Self-Defense, Thursday late afternoon, 4pmish

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Having sent a *handwavey* e-mail to everyone that Self-Defense was meeting early, Parker made sure the mats were laid out, and that nacho dip and chips and drinks were on a nearby table. She raised one sardonic eyebrow as people filed in.

"Hey. Alanna's sick, still. Or at least really not up to sparring with you guys. So she asked me to fill in, at least on getting you set up. Mr. Winchester might be a little late, he has office hours before this." She smirked. "Just be glad I'm not usually in charge of this club."
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She went through a few Aikido moves-- the first four throws, holds, and breaking of the same-- pointing out that many Japanese police officers are required to learn some Yoshinkan Aikido in the performance of their job.

"Pair up, and see how these techniques work for you."

[ocd going up. Parker knows Aikido. I don't.]

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Practice Moves

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

If you ask Parker, she'll demonstrate it again. Once.

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy bounced on his toes, stretching his arms behind his head. It might look a bit like he was trying to get someone's attention, but it was just getting energy up and stretching. Honest. He looked around for a sparring partner.

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy was also pretty bouncy. He was feeling much more confident about fighting people now. He approached Billy, "Hey, want to partner up?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"yeah sounds good."

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy grinned. "Excellent. You want to try those moves on me first?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Sure. REady?"

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy took a better stance and nodded.

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy nodded back, then grabbed, and though he hadn't done this in a while, his muscles remembered how, he then tossed.

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy landed hard on his back and let out a surprised yelp. He looked up at Billy. "Way too fast for me. Try that again at half the speed so I can actually see it happen?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Actually that would be a bad idea." Billy said. "When it comes to tosses and things like that, you get hurt worse going slow than at full speed."

mun does not know the physics of it but has talked to someone who's done that kind of thing and at half speed it went bad

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Okay then," Teddy said, picking himself up off the floor. "Try something else?"

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Or you could get even, try it on me. I promise not to cheat and land on my feet."

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip went slowly throught the moves to practice them as he kept an eye out for a sparring partner.

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[notajar]

Door does ask, but not because she wasn't paying attention the first time. Just because this is something that looks like it could be perfect for someone shorter than... pretty much everyone she's ever going to encounter who might not wish her well.

"Could you show me that first throw again, Parker? The one with the elbow and wrist?"

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker blinked that someone was talking to her, then shrugged. "Sure. Okay, one hand on the elbow," she put hers on Door's, "one near the wrist. Not too high up, or the balance is off. You've got a good stance, and this takes less upper body strength than usual. So far, so good?"

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[notajar]

Door nods. "Yes, I can see where I wouldn't have any leverage if it were further up."

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Good. Plus? That's where the nerve ending is. The trick is to make sure--" She moved her thumb on Door's arm, and pressed in, not hard enough to hurt, "--You've got enough pressure on it. People move with the pain to relieve the pressure, and you can flip them then, they contribute to the momentum." She slowly moved Door's arm through it, showing her where the arc of the throw would go again. "Think you can do it?"

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[notajar]

"I'm not sure the people I'm most likely to need to defend myself against actually feel pain," Door says, though she nods. "I think I can do the movement, though."

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Try it on me," Parker said, setting herself carefully. "I've got six inches and several pounds on you. And it's not just the pain, like I said; it's leverage. Don't worry about me, I can roll with it."

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[notajar]

Door reaches for Parker's wrist and elbow, placing pressure with her thumb as Parker showed her. The principle's similar to the fencing lunge Peter showed her, she realizes -- overbalancing in either case would make her more instead of less vulnerable.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That's it, now pull--" Parker went tumbling forward, and broke her fall carefully, then hopped back up. "Good! You have to be careful, and keep your legs planted, or you go over too. But still, you got the grip right, and you just need practice, I think."

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[notajar]

"Thank you." Door smiles. "It looks like being able to get up from falls is something you've learned as well. I expect I'll be practicing that too, whether I intend to or not."

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"They haven't covered that yet?" Parker frowned. "We can go over it now, if you want?" Everybody had to fall down, sheesh.

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[notajar]

WTF no notification, WTF.

"Not specifically covered, I think?" Door answers, trying to remember. "But I may've missed a meeting."

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

A very, very pissed-off Conner was practicing the moves solo in a corner. Probably not a good day to actually spar with the boy.