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Chapter 377 National Kendo Competition (2)

Hongo Taito has participated in several kendo competitions and is quite experienced.

In the second round, he originally wanted to find out Uesugi Kai's style of moves first, and see you later.

But before he was allowed to think more, Kai Uesugi called him as soon as they met each other.

"Are you attacking?"

Hongo Taito raised his hand to parry, but Uesugi Oi was incredibly strong, even though he was a head taller than him and nearly 2 meters tall, he was pushed back step by step.

The opponent is very smart. Even if the strength is not weak, he does not choose to attack from the front. He tries to swing to the left as much as possible, attacking from the side, reducing the risk and killing his own sword at the same time.

Hongo's fight is clear.

This is one of the three killing methods of kendo, killing the sword.

While attacking, deliberately let the opponent's bamboo sword be suppressed at the three inches of the tail of the sword, so that the defense must be moved from the right, left, or left and right, so that the opponent's bamboo sword can never stay in the middle.

The result of the bamboo knife not being able to stay in the middle is that it is tired of parrying left and right, and completely loses the initiative to attack.

Even when attacking, Kai Uesugi made a clingy posture, Taito Hongo was still unable to seize the center line under the opponent's sword-killing skills.

Now he knew how difficult this young man was.

Slash with the bamboo knife!

Snapped--!
There was a loud bang.

Taito Hongo raised the bamboo sword sideways to his chest, took a step back and defended Uesugi Kai's blow.

Teammates from his hometown sat cross-legged on the outside of the field to watch the game.

In front is the square playing field.

The three referees were following the actions of the two and kept walking.

Sitting directly opposite are the contestants of Wuxin Dojo.

It is a common thing in competitions for brothers of the same genre to form a team.

As long as you are old enough and have competition experience, you can participate in the competition if you gather five people.

The same door pulls the same door, and colleagues pull colleagues.

The police is a force that cannot be ignored in the kendo world.

Hongo Taito's disadvantage in the match was incomprehensible to these policemen from Ehime Prefecture.

After all, on weekdays, it is the local Taidou who carelessly beat them down.

He is a criminal policeman and captain, his strength is beyond doubt.

"Captain, why don't you attack?"

"It's not that I don't attack, it's me. This. It's hard to say."

"Xi Misang, did you see anything? Captain him."

The black-haired policeman named Shishido Yuya sat upright with a serious face.

He is the deputy general in the team and the deputy captain of the criminal police team at the Ehime Prefecture Police Headquarters.

Facing the inquiry from his colleagues and friends in the team, he shook his head.

This scene was very absurd, their captain was actually beaten and beaten by a young man who had just turned full.

You must know that the swordsmen of his age are still in the novice stage.

Many people who first came into contact with kendo subconsciously respect and salute their seniors, and humbly ask for advice.

现在
The junior beats the senior.?

Where did the senior put his face?
In other words, Hongo Taidou was also born in the police academy, and has practiced police video for more than ten years, and has rich practical experience.

Usually, when you go out on missions, idlers, hooligans, three or five of them can't catch him.

Although it is a competition now, there are rules and restrictions.

But from the point of view of kendo alone, it shouldn't be so outrageous.

There is no reason for the younger generation to beat the older generation.

Outrageous.

This is a national competition, and they are also a team recommended and selected by the local Kendo Association.

Their victory also represents the honor of their region.

Below the names of the players on the scoreboard of the game, their place names and identities will be written.

For example, Kai Uesugi, under the name is marked in small characters in brackets: "Chiyoda-ku Yuishin One Swordsman Disciple, [-]rd dan".

Hongo Taito, the small characters below his name read: "Ehime Prefecture Police Headquarters Police, Sixth Dan."

As a general, the captain is the first to play, an adult in his 40s.

When facing a young man, he lost a point in the first round and was beaten in the second round.

If the media spreads this to netizens all over the country, they should take the opportunity to ridicule that their policemen are a bunch of rice buckets, rice worms who eat national tax money, and the majestic captain of the criminal police of the Ehime County Headquarters is not even a brat. Can't beat it.

Shishido Yuya didn't want to hear or see such a statement.

The captain is a bloody policeman who has performed dozens of missions, large and small.

As the captain, he is very responsible. Until now, Shishido Yuya has never been injured once working under him.

It all depends on the care of the captain.

Suddenly Shishido Yuya's eyes lit up.

