I didn’t know where to ask this and my OCD is not helping me maintain personal control....:

Sincere question : How is the samurai depicted on this card wielding his weapon?

Thoughts? ?

(his grip, style, technique is... what exactly?)

8 hours ago, LordBlunt said:

I didn’t know where to ask this and my OCD is not helping me maintain personal control....:

Sincere question : How is the samurai depicted on this card wielding his weapon?

Thoughts? ?

(his grip, style, technique is... what exactly?)

Looks like a Te Ura Gasumi stance.

I’d say it’s a “I think this pose looks cool” posture from the famous Illustrator dojo.

I just know that many polearms vs a sword will end in a bad day for the swordsman.

7 minutes ago, Waywardpaladin said:

I just know that many polearms vs a sword will end in a bad day for the swordsman.

Are you suggesting that a Lion samurai could possibly lose to a bunch of paltry Crane ashigaru? Preposterous! Preposterous, I say!

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"One samurai may be worth twenty peasants on the battlefield, but the ratio is never quite that equal."

Be quiet, O5R!

Feels bad man. Samurai inflating their sense of worth by training their lives for combat and then fighting untrained, half-starved and scared peasants.