Ni-Ten Ichi Ryu (musashi)
Just curious of anyones thoughts....
So Miyamoto Musashi/Takezo/othervariations, was adamant in the method of kenjutsu by holding the sword in one hand rather than in two hands. He was famous for his style of two swords. "If you hold a sword with both hands, it is difficult to wield it freely to left and right, so my method is to carry the sword in one hand"
actually akin to many other saber methods.
So my mental inquiry is in regards to the length of the tsuka that musashi was famous for. in your opinion, or education, was this for balance purposes? to keep the blade a bit faster on his long sword perhaps due to primarily wanting to weild it one handed, or maybe additional leverage off of the under/over forearm/bicep/elbow?