Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Secret of the Living Sword

"Uncle Aoki, Ejin, in fact, I haven't read the three classics of the Yagyu family's 'Murder Knife', 'Living Sword' and 'Scroll without a Knife'. It stands to reason that since I haven't seen it, I shouldn't talk about the achievements of my predecessors.

However, some time ago, Mr. Oshima Hui once gave me a volume of 'Lunar Copy', and in the notes on this book, he mentioned 'Murder Knife' and 'Living Sword'. Of course, it was only mentioned.

However, it can be seen from the words between the lines of "The Copy of the Moon" that the 'murder knife' is a swordsmanship founded by Master Yanagi Soyan in his early years, and the 'living sword' is a swordsmanship that he created after he became the general's swordsmanship teacher. ”

"Judging from the swordsmanship demonstrated by Lianji just now, if combined with the environment in which Master Yanagi Zongyan founded the 'Living Sword', I can basically say with certainty that the 'Living Sword' is actually not a swordsmanship that people use to compete with swords.

Master Yagyu Zongyan is the general's swordsmanship teaching, and the swordsmanship he created at this time is to teach the swordsmanship to the general, and there is no need to pay attention to any actual combat, after all, the shogunate is in a high position, and there will be no opportunity to hold the sword in person, and no matter how good the swordsmanship is, it is useless. ”

"In my opinion, the 'Living Sword' should be a set of foundation-building swordsmanship, and the main intention of Master Yanagi Zongyan is probably to balance the swordsman's body and lay a good foundation for practicing other swordsmanship. ”

"I have also heard the story of the inner disciple of the new Yin Stream and the outer disciple of the Imperial Trial, but in this story, everyone may have noticed the comprehensive defeat of the inner disciple, and the swordsmanship is not as good as the outer disciple, but few people have noticed that in this story, it is clearly explained that there were three swordsmen in the inner gate of the new Yin Stream of Liu Sheng, and there were three swordsmen at that time!"

"Only those who have refined the body of a warrior are qualified to be called sword heroes, that is to say, the new Yin Stream inner door that is mainly practiced 'living human sword' - of course, I don't know how many disciples there are in the new Yin Stream inner gate, but there should not be many - and among the small number of inner disciples, there are three sword heroes, doesn't this explain the problem?"

"The 'Living Sword', it's not someone else who lives, it's yourself! But then I don't know how to do it, obviously I should use the 'Living Sword' to build the foundation of my body, and the 'Murder Knife' is a new Yin Stream of actual combat skills, and it will become only practicing the 'Living Sword', but I throw aside the actual combat skill 'Killing Knife'. ”

Yanagi finally raised his own questions.

When Yanagi Yukihe first started talking, Aoki Xingmi still listened disapprovingly, as the sect master of the first-class heart, he was very interested in the history of RB's swordsmanship, especially the Yin Stream, Shen Yin Stream, New Yin Stream, and Heart First-class several schools in the same line, their development, prosperity, and decay process, Aoki Xingjian's back was ripe, and Yanagi Yuki's talking about these things in front of him was really a big axe in front of Lu Ban's door.

However, listening to it, Aoki Yukimi became serious, although the things that Yanagi Yuanhe said were not recorded in history, it was just a speculation, but these speculations corresponded to the history he knew one by one, and it was really possible.

After thinking about it, Aoki Yukimi opened his mouth and added: "Since Master Yanagi Zongyan, the new Yin Stream has gained momentum, and the Yanagi family, as the sect master of the New Yin Stream, has been hired by the shogun as a swordsmanship teacher, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

Since then, the Yanagi family has gradually divided the inheritance of the new Yin stream sword path into two gates, except for some nobles who came to learn, the inner gate is the children of the Yanagi family, specializing in teaching the 'living sword', and the outer gate is some swordsmen who worship the new Yin stream sword and only teach the 'killing knife'.

Since then, the 'Living Sword' has become the identity mark of the disciples of the New Yin Stream, and the practitioners are either rich or noble, and each one appears superior.

