Many people know you must keep your thumb on the Tsuba handguard to prevent the katana from falling out and to unseal the katana. But you don’t just randomly place your thumb, but on the right side, closer to your body. There are two reasons why this is beneficial. To hide your thumb from attacks. To turn the katana efficiently. If you keep your thumb on the top or the left, you risk getting this attacked. You can avoid losing a finger just by slightly bringing your thumb to the right. Second, in Iai techniques, you often turn the katana over for uppercuts or reverse grip drawing. Turning the katana over is much easier if your thumb is on the right. If your thumb is on the left, this is as far as you can go. Please check out my online lessons if you want to learn katana techniques.

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There is no intention of denying other theories and cultural aspects

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