Although Zhou Zhu, the master of the Trial Guard Hall, was in charge of the Trial Guard Hall today, he had almost no involvement in teaching the apprentices.
The teaching work is basically handed over to Isamu Kondo. Shusuke basically just sits at the head of the dojo and watches the disciples practice. Only occasionally does he come out to correct the disciples' movements or assist Isamu Kondo in teaching swordsmanship techniques.
This is the first time Aoto received guidance from Kondo.
Kondo and Okita, who was responsible for teaching Aoto the last time, have completely different styles.
Okita's teaching style is "strict".
Tell you what to do and how to do it in a stern tone.
If you fail to do a good move somewhere, they will directly hit you with a bamboo sword on the place where you failed to do a good move - of course, the force is very light and will not hurt the person.
Kondo’s teaching style is “soft”.
With gentle tone and movements, he will teach you step by step.
Even if you didn't do something well, you won't hit people directly like Okita and hit people with a bamboo sword. He will patiently tell you where you didn't do it well, and then accompany you to slowly correct it. action.
As the saying goes: a strict teacher makes a good student, Kondo's "gentle teaching" may not seem suitable for cultivating students at first glance, but in fact it is not.
Kondo is quite good at teaching, and can explain complex swordsmanship techniques in a very easy-to-understand manner in just a few words.
Under Kondo's guidance, Aoto finally learned a more advanced content today - the stance of holding a sword, and officially started teaching Aoto sword skills!
There are three basic sword-holding postures: upper, middle, and lower.
Upper stance: Holding the sword high above the head, a posture focused on attacking. However, because the sword is held high above the head, the body door is wide open, which is considered a sword-holding posture with weak defense.
Middle stance: Hold the sword in the middle of the body, point the tip of the sword diagonally at the enemy, and point the butt of the handle toward your belly. This is a more versatile sword-holding posture that can be used for both attack and defense. It is the most commonly used sword-holding posture.
Lower stance: Place the sword lower, and aim the tip of the sword near the enemy's knees or even the ground. This is a defensive stance that is good at dodging but weak at attacking.
In addition to these three basic stances, there are also variant stances such as Eight Doubles and Flat Blue Eyes.
Kondo and Aoto said: There are four main types of postures for natural Rishin-ryu - upper, middle, lower and flat blue eyes.
Kondo first spent a whole morning teaching Aoto the four sword-holding postures. In the afternoon, he began to teach Qingdeng what he wanted to learn most quickly: sword skills that can be used to attack the enemy!
Ever since he joined the Trial Guard Hall, Qingden has been looking forward to learning specific sword skills as soon as possible.
After all, one of the purposes of his apprenticeship in the defense hall was to improve his swordsmanship and enhance his ability to protect himself.
The attack of the "radical anti-barbarians" might come again at any time. Naturally, the sooner you learn "offensive" sword skills that can effectively counter the "radical anti-barbarians" and protect yourself, the better.
Seeing that Kondo was about to teach him sword skills, Qingto quickly concentrated his attention and listened carefully.
Kondo taught Aoto too many tricks in one breath.
He only taught Qing Deng one move today - a stabbing technique called "Wu Ming Sword", also known as "Wu Ming Tu".
First use the middle part of the stance, lay the sword flat, and then thrust the sword while sending out Qi Kai - the movement of this sword skill seems very simple at first glance, but the simpler the sword skill looks, the more personal it becomes. The more middle doors there are.
After teaching Aoto this move, Kondo asked Aoto to spend the entire afternoon practicing this "Sword of Ignorance" move.
Finally, he no longer had to learn basic movements such as Su Zhen and drawing and retracting the sword. Instead, he could learn specific sword skills, and Qing Deng's motivation was ignited.
Throughout the afternoon, he stood in a corner of the dojo, practicing the "Sword of Ignorance" without any distractions.
In addition to practice, Qingdeng did not forget to copy his talent.
There were many new faces coming to the dojo today who had not yet competed with them.
