64th All Japan Kendo Championships — Final

64th All Japan Kendo Championships
November 3, 2016 - Nippon Budokan

Final
Katsumi (Kanagawa) vs. Kunitomo (Fukuoka)

[ClestialStr]

Me: I'm Going to sleep early

Also me at 1:00 AM:This video

[tonsofregrets]

Really great fight. You can feel the tension. The patience is incredible for both opponents. Trying to find the perfect opening for each movement. Ready to counter any incoming attack.
You could tell that if one of them made a move too early, they would have lost.

This is what kendo is about. Not flashy swordplay. It's about ending the battle with one clean, perfect, and skillful strike.

[HeartMadeGame]

Thank you so much for sharing this video of that tournament. I have a lot of joy watching this finale

[MalinLH]

Makes you wonder if the Obi-Wan Vader fight in a New Hope was secretly the best lightsaber battle.

[Tonyclark-og]

I think this sport is so cool
african american fan here
ty clark.

[lycheesack]

They should make the matches longer....like have sets of 3, 10 min each!I don;t know why but i watched the whole thing.

[Pesquisandob]

Beautiful and amazing shiai! Great fight!

[Corey]

Kunitomo is such a beast. I admire him alot. He must be one of the cleanest kendoka japan has. But i feel he is a bit underrated in japan. I could be wrong but its just the way i feel. For example why didnt he make the cut for japanese national team ? Maybe he doesnt want to.

[omari]

2:41 nice double up to the hand
5:08 allmost got an Ippon

[RaelagDidEverythingRight]

I feel like the anime side character saying "They are fighting on a whole other level, I can't even see their moves"

[BlackRainRising]

I watch this and then watch my sword fight videos from the past, I feel like a slug by comparison, their strikes are so quick that I'm a little impressed by the camera being of such a quality not to blur the shinai movements at all. I am curious though if someone can help me learn how they score hits... several times the 'blades' are resting against the neck, arms, and there was even several body strikes and stabs/jabs, but none of them counted as hits... so can someone help me understand the scoring rules?

[BlindObedienceBrutal]

I wish people in the audience would not shout during the fight. Clapping is fine and shows respect, but shouting seems to me to be childish and disrespectful and inconsistent with what Kendo is about. Maybe some people will disagree but this is my feeling. Note I am not talking about the kiai which is not coming from the audience.

[NPFalon]

Some lame haters in these comments. great fight. so precise

[Tobanchi]

Is it me or is someone eating pringles out of a can @2:00?

[agusd]

I dont know about the sport, so i come to ask: are defensive techniques, like parrying, useless? cause i see that the moment one attacks or both attack eachother, the match is over, is too fast!

[magamartinez]

It took a while ones I understood the rules but I got hooked

[РоманКитаев-щъ]

How does this shouting on each other helps in fight?

[carmix]

Kendo shows that lightsaber fighting is wasteful, whereas in real life, the fight is over in an instant.

[ezekieldias]

Me trying to see how Ayato play style will be

[nubuki]

5:06 What the hell happened, did White dodged that ?