Post by ClericRyan on Oct 29, 2003 8:32:32 GMT -5
Coolhand said:
Wow, there's a lot of depth to this! Mind you, I suppose thousands of years of thought has gone into sword fighting, so the depth is logical. 
I have actually read a couple of books on iado and Kenjitsu, but they didn't go into any of this so I obviously have a lot more to learn.
So the final Preston Vs Brandt fight DOES follow this logic. Brandt comes in with an overhand strike, which Preston evades, gabbes a Katana, comes inside Brandts defenses and nails him with a series of underhand strikes before Brandts overhand grip will let him respond.
Ahhhhh....I see.
Question: I know that overhand grips on Katana's allow people to cut other people clean in half, but would an underhand grip give you enough power to cut away the front of someone's head as seen in EQ?
And can anyone recommend any movies that show swordfights that are not only cool but also good demonstrations of real technuiqes and tatics?
YES. Easily, if the weapon was real Japaneese steele, it would cut through a car underhand, if you had the strength. Not much on a recomendation for a tech. based sowrd film.
