Chapter 52: A Sudden Challenge
"Let me first tell you about the pace of kendo. Imagawa Airi said with a bamboo sword, "The most basic way to move your feet in kendo is to move your feet like sliding like this, and your feet should be close to the ground. The purpose of this movement is to minimize the shaking of the body, prevent your movements from deforming, make your lower body more stable, and at the same time can move the upper body freely and make the necessary technical movements. β
Imagawa Airi explained while making movements for them, and He Yitong and Yu Fei also moved back and forth on the floor like Imagawa Airi.
"Next, I will tell you about the four basic steps of kendo, which are the foot, the foot, the step-foot, and the open-foot, I will first talk about the foot, first of all, the feet must be slid on the ground as I just said, the order of movement of the feet and the landing position are the same as the way we usually walk. When practicing, be careful not to keep your body upright and not sway back and forth, left and right, and this step is usually used for fast forward or backward over long distances......" says Airi Imagawa as she demonstrates.
"I'm going, it's really a bit of a meaning, ahh
"Hey, Brother Yang, this looks a bit like a sliding step used when breaking through!" Yang Zifeng said with a smile.
"Forget it, it's against the law if you don't use it well. Yang Yujia said.
Next, Imagawa Airi explained to them to send the foot, the following foot and open the foot, which is especially the most difficult to send the foot, many beginners can not grasp the essentials, to the right foot for the front foot, the left foot for the back foot, the left heel slightly raised, but do not be too high, the heel from the ground is almost between one millimeter and two millimeters, which is difficult to master, when you start to move forward, move the front foot first, when you move backwards, move the back foot first, for novices, this is easy to mess up, Yu Fei tried a few times, always can't figure out the left and right feet, and the height of the left heel can be put on a brickγ He Yitong was a little better, he could move almost at first, but when he got to the back, it was all messed up.
"Wow, this is so difficult!" Yu Fei said.
"As long as you master the essentials, you'll be good to go, just like this! Aka! Aka!" Imagawa Airi demonstrated a few times, her movements were smooth, her demeanor was chic, and she had a bit of a heroine's demeanor.
"How many years have you been practicing?" He Yitong said as he watched Imagawa Airi's movements.
"It's not a long time, 3 years!" Airi Imagawa said after pausing and smiling.
"3 years!" He Yitong, Yu Fei, and Yang Yujia all shouted in surprise.
"3 years is indeed not a long time, the ancients often said that ten years of sharpening a sword, ten years of hard training, you can be regarded as a little success, if you want to become a top swordsman, conservative estimates will take twenty or even thirty years!" Yang Zifeng said with a smile.
"It's been so long, I'll go, forget it, it's not as fun as basketball!" Yu Fei said speechlessly.
"There's one thing about this sport and basketball. : At this time, Yang Zifeng walked to the weapon rack and took down a bamboo knife that was in his hands.
"Where is it?" asked Imagawa Airi.
"If you want to play well, you either need to train hard or rely on talent!" Yang Zifeng walked to the center of the field with a bamboo knife after speaking.
"Do you want to try it, Shikaede-kun?" said Imagawa Airi excitedly.
Yang Zifeng nodded and said, "Although I don't wear a kendo uniform, if you practice, you should be able to do it!"
"Of course, Zi Feng-kun, you can start quickly, I'm a little helpless now!" Imagawa Airi said anxiously.
"Can't wait!" Yang Yujia said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, hahaha, I wanted to show off, but I didn't expect to buy it again!" Imagawa Airi said with a smile.
Everyone else laughed helplessly.
At this time, Yang Zifeng started, although he didn't shout out like Yu Fei Imagawa Aili and them, but his movements were indeed extremely standard, two minutes later, he heard Imagawa Airi's scream "Ah!", which frightened everyone to look at her, and even Yang Zifeng stopped.
"What are you doing, Ai Li, it's scared to death!" He Yitong said.
"yes, why did you scream all of a sudden!" Yu Fei also said.
"Purple maple...... Zifeng-kun, have you practiced this before?" Imagawa Airi said as she looked at Yang Zifeng in surprise.
"Huh? no...... No!" Yang Zifeng said.
"What's wrong?" Yang Yujia asked at this time.
"It's amazing, it's amazing!Zi Feng-kun, not only do you walk perfectly, but even the posture of holding the sword and that kind of charm look like a swordsman who has practiced for a long time!" Imagawa Airi shouted excitedly.
"Is that so?" Yang Zifeng said suspiciously.
"It does look much smoother than Xiaofei and Yitong's posture. Yang Yujia said.
"Brother Nose Picking, have you ever practiced, you have to be kind, you can't just practice it in order to show your talent. Yu Fei looked at Yang Zifeng suspiciously.
