"Uh...yeah. That would work just fine." Koujin walks closer. He'll look back if Hachirou doesn't walk with him, subtly gesturing to join him.
"How about that one there?" He points to one of the less battered training dummies, just a simple humanoid form of wood. "I'm not looking for anything particularly fancy at first, just a demonstration of how well you know the basics of zanjutsu."