Does this swordsman pose have any significance?


Does this pose of raising your sword with your right hand have any
significance? For example, is this a famous pose used by a real life legendary
swordsman? Both Zoro of One Piece and Erza of Fairy Tail have used this pose.

![Zoro's pose](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rlLUE.png) ![Erza's
pose](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RBJB4.jpg)




I don't think it is reference to anything specific since it's overly common
whenever swords are (and sometimes when they aren't) involved in media.

In general:

  * it looks cool 
  * it's usually a show of triumph by combining display of:

    * dominance (as other poses that make body "unwrap") 
    * combat impracticality (no one is doing this in the middle of it)

tvtropes call it
[StabTheSky](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StabTheSky).




I don't think it is reference to anything specific since it's overly common
whenever swords are (and sometimes when they aren't) involved in media.

In general:

  * it looks cool 
  * it's usually a show of triumph by combining display of:

    * dominance (as other poses that make body "unwrap") 
    * combat impracticality (no one is doing this in the middle of it)

tvtropes call it
[StabTheSky](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StabTheSky).

