“Hiding your footwork with your hakama worked great this time. But the opposite could hold true, too. Against a lesser foe than Uneri, that kind of fake-out would be meaningless. Like for me, standing behind you. I had no idea when you were supposed to be feinting, or accelerating, or decelerating. As far as I could tell, you were just charging right in – footwork like that would be lost on an inferior opponent. And another thing. That Form Seven – it’s dazzling for advancing or failling back, but no good for strafing.”
“Exactly,” Shichika agreed.

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