I Trained Like A SAMURAI For A DAY

Today I'm training like a samurai warrior from Japan! 🇯🇵

I visited a samurai museum and learned how to wield weapons like katana and spear. Through my training, I discovered the incredible martial arts history, culture and discipline that the samurai possessed.

I also tried on real samurai armor to experience how it works in combat. Turns out, my Karate skills are basically useless on the battlefield!

Big thanks to Dr. Kacem Zoughari, William ”The Swedish Ninja” Ustav for filming and Samurai Museum Berlin for this amazing experience.

☯️ BIO: Jesse Enkamp a.k.a The Karate Nerd™ is a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, National Team Athlete, Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur, Carrot Cake Lover & Founder of Seishin International - The World’s Leading Karate Lifestyle Brand.

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[andrewzach]

I could have listened to him for an hour showing you battle theory and techniques. He was so engaged and happy to talk about things.

[rasmuspoulsen]

First of all, this is one of the best museums in the world! Second of all, as a martial artist and history + museology student seeing this brings tears to my eyes of joy❤

[duchessskye]

It should be mentioned here that some people have the misconception of japanese armour leaving gaps under the armpits etc, however these areas would often be reinforced with either mail or textile with sewn-in plates called kikko. The reason these aren't always apparent is because they're often covered by fancy textile, unlike in european fashion where the mail covering the gaps is left bare. However written japanese accounts make it clear that defences like this were widely utilised by people who could afford them, at least in the later eras of the samurai. Perhaps not as much in the 12-14th centuries.

[danielolivieri]

Dr. Zoughari is my old Sensei’s Sensei 🙏🏽 I was fortunate enough to train under him for a day when he came to visit our dojo. Wise beyond words

[activeevolution]

That dude who was walking you around and educating you on the artifacts is so cool!
And no doubt in my mind that he is also a legit martial artist.

[frankbatista]

It’s a lot easier to understand the movement of traditional martial arts when you include a suit and era weapons. The kata, stances and transitions make a lot more sense now after watching this

[danielsabogal]

WHEN I go to Berlin I'll have to check this museum. Also, I think being a Martial Arts historian has to be one of the coolest jobs for a Martial Artist. I don't know who was having more fun Jesse or the other guy!

[Ryenobal]

Samurai armor is probably the coolest-looking battle armor ever conceived.

[redsamurai]

now that is a man who really loves his job. would love to visit this museum the next time I go Berlin. I had no idea there's a Samurai museum in Germany!

[sempaiSteve]

This was awesome! I've had the pleasure of training with Kacem-sensei when I went to Japan, it's incredible and terrifying how warfare was conducted in those days.

[Sir_price]

This kind of historical research makes us better understand our martial art and how it evolved. For example, I've done Wado Ryu Karate, a style influenced by swordsmanship and with this video, I learned the reason behind certain particularities of the style. Thank you!

[erih]

Dr. Zoughari is such an exceptional blend of martial arts skill and history knowledge. I guess if I would have seen one of these videos with him earlier in my life I would set my life goals in a completely different direction😄

[theblackswordsman]

That was awesome and I wish this episode was longer. Hope to see more videos with traditional battle field weapons and armor. I didn't know there was a samurai museum in Berlin. I have to plan a trip there soon. Thanks 😊

[WadoRyuBenkyo]

Wow I think we need to see more from that adventure!!! Is there a part 2 coming?

Great to see someone so enthusiastic about their job and show so much knowledge and passion.

This reminded me a lot of a great Aikidoka Nishio Sensei, who always said that with or without a weapon the technique should be the same. Easy to see some examples of this here with the spear techniques and sword techniques; and it clearly highlights why Karate (Okinawan) is not a Budo art, but could be adopted as one when blended with JuJitsu (Wado-Ryu and Shindo jinen-ryu) or using the budo concept of Maai and Ma-ai, but how essentially they are arts for very different purposes.

Anyway, great video, more please 🙏

[Tricepsgod]

Thanks to you, I have resumed Karate for 1 year! You gave me back the stimulus of martial arts and now I can't do without them

[ahamedeesafaiz]

Hey Jesse, I practiced Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate back when I was Schooling, Worked my way to the blackbelt. After that, I focused more on strength training and gave a long brake from my karate. Last year started Kenjitsu at the age of 26. I'm still learning and this video helped me a lot to understand the art more. very Thankful! high-quality content!

[TLuijpen]

Thanks for this trip back in time, Jesse. Very interesting how different/ practical / functional the different techniques/approaches were!! Great stuff!!

[TheElbowMerchant]

I've never been to Berlin, but I will definitely visit this museum if I ever have a chance. So cool!

[jonatanhenrique]

It is really cool to see how the way you move when wearring an armor changes. I remember my master telling me to never cross legs when moving, (used to train muay thai) because it is really easy for the opponent to drop me. But when the armor is in play, it all changes, because you have to be careful to not expose any unprotected parts. Really awesome to see that!

[shregevon]

Thank you Kasem. Excellent explanation about the source of some of the Bujinkan schools. Well done! Respect! 🙇‍♂👍