OBS Chapter 353 Qualifier Day 1
Chapter 353 Qualifier Day 1
Chapter 353 The first day of the qualifier
"Is it you who won the Kyudo Emperor's Cup champion at the Budokan last year?"
"May I ask if you are in charge of the general in the team?"
"Excuse me."
"Excuse me."
Kaoru Uesugi has seen this scene in the past, and it was the same situation when he first won the championship, and he was popular.
Every aisle you walk has to be surrounded for interviews.
But now he is completely unknown in kendo. As for the reason for his popularity, it is probably because this team has won two championships, and as the general of the championship team, he has attracted much attention.
After Uesugi chose some questions that could be answered, he declined the rest of the interview.
Before leaving, he glanced at the front of the guild hall.
The result of the lottery was displayed on the big screen in the gymnasium. Uesugi Kai's group had two strong opponents.
One is the Xia Shinto style, and the other is the Tianzhen Chuanxiang and Take the Shinto style.
It is said that they are all famous schools with a history of hundreds of years.
The game started in the afternoon, and several people went out of the gymnasium to find a restaurant to sit down and eat at noon.
Senior Brother Nan looked at the fellow students around him, and said with a smile, "I feel like our team is also amazing. When we go out to participate in the competition, the teacher and the teacher's representative don't bother to take a look."
In the tone of those two, it is meaningless to watch the game, and they will win anyway.
Hu Xinjing looked at Kai Uesugi who was sitting next to him and was concentrating on eating, then turned his head and said, "I feel like my junior brother is quite capable of dealing with those reporters just now."
Higuchi Yoshiyuki asked: "I seem to have heard them say that the archery champion, what's going on?"
"It's literally."
"I've seen the video of the younger brother on the Internet, and the comments all praise his archery skills. At least the champion must be real."
"Little brother, you actually practiced archery? I heard that the etiquette footwork of that thing is very complicated."
".Okay."
The four senior brothers were all discussing his archery championship.
To be honest, it was a bad feeling for Lao Di to be pushed aside, because many problems followed.
Answering questions can't help being a bit troublesome and irritating.
"I'll go to the toilet first."
Kai Uesugi put down the bowl and chopsticks, got up and walked out of the dining area.
When he walked to the entrance of the passage, there were two people standing on both sides of the passage.
They seem to be waiting for someone.
"coming."
They saw Uesugi Kai and quickly walked over.
"Sorry, I wonder if I could bother you for a moment?"
"reporter?"
Kaoru Uesugi saw the badges hanging on their chests.
Miyata Kazuhiro, Jiang Teng Nanahiko, Nikkan Sports?
The latter one should be the name of the newspaper. Kai Uesugi was not too surprised, but just said: "Okay, if you have anything to ask, I don't have anything to answer. Your colleagues have asked many questions just now."
Big and small issues such as identity, rank, why you came to participate in the kendo competition as a bow champion, dreams and so on.
As a new face, he actually wanted to clean him up the first time he showed up.
Kazuhiro Miyata was in charge of asking questions, and Nanahiko Jiang Teng was in charge of recording.
He first smiled and asked: "Mr. Uesugi practiced kendo in Wuxin Dojo, right?"
"Ah."
"So, what is the relationship between Sakakibara Notsushi and you?"
"I can be regarded as his disciple." Uesugi Kai said after thinking for a while. In the past few years, the cheap master still taught kendo frequently, but after returning to Tokyo for two months, the cheap master seemed to have no intention of continuing to teach. Let him practice by himself.
"May I ask your age this year, it doesn't matter if it's inconvenient to say."
"eighteen."
"Eighteen!?" Both of them seemed to be stunned for a moment, looking at each other.
Miyata Kazuhiro immediately asked again:
"Then do you know which team Fujimaki Asuka is currently in? I checked the entry list twice, but I didn't see his name."
"I don't know about that." Kaoru Uesugi shook his head.
"I would like to ask, is there a relationship between you? After all, Fujimaki Asuka has been in your position for the past two tournaments."
Is this a suspicion of conflict within their team?
But it does seem to be the case.
Uesugi Kai didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, everything was done by that cheap master.
"I don't know about this, after all, I only met him once."
Miyata Kazuhiro pondered for a few seconds, and then greeted him with a smile: "Thank you for answering our questions. In return, we will also tell you a piece of news. I have been watching the game for seven or eight years. Recently, I heard that one of the teams One player is particularly good, in Group A."
Uesugi Kai didn't care much, nodded slightly: "Well, I see."
After Miyata Kazuhiro chatted a few more words, he took his colleagues and left politely.
