BBFC Academy Nihon Certification - Oct 22, 2011

[Bob Hubbard]

BBFC Academy S Carolina Japanese Sword Training Group testing for Nihon Certification in the Japanese art of Muso Jikiden Hasegawa Eishin Ryu

 

[pgsmith]

You were on a roll with the other two film clips Bob. Should have quit while you were ahead.

 

[Chris Parker]

Yeah, I'm with Paul here... the lack of proper cutting mechanics, poor zanshin, bad movement, prevalence of "dead foot" and so on just make me grateful they're only using bokken.... I'm also a little curious as to what their "Nihon certification" is, as "Nihon" is basically a way of saying "Japan". I'd like to see the kanji they're using.

 

[Ken Morgan]

Looks more like a "poor" version of Seitei iai then MJER.

I really hate to comment on the negative concerning anyone doing any version of JSA, but....simply put these look like Karate people who have learned a version of seitei iai, from someone who practiced seitei for a very short period of time 20 years ago. I really have nothing else to add to Paul and Chris' remarks.