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Budo 'The Art Of Killing': Part 1 (Must see documentary)

submitted by TheFreak

1 decade 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago

This is part one of the award winning Japanese documentary "Budo 'The Art Of Killing'. Released in 1978, this film produced and created by Hisao Masuda is a compilation of various Japanese martial arts demonstration by famous instructors. Martial arts featured in the film include: Karate, Aikido, Kendo, Sumo, and Judo among others.

Part 1 features a demonstration of Seppuku, ritual suicide as practiced by the Samurai of Feudal Japan, followed by Yabusame or archery from horse back and then a recreation of a Samurai cavalry battle.

If you have never seen this film, take the time to watch the whole thing.

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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 2:49pm PDT - promote requested by kulpims.

Just embedded the playlist so the entire film will play in series.
It's looooong, but it really is a classic documentary worth watching. Skip to part 2 if you want to get straight to the demonstrations of Kenjutsu, Samurai sword use.

Moving this video to TheFreak's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by vaporlock.

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