop the front opponent from attacking you, the back opponent starts to attack. So you have no time to turn around and then attack. You must turn around, dodge, and attack, all at the same time.

The cross swing at the end is a form of Zanshin, swinging the katana toward the two opponents that you’ve defeated to show that you still can fight. Join our online lessons from our Patreon page to learn these techniques.

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[WVkittenrescue]

The trust that these men have is amazing

[liorgoldshtein]

i find it funny that keyboard warriors think the techniques used for thousands of years are ineffective because they dont look effective to them

[kingleech]

This should be mandatory viewing for fight choreographers!

[thinkordie]

All at the same time. Very educational and very informative, Thank you. 🙇🏾‍♂️

[raswerdelad]

Every kata… so graceful. I have bad knees and two left feet! I could never! 😓

[Wolfrage]

Not only One get to quickly attack the Opponent on the front, but also dodge and attack the One on The back.

[shamshirbaaz]

When you take the center line, the opponent freezes for 4-10 tempos while you turn your back to them

[williamlangill]

Sidestep so effective Mike Tyson used it to great affect even though a different discipline 👣

[GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

Now that i know Sensei is profficient in stick, i know hes just showing off with the blade!

[nappyheadboi]

Credit to the other guy for always being there to demonstrate for us aswell

[MuichiroAme]

so thats where shogo went, he moved to this channel

[wmvdw]

It would be wise for the two opponents to bring spears.

[WVkittenrescue]

Question for him tho did samurai train or use chopsticks for combat?