I teach judo in Tokyo

Chapter 18 List Battle

After leaving his home dojo.

Atobe Sousuke quickened his pace and ran towards the school.

Generally speaking, he is someone who is very willing to follow the rules.

Especially the high school life in Japan is very attractive to him. The heavy academic pressure accumulated in his previous life is relatively easy for him.

The relaxed campus time allowed him to fully appreciate the happiness of being a high school student.

More importantly, he joined the judo club with high-level judo skills.

In the popular words of the world he traveled to before.

It means "pretending to be in the field of expertise".

This allowed him to maintain a considerable level of interest in participating in community activities.

Soon, wearing sportswear, he jogged to the school which was quite close to his dojo.

This time, he did not go back to the classroom directly. Instead, he turned a corner after entering the school gate and came to the martial arts hall of the Judo Club.

Before I even opened the door, I heard bursts of angry training shouts coming from inside.

It seems that although it is not a strong club in the school, it does not affect the active training of those members who love the sport of judo.

Atobe Sousuke went to the changing room next to him and changed into judo uniforms, then opened the door to the martial arts gym.

What caught my eye was a training scene with only a dozen people.

Everyone was moving back and forth on the ground, doing "rib twists" and "shrimps."

Rib twisting is an action of lying face down on the ground, with the whole body motionless, and only by contracting the armpits and moving forward with the elbows.

Shrimp is an action in which you lie flat on the ground and use your waist, hips and legs to exert force to change your body into a "shrimp" shape.

The practice of these two movements can enhance the strength and agility of key parts of judo players, and improve the success rate of players when they are controlled by sleeping techniques, so they have always been a common exercise item in judo practice.

Zongsuke glanced around briefly and quickly found his target.

In the entire dojo with less than twenty people, at least ten of them are men, and they are currently training seriously under the leadership of the director Iga Yahiko.

In the small area on the other side, there were only four girls exercising.

They are female club members led by the small squad leader Mifune Yumi.

Among the four people, there is also the young roommate Yotsuba Saki who came to report with Sousuke yesterday.

It seems that the sport of judo is not very popular among college girls.

After all, this is a fighting competition, and you also need to wear thick judo uniforms, and there are many techniques such as sleeping techniques and solid techniques that can easily make you look embarrassed if you are not careful.

It’s really not the first choice sport for young girls.

Atobe Sosuke came to the girl's area.

Compared to the enthusiastic prone exercises of the boys, the warm-up movements of the girls were much gentler.

Yumi Mifune was vigorously leading three people to perform judo training similar to exercises. If you look closely, you can see the shadows of various throwing techniques and judo steps in these movements.

He took the initiative to say hello to the two people he knew well: "Monitor, Saki, are you all here?"

"It's you who came late!" Yumi Mifune took the lead and took the lead in the movements seriously, while glancing at Sosuke Atobe with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

"I just joined the club yesterday, and my strength has been recognized by the director and I. Atobe-san, you have to work harder!" Her small stature does not affect the endless energy that seems to be contained in her body. During the warm-up exercise, She completed every move very neatly, which shows her profound judo skills.

On the other side, Yotsuba Saki, who was also wearing a judo uniform, glanced at Atobe Sosuke shyly and said hello weakly: "Haa Sosuke-kun, actually I just arrived not long ago."

She is a bit taller than Yumi Mifune, but even though she is wearing a judo uniform and exercising, she still wears those black-rimmed glasses. At first glance, she looks like a frail girl.

Sousuke looked at his little classmate carefully: "Saki, you look very cute in your judo uniform."

"Ah" Yotsubasa adjusted her glasses sheepishly.

"That's enough for the small talk. The minister has seen you several times. He has high expectations for you. Come on, join the team and start training!" Yumi Mifune interrupted Atobe Sousuke's idea of ​​having a few words.

Hearing this, Zongsuke shrugged helplessly and blinked at Yotsuba Saki, who had been watching him silently.

Then quietly returned to the boys' team.

***
  Almost half an hour later.

Iga Yahiko raised his hand and clapped it twice, with a gentle smile on his face: "Okay, the collective warm-up is over, everyone, let's assemble."

After the team was organized and quiet, he said in a serious tone: "Now that the warm-up is over, I will announce two things."

"The first thing is to celebrate. Just yesterday, our Judo Club added two new members, namely Sosuke Atobe and Saki Yotsuba from Class 3, Grade 2. Everyone is welcome!"

After that, he took the lead in applauding, and all the club members also looked at Atobe Sousuke and Yotsuba Saki who were standing together, and applauded heartily.

Yotsubasa immediately lowered her head shyly and did not dare to speak.

However, Atobe Sousuke had the life experience of a veteran in his previous life. He did not panic at all when faced with this embarrassing little scene. Instead, he calmly nodded to everyone.

"And then there's the second thing!"

Iga Yahiko's expression hesitated for a moment, but then he said his thoughts decisively: "As you all know, we failed in the Kanto Competition just two months ago and have already lost the opportunity to participate in the first round of selection to participate in this year's IH. The IH regional qualifiers to be held in a few days will be our last chance at Hefeng High School."

He glanced at the many members who had gradually figured out what he wanted to say, and then said: "In order to increase the chance of winning tickets to participate in the national competition, I must do everything possible to select the strongest players in our department to form a team. Participate in the competition, and as early as half a month ago, we have submitted the list of team competition to the organizer."

He looked at several familiar members of the boys' group, showed an apologetic expression, and continued: "Then I'll be blunt. Maybe some members have seen it yesterday. Sosuke Atobe, who has just joined the judo club. , his judo strength is quite strong. I plan to apply to change the team competition member list and add Atobe Sousuke to it. Then I will inevitably face the elimination of one person. Therefore, I plan to pass a simple test in the club activities this afternoon. The competition will be used to re-determine the team list, so all members who have been selected should prepare themselves."

As soon as the minister said these last words.

Atobe Sousuke suddenly felt five dissatisfied glances directed at him.

That was the look of the regular players who had already been confirmed to participate in the regional qualifiers.

Obviously, including substitutes, there are only six places in total for people who can participate in the IH competition team competition.

They were concerned about themselves, a newcomer who suddenly stepped in and was about to seize a place in the competition when he joined the team.

No doubt quite annoying.

As for the other people who were not included in the competition list in the first place.

Part of me feels that it's none of my business, and I wouldn't be able to choose it again anyway.

Some people were quite excited after hearing the news and were gearing up to try again.

As for Zongsuke himself, he said he was fearless.

Of all the students present, he was the one who could take him a little seriously.

There is only this head of the judo department with a throwing skill level of 10.

(End of this chapter)