Came across this the other day from Gekiken.org. They tend to focus on Japanese Historical Fencing - which is always cool. It's always fascinating to me to see anything from WWII or earlier, before some of the old ways were lost to the war.

The video description from YouTube is:
"Black and white footage of WWII Japanese Navy Soldiers practicing Bayonet and Sword fencing.

You can see them wearing the half armour. The body armour "Dou" and "Tare" only covers the left half of the body.

But interesting, even the swordsman also wears the half-armour. Perhaps it's due to convenience? By right, the swordsman should be using a standard full armour.

For more on historical Japanese fencing, please visit: http://www.Gekiken.org"

Feel free to follow the link. They have some cool stuff up for you to watch!

Enjoy!