I teach kendo in Tokyo

Japan Kendo Players Rights Conference, the name might make you think that it is a competition to compete for the rights of players to participate in a certain event, that is, the qualifiers.

But in fact, this is the highest-level kendo competition in Japan, equivalent to the Japanese champion in the field of kendo.

When Japan hosted the 1964 Olympics, they tried to add traditional Japanese sports to the Olympics. In the end, they chose judo.

At that time, both kendo and karate were under consideration, so the All-Kendo Federation had always been hostile to the Japan Judo Association, feeling that they had taken away the opportunity that originally belonged to kendo.

Of course karate thinks so too.

Then these three people who were hostile to each other were also hostile to sumo wrestling, because only men can participate in sumo wrestling, and they were excluded from the International Olympic Committee's consideration list from the beginning.

The Sumo Association said: This is wrong. There was no women's judo in the first place. Just to join the Olympics, women's judo was established. Kendo also started to accept women from that time. Our Sumo Association also wanted to accept female athletes, but there were no female athletes. I’m willing to do it.”

All in all, there is no world-wide kendo competition now, so the Japanese Players Rights Conference, which looks like a qualifier, is the highest-level competition in the kendo field.

Although its name always makes people mistakenly think that this is a competition similar to the Demacia Cup.

Now that Kazuma has some free time, it seems like a good idea to go to a sports rights conference.

While chatting with Asano and Yuji Tsuneno, he strolled back to the mobile team's residence.

The main content of the afternoon was kendo lessons.

It stands to reason that a riot police unit would not need kendo. If it were really practical, it would be better to learn the stick technique or the Jumonji spear technique of the Hohoin style.

The latter comes in handy when using an explosion-proof fork.

The kendo subject that Kazuma is responsible for belongs to psychological training in terms of training classification, that is, the main purpose is to strengthen the spirit.

It shows that the top brass of the Metropolitan Police also feel that practicing kendo for ordinary people can only serve as a mental exercise.

The mobile team's kendo classes are held in the training hall, which also serves as a venue for judo and karate classes.

Anyway, these three don't need any equipment in class, just an open indoor space is enough.

You said that if you want to teach Wing Chun, you have to give a wooden dummy, right? Judo and karate don't need this, as long as there are muscular men, you can teach.

In kendo, just hold an extra bamboo sword and stand and make gestures.

Kazuma entered the training hall and found that the captains of each squadron of the mobile team had already gathered people.

There are four teams in total, one team sits on the same side.

As soon as Kazuma entered, everyone looked at him and the whole venue became quiet.

Kazuma: Then what, you gather like this and then just wait after gathering?

Yuji Tsuneno asked on behalf of everyone: What if we don't wait?

You guys are singing. Have you ever seen La Ge?

I have met He Ma before. I had military training three times in my previous life, one each in junior high school, high school and college. Playing songs is an indispensable part of military training.

He Ma Xiandai still remembers the set of words called war when singing songs.

To be fair, playing songs should be a good way to cultivate a sense of competition and collective consciousness.

Asano raised his right hand: What is La Ge?

Kazuma spoke directly in Chinese because he couldn't think of a more appropriate Japanese translation.

What's that, uh, a competitive improvisational choir project with small groups within a large group?

Asano hurriedly complained: What is that? Did you find that arranging a long list of Japanese words together can make you look very knowledgeable?

Kazuma: I graduated from Tokyo University. I am actually very knowledgeable.

Someone among the mobile team members exclaimed: You are from Dongda University? Then why don't you wear a gold watch? You must have been exiled to this place because you don't have a gold watch, right?

Kazuma couldn't help but take a second look at the guy who made such childish remarks.

But the face he saw matched his speech very well, with a childish look.

Kazuma: The person who asked just now, how old are you?

20. The other party immediately replied, I joined the mobile team after graduating from junior high school.

Kazuma was stunned: You are actually younger than me.

Asano: Younger than me, too, because the police college lasted one year longer.

Yuji Tsuneno said at this time: The more years you have studied, the better you will be. If you are judging the merits based on the number of years you have studied, then the most awesome ones are those who study medicine, because most medical courses are seven-year system.

At this time, Sakaki Seitaro coughed, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to him.

Sakaki Seitaro: Enough chatting, let's start taking kendo lessons.

Kazuma nodded: Here you go. Maybe many people don't know me yet, so let's start with my self-introduction. I am your kendo instructor Kiryu Kazuma who is here to take office today, and I am the master of Yagyu Shininryu. According to legend, the disciple of Sword Master Kamiizumi Masato was awarded the Jade Dragon Flag twice and the Kuixing Flag once.

Kazuma did not claim the title of Apple Sword Master.

