I teach kendo in Tokyo

He Ma did not dare to underestimate the enemy and was ready to fight.

But the opponent didn't take any action, as if waiting for Kazuma to attack.

He Maheng made up his mind and rushed forward to attack.

He was on the lookout for any back-up moves from the opponent and was ready to interrupt the attack and avoid it at any time.

The opponent made a move, and it looked like a standard cut, targeting Kazuma's sword hand.

As a master of cut-off, Kazuma naturally knows how to deal with cut-off.

The simplest way is to interrupt the attack. If you draw your hand back, the opponent's attack aimed at the hand will be in vain.

However, this requires very fast reaction speed, and you need to predict the opponent's actions. It will be too late to wait until Qie Luo takes action.

Normal people can't react at all.

But Kazuma has already fallen out of the category of normal people.

The moment his opponent, Murotani Masashi, was about to launch his attack, he captured the fleeting information through meticulous observation, stopped his attack and stepped back.

Most people usually do this by thinking in advance of using a feint to trick Qieluo, but Kazuma completely adapts to the situation.

Murotani Kuangshi's bamboo sword swept past the front of Wuma's gauntlet by a hair's breadth.

The referee frowned, but his body took action and raised the flag representing Murotani Masatomoto high.

Obviously the referee wanted to raise the flag when he saw Chi Luo's shot, but he didn't expect Kazuma to be able to dodge it.

After raising the flag, the referee was a little embarrassed because no one heard the sound of the bamboo knife hitting the hand armor, and there was obviously no gain.

The little girl who was forced into the judging panel by the Kyoto general raised an objection without saying a word: This is not worth it at all, is it?

This girl was probably just an ordinary kendo enthusiast who was roped in to help. She had never thought about further development in the kendo world, so she didn't have that many worries.

The referee was very embarrassed and was about to say something forceful. At this time, Murotani raised his hand and said, I also think that I didn't win. I was deceived out of the cut.

The referee twitched and asked Murotani Masashi sternly: Are you sure you want to question my judgment? I asked you to take a copy.

I'm sure. Murotani Masashi's voice was steady and firm, If it weren't for a fair duel, it would be impossible to test my limits.

The referee said with a gloomy face: Okay, since the winning side has objections to the referee's result, I retract this judgment. Both sides reset.

Kazuma was already waiting at the starting line. He and Murotani Masashi had just had a brief encounter with each other and didn't move much at all.

After listening to the command, Hema Zhongdu held his sword and stood ready again.

The opponent also held a sword in the middle, so the situation became exactly the same as before.

If you want to attack, you have to take the cut. If you want to break the cut, you have to use speed. As long as your attack is faster than the cut.

However, because the cut is aimed at the hand, the stroke of the knife during the attack is short, so it naturally has a speed advantage.

In fact, in a real sword duel, there is a no-brainer way to defeat Qieluo, which is to use a sword that is longer than your opponent.

In actual combat, the longer the sword, the more advantageous it is. As for the slower swing speed of longer swords, this was actually created for the sake of balance in later generations of games.

In actual use, the added weight added to the length will have far less impact on the swing speed of the weapon than the difference in user strength.

In actual combat, the sword you use is longer and heavier, so as long as you are stronger than others, you can offset this disadvantage.

In the early Sengoku period of Japan, when iron cannons were not so popular, samurai warriors wore full armor and fought on foot with super-long nodachi. They rushed into the ashigaru pile just like a tank entering a crowd without anti-tank weapons.

This situation was even more obvious in the European Middle Ages. In Japan, due to racial and nutritional problems, the armor could not be too heavy. In Europe, everyone was tall and powerful, and it was easy to grow food on the great plains. It was possible to arm knights with iron cans. In the Cold War Age, It's really almost incomprehensible.

In other words, Italian cities are highly civilized and can equip heavy crossbows on a large scale to deal with these knights.

But whether it’s a heavy crossbow or a long bow, it takes physical strength to use them. Although the crossbow reduces the physical requirements through mechanical devices, cocking is still a laborious task.

Later, during the Hussite War, urban craftsmen and free people discovered that muskets were a good thing. They were very effective at opening cans and even women could load and fire them without much effort. The era of knightly gentlemen began to disintegrate.

In short, there are many ways to deal with cuts in actual combat, including using longer knives, flying props, and the ultimate solution: drawing a gun.

But now the bamboo sword used by Hema is the standard format stipulated by the All Sword Federation, and the length has been fixed.

When it comes to speed alone, let alone whether the opponent with level 25 can beat him or not, there is also a referee who is biased.

If you compete with the horse for speed, but only hit the target a little early, then the referee will raise the flag and declare the opponent the winner, then you will really have no excuse.

After all, there are no ultra-high-speed cameras in the arena, and it all depends on the referee's judgment.

