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The Art of Battle Tactics AND Badass Bitch Survival Guide; Monday, Second Period [11/29].
Even though Rosa was still out and Summer could technically take BABSG back since it was her class to begin with (this semester, at least), Shunsui had planned to be covering for at least two weeks, so he already had a plan, and as a favor to both lovely ladies, he would, again, let his AoBT class know to meet a period later than usual, and let them all know that their class would be held, once more, in the gym.
And he was back to full-robes and haori, if only because it made the thing being taught today look much cooler.
"Good morning, all my battle and badass ducklings ♥!" he greeted, surrounded, once again, by many mats. "Today, we will be learning more about defense, this time in the form of a Japanese martial art known as Aikido. Loosely translated, Aikido can mean 'the Way of unifying with life energy' or 'the Way of harmonious spirit' ♥. The whole concept behind Aikido is that a person may defend themselves against an attacker without actually harming the attacker in the process. One takes the motion of the attacker and redirects the force of it, rather than meeting it head-on; this does not even require much physical strength, because you are using the attacker's own strength and energy against him, with entering and turning movements &heaerts;. Various joint locks and throws will complete the process ♥.
Shusnui smiled a bit there, tilting his head as he looked over the class. "Allow me to demonstrate. Once again, I will be calling upon the lovely Astrid-chan," he nodded to her and she stepped forward with a shake of her head, still a little surprised that she'd agreed to do all this, she was pretty sure it definitely wasn't in her job description at Turtle & Canary to be a class assistant in martial arts she barely knew, but she actually didn't mind. In a way? It was kind of exhillerating. And it was good to have the refresher; she'd taken some of his Aikido lessons in previous classes, too.
They had even planned for it, that Shunsui would not know exactly how Astrid would attack, and she chose what would have been a combination attack of two alternating hooks and a nice classic kick to the groin (because how often did you get the chance to kick your teacher/boss in the groin?), but after Shunsui deftly avoided the first two punches, he executed a few moves that deflected and turned away each subsequent move on Astrid's part after that, without even losing his hat, until she was down on the mat.
"Like poetry in motion ♥!" Shunsui beamed, offering out a hand to help Astrid back to her feet. "Now, to break it down for you all...." He nodded to Astrid to see if she was good to continue, and, using her as an example, he walked the students through the implemantations of Aikido.
"And now," he smiled again as he settled into another loose stance, "the reverse ♥. Astrid-chan will now demonstrate, so you can see that, even though she is quite smaller than myself, with less experience, she can also use the same moves effortlessly with the right application. It is not always a matter of the bigger combatant winning ♥."
It was now Shunsui who rushed at Astrid, perhaps not as expertly as he may have when he did this class demonstration with Rosa in the past, especially sine he could feel the nervousness radiating off of Astrid, but she went to the task of executing the movements herself, not nearly as assured or graceful, but, eventually, it was now Shunsui who had his back to the mat....
Though he still kept his hat.
He chuckled, pushing himself back up to his feet. "Now, there are some criticisms for Aikido, as there are with many things. Some say the attacks done in practise or training are not entirely realistic. But it is also a spiritual thing, and some feel not enough emphasis is placed on that spiritual aspect, that it becomes too much about competition and defense. It is a philosophy that acknowledges that, yes, there are bad people in the world and to ignore that is dangerous. There are more shades to the spectrum than to just destroy something on one hand and just lying back and letting it destroy you on the other ♥. Aikido recognizes these other options in between and embraces them &heartsl.
"If hawks have always had that same nature, why should you pretend that mankind change theirs?'
"'Your duty is not to see that you get killed, but to take care that you don't.'"
Shunsui smiled again, bobbing his head in a nod. "So let us think about these things as I'll teach you a few more Aikido moves, and then I would like you to pair up and practise with each other. Remember, we are just diverting energy and the point is to avoiding harming the other person, even if they may intend to harm you ♥. Please ask any questions you may have, and allow me to demonstrate more should you feel you need a bit more guidance on the moves ♥."
And he was back to full-robes and haori, if only because it made the thing being taught today look much cooler.
"Good morning, all my battle and badass ducklings ♥!" he greeted, surrounded, once again, by many mats. "Today, we will be learning more about defense, this time in the form of a Japanese martial art known as Aikido. Loosely translated, Aikido can mean 'the Way of unifying with life energy' or 'the Way of harmonious spirit' ♥. The whole concept behind Aikido is that a person may defend themselves against an attacker without actually harming the attacker in the process. One takes the motion of the attacker and redirects the force of it, rather than meeting it head-on; this does not even require much physical strength, because you are using the attacker's own strength and energy against him, with entering and turning movements &heaerts;. Various joint locks and throws will complete the process ♥.
Shusnui smiled a bit there, tilting his head as he looked over the class. "Allow me to demonstrate. Once again, I will be calling upon the lovely Astrid-chan," he nodded to her and she stepped forward with a shake of her head, still a little surprised that she'd agreed to do all this, she was pretty sure it definitely wasn't in her job description at Turtle & Canary to be a class assistant in martial arts she barely knew, but she actually didn't mind. In a way? It was kind of exhillerating. And it was good to have the refresher; she'd taken some of his Aikido lessons in previous classes, too.
They had even planned for it, that Shunsui would not know exactly how Astrid would attack, and she chose what would have been a combination attack of two alternating hooks and a nice classic kick to the groin (because how often did you get the chance to kick your teacher/boss in the groin?), but after Shunsui deftly avoided the first two punches, he executed a few moves that deflected and turned away each subsequent move on Astrid's part after that, without even losing his hat, until she was down on the mat.
"Like poetry in motion ♥!" Shunsui beamed, offering out a hand to help Astrid back to her feet. "Now, to break it down for you all...." He nodded to Astrid to see if she was good to continue, and, using her as an example, he walked the students through the implemantations of Aikido.
"And now," he smiled again as he settled into another loose stance, "the reverse ♥. