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Quote Originally Posted by HikariKurosawa View Post
The sword is never re-oriented before drawing the katana out of the saya entirely. It makes absolutely zero sense from the angle of realistic function to do anything like that prior to actually drawing the sword, let alone before sheathing it. By the time you have drawn it too, the attack is engaged and there is no time for weeb flair animations. /QUOTE]

Many kata end with reorientation of the blade and saya to sheathe it. Depends on your kenjutsu and iaido. But those kata do exist. They certainly don’t happen as fast as kaiten but we’ll , that’s the warrior of light for you.

I get your argument about the animation after drawing the blade , though kaiten happens right before sheathing it. It’s a little over exaggerated but not anymore unrealistic than midare.

That being said I have absolutely no opinion on Kaiten and don’t wish to join the argument about it. Though I’m sure it being gone has more to do with a game design reason over anything to do with the animation.
Show me an example of a legitimate style that re-orients the saya before iaijutsu lol. Please. When the tip of the sword leaves the mouth, you have full freedom to change the angle of the slash within a moment. All it does is risk dulling the edge of the blade on top of risking damage to the saya itself. You want to work with gravity and have it maintaining contact with the spine of the sword and the saya, not the side, nor the edge. I understand that there are people who pretend they know what they are doing and teach students to turn the saya prior to drawing, but it's incorrect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP4mha9_9ic Even in japan, there will be schools that do things incorrectly. I'd like to see an example of it, but it's not like it's unusual. People are people, all over the world.