Bamboo Blade/Awesome

• Tamaki repeatedly holding her ground against Ishibashi-sensei. When her first strike - a one-handed one which qualifies as a CMoA in itself - is called shallow, she executes a far more difficult and stylish one-handed evading strike.
• The legendary throat strike at the climax of episode 17, complete with battle screams and a silhouetted slow-motion of the brutal blow that lifts the opponent of their feet that one would expect from a shonen action show rather than a light-hearted character-driven sports show.