Very basic Han Jian question
Dec 17, 2014 22:21:16 GMT
Post by Aikidoka on Dec 17, 2014 22:21:16 GMT
(reposted from the old forum)
Are Han Jians meant to be gripped with the index finger and thumb of your forward hand gripping the guard? I just watched fellow forumite MakChingYuen perform some cuts with one of his Han Jians and that is how he does it (for example, at 5:10 in the first video):
Now that I look at a Han Jian guard, it looks as though it would be comfortable to grip that way.
Forgive me if this is a complete noob question, but I have always liked these swords and wondered how you maintain edge alignment with a round handle. Gripping the guard in this way would seem to make edge alignment very easy.
Are Han Jians meant to be gripped with the index finger and thumb of your forward hand gripping the guard? I just watched fellow forumite MakChingYuen perform some cuts with one of his Han Jians and that is how he does it (for example, at 5:10 in the first video):
Now that I look at a Han Jian guard, it looks as though it would be comfortable to grip that way.
Forgive me if this is a complete noob question, but I have always liked these swords and wondered how you maintain edge alignment with a round handle. Gripping the guard in this way would seem to make edge alignment very easy.