"Believe it or not, I told you, I learned a little swordsmanship from an old man when I was a kid, but now I forgot about it. Yang Zifeng said.
"Is it because you and Mr. Li have learned the art that you are better than us?" asked He Yitong.
"It's very likely, many martial arts are sometimes different on the surface, but the inner routines are the same. Yang Zifeng said with a bamboo knife.
"Wow! that's amazing, Shikaede-kun!" said Imagawa Airi clapping as she jumped.
At this time, the sound of applause came from the door of the side field, and I don't know when, Imagawa Momiji and several of his most proud students were already standing at the door.
"Uncle!" At this time, Imagawa Airi walked over quickly to Imagawa Momiji, "You guys finished the competition?"
"Well, it's not long since the competition, Ai Li, why don't you tell me if you have a guest?" said Imagawa Momiji.
At this time, Yang Zifeng and the others walked to the weapon rack and put the bamboo knife back, and then walked to Imagawa Momiji.
"Don't you like to be disturbed the most when you're competing, uncle, let me introduce you, this is my good friends, Yang Zifeng, Yang Yujia, Yu Fei and He Yitong!" (Japanese)" Imagawa Airi said to Imagawa Momiji.
"Zi Feng-kun, this is my uncle, and I am also the owner of this pavilion, Imagawa Momiji!" Imagawa Aili said to Yang Zifeng.
"Hello, Mr. Imagawa!" Yang Zifeng said with a salute to Imagawa Momiji.
Imagawa autumn leaves return gift......
"Boy, I heard Kurokawa say, are you from China?" (Japanese)" Imagawa Momiji said to Yang Zifeng.
"Yes uncle, they are my good friends in China!" (Japanese)," Imagawa said with a smile.
"Thank you for taking care of Airi in China, please come and sit at the dojo!" (Japanese)," Momiji Imagawa said.
"Huh?" Yang Zifeng and the others all looked at Imagawa Momiji, waiting for Imagawa Aili to translate.
"My uncle wants to invite you to sit on the home court!" said Imagawa Airi with a smile.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Yang Yujia hurriedly said.
"You're welcome, uncle, he's not a rigid person! Let's go!" Imagawa Airi said with a smile, and the Kurokawa Breeze on the side still looked at Yang Zifeng and them with an unhappy face.
Directly north of the home field, there is only one table, which is generally the place where Imagawa Momiji sits here and watches the training of his students, and now Yang Zifeng and they are also sitting around, Yang Zifeng and Yang Yujia feel extremely uncomfortable at this time, because they are both sitting on the ground, they are too tall, they feel very awkward to sit on the ground, and they also occupy space, fortunately, the table of Imagawa Momiji is large, otherwise they can't sit open.
"Murakami, go get the best tea I treasure, brew it and bring it over, I'm going to entertain the guests!" (Japanese)" Momiji Imagawa said to the butler at this time.
"Master, that's the tea you usually don't want to drink, ...... (Japanese)"
"If you want to go, you'll go!" (Japanese)," Momiji Imagawa said sharply.
"Yes!" said the butler, and withdrew.
"Uncle, you're so nice!" (Japanese)," Imagawa said to Imagawa Momiji with a smile.
"You naughty ghost!" (Japanese)," Imagawa Momiji said, touching Imagawa Airi's nose with her index finger.
"Hahahaha......" Imagawa Airi laughed.
"What are you talking about?" At this time, Yang Zifeng asked Imagawa Aili in a low voice.
"It's nothing, Uncle invites you to tea!" Imagawa Airi said with a smile.
"Don't be so troublesome, Ai Li, let's just drink boiled water!" Yang Zifeng said at this time.
"You're welcome, come here and do as the locals do!" said Imagawa Airi with a smile.
"Look at the appearance of a few teenagers......" At this time, Imagawa Momiji looked at Yang Zifeng and said, "I think it is also a sport like competition!" (Japanese)
"Uncle, they're all basketball players, and they've been selected for the national high school team, so they're amazing!" (Japanese) Imagawa said with a smile.
"Basketball, but I see that they are very familiar with kendo just now, especially this young man, who doesn't look unfamiliar at all, I don't know who to study from?" (Japanese) "Imagawa Momiji looked at Yang Zifeng and said.
"Uncle asked you which master is the person who taught you kendo?" Imagawa Airi asked Yang Zifeng.
"Well, I don't have a master, and I hit a few times just now!" Yang Zifeng said with a smile.
Imagawa Airi translated the original words to Imagawa Momiji.
"Oh, so you're a genius, aren't you?" said Momiji Imagawa with a smile.
"Uncle said you were a genius!" said Imagawa Airi with a smile.
"I don't dare to be a genius, in fact, I also have a little bit of foundation, hehe, your evaluation is too high. Yang Zifeng said with a smile.