Therefore, in the future, the inner disciples of the New Yin Stream were no longer willing to learn the 'killing knife' practiced by inferior samurai in their eyes. And if the outer disciples want to learn the 'Living Sword', it has become almost impossible.

Gradually, the inner and outer doors of the new Yin Stream were clearly distinguished, and they did not interact with each other, which also buried the hidden danger of the division and decay of the New Yin Stream later. ”

Aoki then said suspiciously: "However, Yanagi-kun, the 'Living Sword' is not a secret in our hearts, and no one can rely on this sword technique to refine the body of a samurai?"

"I just watched the 'Living Sword' practiced by Lianji, and you practiced it like that, right?" asked Yanagi Yuanhe with a smile.

"Yes, but this is completely based on the sword composition diagram recorded on the 'Living Sword', and it has been repeatedly corrected by the swordsmen of our hearts and minds, there should be nothing wrong, right?"

"The sword structure itself is good, however, the sword technique is not only the sword structure, the conversion between the sword and the internal operation of the body is the key, presumably the first-class heart when he obtained the 'living sword' secret technique map, he did not get the real teaching of the 'living sword', it should only be a sword composition map, right?"

Liu Shengyuanhe said with great confidence that he could naturally see the mystery of the 'Living Sword' at a glance, that was because he had the foundation of the Taishang Seven Transformation Dragon Sutra and Zhou Tian Martial Dao, and the Taishang Transformation Dragon Sutra and Zhou Tian Martial Dao were the masterpieces of human body analysis science, what was there in it? This little secret in the 'Living Sword' was really nothing in Liu Shengyuanhe's eyes.

If a person comes to another person, holding a swordsmanship atlas with various humanoid sword formations, what else can he learn besides setting up a shelf? Even the transformation in swordsmanship requires the learner to make up for it according to his own understanding, and it is impossible to learn the essence of it.

Especially the ancient swordsmanship classics, in ancient times, the painting techniques were extremely limited, the human-shaped sword composition painted in it, the effect was really touching, and the swordsmen at that time, the cultural level was generally not high, even if there was something in the chest, it was difficult to describe it clearly in the classics.

And so on, if you want to rely on a secret book to become a master, it can only be said that it is a dream, not to mention anything else, modern textbooks are printed clearly enough, right? The content is rich enough, and the explanation is detailed enough, right? Who dares to say that I can see a scientist just by reading a book?

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"I said that Ezhen can't practice the Seven Secret Swords on the "Copy of the Moon" yet, because Ezhen's body is out of balance, and forcibly cultivating will only hurt herself.

And Aoki Ryoji doesn't have this problem, maybe his method of practicing the 'Living Sword' is a little wrong, and he can't train his martial soul through this method and cultivate into a samurai body. However, at least through the practice of the 'Living Sword', Lianji's body was in a state of relative balance.

Therefore, Aoki Ryoji can now start practicing the first three swords of the Seven Secret Swords, but Eijin is not good yet. ”

Yanagi Motowa glanced at Aoki Ema, who was standing next to Curator Aoki, and said affirmatively.

"Imbalanced? Master, where is my body out of balance? I have always been healthy, and I have never had any illness since I was a child!" said Aoki Eima very unhappily.

"Ejin!How did you talk to Master?" Aoki Yukimi reprimanded his daughter first, then turned to Yanagi Yuanhe, and after bowing formally, he asked, "Please also ask Yanagi to make it clear." ”

"When I say imbalance, I don't mean you're in bad health, in fact, you exercise a lot and you're healthier than most people. But the balance here is the requirement for balance in the body in kendo, and from this point of view, you are indeed out of balance. ”

Yanagi Yuanhe thought for a moment before continuing: "Let me ask a question, when swinging a sword, if you use too much force, you will sometimes strain your muscles, have you ever had this kind of experience?"

"Yes, I've had strained my arms and lower back. Aoki nodded.

