Chapter 17 Talent is the ability to do whatever you want (2)
Okita corrected Suzuki's movements bit by bit, "tortured" him for nearly 10 minutes before he finally nodded gently.
It's not hard to see - Okita must be very used to being a swordsmanship teacher.
Both his words and actions were full of momentum and quite professional.
Suzuki and the others also acted as if they had long been accustomed to being guided by Okita. They did whatever Okita said and did not dare to say a word.
"Hmm... Not bad, the posture is finally a little better. Just maintain this posture for two sticks of incense, so that your body can firmly remember this action."
"Two sticks of incense?" Suzuki stared, "Okita-kun, this...could it be a little too long? Didn't you always stick to one stick of incense in the past?"
"It's the past. In the past, your level was not as high as it is now, so naturally I wouldn't have such high demands on you. Don't put the sword lower, the sword's position is too low!"
"Yes Yes!"
Suzuki hurriedly raised the sword in his palm slightly.
"Well, very good, just keep it like this, 2 sticks of incense will go very quickly." After saying that, Okita turned and walked towards another apprentice.
"Uehara!"
"exist!"
"Now go get the bamboo sword and let me see if your Su Zhen has improved."
"yes!"
[Note Su Zhen: The basic movement training in Japanese swordsmanship is simply to swing the sword into the air in front of you. Although the movement looks simple, there are many tricks involved in it]
The apprentice known as Uehara quickly fetched the bamboo sword and then demonstrated the gensuzhen in front of Okita.
"No, no, no, no! Su Zhen's correct practice method is to show the most serious consciousness, use your greatest strength, aim forward and swing your most powerful knife. You can chop 1,000 limp knives, which is worse than nothing."
Give me a serious and full blow. Come again, this time use all your strength!"
"yes!"
Uehara swung his sword.
"It's boring! Don't look away! Is this Su Zhen's attitude?"
"yes!"
Uehara swung his sword.
"It still doesn't work. Your right hand just pressed on your wrist." Okita waved the bamboo sword in his hand and patted the fleshy part of Uehara's right arm gently, "Do it again!"
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A very similar scene happened to Uehara when he was coaching Suzuki.
Okita trained Uehara hard for nearly 10 minutes before finally nodding with satisfaction.
"Well, it finally looks good. Remember the movements and feelings when swinging the sword just now, and now start shaking it 50 times in place."
"50 blows?" Uehara's eyes seemed to fall out of their sockets, "Chong, Okita-kun, Suzhen, 50 blows...will my hand be broken?"
"Do not worry."
Okita, who had been keeping a straight face just now, now said with a smile:
"50 blows of Su Zhen won't break someone's hand."
After saying that, Okita returned to his serious look and strode towards the other apprentice.
The apprentice who was being approached by Okita looked at Okita's face getting closer and closer, and his body shook slightly uncontrollably...
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In this way, Okita guided Suzuki and others one by one.
Everyone was without exception - Okita trained him hard for more than 10 minutes, and then he asked him to complete exercises that made his scalp numb just by listening to the content.
After being guided so mercilessly by Okita, everyone now looks like they have eaten coptis.
Finally - after instructing everyone led by Suzuki, Okita strode up to Aoto.
"Tachibana-kun, before Kondo-kun left, you specifically told me: You have only learned a little swordsmanship from your father-in-law, and have not received formal swordsmanship training in a sword hall. But when I just watched the competition between you and Suzuki-kun,
I also found that your foundation is indeed a bit unstable."
"So I won't teach you anything else today. I'll teach you some of the most basic training moves in swordsmanship first."
"First of all - it's Su Zhen."
"The so-called Suzhen is the training Uehara-kun is currently doing."
Okita pursed his lips towards Uehara, who was grimacing not far away and was struggling to complete Okita's "50 times of standing in place" practice task.
"Su Zhen looks very simple. He seems to be just swinging the sword into the air in front of him. But there are many points that must be paid attention to. Otherwise, not only will your sword skills not be improved, but your wrist will also become useless."
"You should watch my demonstration first."
After saying that, Okita took two steps back and then raised the bamboo sword in his hand.
After hearing Okita say that he wanted to give a personal demonstration, Qingto quickly opened his eyes and looked carefully.
The moment he got into his stance, Okita took a deep breath, and while making a loud sound of Qi coming together, he struck a sharp knife into the air in front of him.
call--!
The sharp breaking sound of the wind made Qingden feel as if his eardrums were about to be cut.
Clean and neat, without any unnecessary movements, full of momentum and power.
Due to his limited level of swordsmanship, Aomori couldn't tell how high Okita's level of soshin was, but he could tell that it was many times higher than Uehara who was practicing soshin not far away.
