Invaders of the Rokujouma!? Volume 42 [Parts 1 to 5] by Takehaya

Author:Takehaya
Language: eng
Format: epub

The report from Nefilforan’s unit prolonged the meeting beyond its intended duration. By the end, Koutarou was stiff from sitting for so long. He rotated his arms and tilted his upper body side to side while twisting to loosen up.

“Ugh, ouch...” he groaned.

“The chairs in the meeting room are pretty small for you, aren’t they Satomi-kun?” remarked Shizuka.

“I would appreciate it if they were a little bigger.”

“Ahaha, growing boys sure have it hard.”

Shizuka was stretching too, although she was moving her body in different ways. Curious, Koutarou decided to ask her about it.

“What are you up to over there, Landlord-san?”

“This? Oh, it’s a method of correcting how I stand that my osteopathic doctor taught me.”

“How you stand?”

“Yeah. Most people think they stand up straight, but it’s actually pretty rare. Our habits and how our muscles hold gradually change our centers of gravity.”

“And you’re trying to fix yours?”

“Yeah. Proper posture makes a huge difference in stability when it comes to fighting.”

“Ah, so this is the kind of stuff karate fighters think about, huh?”

“I’ll admit I was pretty shocked when my doctor first told me. I can’t believe what a difference it makes when I’m kicking.”

“Does it really change that much?”

“It does! But it’d be faster to show you than explain. For starters...”

Koutarou followed Shizuka’s instructions and began moving various parts of his body. Overall, the exercise was similar to stretching, including sits, squats, and backbends, but the routine was more so designed to relax the muscles than warm them up.

“That should do it,” announced Shizuka.

“Okay... but I don’t really feel any different,” said Koutarou.

The routine didn’t take long—only a few minutes at most. But Koutarou couldn’t feel any change. The best he could say was that he didn’t feel as stiff after moving around some.

“That’s fine,” replied Shizuka. “If you really want to see the difference, either video yourself doing it or get someone else to look at your posture.”

“Someone else, huh? Hey, Mackenzie, c’mere!” Koutarou called out.

“What is it?” Kenji replied.

“Take a look at my form, would you?”

“Yeah, sure.”

Koutarou began his usual pitching practice routine as Kenji and Shizuka quietly observed. He didn’t have a ball, but he swung his arm as if throwing one for real. Seeing this, Kenji nodded.

“How’m I looking?” Koutarou asked.

“Like you’re back to your usual form. Your lower half is clearly more stable. Of course, you’re built for swordsmanship now, so you’re still nothing like you were in your prime.”

Kenji’s impression was that Koutarou had gotten some of his edge back from his baseball days. Koutarou was primarily focused on sword training now, however, so he still moved a little differently. But thanks to Shizuka’s exercises, he was much closer to his old pitching form.

“Yeah, I felt like it was easier to balance too,” Koutarou remarked. He’d felt the difference for himself. Raising and swinging his legs was easier, which lined up with what Kenji was saying, leading him to the conclusion that Shizuka was right about the exercises.

“Maybe you should try this out before playing grass-lot baseball next time,” she recommended.

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