Question on a Sword Fighting Style

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2003-10-29 06:39pm

What is the name of the style of holding a sword in your hand upside down so that the hilt points up? This is the way Preston holds a sword in Equilibrium. Also any sword fighting resources on the net someone could link me to would be really useful thanks

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-29 06:40pm

in the commentary the director calls it the style of the drunken master or something like that, he did say the japanese name... i just can't remember it

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-10-30 06:47pm

It depends on what school you are talking about, the two most common names are "earth" style and "down-hand" though different schools of sword fighting have different names for it.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-30 07:12pm

Grey Fox does the same in MGS.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-10-30 07:14pm

Coming from someone who duelled in university (mainly fencing), it's called the, "Whoa, I've just been stabbed" style.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-10-30 07:16pm

It's fairly good, but it needs a bit more skill to use well compared to the more traditional styles. You sacrafice reach, but gain a good deal in terms of your circle.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-10-31 01:25am

Zac Naloen wrote:in the commentary the director calls it the style of the drunken master or something like that, he did say the japanese name... i just can't remember it :lol:

Ichi the Blind Swordsman. Main character in a bunch of Japanese movies I've enver seen. I've heard that there was one with Toshiro Mifune in it. I've got to track that one down one of these days.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » 2003-10-31 08:53am

Usually it's just called "Stupid"

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-31 08:56am

Drooling Iguana wrote:
Zac Naloen wrote:in the commentary the director calls it the style of the drunken master or something like that, he did say the japanese name... i just can't remember it
Ichi the Blind Swordsman. Main character in a bunch of Japanese movies I've enver seen. I've heard that there was one with Toshiro Mifune in it. I've got to track that one down one of these days.

Zatoichi, actually. IIRC, he was a real swordsman.

dworkin · Post by **dworkin** » 2003-10-31 12:16pm

Surrender is the common term.

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-10-31 12:18pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:It's fairly good, but it needs a bit more skill to use well compared to the more traditional styles. You sacrafice reach, but gain a good deal in terms of your circle.

'circle'?

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-31 12:20pm

JodoForce wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:It's fairly good, but it needs a bit more skill to use well compared to the more traditional styles. You sacrafice reach, but gain a good deal in terms of your circle.
'circle'?

your defensive circle, i think, its not a very offensive style.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-10-31 01:10pm

When fighting, the better you are, the smaller your circle, you can see an example of this for those who need visual aids, in the begining of blade. The distance that Blade marks with the tip of his sword, represents his circle, that is the distance at which he can cofortably defend against opponents. The smaller your circle the nearer someone can get without affecting your ability to fight them effectively.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-11-01 12:05am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:
Zac Naloen wrote:in the commentary the director calls it the style of the drunken master or something like that, he did say the japanese name... i just can't remember it :lol:
Ichi the Blind Swordsman. Main character in a bunch of Japanese movies I've enver seen. I've heard that there was one with Toshiro Mifune in it. I've got to track that one down one of these days.
Zatoichi, actually. IIRC, he was a real swordsman.

I thought that the movies were called Zaotichi, but the guy himself was just Ichi. I could be wrong, though, since I don't know much about those movies beyond what I read on stomptokyo.com.