During the competition, Hongo Taidou yelled loudly, and finding the right time, the bamboo knife slashed from the upper section three times in a row.

Jing Wangliu's attacks were quite bloody, and he kept shouting and pressing forward.

But Kai Uesugi used all kinds of defenses, his face changed, and he remained unmoved in the face of the shocking shout.

It's like a turtle shell!
Shishido Yuya clenched his fists as he watched off the court.

The Weixin Yidao Style was the last national champion. Whether it is a well-known teacher in the school or a student participating in the competition, their team has the strength.

But the most powerful is the generals of their team in the past two years.

Because the general left a deep impression on him last year with this team.

I thought the general had changed to a newcomer this year, so it wouldn't be too powerful, but I didn't expect.
Still such a headache!

There was a wave of excitement in Shishido Yuya's heart, so hot that he wanted to replace their captain to go to the game.

But there is no way a game is a game, the game has started and there is no way to stop it.

Moreover, an opponent that even the captain can't deal with is going to have a chance of winning against an opponent whose strength is weaker in the previous quarter?
Before doing it differently, he would never have imagined that he would be crushed and beaten by a kid in his teens.

Taito Hongo and Kai Uesugi kept wrestling together, the two fought against each other continuously, sometimes their swords collided, and sometimes they clashed.

hold on tight

Uesugi Kai's slash to the head came suddenly.

Imaginary.

The vigilant Taito Hongo noticed his steps. Instead of concentrating on the front defense, he focused on his torso.

as predicted.

Uesugi Kai's posture suddenly changed from the upper section to the middle section, and the moment he slashed down the bamboo knife, he pulled back up.

This movement, the eyes in this mask, are quite charming in the way of swordsmanship.

Hongo Taidou had to admit it.

So precise!

This young man!
At the same time, his forehead was sweating under the mask, Uesugi Kai's sword skills seemed to have a clear purpose, everything was just right, everything was perfect.

In the first few moves he used to attack, he felt that if he used more strength, he would be able to break through the opponent's defense.

With this in mind, he purposely increased his strength in the few moves just now, but he was still properly defended.

And now, it gave him the same feeling,
As long as the strength is a little bit bigger, just a little bit bigger.

This idea started from the referee's announcement in the second round and has continued until now.

His strength is indeed gradually increasing, but in terms of his perception of the feedback from attacking Uesugi Kaizhu sword.

It was as if his strength hadn't increased at all.

This feeling is like—the opponent controls the strength of his sword!
After climbing over the high wall, what I saw was another even bigger high wall.

And that high wall is just a little bit higher than the previous one.

Standing below and looking up, the majestic and solid wall makes people feel powerless and slack, without any expectation of climbing up.

Outsiders, spectators, and swordsmen don't have this kind of experience.

Can't understand.

Completely incomprehensible.

Taito Hongo defended against the next blow and took a step back.

Stepping barefoot on the ground of the arena made the hard keel wooden floor rattle repeatedly.

Uesugi Kai assumed the upper stance and stepped forward to attack.

The black armor and black robe on his body gave off a profound feeling.

here we go again.
Benxiang Taidou frowned, holding the bamboo knife with both hands, his many years of experience allowed him to stabilize his footing immediately.

In the first round, I made a mistake in my rhythm, but the rhythm in the following round was too fast, allowing the opponent to find the right opportunity.

Now the second round.

I just need to keep the rhythm.

Although his defense cannot be broken, it is still possible to use physical strength to reduce the strength of the opponent.

He could see that Uesugi Kai's mask was covered with sweat.

The outrageousness of this young man is also within the boundaries.

He will also be tired, but his sword skills are unmatched.

Uesugi Kai holds the sword in both hands, and lifts it upright and sharply from the bottom up, then steps forward with his right foot, and sends his body forward.

Taito Hongo's resolute face can be seen in the mask!

This time, there is hope!
The opponent's blow.

Still false.

Taito Hongo saw that Uesugi Kai's knife was exactly the same technique as the feint attack just now.

In the future, it may change from "attacking the body" to "attacking the hand", or it may be "turning from fiction to reality" and directly "attacking the surface".

In other words, Taito Hongo needs to worry about three points of defense at the same time in the face of Uesugi Kai's upper and lower chop.

People can't fight each other left and right, let alone defending three points of defense at the same time.

