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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6333819" data-attributes="member: 6680772">Yes, entirely wrong.&nbsp; So much so that I'm waiting for some sort of &quot;gotcha&quot;.&nbsp; The katana was originally a cavalry saber, meant to wielded with one hand from horseback.&nbsp; That's why that 16th century one I handled felt so well balanced and easy to use one-handed.&nbsp; The youtubes are lousy with videos of people, with very little actual skill, doing one-handed cuts, but I will only link to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu01vkMKRBE" target="_blank">this one</a>, because the guy doing the cuts actually knows what he's doing, and we know the era of his sword (19th century, as mentioned above not of the highest quality).And while Miyamoto Musashi and his nito style are well known, in fact nito training was widespread long before he came along, appearing in the curricula of the oldest schools, formed during the Sengoku period.&nbsp; They weren't given to impracticality in their martial arts at those times, nor did nito style require great dedication to learn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6333819, member: 6680772"] Yes, entirely wrong. So much so that I'm waiting for some sort of "gotcha". The katana was originally a cavalry saber, meant to wielded with one hand from horseback. That's why that 16th century one I handled felt so well balanced and easy to use one-handed. The youtubes are lousy with videos of people, with very little actual skill, doing one-handed cuts, but I will only link to [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu01vkMKRBE"]this one[/URL], because the guy doing the cuts actually knows what he's doing, and we know the era of his sword (19th century, as mentioned above not of the highest quality). And while Miyamoto Musashi and his nito style are well known, in fact nito training was widespread long before he came along, appearing in the curricula of the oldest schools, formed during the Sengoku period. They weren't given to impracticality in their martial arts at those times, nor did nito style require great dedication to learn. [/QUOTE]

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