三月七的练剑笔记 March 7th's Sword Training Notes

自开始学习剑术后，三月七留下的笔记小抄。 March 7th's cheat sheets since she started her sword training.

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练剑真的好难啊，光记剑诀就已经死掉了好多脑细胞。但彦卿师父说剑诀是一切剑法的基础，所谓基础不牢地动山摇，如果记错剑诀，脚下的步法和手上的剑势都会变形。

Learning swordplay is so difficult! Just remembering a sword style alone makes my brain start steaming. But, Master Yanqing says that sword styles are the foundation of swordplay, and nothing can ever stand firm on an unstable foundation. If you don't properly memorize your sword styles, all of your footwork and stances will be affected.

嘿嘿，还好本姑娘天生聪慧，自创了一套剑诀小抄，这样无论多难的剑诀都能轻松记住。

Hehe, fortunately, I am a natural genius. I have created my own set of sword style cheat sheets, so I can remember them easily, no matter how complicated they are.

彦卿师父教的这套剑诀有好多脚部和腕部动作，我就起名叫「手忙脚乱剑法」了。

I've named these sets of sword styles that Master Yanqing has taught me, with all of their feet and wrist movements, the "Crazy Limbs Technique."

握剑站定调呼吸，相信自己是第一

Standing firm, collect your breath, believe inside that you are the best

唤回剑锋升云手，对手已经吓发抖

Draw back your sword, hand in the air, get your enemy feeling scared

转身踏步腕轻舞，这招练得好辛苦

Spinning steps with a relaxed wrist, it takes a while to get the gist

进步侧身蓄待发，看我把你打回家

Approach sideways and wait for your moment, this is how you crush your opponent

斜步剑式作劈砍，星神也得两断斩

A diagonal step before slicing through and even the Aeons are cleaved in two

后退转身复挥击，一击不成又一击

Step back, spin and one more blow, if the first misses, you have another go

回步收剑琵琶抬，稍作休息再重来

Step back, sword in, raise the pipa, take a short rest before going deeper

左右回旋踏七星，步伐节奏要清晰

Trace along the seven stars, stepping left and right, make sure your rhythm is clear and tight

仰步起剑抬左膝，如同一只大公鸡

Stand up, raise your sword, knee as a booster, standing tall and proud like a rooster

前掠后撤势灵动，动得太快脚趾痛

Retreating and advancing mustn't be slow, but moving too fast will hurt your toes

弓步下截再上刺，刺得敌人没理智

Lunge down to slice, stab up while they're blind, this will make your rival lose their mind

云抹右劈后举架，防御姿势不落下

After a right slash, rise up tall, maintain good defenses and never fall

刺劈结合剑势宽，套路不能被拆穿

Stab and slash in a thousand ways and your opponent never knows your plays

身心合一悟剑意，心诚才能出成绩

Body and mind must be one with blade, only then can progress be made

如此往复数十轮，日出练习到黄昏

Again, again, a dozen times, practice from morning until the dark of night

收剑纳气平吐息，一代大侠三月七

Sheath your blade and calm your breathing, March 7th is a hero worth believing

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啊啊啊！真的要疯掉了！云璃师父教的和彦卿师父完全不一样啊！

Ahhh! I'm going to lose my mind! Everything Master Yunli teaches is completely different from what Master Yanqing teaches!

彦卿师父的剑法侧重步法，要求我步伐灵动同时应对左右，云璃师父却说这些都是花里胡哨的假把式，她让我先学发力，要做到聚气蓄力全力一击。

Master Yanqing teaches me to focus on footwork, telling me that I need to move flexibly while being aware of my left and right. But Master Yunli said that these are all just useless fancy movements. She said that I needed to learn how to exert power and charge up my strength to unleash a strike with my full force.

我现在就像脚下跳着舞，手上在抡大锤，再这样练下去迟早人格分裂。

Now it's like my legs are dancing while my arms are swinging a battleaxe. If this continues, I'm going to end up with a split personality!

唉…先不管了，把云璃师父的剑诀先记下来再说，不过她的这套剑诀倒是挺短的，主打一个直接，就起名叫「简单粗暴剑法」吧。

Ah... No time to stress over this now, I'll memorize Yunli's sword style first and worry about it later. Although, her set of sword styles is pretty short. It's basically just about direct attack, I'll call it the "Simple and Rough Technique."

气沉丹田马步扎，大侠人设不能塌

Breathing deep and legs planted steady, a hero never falls and is always ready

屏息凝神剑朝前，这个姿势摆一年

Hold your breath, sword out straight, this position will be your fate

跨步挑撩似惊雷，吓得对手流眼泪

A step, a thrust, like thunder's boom, scares opponents to their doom

迎面大劈破敌刃，震得自己脑瓜嗡

A direct slash crashing into their blade, though your brain rings, you won't be swayed

掉手横挥拦腰斩，把敌当成黄瓜砍

Drop your arm and slash across the core, they're now two halves forevermore

连环点剑下斜削，出剑力度要坚决

Chain of strikes, diagonal sweep, with each blow slash strong and deep

招式在精不在多，关键还得有狠活

Precision counts, not just the show, the key is a decisive blow

杀敌只须一剑击，大力也能出奇迹

One strike to kill, that's the trick, strength can make the miracle stick.

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经过这段日子两位师父的悉心教导和本姑娘的勤学苦练，我的步法和发力均有所小成，也领悟出了一些心得。

With the past few days of my masters' careful training and my diligent practice, both my footwork and strength have seen an improvement. I have also come to learn a few things for myself.

两位师父的教学虽各有侧重却殊途同归，只有步伐没有发力，出剑没有杀伤力；只有发力没有步伐，招式不够灵活多变，将两者融会贯通说起来容易做起来难，多亏了我的剑诀小抄。

Although my masters' teachings place emphasis on different things, they both take different paths to reach the same result. If you have only footwork and no strength, your blade has no destructive power. If you have only brute strength and no footwork, your moves become repetitive and predictable. Integrating these two approaches is much easier said than done. Thankfully, I have my sword style cheat sheets.

继续加油啊！小三月，照这样练下去，也许有朝一日你能超越两位师父，嘿嘿嘿……

Keep it up, March! If you carry on like this, you might even overtake your masters some day, hehehe...