"Don't be modest, Purple Kaede-kun......" Imagawa Airi said with a smile, her appearance a little carried away.
"He said he does have a bit of a talent for martial arts!" (Japanese)" Imagawa Airi said to Imagawa Momiji with a smile, she said this purely to let Yang Zifeng make a good impression on Imagawa Momiji, she definitely didn't think about the rest of the matter.
"Oh, since you're so powerful, why don't you learn martial arts with me, what do you think?" (Japanese)," Imagawa Momiji said with a smile.
"That's right, anyone can talk about it, so it's better to learn martial arts and compare them!" (Japanese)" Kurokawa said as he stood aside at this time.
"Master, the tea is here!" (Japanese)" At this time, the housekeeper of the village put the brewed tea in front of Yang Zifeng and them one by one.
"Everyone, please use tea, this is my treasure!" (Japanese)," Imagawa Momiji said, holding up the teacup.
This sentence doesn't need to be translated, Yang Zifeng and they can understand it, I saw them pick up the teacup, everyone took a sip, maybe Yang Zifeng is too young, although this kind of tea is fragrant, but there is a faint astringency in the mouth, he doesn't like to drink it very much, but he still smiled and said: "Good tea!
Yu Fei and the others are also like Yang Zifeng, saying:
"Good tea, good tea!"
"It's delicious!"
"Yes, it tastes really good!"
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But Yang Zifeng could tell from their expressions that they didn't like this tea very much.
"I've drunk the tea, so I think it's going to be a martial arts contest!" (Japanese)," said Kurokawa Blast, who was standing nearby.
Imagawa Momiji glared at Kurokawa Rush, Kurokawa Blaste hurriedly shut up, the other students looked at this scene, in fact, they were a little unhappy in their hearts, usually the teacher did not like to associate with people who did not know kendo, but today to take out the best tea to entertain these few Chinese who have nothing to do with their kendo hall, in fact, the main reason is that the master brother they have always admired, has always liked the little junior sister of Imagawa Airi, but Imagawa Airi is always sticking to the tall and handsome person, so they all want to breathe for the master brother!
"This young man, the tea is also finished, shouldn't you exercise!" (Japanese)" Imagawa Momiji looked at Yang Zifeng and said at this time.
"What the hell is your uncle talking about, it looks like he's going to challenge me?" Yang Zifeng asked Imagawa Airi at this time.
"It's not for seems, it's to challenge you, Uncle Imagawa wants you to have a few tricks with a few of his proud students!" Imagawa Airi said helplessly.
"Huh?" everyone looked at Imagawa Airi in surprise.
"I'm going, isn't it, we're just here to visit!" Yang Zifeng asked.
"It's all my fault, Zifeng-kun, I praised you a little bit in front of my uncle just now, so my uncle wants to see your true strength. Imagawa Airi said embarrassedly.
"I'll go, it's always good to keep a low profile. Yang Zifeng said speechlessly, "You tell your uncle, we don't actually know kendo, this time we are just here to visit, if there is anything we need help with, such as moving something to clean the dojo, we can do it." β
"Uncle, Zi Feng-kun, they don't know kendo, I'm just bringing them here to open their eyes and see our kendo gym, forget about this competition!" (Japanese) Imagawa Airi said.
"We're just friends with martial arts, and we won't hurt him, don't worry!" (Japanese)" Imagawa Momiji said to Imagawa Airi with a smile.
"Zifeng-kun, uncle said, I just want to meet you with martial arts, I hope you don't shirk!" Imagawa Aili said to Yang Zifeng.
"Everyone says that they will meet friends with martial arts, but there are a few who can really be called friends after the fight. Yang Zifeng said with a wry smile.
"Brother Nose Picking, if you can't do it, you should fight, otherwise we will drink tea and wear kendo uniforms, and it will be a bit bad to refuse others again!" Yu Fei said at this time.
"What Xiao Fei said is not unreasonable, Zifeng, you can just compare with them a few times!" Yang Yujia said.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it then!" Yang Zifeng said speechlessly.
"Why can't it be closed, you tell them to stop. Yu Fei said.
"Yitong, what do you think?" Yang Zifeng asked He Yitong at this time.
"Hmm......" He Yitong thought for a while, and then asked Imagawa Airi: "Ai Li, whether you win or lose the game, there is no problem, for example, if we win, we won't let us go, and if we lose, we will be despised or something." β
"What do you think, Yitong, my uncle is a famous swordsman here, how can he do such a dirty thing!" Imagawa Airi said.
"That's good, Zifeng, in that case, you can try it. He Yitong said to Yang Zifeng.
"Okay, since you say so, I'll fight!" Yang Zifeng nodded and said.
(End of chapter)