I opened a kendo dojo in Tokyo. In addition to teaching normal competitive kendo, my dojo also teaches practical combat techniques using real swords.

Real sword sparring is expressly prohibited, and Kazuma and Kenichi Konma received a lot of criticism when they drew their swords to each other at the Kuixing Banner Award Ceremony.

It's just that Kenichi Chima's father is a high-ranking police officer in Osaka Prefecture, and Masago Kamizumi personally endorsed it, so the criticism was suppressed.

Although real sword fighting is expressly prohibited, it is still okay for general dojos to teach techniques such as sword drawing techniques.

All it takes is permission from the Quan Jian Federation.

Kazuma got the license honestly. In order to get this license, in his junior year, he represented the East Japan Kendo Federation to attend the East-West Kendo Tournament and successfully beat Kenichi Konma, adding great value to East Japan Kendo. Less luster.

Kazuma gave a detailed introduction to his dojo's qualifications.

This became a habit for him. Chiyoko asked him to solicit business for the dojo all day long, and over time he memorized all the words.

After Kazuma finished speaking, the 20-year-old young man just now raised his hand.

Kazuma pointed at him: Say.

Instructor, what's the use of learning swordsmanship in the Mobile Team?

Kazuma: I once successfully solved the Osaka hostage incident and the subsequent hotel bomb threat case, relying on kendo.

He paused and corrected: I rely on the sword and the Uzi submachine gun.

You still have to rely on guns. Sure enough, swordsmanship is useless. The boy said.

Kazuma suddenly moved in front of him and stabbed his throat with the teaching bamboo knife in his hand.

If you can be as fast as I am, you can take on enemies with firearms in close combat.

Kazuma looked around at the crowd and waited for a few seconds before continuing in silence: Of course with my speed, if you hold a gun in your hand, your chances of winning will be higher. That's why Sakamoto Ryoma, the great swordsman at the end of the Bakumatsu, said that pistols are better than swords. Make too much.

Kazuma matched the rhythm of his words and revealed the gun holster under his windbreaker.

Sakaki Seitaro frowned: Isn't that our sidearm?

I have a gun license and can legally hold this PPK.

There was a lot of chattering among the people below, and it was obvious that the response of PPK was much greater than that of He Ma just stabbing his throat with a bamboo knife.

The boy who had just been stabbed in the throat shook his head and said: As expected, we still have to rely on firearms.

Kazuma: The reason for relying on firearms is that for most opponents, guns are enough. But for certain opponents, firearms cannot defeat them unless you are proficient in traditional American martial arts.

Kazuma has never met anyone who masters the traditional American martial arts, also known as gun fighting.

If Soichiro Uesugi didn't bluff, the strong cowboy should be slightly better than the young Soichiro Uesugi in a head-to-head confrontation.

Yuji Tsuneno was obviously unconvinced: I don't think there is an enemy in this world that even firearms can't deal with.

Kazuma glanced at the martial arts level above his head and thought that it was because you were not above level 30, and you had no entries, so you were not even qualified to see that world.

However, Kazuma agreed: In short, just treat kendo training as a pure training spirit. Anyway, you will never encounter enemies that cannot be dealt with with firearms in your life. It is better to practice hard on shooting skills.

At this time, someone muttered: I don't think we even need to practice shooting skills. When we are actually deployed, we mainly use riot shields and rubber batons.

Kazuma joked: At least we have to fire a dozen tear gases, right? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if the shots were not accurate?

Everyone laughed.

But Seitaro Sakaki said at this time: I have seen enemies that guns cannot deal with.

Everyone suddenly fell silent and looked at Seitaro Sakaki.

The old man calmly picked up the thermos cup and took a sip of the water soaked with tea leaves, and then said slowly: That was in the 1950s, when I was a patrolman, riding a bicycle on the streets, and I met him during one patrol. A guy who stabbed people in the street seemed to want to kill his cheating wife.

In order to stop the vicious crime, I pulled out my sidearm and fired six shots at almost face-to-face distance, emptying the magazine. All of them were dodged.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Because of Sakaki Seitaro's prestige in the Mobile Team, no one questioned the rationality of this narrative - except Asano.

Asano: It's actually quite difficult to shoot accurately with a pistol. After all, the barrel is so short. As long as you open a distance of seven or eight meters...

Seitaro Sakaki interrupted Asano: I said it was close to the face, right? That is the distance that no one should miss. But that guy dodged all six bullets and hacked his wife to death in front of me. You guys? If you check the records from that year, you should be able to find it. This is the biggest stain on my police career.

Kazuma considered it for a while before speaking: I also dodged bullets. During the Osaka incident, Kenichi Chima from Kansai and I besieged the main criminal Li Zhenghe. At that time, he was equipped with heavy firepower, but in the end none of us were shot.

