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[ginger ninja]

Nope, this actually was surprisingly dope.

 

[Mechanized]

This guy is amazing, no cringe here. Keep on wandering and protecting the streets 2015 samurai man.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Some you might tink that's easy but it's apparently quite hard to use

Nah. I said that I thought the whole thing is goofy, but I have no doubt he actually knows how to use that sword and probably would have carried through (or at least attempted to) on what he was planning to if they attacked him

 

[Ullus]

Do you need a license to own/carry a sword in the US, or does it just count as a big knife?
In any case, someone should probably take away his blades.

 

[Cloudy]

Why is this maniac being celebrated as a hero? It's not long until he kills someone

 

[RangersFan]

you all keep laughing at him. this guy is legit as fuck. I would not want to mess with him.

 

[pariah164]

Okay, that was awesome. Legit as fuck. So long as it stays for show and he doesn't actually kill some poor bastard.

Arizona, my home, I have a love/hate relationship with you. But please stop with the crazy. STAHP.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Okay, that was awesome. Legit as fuck. So long as it stays for show and he doesn't actually kill some poor bastard.

Arizona, my home, I have a love/hate relationship with you. But please stop with the crazy. STAHP.

According to his FB apparently he lives in California
And he communes with nature
and he canoes
And he practices on the beach

he is todays rurouni kenshi

 

[MrSaturn99]

I didn't cringe but it was out of the ordinary.

Pretty much. He's quirky, but he clearly knows his shit.

That sheathing was legit.

 

[Tawpgun]

This really does sound word for word like a story they'd write for Mac

First thing I thought too.

"5 stage plan" lmao

 

[kaiju]

Kairo Seijuro, the light rail avenger. I love this guy!

 

[pyros]

our ultimate form

 

[Gully State]

According to his FB apparently he lives in California
And he communes with nature
and he canoes
And he practices on the beach

he is todays rurouni kenshi

That ain't no reverse blade.

 

[mullet2000]

Video is funny and he says some cringy stuff, but the video is FAR from the cringiest video I've ever seen. Also, he obviously is actually trained to use that katana.

You want cringe? I'll give you cringe.

Edit: Know what, This one is just as good

 

[Megalosaro]

And this is why I quit kendo because of judgemental people like most of this thread.

Spoiler

who am I kidding it is because it was too hard

Budgeting by his sheathing, I'd say he practices iaido.

 

[diamount]

Video is funny and he says some cringy stuff, but the video is FAR from the cringiest video I've ever seen. Also, he obviously is actually trained to use that katana.

You want cringe? I'll give you cringe.

Edit: Know what, This one is just as good

Oh my...

 

[Speevy]

The police from that town are sitting around like "I know he's white, but can we shoot him anyway?"

 

[malfcn]

Hopefully he doesn't turn out like Kai the Hatchet Man.

 

[Speevy]

For those of you calling this dope and cool, you do realize this person is mentally ill, right?

I mean no rational person practices swordplay with the hopes that he may some day use it like a vigilante.

He's going to find himself in a gun-drawn standoff one day and straight up refuse to put that thing away after cutting several people.

 

[Screaming Meat]

"As u kno im pro."

 

[RyudBoy]

Tom Cruise is no longer the last one.

 

[Twin Drive System]

Guy might have a few screws loose but he stopped the fight and looks like he has things under control so props.

 

[Randam]

Was just going to ask if you can just carry a real sword with you, then I remembered that this was in the us.

 

[foxuzamaki]

He's a nerd but is pretty badass with a sword, thats standard fair for shonen characters nowadays, watchout.

 

[trixx]

Video is funny and he says some cringy stuff, but the video is FAR from the cringiest video I've ever seen. Also, he obviously is actually trained to use that katana.

You want cringe? I'll give you cringe.

Edit: Know what, This one is just as good

one of the youtube comment on that second video had me in tears

 

[BKatastrophe]

You know all that stuff he said? About his sword being used as a tool for justice? Well now, he's not so sure. And besides, that isn't his sword.