Qingdeng saw the opportunity and invited these new faces to discuss in various ways.
He had good luck today - perhaps it was because Qingnobo's outstanding performance in the competition with Shusuke and Kondo earned everyone's respect. Almost everyone Qingnobo found today , all readily accepted Qingdeng’s “invitation to discuss.”
But unfortunately...after competing with all the new faces he had never seen before, the mechanical system sound never sounded in Qingdeng's mind again...
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That day, in the evening——
Hatchobori, Aoto's home——
"Kyuubei! I'm back!"
Qingto was in a good mood, humming a cheerful tune while forcefully opening the door, and then announced his return to Jiubei inside.
Qingdeng did the same thing today as he did the day before yesterday. He practiced swordplay in the trial defense hall until the sunset was beautiful, and then returned home at dusk.
Today is another fruitful day at the Trial Guard Hall.
Qingdeng now feels more and more that the Trial Guard Hall seems to be a place where crouching tigers, hidden dragons are hidden.
Although the sword hall is not large, there are strong men with powerful talents one after another.
At present, I have only practiced Heavenly Sword for 2 days in the Trial Guard Hall, and I have successively gained the three talents of Sword Yicai, Gudan, and Eagle Eye, which are very suitable for Qingdeng who is still very weak now.
Receiving powerful talents one after another made Qingden feel so happy that he felt that his physical strength had reduced a lot.
However - just when Qingdeng happily opened the door and entered the house, ready to take off the straw sandals on his feet, Qingdeng suddenly froze.
Because he suddenly discovered that there were two more pairs of unfamiliar shoes at the door of his house...
"Ah, young master, are you back?"
Jiubei rushed out of the back room with a tea tray in his arms.
"Young Master, you've come back just in time! There are guests coming!"
Qingdeng frowned slightly: "Guest? Who?"
"It's Mr. Arima, and a young man I don't know! They two just came, saying they are here to see you!"
"Arima-sama, there is another young man?" Aoto couldn't help but be shocked. He took off the straw sandals on his feet and handed the sword on his waist to Kyuubei. "Where are the two of them now?"
"I invited them all into the living room."
"good."
Qingdeng ran towards the living room not far from the door, taking three steps at a time.
Opening the paper sliding door of the living room, Arima's figure, with his neck and waist always at a 90-degree angle to the ground, standing on the tatami like a statue, came into view.
Also caught in Qingto's eyes was a strange figure sitting cross-legged next to Arima...
"Tachibana-kun, you're back." Arima showed a faint smile to Aoto who opened the door and entered.
"Arima-sama, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"It's okay, we've just arrived not long ago. Tachibana-kun, I heard Jiubei say that today you went to practice swordsmanship in the sword hall where you recently became a disciple. You are very diligent, how about it? You still have some swordsmanship training. went well?"
"Hmm... not bad."
While Aonto was exchanging simple greetings with Arima, he slowly walked to the opposite side of his boss and knelt down on the ground.
"Uh... Lord Arima, who is this?" As soon as he sat down and exchanged greetings with Arima, Qingto immediately gestured impatiently to the young man sitting next to Arima.
Qingden didn't recognize this young man who seemed to be 1 or 2 years younger than him.
When Qingdeng first entered the living room, this strange young man immediately caught Qingdeng's attention.
The reason why Qingdeng's attention was attracted was not because of this guy's striking appearance.
But because of his saber.
The young man wears two samurai swords, one long and one short, on his waist, which shows that he is a samurai.
Generally speaking, samurai's swords are hung on the left waist, because only in this way can it be convenient for right-handed samurai to draw their swords.
As for this young man, his sword is worn on his right waist...
"Oh, he... Saito, please introduce yourself."
"...No leakage." The young man said softly in a cold tone without sadness or joy, "Saito Ichi."
"Tachibana-kun, this is the bodyguard that I, Ushiyama, and Inoya have hired for you to protect you."
"bodyguard?"
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