"Ahh... it certainly sounds interesting. Most of my foundations, I learned from my grandfather, also oriented more to self-defense than sport... well, and from reading on the subject, of course, but as Munenori never fails to reiterate, reading is a poor substitute for training under a skilled teacher."

He smiles amusedly to himself, since, honestly, Munenori, we get it, you can't learn sword techniques just from reading, you don't have to say it again about every technique and principle individually.