Rikuo widens the gap between his feet by placing his right foot slightly forward and his left foot slightly backwards so as to gain balance. Rikuo then slightly turns his hip towards the left so that he can draw the sword with highest speed. He places his left hand on the scabbard of the sword and slowly slides his up until his thumb finger can touch the handle of the sword. Rikuo then slowly pushes up the handle so that the sword would be slightly out of it's scabbard. Utilizing his right hand, Rikuo grabs the sword and pulls it out of the scabbard at a very high speed and swings it up while letting go of his left hand off the scabbard so that he can catch the sword with both hands. Once both of the hands are catching the handle, Rikuo brings it down right in the center of the bamboo cane, splitting it in exact half. He then flicks the sword to the right side as if he was removing the 'blood' on the sword and catches it in reverse blade style. Rikuo then slowly puts back the sword into the scabbard.