Lady, that's a good try! But the grip's a little off--sorta make a 'V' shape with your thumb and forefinger, rest the tsuka in the center of the V and close your hand along it that way, that'll fix the way that you're turning your wrist. And close that thumb! Don't wanna lose it if you go into a clumsy tsuba-zeriai, do you? Pinch a little tighter with the pinky finger, loosen the index, and you're good to go.

/move along, nothing to see here

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...holy crap, did we just find a point where Japanese and internal Chinese martial arts have a point of agreement? Clearly, one of us is Doing It Wrong.

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That's such a cute bikini.

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