Swordsman's School
The Swordsman's School,[1] also known as the Mighty Training Center,[2] is a location in Majora's Mask.
Overview
The school is located in West Clock Town. It is operated by the Swordsman and is open 24 hours.[3]
The Swordsman does not physically participate in training sessions. Rather, he raises logs from out of the floor to serve as targets. He remains sitting cross-legged on a raised platform at far end of the hall. To his left is a Cow Figurine, to his right a gong that yields a Blue Rupee when struck exactly on the hour or the half-hour.[citation needed]
Behind the Swordsman is a trophy shelf and a wooden placard. Destroying the placard reveals a secret room behind it. There are 5 Pots in the secret room containing a total of 25 Rupees—one Blue Rupee in each.[verification needed]
After midnight on the Final Day, there is a Sign where the Swordsman usually sits. It reads, "I'll be on vacation for a short while. Please don't look for me." During that time, the Swordsman is in fact cowering in a corner of the secret room.[4]
Courses
The Swordsman's School offers two Sword Training courses:
- Novice Course, a tutorial which costs 1 Rupee.
- Expert Course, a Mini-Game which costs 10 Rupees.
Novice Course
The Novice Course is a Sword-fighting tutorial. To complete it, Link must perform the following moves in order: Sideways Jump, Roll Attack, Backflip, Horizontal Cut, Vertical Cut, Thrust, Jump Attack.
Expert Course
The Expert Course is a Mini-Game where Link earns points by slashing logs. Two logs emerge at a time from a semi-circular group of six holes in the floor, and retract into the holes if not sliced after five seconds. Link earns three points for slicing a log lengthwise with a Jump Attack, and a single point for every other attack.[verification needed] There is a Piece of Heart reward for earning 30 points by slicing all 10 logs with the Jump Attack.
Trivia
- The Japanese name of the Swordsman's School, 剣道場Kendō Jō, is inscribed on a placard at the back of the hall as 剣之道場Ken no Dōjō in Japanese instead of Hylian.
- In Majora's Mask 3D, the Swordsman's secret room has containers that are written "money" and various names of treats on them, supposedly meant to suggest that his devotion to swordsmanship is a fake.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Names | Meanings |
 Italian | Scuola di spada[5] | Sword school |
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Gallery
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Link completing the Expert Course from Majora's Mask 3D
See Also
References
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Swordsman's School
— N/A (Majora's Mask 3D) - ↑
Enter all disciples and those who choose to be enlightened with the way of the sword. / Mighty Training Center
— Sign (Majora's Mask) - ↑
This training center has friendly, polite, 24-hour, one-on-one training that will noticeably improve your sword skills!
— Swordsman (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Uuuuurgh...I'm scared! I can't take it! I don't want to die!
— Swordsman (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Scuola di spada
— N/A (Majora's Mask 3D, Italian version)