Dual Wield Question

[The BB of C]

I'm working out the choreography for a fight scene in one of my scripts. The antagonist ends up with the protagonists weapon. He's now dual wielding a Zatoichi and a standard katana.

The question is, which hand would he hold which sword in and which one would he want to use as his defense or offense?

[Montana]

I had to Google "Zatoichi" to find out what it was! lol

It's a walking stick with a sword built into it (hidden).

Anyway, the katana is a two handed weapon, but if you're going to have it and a Zatoichi, I'd keep the Zatoichi in it's sheath and the katana in yoru right hand...then lose it to your opponent and "surprise" them by "miracously" having the Zatoichi sword appear seemingly out of nowhere.

Maybe?

[Jeffrey]

Just my 2 cents but when you are fighting with 2 weapons they are both an offence and defence weapon. Boths sides should be equal.

[The BB of C]

Both good suggestions. Montana, what if I were to change the katana to a wakizashi?

[JusticeZero]

I'd think that they would end up grabbing the hero's weapon with their left hand in order to keep their primary weapon at the ready.. and then they might not be accustomed to using two weapons, so they would probably have the recovered one held back in their far side anyways as a defensive tool. But then again, I don't know the flow of the scene.

[The BB of C]

The Hero has enhanced strength and the ability to fly short distances. His weaknesses are getting fatigued from using his powers too much and his lack of talent in swordplay. The latter of which he compensates with Taijutsu.

His enemy is an extremely is a sadistic kenjutsu genius...originally using a katana but now I'm considering changing it to a wakizashi. He uses his sword to disarm the Hero and take his sword in the same swing. Now the Hero has to use his empty handed skills against an extremely skilled opponent with two swords.