Taito Hongo can only judge the real intention of his attack by relying on experience, the angle, strength and pace of the opponent's moves.

This is the benefit of taking the initiative to attack, allowing the rhythm to be completely in your own hands.

but,

When Uesugi Kai swung his hands down, Taito Hongo judged that he was going to attack directly, and began to raise the sword upward from the abdomen to defend.

The bamboo knife that Uesugi Oi chopped down suddenly grew a section, and the speed was a little faster.

In just a split second, the bamboo knife's Xian Ge grew bigger in the pupils in his mask.

Tiger eye flow stunt! !
Benxiang Taidou was horrified immediately.

How could I forget this? It's a trick that young people like to use recently.

When he reacted and mobilized his body through the brain nerves, it was already too late.

The bamboo knife landed on his mask.

The vibration is transmitted to the head along with the frame, and then follows the head and spreads throughout the whole body.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Kai shouted with all his might:
"noodle!"

Uesugi Kai raised his sword and retreated, his steps briskly seemed to be floating on the floor, the moment he kept his heart.

The three gray-haired referees raised the red flag at the same time, indicating that Uesugi's score is valid.

While the audience was still in a daze, Miyata Kazuhiro had already picked up the camera, and his eyes and lens were on the playing field at the same time, taking pictures of this scene.

He found that taking pictures with this young man was simply a constant surprise.

In the last competition in the Kanto Division, he gave himself a salary increase, and several manuscripts he wrote were adopted by the editor-in-chief, and the sales volume increased a lot because of this.

When ordinary people see the archery champion challenge the national kendo competition, the topic becomes much more topical.

Lost again! !

In the team of the Ehime County Police, Shishido Yuya was not angry, but sighed in his heart at the young man's control of the rhythm, and every step of the attack seemed to be calculated.

It's like a swordsmanship designed to make the captain carelessly stack up.

His offensive rhythm all pointed to the last trick of the tiger eye style stunt.

He also learned the two swords style?
The tiger eye trick is a technique of Kendo two swords.

The name comes from the "Tiger Eye Style" in the comic "Swordsman's Life and Death", and it is indeed a skill that can be used in actual combat. Young people think it is cool, so they developed it into actual combat.

But in fact, this kind of skill has long been circulated in the sword skills of the Erdao style.

Tiger eye flow stunt.

It is a special name for this kind of move by young people.

To put it simply, it is the hand holding the hilt, which slides down when swinging the sword.

When the hand is held from the upper part of the handle to the lower part of the handle, the attack distance of the bamboo knife will naturally be longer.

Although the name comes from the manga, it seems unusually secondary, but it is indeed a real skill in kendo.

The current National Kendo Association has not adopted restrictions on this method.

In other words, using this technique in an official game can be profitable.

The chairman of the Budokan venue, several judges wearing white clothes with the National Kendo Federation Association printed on their backs began to discuss whether this technique should be considered worthy.

The judges, aged 56 or so, thought it was a trick, a way of trickery, and it should not be used in official competitions, and it should not be counted.

On the contrary, the older judges are not very stubborn, and think that skills are also one of the rules of the game. As long as the most basic rules are not broken, this kind of skills can also be used in the arena.

They are all members of the National Kendo Federation Association,

The number of judges of the National Kendo Federation Association is between forty and sixty, all of whom are current teachers of various schools and have a very high reputation.

In addition to the election of directors and supervisors, resolutions are also made on matters such as the approval of documents and the provisions of the articles of association.

The tenure of the councilors is 4 years without remuneration.

In addition, the National Kendo Federation also has a special committee responsible for monthly publications.

The name of the newspaper is "Jianchuang".

It is intended to compactly summarize the fresh information in the kendo world, and it is issued monthly.

Famous people will all appear in the "Jianchuang" magazine.

The gold content is not comparable to ordinary side news.

The one sitting among the councilors and directors is the current chairman of the National Kendo Federation, Tsunaichi Liuquan.

The chairman discussed for a while, and the result of the feedback to the referee was that this time it was counted as a score, and whether this technique can be used in the main game in the future remains to be discussed.

Ordinary spectators can't see the details of the competition venue clearly, but the key points will be replayed several times on the big screen in the Tokyo Budokan. With a blow, the bamboo knife suddenly became longer.

This is still a detail that can only be seen clearly in slow motion.

(End of this chapter)