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Self-Defense, Thursday late afternoon, 4pmish

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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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.

"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."

"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."

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

~~WTF no notification, WTF.~~

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

~~Evil LJ. Kick it!~~

"Right. It's important to know how to fall to keep yourself from getting hurt. You can start from your knees, if you want to practice the technique without getting too bruised at first." Parker held both arms out in front of her, bent her knees, and fell backwards, rolling and slapping both arms on the mat to disperse the impact. "See how I did that? You're trying to spread out the force of the fall. That way, you don't get hurt, and you can get back up again a lot faster." She stood up and did it again, arms coming down fast, and legs as well. "Do you want to try?"

Door nods, though a little uncertainly, because even though she gets the necessity, falling on purpose is still hard to process on an instinctive level.

She bends her knees as Parker did, and lets herself fall backwards.

One hand manages to slap out as she was shown - the other hits the mat hard on her wrist, because she couldn't resist trying to catch herself.

"Ow," she says ruefully as she sits up and shakes her wrist.

"Yeah, it'll do that," Parker said wryly. "Here. Remember to kick your legs *up*, like this (http://judoinfo.com/ukemi.htm)." Parker fell backward again, and said, "I know it's counter-intuitive, but it *does* work. It's a controlled fall. Do it at half-speed." She smiled a little. "And be glad it's mats we're working on."

"Oh, I am, trust me," Door says with a snort as she tries the fall again and her back hits with a loud smack. She does manage not to jam her limbs in place below her this time, though.

"Better," Parker said approvingly. "I can't describe this in any more detail than to say to try to unroll into it; keep your shoulders forward, then let them go back. Not straight the whole time. We could try some side falls now, if you're sick of it." Her lips twitched. "Or we could save that until next time."

Door grins wryly as she stands. "Some parts of me are sicker of it than others." She rubs one of those parts ~~very very not dirty~~.

"Pain teaches. I think lack-of-pain teaches better, though," Parker agreed.

"I think I'd best save the side falls for next time if I don't want to learn from pain right away," Door says somewhat regretfully, flexing her wrist again.

"Is that okay?" Parker asked, arching an eyebrow. "It looks like you can move it, but is anything grinding together?"

Door shakes her head. "It's fine, just sore. But I'll end up favoring it if I keep trying right now, I think."

"At least you know when to quit." Parker shook her head, thinking of Joxer. "Go, put ice on it if it needs it. I won't be here next week, but if you want more pointers, catch me in the gym."

"I will, thank you!"

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