Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Which way does the blade go for a samurai sword? Up or down?

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00:00 Intro
00:14 Summary
00:46 Background
01:12 Signatures
02:24 Why katana and tachi?
03:50 Variations
05:47 Tachi and personal preference
06:32 Tachi suspension from waist
06:46 Katana takes over tachi
07:25 Quick comparison & drawing
08:17 Daisho, the big & little
08:58 Kanji info
10:00 From tachi to katana
10:50 Katana or tachi; which is better?
11:24 Uchigatana, Wakizashi, and Kodachi
11:47 Wrap up
11:57 Outro

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