Anyway, probably dual-wielding happened a lot in the heat of battle depending on the situation, but I'd wager that only very few Samurai would do it outside of very specific circumstances (Musashi being one of them).
So, if you grab a bucket to throw at the opponent, in the mid of a chaotic battle, are you gonna dub it "Bucket wielding"?
The "heat of battle" is a really nice, convenient way of saying "not happens in regular military engagements."
(ps) Once again, Musashi participated in only one battle out of his entire life time -- Sekigahara, in 1600. He was 16 years old. There are no records of anyone of his name (or known aliases) claiming achievement. He was not from a particularly noble house that served as samurai to the major lords participated in the battle. This means he was a lowly foot soldier during the battle, as a part of infantry squads that acted in pike formations. After that, he did not see battle ever again. It's doubtful if he even had the chance to wield a sword in real battle.
Since they didn't use shields, it's likely that dual wielding granted them a good defensive weapon in certain situations, which would be under yet another layer of circumstances given swords were the backup weapon (like a pistol).
Good luck dual wielding against that.
Major inaccuracies in depiction of 'cavalry,' but the infantry battle is usually praised to be very well depicted.
See, the thing this "fool" likes to "preach" is that you people have way too much fantasy into Japan -- as if their military somehow defies the universal trend of warfare that all the realms of the Western world went. You think for some mysterious reason, Japanese samurai and ashigaru were able to do fancy
Bullshido crap on the battle field, when the western armies have long since moved on toward large-scale, regular armies with well-trained mass infantry formations.
The crap you are saying, is the same as saying
"Oh, you could use a sword and main-gauche in front of Swiss-style PUSH OF PIKES. It could work!" War doesn't work like that. Battles don't work like that. The samurai are not formidable warriors because they could do some fancy, exotic styles that the western armies never even thought of doing. They were capable and formidable warriors because they adapted the newest and most advanced combat strategies and methods. They're logical, reasonable people trained as professional soldiers. And WTF kind of trained military man thinks of teaching a !&@*#! useless technique to use two swords against a PUSH OF PIKES?
Your views are a type of orientalism.
If you follow too hard on this path without recognizing those two points the fool will try to exploit it endlessly, that's why I've decided to share the little I know about it.
And little, you do. Sorry for being all preachy, and I'm sorry this is so cringey.
But dual-wielding has no case in battle. Both West, or East.
People don't do that shi* in the West because it doesn't work in army-sized battles. And people don't do that shi* in the East as well, because what doesn't work in the West doesn't work in the East either. Europe's soldiers knew this since forever. So did Asian soldiers. They're not stupid, nor caught up in samurai fantasies like you guys are.
