"It's a more battle-oriented form of kendo. Focused on cutting and drawing instead of just smacking bamboo swords around." Hiro had always been a bit defensive about the difference. Peter could remember long tangents about how kendo was like fisticuffs for sword-fighting, all flare and little function. BattÅjutsu, he had gone on, cut out the finesse and got you a strike.
Peter was watching the way the man moved his arm, but when he stepped back and said his alias, Peter looked up at him. "Petrelli," he said, furrowing his brow lightly. The confusion wasn't entirely feigned. After the whole fiasco on television, despite the alternate face he'd used, the name 'Peter Evans' was one he ought to avoid giving out. Still, there was no time to decide on a new alias. His real name would have to suffice.