John Q. Mayhem
Explorer
I'm unsure as to the forum this should be in, so I'm putting it in General. I've seen in a couple places, notably the movie Equilibrium, a katana wielded in a strange way. The hilt is held so that, if your hand is held straight in front of you, horizontal, the blade projects out to you right. Basically, the sword is held upside-down. It seems like this wouldn't work; your reach would suffer greatly and you wouldn't be able to brace the blade with your thumb. A few tests with my bros and some sticks seems to bear this out, So, any real martial artists: does it work? I'm thinkin' no, but stranger things have happened.