Motokazu Yanagi continued to ask, "If you are participating in a long-distance running race now, which part of the race is the first thing you feel tired when running?"

"Probably lungs, right?" Aoki thought for a moment before replying.

"That's it, when you swing a sword, if your arm can't withstand the inertia from the sword, it will cause a strain on your arm, if you can't bear it at the waist, it will cause a strain on your waist, and in the same way, when you run a long distance, when the other parts of your body can still bear it, your lungs will not be able to hold on first.

Even in a healthy state, various parts of the body are strong and ordinary, and the parts that are often exercised are naturally stronger, while the parts that are not commonly used are naturally weaker.

It's not that these parts are unhealthy, it's that these parts are relatively weak enough to perform the tasks assigned to them by the body in a specific state of movement. For example, when you swing the sword strongly, your arms and waist and back have been trained for a long time, so you can naturally withstand this kind of pressure, but what if you need to use your calves to bear the same pressure?"

When Liu Shengyuanhe said this, he paused for a moment before continuing: "Among the seven secret swords, most of the secret swords must use the strength of the whole body, and these powers must be skillfully transmitted and transformed.

However, according to the distribution of muscles in your body and the coordination you have just shown in the way of the sword, if you forcibly practice the Seven Secret Swords, it will inevitably cause muscle strains in at least three parts of your back and calves. Now there are two ways to overcome this. ”

After a pause, Yanagi continued to speak.

"First, control your sword. When practicing the Seven Secret Sword, it is necessary to deliberately slow down the sword speed in several places, and at the same time, at these key points, the force used should not exceed five points, and through practice, strengthen the coordination of the whole body, reduce the pressure on the body in the process of power transmission, so as to avoid injury.

However, this method is actually much more difficult than practicing the Seven Secret Swords, you have to have an extraordinary understanding and control of your body, know which actions will involve those muscle tissues, and be able to accurately control the output of each body tissue. ”

"Second, you follow the method I have taught you to do a comprehensive exercise, especially for the legs and back, until I am satisfied, and at that time, I will naturally teach you the Seven Secret Swords. ”

Liu Shengyuan and erected two fingers, representing the two proposals he proposed. At the same time, it is also a summary of the previous tirade.

After speaking, he pulled his clothes and prepared to go to the locker room to change into regular clothes, just now he sent two disciples out, and there was no one else in the kendo room, so he changed his clothes directly in the practice room, anyway, he didn't have to change **.

As a result, as soon as he unbuttoned his coat, Aoki Ema rushed in, which embarrassed him, and this time he simply went to the dressing room inside to change his clothes.

"Well, Master, Master, you haven't taught me any exercise methods?" Aoki Eima hurriedly exclaimed.

"Well, well, President, I haven't created your special workout method yet, so you can let me go back and think about it for two days. ”

Liu Shengyuan turned his head and smiled embarrassedly, this is just an idea that he has just risen, if it is really feasible, it means that he has taken a step further to grasp the laws of the human body, then, the next step is to organize a set of special exercise methods for his family.

Moreover, this kind of exercise method from the outside, belongs to the human body's spontaneous adaptation process to the living environment, is the human body's self-adjustment, under normal circumstances, in the short term, will not cause any irreversible consequences, this is not like he directly from the inside of the human body to start conditioning, the danger is too great, although the effect is immediate, but what changes will be caused, even he does not know.

Therefore, before he can really customize the exercise method for his family, he still needs to find a few more experiments, and after confirming that it is correct, he can teach the most conservative and harmless exercise method to his family, anyway, even the eldest father, Yagyu and Kazushima, is only thirty-six years old now, and the time is not very urgent.

"Yanagi-kun, I have a request. Seeing that Yanagi Yuanhe was about to enter the locker room, Aoki Yukimi said with some hesitation.

"Uncle Aoki, if you have something, just say it. Liu Shengyuanhe hurriedly turned around and asked.

"Yanagi-kun, can I come and audit when you are in class in the future?"