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Little did I know that the project would mark the last time I would see this samurai weapons master alive. Masayuki Shimabukuro sadly passed away just over a year later, on September 7, 2012. (Read senior disciple Carl E. Long's touching tribute.) Fortunately, Mr. Shimabukuro’s teachings are preserved for posterity in samurai weapons books, DVDs and online videos. For this week’s video, I dug into the vault and brought back a brief look at the making of his final DVD set, Advanced Samurai Swordsmanship.
SAMURAI WEAPONS VIDEO Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Samurai Weapons Master Master Masayuki Shimabukuro in Action
Watching this footage again brought back a lot of memories of three days spent in the presence of a master whose handling of the deadly samurai sword made the endeavor look deceptively easy. We had fun shooting with Mr. Shimabukuro and his senior samurai weapons student, Carl E. Long, for three days here at Black Belt. The effort yielded one of our most beautiful and informative DVD sets to date. And with that in mind, we proudly offer this brief glimpse behind the scenes of what turned out to be Masayuki Shimabukuro’s final video shoot with us before his passing. We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at a great samurai weapons master as much as I enjoyed the privilege of working with him.
- two-man sparring
- deep-level practice of kata (forms)
- agility and body movement
- precision-cutting demonstrations
- mastery drills for timing, blocking and drawing
- expert development of footwork
- on-screen glossary of samurai swordsmanship terminology
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