An idea from The Book of Five Rings

Hold the sword with your thumb and forefinger loose and your last two fingers firm. A grip that locks up can’t respond. “Fixedness means a dead hand. Pliability is a living hand.”

From The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

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