Jay stole a good look at her crotch in that first photograph.
I'm no King Arthur of the round table, but I'll hazard a guess that the worst place to grasp a sword is on the blade. (insert typical getbig joke here)
I think there was actually a fighting style that involved one hand on the hilt (no homo) and one on the blade (wearing a glove of course) but I suspect Jay doesn't know about that