Tokyo Swordmaster Online Dealer

This is the preparation before practicing kendo, to eliminate distracting thoughts in your mind, concentrate your mind, and improve your practice efficiency.

When his energy and spirit reached its peak, Uesugi Kiyoshi suddenly opened his eyes and prepared to start today's swordsmanship training.

At this moment, the shoji door of the inner room of the dojo was suddenly opened.

Accompanied by a light cough, Kamiizumi Hidekawa strolled out leisurely from the inner room.

The Shinkage-ryu's leading swordsman had a refined face, and at first glance looked like an immortal, not like a Japanese, but more like a free and easy Taoist priest. He was wearing a simple kendo uniform, holding a wooden sword of the same style as the ebony in Uesugi Kiyoshi's hand. He yawned lazily and walked up to his closed disciple.

He first looked at the dojo that had been polished to a shine, frowned, and sighed.

"I asked Lin to come back and mop the floor, not to ask you to come back and mop the floor. If you spoil her like this, she will only become lazier in the future."

On the surface, Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded his head and smiled with shame, but he rolled his eyes in his heart - he knew his master well, he was very protective of his own daughter, and treated her like a little princess. He guessed that this was also the reason for the optimistic character of Kamiizumi Rin.

Every time Kamiizumi Rin made a mistake, Kamiizumi Hidekawa would at most scold her. Although he threatened to spank her, he had never seen Kamiizumi Hidekawa touch his daughter in the past year.

This is understandable. Hidekawa Kamiizumi's wife died shortly after their daughter was born. He must have felt that he owed Kamiizumi Rin a lot, so he always responded to his daughter's requests and doted on her.

"I just did it casually, so there's no need to bother Rin. He was teaching the kids swordsmanship in Shiba Park. I went to see him when I came here, and I told him to go home early. Master, don't worry."

Kamiizumi Hidekawa nodded without saying anything. He looked up at Uesugi Kiyoshi's posture and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Well, Qing, did anything good happen to you?"

"Your aura has changed, a lot."

"You are at least three times more confident with your sword than you were yesterday!"

What Kamiizumi Hidekawa said was very mysterious, but Uesugi Kiyoshi understood it immediately.

Has he changed?

Of course he has changed.

The Hundred Tales card in the Mirage was opened, and he had the trump card to deal with ghosts and gods. With confidence in his heart, he naturally became more confident.

It is normal for someone like Hidekawa Kamiizumi, who has lived for most of his life, to see this.

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded slowly and gave a somewhat calm smile.

"Yes, Master, I have figured out some things."

Kamiizumi Hidekawa clapped his hands excitedly.

"Not bad, not bad. I was right about you, Qing."

"How's your practice going on with the homework I gave you yesterday?"

Kamiizumi Hidekawa was referring to the "Funeral Knife" move that no one wanted to know.

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded slightly and gave an affirmative answer.

"Master, I have mastered that style of Iai."

"There is a ghost who can testify to this."

He added secretly in his mind.

The look in Kamiizumi Hidekawa's eyes as he looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi became brighter and brighter. He took two steps back, put some distance between them, suddenly put the wooden sword in his hand aside, and made a gesture to Uesugi Kiyoshi with his bare hands.

"Come on, show it to me."

"Use your full strength to wield the Funeral Blade with the determination to kill me!"

"Let me see how strong you have become!"

Chapter 15: Take it without a knife

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't feel frightened or surprised when he heard this.

In this year, the opponent who taught him the most moves was his mentor, and the second most was Rin Kamiizumi.

Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it, he can't beat either of these two people.

With the two Inugami's Hundred Tales Cards, he is now confident that he can deal with Kamiizumi Rin, but he knows that he has no chance of winning against this swordsman mentor.

That's not a contest of the same level.

Even a child holding a sharp knife cannot defeat a martial artist with bare hands.

So, he didn't act pretentiously. He just closed his eyes for a moment and prepared himself for the battle.

He then opened his eyes, held the sword with his left hand, grasped the hilt with his right hand, and with a low shout, he slashed out in one-fifth of a second with a brilliant and powerful Iai move as powerful as a black dragon!

He used all his strength and had no worries about hurting his master.

The first move was to draw the sword and slash backwards, but was dodged by Kamiizumi Hidekawa with a light step back. Uesugi Kiyoshi was not surprised at all. He took a step forward, and the sword moved as fast as a meteor without any hesitation. The ebony sword drew a black arc in the air, and he rushed forward with the momentum to split Kamiizumi Hidekawa in half with a cassock-like slash!

This second move, the cassock slash, is the final killing move!

Kamiizumi Hidekawa was not surprised, but ecstatic.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi was full of relief, and was not much different from the doting look he gave his precious daughter - this was truly a rare talent and beauty!

The mirage energy obtained from killing the evil spirit yesterday has enhanced Uesugi Kiyoshi's physical fitness. In addition, the greatest effect of his golden finger has finally taken effect, and many of his mental knots have been relieved. Also, he killed an evil spirit with the funeral knife yesterday, and he has a deeper understanding of this style of Iai.

The three combined into one, this sword is the most powerful "funeral sword" that Uesugi Kiyoshi can currently use!

Kamiizumi Hidekawa did not dodge or evade, but walked forward with a burning gaze. He clasped his hands together and actually stepped into the sword with his bare hands, clamping Uesugi Kiyoshi's wooden sword in his bare palms.

