bare-handed sword catch; stopping a blade with bare hands
A martial arts technique of catching or stopping an opponent's sword blade between one's bare palms, often seen in samurai fiction and historical accounts.
In period dramas, there are scenes where a samurai performs a bare-handed sword catch.
Bare-handed sword catching is considered an advanced martial arts technique.
Compound of 白刃 (しらは, 'drawn sword, naked blade') and 取り (とり, 'taking, catching'). The reading しらは is a slightly older or formal variant of しらは (白刃).