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Self Defense

Duncan waits at the front. He takes attendance again.

"Okay. Same as last time. Stretch out. Warm up. Pair off, but make sure you pair off with someone different this time."

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It's really been too long since she's done this, in Parker's opinion. She notes the moves, and copies what Mr. MacLeod does, but she's fighting her kick-boxing moves back for the first fifteen minutes. Then the judo starts to come back to her.

Her body remembers, but it's still difficult. "Damnit, damnit, damnit...."

"You can't do everything at once, and I'd guess this isn't all you've been practicing. Be patient with yourself."

"Okay. Okay." She lets out a slow breath, focuses, and re-centers. "I get a little too intense, sometimes," she admits.

Then she goes through the holds, at about half-speed, and it starts to flow. Patience is *not* her virtue, but she wants this for its own sake, so she will do it right.

"Right." At a break, when she's drinking water, Parker asks, "You could tell I'd been practicing other stuff?"

He shrugs. "Seemed like it, and it would be smart. If I were picking a first discipline for you, judo wouldn't be it. Lots of holds and wrestling, even given the kicking. I'd think more aikido."

She swallowed another gulp of water. "Why aikido? More punching?"

"Hah. No. If all you want is more punching, the bag's that way." His voice is teasing, not seriously rebuking. "Aikido's more balance and how to use force, especially if you have a larger opponent."

Parker wiped off her mouth, and re-capped the bottle. "Hunh. Yeah, that sounds like what I want. I started the judo because it was what my dad found for me, when I said I wanted to study martial arts. I picked up the kick-boxing later, and its hard to reconcile the two."

He nods. "When you're farther on with one study, it's easier to reconcile different styles. Right now, when it's still foundational work, it's confusing. Even tai chi has a martial aspect--one of those eighty year old grandfathers out in the park? Likely fully capable of kicking someone's ass if they had to. What I'd do, in your shoes...look at the different schools. Decide what suits your approach in general. Study that. I can't promise to know everything, but odds are good I have some experience in the major schools, and I'm happy to help you with whatever you pick."

"Thanks." She stood, and stretched. "I hate to think I've wasted time, but... Maybe this is a good time to re-think what I want from it, when I'm not in larger class, or competing."

He shakes his head. "You *haven't* wasted time, not by any means. It might not be your ideal discipline right now, but you have definitely learned and still can learn things from judo. Another might be better suited to you, but this one isn't useless."

"Okay." She smiled. "Thanks, Mr. MacLeod. Same time next week?"

"Same time, next week." He nods. "And if you need opinions on different fields, don't hesitate to stop by."

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