Kaoru Uesugi's eyes fell on the direction they were leaving, he didn't pay attention to what news they said, turned and walked to the other side, where the toilet was.
"Why did it take you so long to come back?"
"Two reporters came to me just now to ask me questions."
"Haha," Senior Brother Nan patted him on the back, "It seems that Junior Brother is really popular, there may be your name in the corner of tomorrow's newspaper."
Uesugi Kai responded casually: "Well, I'm looking forward to it."
Yoshiyuki Higuchi: "We are drawing Group C, so we have nothing to do in the afternoon, right?"
"Then go back to the temple?"
"Ah~ let's go back."
Kai Uesugi asked: "Aren't seniors going to watch the competition?"
"Little brother, go and have a look, we won't go."
"Haha, to be honest, there is nothing to see!"
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Kendo matches are fought in a square field within the stadium.
The qualifiers this time are actually teams selected from 23 districts in the Tokyo circle, 1 capital and 6 counties.
In other words, the current 16 teams are talented players from all walks of life in the entire Kanto Division.
Weak will not be weak.
On the first day, it was Group A competition.
They are Nian DC, Qianye Liu, Kurama Yang Xinliu, and Ye Xinyinliu.
If you take a closer look at their own occupations, you can find that some people just regard kendo as a practice.
Among them are traffic personnel, electricians, and decoration workers.
Can it be said that they are weaker than the disciples who have been practicing in the dojo?
Most of them are wrong, because many of them have club experience in school.
Japanese associations are not just for fun. There are regular competitions, bonuses and rankings.
Use it as a career starting point.
This is enough to show that as long as you study hard, you can learn useful things.
Chances are, any electrician once won the crown of the Yulong Banner deathmatch when he was in college.
They are older than they are experienced.
For young people who want to advance to the national competition, they are a hurdle.
Kaoru Uesugi decided to take a look at the first day of the game, so he came to the auditorium and sat down.
"Aren't your brothers going to come and see?" Uesugi Shio glanced at Uesugi who was sitting beside him.
"They're not coming."
"Yes, they are all a group of proud guys."
The staff signaled that the players began to play.
The positions of the five-player match are: forward, sub-forward, backbone, deputy general, and general.
Three wins out of five.
If the opponent has the heart, he will use the weak to fight the strong, and the strong to the weak, similar to Tian Ji's horse racing method to gain an advantage.
But in this first game, there is no positional game.
Forward against forward.
Tochigi Prefecture's Nosinin Stream vs. Chiba Prefecture's Chiba Stream.
One young and one middle-aged, they put on protective gear, held bamboo knives, and walked barefoot to the competition venue.
There are three gray-haired referees around the field, each holding a small flag in both hands.
Under the signal of the referee, they bowed their heads to each other and saluted the audience, then retreated each other, holding wooden knives in both hands and performing squatting salute.
At this time, they have begun to observe each other's movements and details.
They're all mid-range wielders.
Together they stood up and got ready.
Immediately, the referee gave an order, waved the flag, and the game began.
"what--!!"
The pupils in the middle-aged man's mask opened, he let out a loud shout, and took the lead in taking steps, followed by his whole body suddenly pressing forward.
At the same time, the middle section of the knife is changed to the upper section of the knife.
With one step and one swing, the tip of the sword continuously hit the top of the opponent's head.
The offensive is swift and fierce, with great momentum.
Because he was preempted to attack, the young man could only defend passively. He raised the bamboo knife in the middle posture upwards, and at the same time turned his body sideways for defense.
The opponent's offense is fierce, and his defense is also not weak.
This is the advantage of the middle attack, which can be attacked and defended.
On opponents whose psychology is difficult to guess, it will be the most troublesome starting move.
"noodle!!"
Accompanied by the thick roar from the middle-aged man's mask, the resounding crash of the bamboo slices spread around the venue.
This move is really powerful.
The young man defended, but the opponent was not discouraged, and continued to strike, his posture was disrupted, and the rhythm of his breath was intertwined.
"Noodles! Noodles!"
Twice again.
The young man had no choice but to parry in haste. When he turned sideways, the middle-aged man saw the opening and stopped immediately, attacking in the upper part.
Very insightful move.
The young man's pupils shrank, startled.
"Bone!!"
With a snap, the bamboo knife hit the protective gear on his abdomen.
The bamboo pieces vibrated in the air, hitting powder, and then the whistle sounded, the referee lowered the flag, and the middle-aged man took a step back, keeping his heart open.
Behind the mask is an extremely serious expression.
It seemed easy to win, but in fact, before he made a move, he thought about the possibility of the opponent's move in his mind, assumed more than a dozen ways to make a move, and finally used the option of a strong attack.