 

[Randam]

one of the youtube comment on that second video had me in tears

Do tell Man!!

 

[johnsmith]

Stories like these usually don't have happy endings.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-police-shooting-20140914-story.html

A 22-year-old black man with a sword may have been running away when Utah police fatally shot him "numerous" times from behind last week, an attorney for the man's family said over the weekend.

 

[Ventara]

"moving into blind spot"
"full 5-stage plan ready to take everyone out"
"family couldn't handle me"
"more dangerous without it (katana) than with it"

Though the guy does seem to have serious skill with the sword, which is pretty cool, and kudos to him for putting a stop to the fight. But I have a feeling things would've gone done hill if those guys fighting turned on him. He'd either be criminally charged for cutting them down, or get beaten up.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Video is funny and he says some cringy stuff, but the video is FAR from the cringiest video I've ever seen. Also, he obviously is actually trained to use that katana.

You want cringe? I'll give you cringe.

Edit: Know what, This one is just as good

holy wow

 

[RangerBAD]

You can probably learn iaidou in the US.

 

[Megalosaro]

You can here in la, but that is because we have a caps of Japanese americans.

 

[flaxknuckles]

He's got skills with a sword but he straight up said he was going to gape a dude open. Sounds pretty dangerous to me, lock em up.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

The only thing I'd be worried about is the part where he said he would basically disembowel the guy if he attacked him.

I don't think that would have any justification in a court setting.

this is america, where you're allowed to openly carry guns and shoot people for much less.

and we're worried about a sword.

 

[Nevasleep]

10/10 on the quotes.

 

[True Savior]

According to his FB apparently he lives in California
And he communes with nature
and he canoes
And he practices on the beach

he is todays rurouni kenshi

He's actually todays Musashi.

Honestly , this dude is , not only amazing , he is basically a manga character living in our world.

 

[BKatastrophe]

He's actually todays Musashi.

I dunno...kinda looks like him, I guess.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

LOL


this guy. It was all okay up until the part where he said he was going to disembowel some strangers.

 

[Wallach]

Video is funny and he says some cringy stuff, but the video is FAR from the cringiest video I've ever seen. Also, he obviously is actually trained to use that katana.

You want cringe? I'll give you cringe.

Edit: Know what, This one is just as good

Okay, really wish I didn't know the first one existed. Soul poison.

 

[TipsyArchmage]

For those of you calling this dope and cool, you do realize this person is mentally ill, right?

I mean no rational person practices swordplay with the hopes that he may some day use it like a vigilante.

He's going to find himself in a gun-drawn standoff one day and straight up refuse to put that thing away after cutting several people.

Practicing swordplay in the hopes of being a vigilante sounds exactly why most people do it

anyway I'm not sure how it makes him mentally ill when there's a whole bunch more people who put a whole lot of practice into using guns

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Ya'll laughing but my man was ready to turn those arms and legs into blood geysers.

 

[True Savior]

He talks about a Master Hiko on his FB

Hiko

Motherfucking Seijuro Hiko

I was wrong . He's definitely an Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu practitioner :O

 

[DrBo42]

He's like Mac from Always Sunny! But in real life!

Can't get enough, I hope this guy goes places.

It's 3 years old, he didnt.

 

[GhostWriter24]

If there was ever a gif more worthy of the Final Fantasy fanfare...

Ba ba ba baaaaa, ba ba, ba ba baaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

this is america, where you're allowed to openly carry guns and shoot people for much less.

and we're worried about a sword.

Good point.

 

[SuperSah]

How cringeworthy..

 

[Booshka]

Open Parry

 

[RangerBAD]

He must have come back from Japan because he found out Japan abolished sword carrying in the late 1800s.

 

[JoeyJungle]

I lost it when the title card at the bottom read "Keiro Seijuro - Samurai"

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Bro! Without even looking! Shit is legit.