Starkiller (Galen Marek) sword style: A real style or not?

Question

The apprentice (starkiller, Galen Marek) holds his lightsaber with the blade facing back (see here for a picture http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/7/7e/SecretApprentice_tfu.jpg/180px-SecretApprentice_tfu.jpg ) I was wondering if there was any information on this type of sword style. Thanks for the help

Answer 1

A lot of the Roppo Kuji no Biken cuts end up in a reverse grip, though the idea there seems more to be cutting in as normal and letting the wrist twist into a reverse grip (It makes sense if you just grip the tsuka with the top hand upside down...)

There's also Kage no Kamae from Togakure-ryu, where the reverse grip is meant more to disguise the fact you have a sword in hand (or, perhaps more appropriately, exactly what weapon you have in hand).

I find that, like most kamae, the reverse grip (Kage no Kamae) is more useful as a transitional point than as a continuous grip...

Answer 2

No of course it is not real, silly.

Answer 3

Yes, there are styles that hold the sword that way. Some Hoppo Biken Jutsu techniques hold it that way and there are some Batto-jutsu techniques that also hold it that way.

There are entire styles devoted to fighting with hat sword that way, but I can't think of their names. It may only be one.