Kaoru, Kenshin, and Yahiko visit Maekawa Dojo for a training session. The dojo is very lively, and Kaoru's training is well-received by the students of other sword styles. Then a swordsman named Isurugi Raijuta breaks in. He says he is concerned about the future of sword art, and the man, carrying only an actual sword, dismisses the idea of a bamboo sword match. In order to defeat the challenger, Maekawa, the master of Maekawa Dojo, takes on Raijuta, but...
I will first crush
all of the bamboo swordsmanship,
،أتمنّى القضاء على كلّ مسايفات الخيزران أوّلاً
Die Bambusschwerter müssen abgeschafft
werden, die Wurzel der heutigen Schwächung.
Primero es acabar con el kenjutsu
de espada de bambú que atrofia el arte.
Empezando por acabar con la esgrima con
espada de bambú que atrofia este arte.
et leur satané sabre en bambou,
qui est la cause
A partire
И сперва уничтожить корень всех бед —
практику использования бамбуковых мечей.