Hello, please can I have a question. It seems like both of the practicioners hold their bokuto quite far behind the handguard - tsuba for most of the kata, is there a reason for that? Well visible for example at 0:42. Thank you.
I can't speak for these practitioners or their tradition of TSKSR, but I do know from other ryu-ha that the lead hand next to the tsuba is held slightly away and angled away from the tsuba, so that if your opponent's blade comes down your blade and hits your tsuba or is deflected there and bounces off, your hand is protected by the tsuba. A hand sitting flush fully against the tsuba isn't nearly as protected and risks getting cut as the blades fly.
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Hello, please can I have a question.
It seems like both of the practicioners hold their bokuto quite far behind the handguard - tsuba for most of the kata, is there a reason for that?
Well visible for example at 0:42.
Thank you.
I can't speak for these practitioners or their tradition of TSKSR, but I do know from other ryu-ha that the lead hand next to the tsuba is held slightly away and angled away from the tsuba, so that if your opponent's blade comes down your blade and hits your tsuba or is deflected there and bounces off, your hand is protected by the tsuba. A hand sitting flush fully against the tsuba isn't nearly as protected and risks getting cut as the blades fly.