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On
Saturday, April 22nd of 2000, a blade that I polished and sharpened
specifically for this attempt
was used to break the world Senbongiri target cutting record by Russell
McCartney, Soke of Ishi Yama Ryu. The record breaking attempt
was part
of the 25th annual Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural
Festival. The blade was a quality gendaito by the Seki smith
Kanehide. I prepared the blade for the record breaking cuts with
special
techniques I have developed over the years specifically for
tameshi-giri swords. Soke McCartney
successfully cut 1,181 consecutive targets without fail in less than 85
minutes! The super human exertion left Soke McCartney
hospitalized for
2 days. The specifics of this record have been officially
tallied and
finalized with Guinness. The official certificate for the new
world
record is shown here.
The
old record was 1000 cuts in 1 hour 36 minutes,
held by Saruta Mitsuhiro, Soke Batto Do Ryu Sei Ken. Saruta
Sensei, as of the time of this writing, held the record for Kabuto Wari or 'helmet
cutting'. That is the art of using a traditional Japanese
sword
to cut through a steel helmet of the type the samurai used to
wear. He
is
pictured here cutting 9 goza with kesagiri.
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