Shohei Ohtani, the Two-Sword Samurai Style, and Education

Michael Sunderland
The Dugout
Published in
4 min readApr 7, 2021
https://weblog.tozando.com/nitoryu-and-the-brain/

In episode 1677 of the podcast Effectively Wild, Ben Lindbergh brought up the Japanese nickname for Shohei Ohtani:

“Ohtani in Japan is…referred to as nito-ryu, the two-sword, samurai fighting style, the term for a two-way player there….It’s an advanced fighting style.”

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Michael Sunderland
The Dugout

Oakland, CA. Teaching, learning, sports, and storytelling.