The difference between the two is roughly like the difference between a primary school student's graffiti and the "Mona Lisa".
"The knife does not chop down, but chops forward. When you chop the knife out, you must use your maximum strength, so that the practice effect can be achieved..."
Okita explained the key points of Suzhen to Qingnobo one by one.
At the end of the story, he held the knife in his right hand and put it to his waist with his left hand.
"You won't be able to remember even if I just say it like this. Mr. Ju, please try your luck now. I'll help you correct your movements bit by bit."
"yes!"
Qingden took a deep breath, then imitated Okita's action just now, spreading his legs and picking up the bamboo sword.
Just when Qingden picked up the bamboo sword, he suddenly saw Suzuki and others not far away, looking at him with expressions of gloating about his misfortune.
After carefully observing Suzuki and others' "quietly watching the show" expressions with his peripheral vision, Qingto couldn't help but have a look of helplessness on his face.
This scene was all too familiar to him.
After people have had bad luck, they often look forward to seeing others suffer the same bad luck as you.
For example, when you do very poorly in a certain exam, you will look forward to seeing other people...especially your friends do very poorly. In this way, you will have an inexplicable secret feeling.
In his previous life, when he was learning hand-to-hand fighting techniques such as free-boxing outside of school, Qingden would be very much looking forward to seeing the rest of his companions being beaten up after being beaten up by the coach.
——It’s so realistic...
After silently complaining in his heart, Qingdeng collected his peripheral vision and concentrated his energy.
——Aiming forward...slash with the strongest possible force...
In the talent list, "Sword Talent" shines with golden light!
That "high-speed camera" was set up in Qingdeng's mind again.
This time, what was shown in the camera was the scene where Okita demonstrated Suzhen just now.
Qingdeng slowly raised the knife.
Then, imitating the scene shown in the "high-speed camera", he forcefully chopped out the knife in his hand!
call!
The bamboo sword chopped down.
Okita, who had been observing Qingto's movements carefully, now had surprise in his eyes, and the expression on his face was uncontrollably slightly startled.
Suzuki and others, who had been secretly watching Aoto's practice with the mentality of watching a good show, all looked at Aoto with wide eyes and incredulous expressions.
"...Tachibana-kun." Okita asked in a tentative tone, "Did you...really only learn a little swordsmanship from your father-in-law and never receive any formal swordsmanship training?"
"No." Qingdeng shook his head, "Just now was my first formal practice of Su Zhen. My late father never taught me how to use Su Zhen correctly."
"...your left wrist was a little turned up just now, and your right wrist was a little pressed." After looking at Qingteng up and down several times with shocked eyes, Okita stepped forward and slightly adjusted the position of Qingteng's wrists.
After a while, "This is the only way to avoid hurting your wrists during training."
"Let me tell you a little secret that prevents you from turning or pressing your wrists when you are shaking."
"Imagine that your hands are twisting a towel. From raising the knife to swinging the knife, both hands must maintain a motion like twisting the towel."
"I don't know if you can understand the little secret I just said. It's difficult to introduce it to you in specific words."
"Now try Su Zhen again. This time remember not to turn or press your wrists."
"Okay." Qingdeng nodded and then regrouped.
——Twisting the towel...is that...like...?
call!
Qingden aimed his knife at the air in front of him and struck out again.
Looking at the second slash struck by Qingden, a look of surprise that was much stronger than before emerged from Okita's cheeks.
"Hmm..." Okita looked at Qingto up and down and groaned.
His mouth closed several times and he stopped talking.
Finally - he let out a silent exclamation.
"Not bad... that blow just now was very good. The movement was very standard. Keep the movement just now."
"Now enter the next stage of practice - from now on, you will stand here and concentrate on practicing Su Zhen until your arms are weak. I want to see where your current limit is."
"yes."
After shouting in agreement, Qingdeng regained his posture.
And at this time - Qingden suddenly saw Suzuki and others looking at him with a... strange look mixed with envy and jealousy.
Because they all focused on Qingdeng, their practice slowed down.
Okita also noticed at this time that Suzuki and the others were not concentrating on practicing.
"What are you looking at here!" Okita said displeased, "Why don't you hurry up and concentrate on practicing? Be careful, I will double your practice today!"
As soon as Okita finished speaking, Suzuki and others quickly withdrew their attention and continued to focus on their own exercises.
However, there were still a few people who secretly continued to look at Qingdeng with strange eyes.
Looking at this scene, Qingdeng couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
He could understand why Suzuki and others looked at him like that.
The same teacher himself was severely scolded for more than ten minutes, while another person was praised by the teacher for only two sentences - this kind of "other people's children" really makes people feel extremely complicated.
——Sorry.
Qingdeng thought to himself.
——To be gifted is to be able to do whatever you want.
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