Way of the Warrior - The Samurai Way - Katori Shinto ryu

This small clip is from a 1982 BBC documentary on Katori Shinto ryu, which is considered to be the oldest martial art in Japan. One of the quotes that stuck out in this documentary states: “There are many schools in Japan that teach the Samurai martial arts, more than a thousand of them. However, in most of these, the techniques are so ritualized that it is hard to see them being used in a real fight. 'At this school, the oldest of them all, they are still truly martial, the students are not allowed to forget that men died to learn what they are being taught'.”