The little girl who serves as the assistant referee is basically a kendo enthusiast. In a situation where there is only a slight difference, she will not say anything until she can see clearly. Even if she can see clearly, no one will think that she is more authoritative than the main referee.

The frustrated referee just now actually sounded a wake-up call to Kazuma, telling him not to get into a situation where it is difficult to tell who is winning, and that everyone around him must see that he has won.

That way the referee can't do anything.

However, the opponent's strength is not bad, and then it seems that he does not intend to take the initiative to attack, and he will attack and get cut off.

Kazuma begins to move sideways.

When in doubt, move sideways first and enter the two-person turn mode.

If the opponent's basic skills are not good and the base is unstable and staggers, won't the opportunity come?

Murotani Masashi also cooperated very well and started spinning around with Kazuma.

So Kazuma had time to think about what to do.

Sure enough, should we still trick the opponent into making a move, trick Qieluo out and then seize the time to counterattack?

But my opponent has already suffered a loss just now, will he be fooled again?

Thinking of this, Kazuma hated the referee. This guy just didn't raise the flag to cause trouble, and he took advantage of the opportunity to attack and get the advantage.

The referee raised the flag. Regardless of whether the decision counts or not, attacks launched after raising the flag will not count.

Kazuma decided to give it a try, so he suddenly changed his pace - kendo attacks basically start from the footsteps.

So when a newcomer first starts practicing kendo, his master will tell him not to just stare at the enemy's sword.

As soon as Kazuma's steps changed, the steps on the other side immediately followed suit. However, contrary to Kazuma's expectation, Murotani Masashi took a step forward.

Is this to make the timing of the chop and cut as close as possible to give the referee greater discretion?

The opponent said they wanted a fair fight, but they did not give up the advantage of the referee favoring him——

But Kazuma was originally a fake move, he didn't attack at all, he just retreated and waited for the cut to miss and counterattacked.

But the other party didn't take any action.

The two men resumed their confrontation.

Suddenly Hema heard someone shouting: Why don't you fight? It's so boring!

He glanced at the direction of the sound from the corner of his eye and found that it was Mikako.

This guy slapped the floor like a little kid: It's so boring, hurry up!

In fact, everyone watching the battle is attracted by the game between the two sides and is extremely immersed in it.

Mikako's swordsmanship is actually pretty good, and she's not completely incapable of kendo.

She was deliberately pretending to be stupid to stir up the atmosphere.

But thanks to her playing dumb, Kazuma relaxed a little, and then a great idea came to him.

Competitive kendo stipulates effective areas for striking, and only hits in these areas will count. Therefore, competitive kendo battles are all head-on confrontations.

And there is absolutely no swordsmanship to attack the lower plate.

No points in the next set!

Kazuma changed from holding the sword in the middle to holding the sword in the lower part.

The people watching the battle immediately let out a circle of exclamations, because they didn't know why Kazuma was doing this.

Kazuma’s idea is actually very simple. It becomes very difficult to use the knife to cut when facing the lower section. Moreover, cutting is generally practiced against attacks on the upper or middle sections. There is basically no cutting practice for the lower section. .

He just forces the opponent to change his moves.

Although the lower section is an unusual posture in kendo competitions, the opponent is facing Kazuma Kiryu, a modern swordsman who has experienced many life-and-death duels and is a Kuixing flag winner. He certainly does not dare to bet that Kazuma is acting randomly.

The opponent thought for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward to attack.

The lower section is very convenient for cutting legs with a knife, but it is much more difficult to hit the effective striking zone in competitive kendo than the middle and upper sections.

And it’s not easy to defend in the lower section.

The opponent obviously decided that this was an excellent opportunity to attack.

It seems that Murotani Masashi is quite confident in his swordsmanship.

Kazuma slid sideways, avoiding the opponent's direct slash by a hair's breadth, then raised his lower body and swept towards the opponent's armor.

But Murotani Masashi directly raised his center of gravity, and Kazuma hit the skirt with his sword.

At the same time, the opponent held a knife in both hands and slashed horizontally, hitting Kazuma's side.

Kazuma directly raised his hands upward and pulled up the blade to block.

During this process, Kazuma's bamboo sword touched the effective hitting area of ​​the armor. However, effective fighting in competitive kendo does not mean winning if it touches the sword. There must be corresponding sword movements. Some referees even require the leg to step forward. Only when the movements are matched can the attack be considered effective.

He Ma put down his horizontal chop and quickly stepped forward to maintain the swords' cross.

He wanted to try to see if he could force the opponent to make problems when retreating. After all, the opponent had just raised their center of gravity.

After taking a few steps forward, the opponent stumbled. Kazuma immediately stepped back and pulled away. Without adjusting his posture, he stepped forward and drew his sword.

