Chapter 57 - 56: Cleaver Version of "Horse Race", and Another Warning

Chapter 57: Chapter 56: Cleaver Version of "Horse Race", and Another Warning

The technique for the ’horse-hoof sound’ was actually quite simple. You hold a cleaver in each hand. First, the right hand chops down once and lifts, then it chops a second time. As that second chop lands, the cleaver in your left hand must strike immediately after, the two sounds ringing out almost simultaneously.

Rhythm was the crucial part. The right hand had to maintain a continuous pace of twenty chops every five seconds, while the left hand coordinated with ten chops in the same timeframe. As the right hand chopped rapidly, the left hand would strike in perfect sync.

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