Katana VS. Water Balloon?!?!?!

I know the match-up is a bit biased but in slow motion it does look quite interesting. Check it out and enjoy.

Japanese Sword Cutting Videos

Here's an interesting tameshigiri video showing cutting practice. The cut in the video does look a little awkward but the iaidoka pulls it off fairly well. Nice video with classical technique. The dojo that offers instruction on the Japanese sword has a whole line of these videos on youtube.

Slow Motion Brick Breaking

The video above is quite interesting as it shows what really happens when your hand impacts a solid object. Though the brick did break, when view in slow motion it almost appears as though the hand is in danger of doing the same. Watch and enjoy.

Reverse Grip Sword Cut

On one of the forums I regularly visit there is a bit of controversy about the practicality of a reverse grip sword cut (not that swords are very practical in this day & age anyhow). Quite a few of the forumites claim that reversing your grip on a sword is only appropriate for knives or Zatoichi :)

And along comes Renfield Kuroda, a JSA practitioner from Japan to prove that if you think a reverse grip sword cut doesn't work you're totally wrong. Check out that set and feel free to share your thoughts.