Don't try this at home: Watch: Samurai at batting cage slices 100-mph fastball in half | FOX Sports
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Don't try this at home: Watch: Samurai at batting cage slices 100-mph fastball in half | FOX Sports
160km/h is 44m/s, so the ball took .2s to reach him from the hole in the net. It's hard to tell how further behind the net the machine shooting the balls is, but, even with another 4m it'll be .3 seconds. The sound of the machine could buy him may be a little extra, but still the reaction is very impressive.
especially since he hits it as it going past him, not like a batter would!Quote:
Originally Posted by gugi
Holy crap Batman, impressive.
Bob
It is impressive. He can draw his sword incredibly fast, but his is not 'cutting' at the ball as much as making his sword pass through the same plane that the ball will pass through. And because the ball is going fast, it will hit his edge somewhere along the way and split. There are various slow motion videos in which this is explained in detail.
So while this is very impressive in terms of speed, he is not hitting at the ball. The ball just happens to split itself on his edge. The fact that he hits the ball is rather 'meh' compared to the fact that he can get his sword out so fast without snags or tugs. I've done this, and there are a lot of motions to carry out at uncomfortable angles. He is faster than I can imagine.
He does this kind of thing at least semiprofessionally. He is a regular celebrity in Japanese tv shows and does this sort of thing on a very regular basis.
Ha Ha , I played the video several times with my finger poised on the mouse ready to click the pause icon and was only able to freeze the video on impact once , even though I merely had to move my finger a fraction of a inch. Sight or Sound; A Study of Reaction Times
I think I've seen that guy (maybe it was another person..??) on an Australian tv show doing a similar thing with a golf ball.
It's pretty impressive to me. Yes, he is only having to deal with one plane really (just getting the height right holding the sword horizontally) but getting it out of the sheath etc. He's pretty quick!
What I'd like to see, just to see if it were possible, is whether he could cut down through the ball as it went past (vertical movement). Sword already out of course.
James.
That was far out, Not trying to play 'can you top this', but apropos ........ Bruce Lee, wait for the ping pong contest ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1sS1kVAvA
Seen the Bruce Lee ping pong before, always thought it was BS but that looked for real.
Yes, I wouldn't minimize positioning the sword correctly either. I looks like the machine is throwing them exactly the same each time, which is very helpful - he can figure out the position he needs to place the sword ahead of time, and being slightly below shoulder level is likely very important, but his margin for error is the ball diameter i.e. 70mm. You can see that he is essentially slicing horizontally, so in about 0.3 seconds he draws the sword swipes an arch upwards and then horizontally where it'll intercept the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
A baseball pitcher would aim the ball differently on each throw, so the hitter needs to figure out exactly where the specific ball is going and then swing the bat in a way to intercept it. He doesn't have a predetermined stroke that he only needs to execute correctly like the samurai dude has. It's a much more complicated proposition, but that's why he has a little bit more time (not too much more though, because he has to decide whether to swing at all).
That is awesome, thanks for sharing!
The shear force on the sword doing something like cutting down through the ball would be pretty high I would have thought. There would most likely be some risk of the sword shattering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Judging speed and quickness, let it not be lost on all y'all as we say in NC, that he's striking the ball directly in the center, let alone at all, which if you've ever been in a batting cage at that speed, ain't that easy. Try it.:D
I can't help but think that even early or late the ball would still be cut.
Now hit it with a cylindrical bat and say that it is going for a single to left field that would be impressive.......
They say hitting a baseball is the hardest hand eye challenge in sports.
Trusting your inner self. If you "think" you lose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haroldg48
But would you let him shave you with the sword?
As much as any strange barber....Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne394
Sadly it is BS. At least in the sense that it was produced for a Nokia mobile phone ad with an actor who kinda looked like Bruce and a ton of CGI. Sorry :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grazor
Bruce Lee Ping-Pong : snopes.com
Dang, I thought that was too good to be true.
Also not trying to play "can you top" but it made me think of this, from one of my all time favorite movies. If need be, skip ahead to 1:00 to learn about how to shoot a gun BEFORE you touch it.
Hint: it's all in the snake-eyes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fm5S1xcDP4
Don't try to obfuscate by revealing the facts !! ........... :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cangooner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=363ZAmQEA84
I actually thought that I ought to check it out on Snopes but I figured naw ........ looked so real ! My grandpa told me, believe half of what you see, and nothing that you read. :o
It is a well known hoax.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD