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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1507389" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>I haven't seen it used in any traditional katana style, but then, I don't know many traditional katana styles that were meant to work against unarmored opponents with semiautomatic handguns. The movie folks pretty much fell into katana envy, even though the style that people were using was not always best actualized with a katana.</p><p></p><p>While I actively disliked much of Equilibrium, I did like the stick-duel, the end-fight with Diggs (which had me laughing out loud at the sheer unexpectednes of it), and the end-fight with Father. Most of the rest, action scenes included, I could take or leave. The basic premise of "systematic series of movements based on math that lets you walk through a gunfight without getting hit" is beautiful, but in practice, it involved some fairly stupid stance-work while remaining in one place, which is not exactly a recipe for not getting hit by bullets. </p><p></p><p>"You can't shoot me now! I'm slightly bent over with one leg fully extended!"</p><p></p><p>Back to topic: As somebody who has no formal katana training, but who <strong>does</strong> have training along the lines of "Here, as part of your test, we're going to have you hold random weapons and defend yourself with them, using your existing martial arts skills with unfamiliar equipment", I would only intentionally use the katana in that grip if I were intent, for some reason, on moving in close without first being able to slash the opponent, or if I were intent on disabling my attacker without killing him -- or <strong>possibly</strong> if I, for some reason, had to block rather than evading or parrying, and was fighting someone with something heavy and needed that forearm-brace stuff. The forearm-brace isn't usually worth the loss of parrying (what the katana was designed for, defensively, instead of blocking), the loss of reach, the limitation of offensive movements (you can do a low-ish inverted stabbie deal, or you can do a forward-smashing elbow that has the sword braced against it, and really, s'about it), and the (as I remember) slower movements you're restricted to, since you're using different muscles to move it.</p><p></p><p>"Looking cool" is about the best real reason to hold it that way -- but I will flat-out admit that, in the movies, that's as good a reason as any. Fights that are straightforward and utterly efficient can look good to those who know their stuff, but they can also be deathly dull at times -- and will almost always look dull to people who don't know the system. I'd take the swashbuckling of "Pirates of the Carribean" (whose stars were not legendary swordsmen) over a Steven Seagal movie any day, and I know that Seagal is, whatever other character traits you might stick on him, a well-respected Aikido practitioner.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: PS: Barsoomcore, you rock. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1507389, member: 5171"] I haven't seen it used in any traditional katana style, but then, I don't know many traditional katana styles that were meant to work against unarmored opponents with semiautomatic handguns. The movie folks pretty much fell into katana envy, even though the style that people were using was not always best actualized with a katana. While I actively disliked much of Equilibrium, I did like the stick-duel, the end-fight with Diggs (which had me laughing out loud at the sheer unexpectednes of it), and the end-fight with Father. Most of the rest, action scenes included, I could take or leave. The basic premise of "systematic series of movements based on math that lets you walk through a gunfight without getting hit" is beautiful, but in practice, it involved some fairly stupid stance-work while remaining in one place, which is not exactly a recipe for not getting hit by bullets. "You can't shoot me now! I'm slightly bent over with one leg fully extended!" Back to topic: As somebody who has no formal katana training, but who [b]does[/b] have training along the lines of "Here, as part of your test, we're going to have you hold random weapons and defend yourself with them, using your existing martial arts skills with unfamiliar equipment", I would only intentionally use the katana in that grip if I were intent, for some reason, on moving in close without first being able to slash the opponent, or if I were intent on disabling my attacker without killing him -- or [b]possibly[/b] if I, for some reason, had to block rather than evading or parrying, and was fighting someone with something heavy and needed that forearm-brace stuff. The forearm-brace isn't usually worth the loss of parrying (what the katana was designed for, defensively, instead of blocking), the loss of reach, the limitation of offensive movements (you can do a low-ish inverted stabbie deal, or you can do a forward-smashing elbow that has the sword braced against it, and really, s'about it), and the (as I remember) slower movements you're restricted to, since you're using different muscles to move it. "Looking cool" is about the best real reason to hold it that way -- but I will flat-out admit that, in the movies, that's as good a reason as any. Fights that are straightforward and utterly efficient can look good to those who know their stuff, but they can also be deathly dull at times -- and will almost always look dull to people who don't know the system. I'd take the swashbuckling of "Pirates of the Carribean" (whose stars were not legendary swordsmen) over a Steven Seagal movie any day, and I know that Seagal is, whatever other character traits you might stick on him, a well-respected Aikido practitioner. EDIT: PS: Barsoomcore, you rock. :) [/QUOTE]
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