![]() However, despite the fact that its physical performance is not exaggerated as frequently, the katana is still pretty widely considered to be especially cool and stylish. ![]() Since the 2010s or so it has become far less universal in popular culture, and excessive boasts about the katana are frequently debunked or parodied online. It seems possible that this will eventually become a Discredited Trope. We also have a Useful Notes page on Swords for more information, as well as a Kenjutsu on the real martial arts associated with their use. See the analysis page for more on that front. They were designed to function best within their own time period and culture, just as any sword. Of course, in reality, katana are no better or worse than most any other type of sword. ![]() Even more so than other heroes wielding swords, shooting at this guy is usually pointless unless you want your bullets parried. A character with a katana is usually a Master Swordsman with Implausible Fencing Powers. The katana is usually characterized as an Absurdly Sharp Blade that can make a Clean Cut straight through just about anything, maybe even so clean that the object doesn't fall apart until a few seconds afterwards. Because of this widespread cult of katana supremacy, putting one in the hands of a character is often a statement that they are cooler and more powerful than the ones who don't have one. Japanese media often lionize the katana, and Westerners with a Foreign Culture Fetish or belief in Exotic Weapon Supremacy take this reputation even further. In sword fighting, there may be many other special moves and secret techniques that are yet to be revealed to the world.Rule of Cool says swords are cooler than guns and tends to also hold the Japanese katana to be the coolest of all swords. We aren’t sure whether that is entirely true, but this secret technique performed by Sasaki Kojiro was no doubt a lightning move that was very difficult to detect. “swallow-return”) suggests that you can even cut up a swallow. Due to the human physique, the attack from bottom to top can cause a huge blow to the body, and even with the great kinetic vision, it is difficult to guard against it completely. The upper cut in boxing is a famous example. How it worksĪttacks from below can be seen in other sports too. It also produced famous schools later such as the Itto, Tomita, and Toda schools. His master Nen’ami Jion trained in Kuramayama (a mountain in Kyoto), and it is thought to be related to the legendary Kyohachi School. This Chujo School was started by Chujo Nagahide, who combined the traditional techniques of his household with some of his new innovations, and started it in Kyoto during the Muromachi era. It is not known whether Kojiro called it “tsubame-gaeshi” and the name is thought to be a later invention. Kojiro also learned from the Chujo School. The person who showed this technique to the world was Sasaki Kojiro. This technique was called toragiri-gatana, devised by the Chujo School of ancient sword fighting in order to defeat opponents in real matches. As a result, this tsubame-gaeshi is a technique designed to defeat the opponent from below. It is difficult to prepare against attacks from below. Your opponent thinks it’s a swing and a miss, but just at that moment you turn the blade upward and swing the sword back up from your opponents groin to his chin. Swinging all the way to the ground means making a feint. Tsubame-gaeshi is a technique where you swing the sword in front on your opponent right toward to ground. Not only those who have taken up sword-fighting but anyone who knows Miyamoto Musashi would have heard of this famous move at least once. There are many moves in kendo, and one of them is the “Tsubame-gaeshi”. ![]()
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