Murotani Masashi, who was unstable at the base, hurriedly responded to the challenge and blocked very reluctantly.

He wanted to keep fighting and get a chance to adjust his posture, but Kazuma didn't give him a chance. He closed his sword at lightning speed and struck again - two consecutive strikes!

Murotani Masashi is indeed a master who is at the top of the mortal world at level 25, and he actually managed to defend against it the second time.

But now he has fallen completely passive and has lost even the chance to use Cut Off.

Kazuma attacked continuously.

Murotani Masashi, who was tired of dealing with it, finally made a major flaw after receiving the fifth sword, and the bamboo sword fell out of his hand.

According to Kazuma's lifelong memory, dropping a sword in a kendo competition does not count as a loss, but many times the person who drops the sword will voluntarily surrender out of shame.

If you are thick-skinned and continue to beat you, no one can say anything to you.

But the rules here are obviously different. When the knife fell to the ground, the spectators said oh and the referee also raised his flag.

Pioneer of the University of Tokyo, shoot down the opponent's bamboo sword and win!

Kazuma raised an eyebrow.

He had previously discovered that the rules of kendo in the two worlds were somewhat different: in his previous life, he remembered clearly that a thrust would only be considered effective if it hit a special throat guard under the helmet.

But it's obviously effective if it hits the armor here.

Because he had discovered this difference before, Kazuma was not very surprised now.

It turns out that if the knife is dropped here, you will lose, he silently remembered it in his heart.

Wouldn't that lead to many weapons-specific play styles?

As long as you are strong enough, you can wave the bamboo sword towards the opposite side and it will fly away, and you will win.

However, the bamboo knife is designed to cushion and absorb force. It must be quite difficult to knock the bamboo knife away.

Bamboo knives are not made from whole bamboos, but from many bamboo strips tied together to form a flexible structure.

The two bamboo knives struck each other, and most of the force was absorbed by the deformation of the blade.

If you can use a bamboo knife to cause pain in the tiger's mouth, it shows that the opponent's strength is extraordinary.

The only way to achieve the painful effect of the tiger's mouth is to use a high-end slash.

Murotani Masashi picked up the bamboo sword that fell on the ground and bowed to Kazuma: I made you laugh, Kiryu-kun.

No, your performance is already very good.

To be fair, Murotani Masashi made Kazuma quite uncomfortable simply by crushing him with his kendo level.

If Kazuma hadn't had a lot of actual combat experience and the blessing brought by the entry, the result of this battle would have been one-sided.

If Murotani Masashi were to raise another two levels to reach the level of Taira Minoru, Kazuma might not be able to beat him.

——It seems that blindly pursuing experience and actual combat will not work.

It’s time to find a great teacher to teach you a few more tricks.

According to Kazuma's experience, if you find someone who is good at swordsmanship and has a master to guide you, your level will increase faster than if you find monsters on your own.

And the instructor can also learn new sword moves.

I have been using Kirara Kazuma who taught me in my daily life, and I have benefited a lot from it.

At this time, the referee issued the command Courtesy.

Kazuma hurriedly made a gesture of receiving the sword, put the bamboo sword at his waist and held it with the other hand - which symbolized returning the sword to the sheath - and then bowed to each other with Murotani Masashi in front of him.

After doing this, Murotani Masashi turned around and took off his mask at the same time.

Miss Onite hurriedly stepped forward to take his helmet, handed him the towel, and said softly: Thank you for your hard work, Murotani-kun.

Kazuma also took off his helmet, handed it to Honami, and then looked at Honami longingly.

Honami looked confused for a moment, but she immediately understood: Thank you for your hard work, Kazuma.

Then Honami didn't hand over a towel, but directly started to wipe Kazuma's sweat.

Next to him, Tamamo opened the thermos pot, turned the lid over to use as a cup, filled it with iced barley tea, and handed it to Kazuma.

There is still a battle between generals, she said, Kill the first five-in-a-row of the general and you're done.

Honami: By the way, Toda-senpai asked if you want to take a rest. If so, they will come and try to help you delay the time.

Kazuma thought about it and realized that he had indeed used up a lot of energy.

You should feel better if you rest for twenty minutes.

At this time, Kyoto University Kendo Club general Tansulou Hiroshi was already standing behind the starting line on the opposite side.

The strong man crossed his arms and said, I suggest you take a rest, and I'll just hit your weaklings to warm up.

While saying this, Miss Guiting helped him put his hair back and tie it into a ponytail.

Seeing that the other party had said this, Kazuma tilted his head and said to Honami, Let the seniors come on.

Honami nodded, then turned to gesture to Toda-senpai on the player bench.

Mr. Toda immediately raised his hand: The University of Tokyo wants to change its players!

Referee: Are you sure? In this case, the Pioneers can continue to play until the rest of you are eliminated.

We are sure. Toda-senpai said.