All HEMA tutorial videos were being transferred into his phone via the data cable, and the slow-moving progress bar indicated at least a 20-minute wait.
Chen Ke was at his wit's end. The memory card must have been one of the worst kind, with capacity but no speed, and the transmission through the data cable made the writing speed even slower.
While waiting for the data transfer, Chen Ke switched back to the video page and watched the foundational tutorials of the twelve stances of Meyer Swordsmanship a few more times. Feeling he could roughly remember the movements, he got up and took a clothes hanger fork to practice.
Stepping forward with the left foot, strike with the sword from the left; with the right foot, from the right...
Chen Ke nodded with a semi-understanding. No matter whether striking or retracting the sword, one must begin with a stance and end with a stance, while the sword follows the footsteps.
