Fencing Club: Salle Wednesday After Classes

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Peter had blades and practice blades out in the salle as well as towels and water.  When everyone arrived, he stepped forward.  "Hello.  I'm Peter Pevensie if you all don't already know me.  This is the Fencing Club.  We're going to meet every Wednesday down here in the salle to hopefully all work with our blades and get exposure to a variety of styles."

He gestured to Deadpool if he was there.  "Professor Deadpool is our faculty advisor which means...I'm not sure what it means except that he's in charge if we need a teacher."

"Let's worry about introductions and such next week.  let's just warm up today and start drilling with each other.  If you don't know much about blades or swordwork, come find me and I'll introduce you."

[OOC:  Many many thanks to mouthy_merc who reminded me not twice but three times that we had club today.  I'll be out for a wee bit  this evening but back in plenty of time for tags.]

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Re: Talk to Peter

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He nodded.

"I am, freshly come" from hell in Oz "without much learning in any direction and only a little in this."

He offered his hand, awkwardly, as if not sure it would be desired in any capacity, even one so small as a shake.

"Liir."

Re: Talk to Peter

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"Peter Pevensie," Peter said, shaking his hand with a warm smile. "I'm glad you're here."

Re: Talk to Peter

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For once, that actually makes two of us. Though I almost want to ask why.

"I suppose you're the head of this club?"

He was hoping to make good impressions, after all.

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"That's what they tell me," Peter replied with a wry smile. "I used to co-chair it but then he up and graduated so it's juat me now."

Re: Talk to Peter

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"Succession by secession," he quipped genially enough. "Not that I'd know the difference."

He looked over at the practice swords.

"What would you like me to do?"

He figured he'd best state it plainly.

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Peter grinned. "Better than rebellion, I suppose."

He walked over to the practice blades, eyeing Liir's build and height and picked one of the better balanced ones that seemed the right size. "Here, you are," he said, presenting the sword to him. "See how this feels. Do you know a basic stance?"

Re: Talk to Peter

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Like ticktock with the right slotted card inserted, he took the blade and settled into a basic stance as smooth as cream. It was a soldier's stance, more specifically a cavalryman's stance, suited to a saber, to a curved blade, to a hacking, slashing motion.

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Peter grinned. "You look like you've used something like a scimitar perhaps? Curved anyhow. Aravis has a similar stance." He eyed the remaining practice weapons thoughtfully. "Don't think we have anything quite that would suit in the practice swords though this-" he picked up another blade. "Might be more suiting to combining what you already know as well as new techniques."

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"I don't know much," he said. "In fact, I'd say I don't know anything at all. I do remember some things from what the soldiers showed me."

There is a definite difference.

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The distinction was not lost on Peter, and he looked like he approved of Liir's definition.

"Well, you've basic stance done," he said. "That's your home. If you don't know where else to go during an exercise, fall back there." He tilted his head, studying Liir's balance. "Then follow through this exercise with me if you can."

He started moving about one quarter speed through a simple attack and defend drill.

Re: Talk to Peter

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He spent one repetition following Peter exactly. The second was done going slowly, working out the adjustments between Peter's body and his own, figuring out the difference between the angles and the movement. The third time was spent repeating the action at twice the speed of the second. The fourth? At Peter's speed.

Re: Talk to Peter

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Peter watched Liir work with an approving smile. "You're going to pick this up very quickly," he commented.

Re: Talk to Peter

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"I'll try not to fall behind," he said placidly. It wasn't learned until it was in the skin, in the bone, in the muscle. Having it in his head wasn't enough. Remembering wasn't enough. He had to know it, and that would require repetition.

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He flashed Liir a grin and moved into another form, still slowly so Liir could follow. "It's not falling behind if you're the student," he pointed out. "It's your teacher going too fast."

Re: Talk to Peter

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He'd learned by now that any comments he'd have as to the student's responsibility to learn at the right pace would be rebuked.

So he didn't say it, even if he thought it.

"If you say so."

He wouldn't have. She wouldn't have either.

He followed, performing them as he had the the first.

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He nodded approvingly. "I wish everyone I taught broke it down as well as you," he said, possibly thinking of Jeff. "These forms I'm showing you, they're useful when you wish to practice by yourself. Continue working through them over and over until the movements come naturally."

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He gave only a nod. Praise could be given when he'd accomplished the goal; promise was only as good as a promise, if that. After all, you could try as hard as you could and sometimes, you still weren't good enough.