Multi-Disciplinary Self Defense

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

Duncan has the practice knives out again.

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Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely." He shows her at low speed, then full speed. He takes a stance to let her try it on him.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"So I do this . . ." Ivanova steps into him and neatly executes the same move. "I hope you didn't let me do that," she says with a smile.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Nope. I don't let students do anything. If you don't do the move right, you don't get the results. Soft pedalling is setting you up to fail later, and that's something I won't do." His tone is not harsh but definitely serious.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova raises an eyebrow at such a serious answer to her light-hearted question. "An admirable man, Mr. MacLeod." She grinned. "Anything else you can show me?"

Now that she wasn't sick or bone-tired, she was . . . frighteningly perky.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

Wide grin. "I'm sure I can think of more sneaky things..." He thinks a moment then demonstrates a three move combination slowly, then quickly. The sort of thing to set your opponent up in the first two moves if they react instead of planning and then get them in the third move. "Your turn..."

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

With narrowed eyes, Ivanova tried to follow. She got the first two moves, but slipped on the last and ended up on her back. She rolled to her feet, shaking it off. "Let me try it again," she said pugnaciously.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Sure." He moved to offer her a hand at first but stepped back to let her get up on her own. He resumes the attacker stance to let her whomp on him.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova paused before she tried the move. If Duncan knew her, he might be a little worried at the expression on her face. She moved the combination, but finished it off with a twist that she had picked up from Marcus. A rather painful twist, if she had done it correctly.

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

His knife goes flying. He stops to shake his arm, but he's also clearly pleased with her. "That is great!"

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

She grins at him. "Thanks. I picked it up from the Anla-shok - the Rangers, to us humans." She notices him shake his arm, and asks, concerned, "I didn't hurt you, did I? Too badly, at least?"

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"It stings, but I'm fine. Whoever they are, I think I like them already."

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Most of them aren't bad," she replies. "I'm working on getting my hands on a particular weapon they use - this staff that expands from about this big," she holds her hands about five inches apart. "They manage to do some serious damage with it. I'm hoping for a care package."

Re: Drills, then sparring

[mrdmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. I'm thinking staves and kendo sometime in the upcoming weeks. Is this something you already have experience with?"

Re: Drills, then sparring

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova held up her hands. "Strictly as an observer. To be honest, I'm not much good with a knife, either. Hand-to-hand or ranged weapons for me. And most of my hand-to-hand experience comes from some rather interesting parties."