While this is beautiful in it's choreography and clearly demonstrates his skill at handling a (possibly) sharpened blade, it is no indicator of actual fighting prowess. Many of his spins, flips and various swings are more aesthetic than practical, and would be of no value in combat. While the martial arts do place emphasis on aesthetics, it is only a mean, not an end. The man in the video has clearly spent a long period of time perfecting his kata, but it would appear that he has inverted the equation; something that many of my fellow martial artists have a tendancy to do.
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