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Chapter 18 Kyudo Department·Shooting is Life

Kaoru Uesugi sat quietly on the spot, looking around.

I found that there are two paragraphs of text written in Chinese characters mounted on the left and right sides of the dojo, which is very regular.

He watched it carefully.

"Shooting Training"

It is most important for archers to shoot bones instead of bows.

"Book of Rites · Sheyi"

Archers, advance and retreat weeks must also hit the ceremony.

Kyudo etiquette?
Although it is the first time for Kai Uesugi to read these two short articles, he can also understand the meaning of them.

There are also four big regular characters hanging in the middle of the dojo: direct shots must hit
Everyone sat on the ground. In front of the platform was the shooting range.

The entire shooting range is covered with greenery, and at the other end there is a sloping hillock wall with several circular three-color targets hanging above it.

The shooting distance from here to the dojo is about 28 meters.

The dojo has eight shooting positions, that is, eight people can shoot arrows together.

There are several longbows against the wall, arrows, stone protrusions, scorpions, and Taobao. They are neatly placed on the stand, and there is a shrine at the top, and there are green plants on both sides.

Just the rigorous and traditional layout around this dojo made Uesugi feel the word "rule".

Looks like you really joined a troublesome department
After sitting quietly for a while, several students walked in one after another.

Like Kai Uesugi, they were also invited by Qing Youya to sit down and wait for the convening of the briefing.

From this point of view, there are still many people who want to join the archery club.

"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet."

Qing Youya also walked to the front of the crowd with a smile on her face.

The senior's face is quite big, and the students who were talking about it just now quieted down.

Kai Uesugi also looked at the four people in front who were wearing longbows and wearing hakama uniforms.

"Let me introduce these members of the Archery Department. They will be considered your seniors from now on."

"This is Sohei Sugita, the deputy head of the Kyudo Department, a third-year student, sixth-dan Kyudo."

The man with a flat head named Sohei Sugita bowed his head slightly to the crowd, looking very well-behaved with an extraordinary bearing.

"This is Hirata Masanobu, a second-year student, fifth-dan archery."

"Hello everyone!"

Masanobu Hirata immediately greeted everyone with a smile. He looks like a normal boy, but he should be a sunny boy.

Qing Youya also pointed to a tall woman with a beautiful complexion and a black single ponytail:

"This is Ogata Asaka, a second-year student, fifth-dan archery."

"Ah."

Ogata Asaka responded coldly.

When Uesugi saw her, he had already silently labeled her two labels in his heart, long legs and cold and arrogant.

"Sakurai Fuko, a second-year student, fourth-dan archery."

"Hello everyone~ Please give me more advice in the future."

Fuko Sakurai smiled brightly, causing the male students below to stare at her.

With the blessing of the bow hakama uniform, there is a different kind of temperament.

"So cute."

"Boobs are big too."

Qing Youya also smiled and faced everyone: "There are still a few members who haven't arrived today, but everyone will know each other in the future. There is no distinction between men and women in the field of archery. I hope everyone can get along peacefully in the future. Please take care of me in the future."

"Please advise!"

Except Uesugi Kai, everyone said in unison.

"Um"

Don't look at the fact that the archery department is almost full of people, but in fact Qing Youya is also very clear that few people can persist after a week.

The so-called archery is not just about archery.

This briefing session is just a screening.

After many students had finished introducing themselves, the four Kyudo club members in hakama uniforms sat behind Uesugi Kai, waiting patiently for the opening of the briefing.

"Cough cough,"

Qing Youya also complied with her throat, smiled and said to everyone present:

"Thank you for coming to the Kyudo Club's briefing session. If your legs are numb from sitting, it's okay to relax."

Needless to say, Kaoru Uesugi has already done so.

After everyone rectified and calmed down again, Qing Youya was also ready to continue explaining.

But this time, his expression was much more serious:
"As the head of the Kyudo Department, the first thing I want to explain is: Kyudo is not just about archery. Please understand this."

"Hi."

All the people present responded in unison, but they were very casual and ordinary, without any serious appearance.

Qing Youya also continued to say seriously:

"The so-called archery is like life.

"At the very beginning, everyone worked hard to figure out the technology and strive for progress.

"Slowly, as I made progress, I discovered that besides technical learning, there is also an inner personality.

"In addition to the way of bow, the same is true for life.

"Mind and skills are gradually integrated, and the inner self is also improving, and life is gradually enriched, thick and solid.

"This is what Kyudo seeks—truth, goodness, and beauty."

"The real one, the real bow is not fake."

"The good ones reside in the ordinary mind."

"Beauty is the combination of truth and goodness."

"Let me analyze the specific meaning of this for you. The so-called true one is"

"Ahem," Qing Youya also coughed twice, reminding everyone to concentrate, "So, the archery we practice is not only technical, but also internal."

"It should be over, it's been so long."

"Yeah, almost half an hour."

"Why do you listen to these things?"

The boring explanation gradually made everyone feel restless.

"and also!"

Qing Youya also raised her voice, breaking everyone's hopes,

"Kyudo has four characteristics, competition, entertainment, artistry, and self-cultivation.

"I won't go into details about these things one by one, everyone will know later when they learn bow art.

"Finally, I would like to remind you that you all have different purposes in practicing Kyudo, but the pursuit of Kyudo is the process of shooting a perfect arrow with a good attitude and perfect posture.

"As long as you can persevere, you will eventually achieve what you want, and you will even gain something that you have never had before."

"Shooting is life."

Qing Youya also pronounced the last four words very clearly.

After such an eloquent lecture, Kai Uesugi was fine, but the preaching-like words had already made many students feel tired.

"Student, this is for you."

With a bright smile on her face, Fuko Sakurai handed a small stack of papers to Kai Uesugi.

"Thank you."

After receiving the booklet with the rules of the Kyudo Club, Kai Uesugi flipped through it a little.

In addition to some basic rules of Kyudo Department above, there are also two short essays "Shooting Training" and "Book of Rites · Sheyi".

Qing Youya also: "Everyone got it, right?"

Everyone began to look at the rules book in their hands.

"It contains the basic rules of the Archery Department and the two articles of "Shooting Law Training" and "Book of Rites · Sheyi", which are the etiquette and thought of archery.

"I hope that when you go back, you can study it, and in the days to come, you will read it through every time you start training."

"Hi."

Although he responded verbally, in fact, one or two students have already slandered him.

"The Kyudo Department really has so many rules. If I knew it, I would go to the Food Research Department next door. I heard that there are all kinds of snacks to eat."

"Why do you have to memorize these things? Wouldn't it be good to shoot accurately? I really don't understand."

Hearing Seiyu Masaya's boring explanations, Uesugi Kai understood why there were so few people in the Archery Department.

In this fast-paced era, there are really few people who can calm down and practice one thing seriously, let alone the bow method with many rules.

Even the Kendo club next door has more people than the Kyudo club.

(End of this chapter)