Demon Slayer Katana Half Swording Stab [sword talk]

Today we analyse the 7th waterbreathing form, the drop ripple thrust curve as shown by Tomioka Giyuu the water breathing hashira. Is this a viable stance and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the form? How about follow up stances and strikes? Also, why does Giyuu hold his left hand like that? All these questions and more answered in the video.

Swords: 1060 steel katana 70cm blade length

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[chinesejohnxina]

Nice video also I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I was wondering if you could do a video explaing hinokami kagura's 2nd form clear blue sky

[TWShadow]

You're like my favorite sword guy on YouTube

[kobet]

Always love when this channel posts a video

[sonntagsninja]

Very interesting video. I like your scientific approach to these topics.

[jsblonnie]

really underrated channel. good job tho. and thanks for vids

[johnurbanek]

I love the combination of math and swordsmanship. I like Saitou Haijime's gotatsu technique better, and have successfully used it in sparring when I was young. The left handed thrust adds a lot to the reach advantage. Of course, it left me wide open when I missed, but that could be from my lack of athleticism to be able to switch positions quickly.

[michaelrizzo]

If you check out my video "Putting Bare Hands on the Blade?" I cover this briefly. I do personally favor the thumb & forefinger "pinch" of the ridge planes or Bohi (kind of a more extreme version of what's seen in the artwork) with the thumb basically pointing toward the tip, in order to give me a sure grip under impact and keep my fingers out of the way of opponent's blades, but I'm using parry-bind-thrust-slash combinations with my sword that are more hilt down/tip up than the hilt up/tip down techniques you're using. I'm also not sliding the blade through my hand, but basically grabbing the blade firmly and using it like a knife to drive it into that hard-to-hit small gap target at very close range, while still having a solid enough hold of the blade to hopefully parry with. I will sometimes use the "pinky forward" method if it makes more sense based on the orientation of the blade in the particular technique, but it tends to leave my fingers a little more exposed and I've found there's a somewhat higher risk of me losing control of the blade in a hard parry or bind, especially since I am so close to my opponent at the time. If you practice with a Bokken hitting or thrusting with force at a target, and have someone else with a blunt weapon hit or press yours to practice parrying/binding like that, you'll certainly refine your technique in whichever grip or grips you prefer. (I wouldn't recommend doing hand-on-sharp-blade target practice until you've got some confidence with a blunt weapon, which I appreciate that you always insist on.) Your Kote armor theory may also be spot-on, as many traditional techniques were trained as if you were wearing armor and still mostly done that way by habit even if you aren't. You're absolutely spot-on about the accuracy factor, and I haven't seen anyone actually do the math in 45 years. Most excellent. Great video as usual. Keep them coming!

[crypticdownloader]

I thought that one of the downsides of using this technique with a katana is that the blade would most likely break or snap when hitting the target because it's not that straight compared to that of the longsword.

[nonsononessunooko]

7:24 i would say its better to go for a rising strike with one hand but what ever works
i guess it depends on the situation.
anyway im just talking hipothetical shit so cool video anyway bro👍