Thread:Kazanshin/@comment-34492349-20191231073718/@comment-27358240-20200105085811

It focuses around ending the battle in a single blow. If the swordsman is fighting an opponent with the reach advantage (spear, naginata, etc) he'll first knock the weapon away as the enemy goes in to attack using the superior power and weight of the nodachi, then get close and strike at the neck of the enemy.

Against an opponent with a shorter weapon (katana, sword, etc) it's all about striking one decisive blow from outside the enemy's reach. If the enemy avoids the first strike, usually a typical "samurai quickdraw", the swordsman follows up with another attack, a downward slash, before the opponents comes in close. If the enemy blocks, the sheer weight of the sword will usually crush their block. This has happened before, as a swordsman tried to block a nodachi with his uchigatana and died by having his own blade's reverse side bashing into his skull and cracking it.

Attacks are usually aimed at typically unarmored part like the side of the neck/shoulder and crotch.