峰打ち

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 峰打ち is read as みねうち and is a noun for striking with the back rather than the cutting edge of a sword.
• Basic usage: Striking an opponent with the back of a blade appears in 相手を峰打ちにする, while a period-drama scene appears in 時代劇の峰打ちの場面.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Use of the sword back
  • The defining point is use of the noncutting back, and it also appears in staged period-drama scenes.
• Relation to 峰
  • On a sword, 峰 denotes the back opposite the edge; this term names a strike made with that part.