Sakaki Seitaro looked up at Kazuma: Are you sure you can teach everyone here this bullet-dodging technique?

Kazuma shook his head: No. In fact, even if I say I am sure, you can't actually verify my words. Because most people will not encounter someone holding an American-made Smith \u0026 Wesson M1917 and firing wildly at you.

As expected.

Yuji Tsuneno: Actually, you can use rubber bullets to demonstrate how to dodge bullets for us. We don't have an MP5 here, but there are enough gun tubes that can fire rubber bullets. How about I submit the application and you can demonstrate it to us?

Just as Kazuma was about to answer, Tsuneno Yuuji added: I've heard enough of those martial arts masters' rhetoric, saying that their mind and skills are one, and they boast loudly, but in the end, I knocked him down in three moves.

That's probably because you met an impostor. Kazuma said.

According to his understanding of the kendo world, 99 out of 100 people who boast about the unity of mind and skill don't know what the integration of mind and skill means.

The prerequisite for the integration of mind and skill is to have a soul entry, which means that you must have a strong enough soul.

After all, this is called the integration of mind and skill, and the mind is in front of the skill.

Most of the so-called masters in the kendo world are actually liars like Ma Baoguo.

Of course, unlike Ma Baoguo who only relies on deception, most of the swindlers in the kendo world are pretty good among ordinary people.

Just like the Kimura Bai Feng was looking for. He was over 20 levels. Beating a dozen ordinary people was like me beating his son. I really saw Kazuma going to the gym with a real sword. He ran so fast and it was very funny. A human-shaped hole was left on the paper sliding door of Bai Fengfeng.

Tsuneno Yuuji spread his hands and said: You didn't take the moves seriously when I competed with you just now. I think you are similar to those. Anyway, I don't feel any difference in you.

Kazuma: Just now you wanted to compete with me bare-handed. Now I have a bamboo sword in my hand. If you want to hit me, please help me.

Yuji Tsuneno sneered: You are holding a bamboo sword, which has the advantage of attack distance. What is the difference between this and being a fool?

Kazuma laughed loudly: You are the only one who can say that with half a bucket of water. Real masters of judo and karate don't care if I have a bamboo sword in my hand. In fact, they will ask me to hold it. Fight them with bamboo swords.

Tsuneno Yuji laughed and didn't take it seriously.

Kazuma curled his lips and said, How about this? I'll call a karate master I know and give you a practical demonstration so that you can feel the unity of mind and skill.

Kazuma knew a level 67 karate master, Mr. Suzuki, the butler of the Nanjo family.

His karate was taught by the old man in his spare time.

Originally, Kazuma felt that it was too early to consider competing with these people over 60, but Soichiro Uesugi had already taken the initiative to kill him.

It would be better to accumulate some experience against these strong men as soon as possible.

I will send him an invitation and arrange it when he adjusts the time. Kazuma said.

Yuji Tsuneno: So you arrange an exhibition match? It'd better be as exciting as WWE.

He Ma frowned, WWE is the American Professional Wrestling Alliance, and professional wrestling is a project that is more performance than actual confrontation. WWE games are actually arranged.

Professional wrestlers have personalities and special moves.

The most famous one is Mexican player Mascaras' Sun Ray Strike, which is an attack that uses the guardrails of a professional wrestling ring to take off and then fall from the sky.

Seiryu was obsessed with professional wrestling for a while. She watched it on TV every day at home, and Kazuma followed for a while.

From the perspective of a martial arts practitioner, this special move of directly hitting the sun's rays is very easy to hide, and it will not hit anyone unless it is a well-arranged match.

Now Yuji Tsuneno is using WWE to trick Kazuma into arranging a fake match.

Kazuma frowned. At this time, he had already realized that Tsuneno Yuuji was not satisfied with his new instructor and was deliberately looking for trouble.

He didn't know what blocked his path because he was sent here.

Kazuma sighed secretly.

Now we have to convince Tsuneno Yuuji and fight him with a bamboo sword. He said that he took advantage of the props and would probably not admit defeat.

Find someone to come over and perform a martial arts showdown that reaches the inhuman realm, he said.

Fight him with bare hands. You have to take advantage of the field to guarantee victory.

Sure enough, no matter where you go, dealing with interpersonal relationships is troublesome.

Kazuma thought about it for a while, and the only solution was to fight him empty-handed and win.

He took a look at Chang Ye's level. His karate level was a disadvantage, and he rarely practiced karate.

At this time, I can only rely on my own experience in the integration of mind and skill.

Kazuma: Tsunye, don't you just want to have a fair and just fight with me to determine the outcome? Come on.