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Bread had shown him something on the first day of swordsmanship lessons.
"Watch carefully. This is Liechtenauer swordsmanship."
Whoosh!
She raised the sword above her head once. It remained positioned at the top of her head. From that stance, she advanced.
"Three basic sword movements."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Twisting her body while stepping, she swung twice more to the sides and executed a total of three swings in an instant.
"These three movements are both offensive and defensive, forming the basic foundation of Liechtenauer’s techniques."
The sword technique involved simple posture transitions for simultaneous offense and defense. This was the actual swordsmanship of Liechtenauer, who had been honored with the title of swordmaster. Of course, it only applied to longswords and similar swords with elongated and double-edged blades.
"If the Joseon civilization had access to longswords, they would definitely have adopted Liechtenauer's techniques."
Swish.
She was suddenly holding a hwando (Korean blade).
"But we have single-edged swords, also called ‘do.’"
She adopted a completely different stance. If Liechtenauer's approach was to move forward like a tank while blocking and advancing, this was more like a starved predator...
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