{"id":52875,"date":"2025-10-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52875"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:49:04","slug":"japanese-martial-arts-instructor-recreates-ghost-of-yoteis-unreal-back-unsheathing-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-martial-arts-instructor-recreates-ghost-of-yoteis-unreal-back-unsheathing-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese martial arts instructor recreates Ghost of Yotei\u2019s unreal back unsheathing motion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the weapons <strong>Ghost of Yotei<\/strong> protagonist Atsu wields is the \u014ddachi, a traditional Japanese sword known for having a much longer blade (ranging from 90cm to 150cm) than a regular katana. Sheathing and unsheathing such a long sword is an art of its own, but in Sucker Punch Studio\u2019s new samurai game, Atsu performs these motions from a very challenging position \u2013 carrying the sword on her back. Other-worldly and risky as it may seem, the feat <em>is<\/em> actually possible in real life (if you happen to be a pro martial artist).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5927\u592a\u5200\u3001\u3042\u3093\u306a\u30c7\u30ab\u3044\u5200\u3092\u80cc\u8ca0\u3063\u3066\u3069\u3046\u3084\u3063\u3066\u629c\u5200\u3059\u3093\u306d\u3093\u95a2\u7bc0\u5916\u308c\u308b\u305e\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u305f\u3093\u3060\u3051\u3069\u3001\u4e88\u60f3\u5916\u306e\u30e2\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u3067 \u201d \u7406 \u8ad6 \u4e0a \u306f \u201d \u554f\u984c\u306a\u304f\u629c\u5200\/\u7d0d\u5200\u3067\u304d\u3066\u305f\u306e\u7b11\u3046<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GhostofYotei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GhostofYotei<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b4\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u30aa\u30d6\u30e8\u30a6\u30c6\u30a4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j31VjGpgDk\">pic.twitter.com\/j31VjGpgDk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b8\u30a7\u30c3\u30c8\u30fb\u30ea\u30e7\u30fc (@ikazombie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ikazombie\/status\/1974771283360645536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>I was wondering how she could possibly unsheathe such a huge sword from her back without dislocating a joint, but this motion actually makes it look theoretically possible to draw and sheathe without any issues.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As sword enthusiasts from Japan and around the world have noticed, Atsu carries her \u014ddachi on her back, and she draws the sword from its scabbard directly from this position, rather than switching it to her hand first. Due to the \u014ddachi\u2019s length, this requires first pulling the sword up by its handle and then catching it by the back of the blade to pull it all the way out of the scabbard (as seen in the above clip).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30b4\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u30aa\u30d6\u30e8\u30a6\u30c6\u30a4\u306e\u5927\u592a\u5200\u306e\u80cc\u8ca0\u3044\u629c\u304d\u3084\u3063\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u5203\u6e21\u308a\u4e09\u5c3a\u3001\u91cd\u3055\u7d041.5kg\u306e\u5200\u3067\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b4\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u30aa\u30d6\u30e8\u30a6\u30c6\u30a4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9j46eq80G7\">pic.twitter.com\/9j46eq80G7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u307e\u30fc\u3053\u300011\u670829\u65e5\u751f\u8a95\u796d\ud83c\udf82 (@harima_mekkai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harima_mekkai\/status\/1975527448180891946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst discussion about whether this is simply a clever animation solution or in fact, a feasible technique, Dofu Takizawa, an instructor of the Tenshinryuu martial arts school recently uploaded a video recreating the movement. Takizawa, who is 157cm tall, uses an \u014ddachi with a 90cm-long blade, weighing 1.5 kilograms. With deceptive ease, he performs the back unsheathing technique, catching the sword by its blade like Atsu. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/harima_mekkai\/status\/1975731330442023091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a> that when he grabs the blade mid-air, he is making contact with the ridge (shinogi) and back (mune), which is why he doesn\u2019t get cut, although the risk of accidentally touching the sharp edge is certainly there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3081\u3063\u3061\u3083\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u308b\u306e\u3067\u7d0d\u5200\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u3082\u3054\u89a7\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haNBc4tM8r\">https:\/\/t.co\/haNBc4tM8r<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y3vNEdJUw0\">pic.twitter.com\/Y3vNEdJUw0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u307e\u30fc\u3053\u300011\u670829\u65e5\u751f\u8a95\u796d\ud83c\udf82 (@harima_mekkai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harima_mekkai\/status\/1975867791199936960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to popular demand, Takizawa also attempted to recreate Yotei\u2019s back sheathing motion, but this part of the game proved to be a bit more idealistic than reality. Impressively, he does get the enormous \u014ddachi sheathed, but certainly not while standing up straight like Atsu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in giant video game swords, you might also want to check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/is-sephiroths-super-long-sword-in-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-usable-in-real-life-japanese-martial-arts-master-demonstrates-with-effortless-ease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this Japanese kendo master\u2019s analysis of the real-life practicality of Sephiroth\u2019s Masamune<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a>\u00a0is out now on PS5.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An instructor of the Tenshinryuu martial arts school attempted to recreate Ghost of Yotei&#8217;s much discussed odachi back (un)sheathing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":52877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-52875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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