Take one down.
Not a single point of controversy.
auditorium.
Uesugi Kai could understand it, and Uesugi Shio who was sitting next to him could also understand it.
The typical knife-killing method is a strong attack, so that the opponent's knife tip cannot maintain a certain direction. In this way, the opponent's position is messed up, so that one's own side has no worries, and then press again, kill the opponent's technique, find the flaw, and take it with one swing. Lower the score.
"They are all promoted from the county and district competitions, so you should be careful." Shio Uesugi looked at the young people in the competition field.
"Still looking for status." Kaoru Uesugi also turned his attention to the field.
Uesugi said: "Next time, that person will be vigilant, and the uncle will have to find another way to attack."
One book ends.
The young man and the middle-aged man backed away again. After saluting, the referee signaled that the game started again.
This time.
Almost as soon as the referee's voice fell, the young man's body pressed forward.
stab.
very smart.
Risky, but a sudden move.
But seeing that the opponent's throat was about to be concentrated, the uncle suddenly raised his knife to defend, and pushed aside the opponent's stabbing attack.
Almost instantly, the tip of the sword flew over the shoulder, and the uncle defended against the blow.
The uncle pushed back against the opponent's attack, and the young man also exerted force at the same time, and the bamboo knives of the two quickly collided.
The next few seconds of the bamboo sword fighting was almost a test, but the two sides failed to find the opponent's chance after all.
The referee signaled the two to separate.
Shio Uesugi: "The winner will be decided in the next round."
The two squared off and confronted each other again.
The two pointed out their sword tips, swinging each other to test.
The uncle has sharp eyes and quick hands, and when the tip of the opponent's knife swings from bottom to top, he attacks his wrist.
One more point.
Seeing the referee lowering the flag, Uesugi said slowly, "There is a gap in experience. In fact, that person from Chiba County is not bad."
Perhaps it was to confirm her words that the uncle won the striker battle with an absolute advantage of three to zero.
When he took off the mask, his forehead was covered with sweat.
The order of the two sides of the team is determined before the start of the game.
The order of play must be submitted to the referee before the game.
According to the arrangement of both parties.
Next is the backbone versus the lieutenant.
The lieutenant general is second only to the general in strength.
The team from Chiba County was obviously put together by the uncles from Tochigi County. After the fierce confrontation, they lost another game [-]-[-].
If you lose two, you will enter the loser's bracket if you lose one more.
It's a pity that they arranged for the second forward in the third game.
As for Tochigi County, the third round was arranged by a general.
They thought that their striker and backbone would win, and at least they would fight against the opponent's general. They didn't expect that the opponent sent a lieutenant general and lost two games in a row.
The order is arranged in advance.
Helpless, lost again, regrettably out.
All kinds of audience members in the auditorium also remembered this scene.
Uesugi Shio looked at Uesugi Oki: "So, the order of playing in the team competition is also very important. Winning alone is an advantage, and the rest is a game. The generals in Chiba County are obviously not inferior to any of the opponents, but they have not yet If you play, you lose, and the strength information of the opposing player is very important.”
Uesugi asked: "During the battle in Kyoto before, sister Xi lost to such a countermeasure?"
"Well, let's take it as a warning."
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Uesugi left early before the game ended.
I thought there would be a match for him today, but I didn't expect to draw a group C, and they will have their share only tomorrow afternoon.
He looked specifically at the matchup information on the playlist.
The Shenzong Dojo of Zhenxia Shendao style confronted their Wuxin Dojo of the single-minded sword style.
Xia Shendao flow.
Kaoru Uesugi made a special effort to find out, and watched several videos of this genre on the Internet.
He found that most of them started with an upper posture, and their attack methods were a bit strange, some swung straight, some suddenly turned down, and attacked obliquely from bottom to top.
The one shown in the video is a fan with gray hair.
The movement is steady, but slow, it should be just a demonstration video.
In terms of strength, his father-in-law was the strongest at his age, with both experience and physical strength.
A young man's swordplay seldom beats a man his age.
Kai Uesugi also gradually understood why the two reporters were so surprised when they heard that they were only 18 years old.
Because in the kendo world, he still belongs to the queue of high school students.
But in fact. There is nothing so-called.
Kaoru Uesugi continued to sit on the window seat of the tram and flicked his mobile phone. By chance, he saw a more familiar name in a related video that had been released for two years—the senior brother he had only met once, Fujimaki Asuka .
The title reads: [Undefeated Legend, Reiwa 2nd Year, Reiwa 3rd Year, Yixin single-handedly won the championship]
(End of this chapter)