Then, Kamiizumi Hidekawa took a half step back, lowered his shoulders, and followed the sword momentum of Uesugi Kiyoshi. He used the contact point between his palm and the wooden sword as a lever, and twisted his palms together. A powerful force came from the ebony wooden sword. Uesugi Kiyoshi's palms suddenly felt numb, and the wooden sword was forced to slip out of his hand. Kamiizumi Hidekawa grabbed it with his backhand, and used the same funeral knife to lock his throat.

Uesugi Kiyoshi took a deep breath, and without being too depressed, he just lowered his head slightly to show that he accepted defeat.

"I'm sorry, I'm so embarrassed, please give me some advice, Master."

"No! No! No!"

Hidekawa Kamiizumi clapped the wooden sword in his hand, paced around Uesugi Kiyoshi, his face full of admiration.

He said "no" three times loudly and his face flushed slightly.

"You know what, Qing."

"Some people once wanted to emulate my ancestors and give me the title of the world's best swordsman. I knew they wanted to flatter me, so I didn't accept it."

"But in my heart I accept this title."

“It’s not that I’m arrogant.”

"I went to Izumi Hidekawa. I touched a sword when I was three years old, practiced swordplay when I was five, participated in real sword fighting when I was eleven, and by the time I was sixteen, I had already made a name for myself in the kendo circle of Tokyo."

"When I was twenty-one, I was known as the undefeated swordsman in Tokyo. This year I am forty-five years old. I have fought countless duels, but I have only lost a few!"

"But I can say this with certainty."

"The sixteen-year-old me is not as good as the sixteen-year-old you."

"At least this funeral knife move, I definitely can't use it at the age of sixteen!"

"You can never cease to surprise me. You are born to use a sword!"

This series of praises made Uesugi Kiyoshi blush a little - he had the Mirage, he took advantage of the situation, he spent twice as much time as ordinary people practicing swordsmanship, and he also had the Mirage to regulate his body. It was really not worthy of being boasted about so much to achieve such results.

But he couldn't say these things and could only accept his master's praise with a shameless face.

When Hidekawa Kamiizumi saw that his good disciple was blushing, he knew that he was neither arrogant nor impatient, and he felt more satisfied. He exchanged the ebony sword with Uesugi Kiyoshi, patted his shoulder, and motioned him to sit down.

Uesugi Kiyoshi followed suit, and the master and disciple sat cross-legged facing each other.

Hidekawa Kamiizumi started talking.

"Qing, you are really good. You are not arrogant, impatient, or complacent."

"You can endure hardships, loneliness, and are talented. You were born for the sword. The best choice I can make in the second half of my life is probably to accept you as my disciple."

"I told you so."

"Swordsmanship is not simply a matter of slashing and killing with brute force, but a comprehensive contest of wits, courage, heart, skills, and body."

"What is the way of the sword? It's a small military strategy! It's the art of war!"

"Sword fighting is like playing chess, and the moves are like making moves. You can't win by simply rushing in and relying on brute force!"

"If I make this move, how will my opponent react? Can I counter the move he uses to parry me? After the counterattack, what move should I make, and what will he do?"

"Don't think I'm exaggerating. A kendo master would really think so much."

"Yes, muscle memory and reaction speed can often determine the outcome of a swordfight. However, when a master swordsman faces a strong young swordsman, as soon as the opponent stretches out his hand, he knows what sword moves he will use next. Those who lose the initiative will never win."

"They are all sword fights. Ordinary people take one step ahead and look ahead, experts take one step ahead and look ahead ten steps, famous sword masters take one step ahead and look ahead a hundred steps, and world-famous sword masters can foresee the end of the game with just one step."

"The move just now is one of these moves that predicts the actual application - it's called No Sword Take. Have you heard of it?"

Of course Uesugi Kiyoshi had heard of it, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was well-known.

Swordless Taking is the ultimate skill of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu. It was created by Yagyu Munenobu, a disciple of the sword saint Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, who is a secret skill of snatching swords with bare hands, using no sword to defeat someone with a sword.

During the Warring States Period, in April of the eighth year of Eiroku, the swordsman Kamiizumi Nobunaga came to the hometown of his favorite disciple Yagyu Munenori. When Munenori saw his master, he immediately invited Nobunaga to the dojo and demonstrated the "no-sword technique" he had learned from studying swordsmanship in front of Nobunaga.

Kamiizumi Nobunaga was filled with emotion when he saw this, because his lifelong dream of "taking without a sword" had finally been accomplished by this proud disciple, so he praised him by saying "My skills are not as good as yours" and awarded him the Shinkage-ryu certificate on the spot.

This is the origin of the legendary "taking without a knife".

Although it is a legend, this method of performing the move without a sword is actually recorded in the secret techniques of the Shinkage-ryu.

And it also has a different name - "Sword-stealing Technique, Three Forces".

Just now, Kamiizumi Hidekawa used it in this way, and it really worked like a charm.

Seeing Uesugi Sei nodded, Kamiizumi Hidekawa asked, "You have also experienced this move. How many days will it take you to learn it?"

Uesugi Qing hesitated and said softly: "This move is a bit difficult."

"About three days."

Kamiizumi Hidekawa nodded in satisfaction, not thinking that Uesugi Kiyoshi was exaggerating at all.

"very good."

"You have learned how to kill with a knife, how to save with a sword, and how to take without a knife."

"I have taught you everything about the inner teachings of the New Yin Style. You have mastered the Six Styles of Swallow Flying and Tengu Trick."

"Thunder Blade, you are even more accomplished. You are very good at using the fast sword. This is your strength. Don't give up."