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Iado & sword question?
I was watching a Musashi movie when a question struck me. The movie never showed Musashi drawing both swords at once so I'd say the creators found the same issue.
How do you quick-draw dual swords?
Anyone that has ever tried it will tell you shoulder draws are awkward as hell & quick-draws from the hip require two hands so how did Musashi get around the issue? Quick-draw a single blade then fight for space before grabbing the other or is there another way of drawing from the hip that might only require a single hand on each sword?
@Keyboard Warrior - The movie was called 'Musashi' it was Japanese with english subtitles for whatever that's worth and Musashi had striped pants.
@Kokoro - I was always believing that Musashi used two Katana rather than a Katana and Wakizashi. A quick check online has revealed that I've been douped by Hollywood...or at least Japan's version of Hollywood. Hard to believe that through all the years before Musashi's birth Samurai were carrying two swords and nobody actually thought to use both at once. But maybe they came to the same mental stump that I did and couldn't see it as practical because drawing the shorter one was too difficult in the midst of a fight?
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- KokoroLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Usually Musashi only drew both swords when fighting multiple opponents, he only drew both swords one other time. Usually he would have had the longer sword out already, then went for the short sword.
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i think it has more to do with a question of honor and rituals then using two swords.
samurai were all about honor and keeping everything in a ritual format.
culturally we consider musashi a hero and a great samurai, but many japanese consider musashi a coward because of his tactics.
i forget the person he fort that used the kusigara but depending upon whos version you read, one states he drew his second sword as an act shear genius the other says in shear panic he drew his second sword.
i have that movie on vhs and beta, there is a book serious of musashi i have 2 of the 5
Source(s): 30yrs ma
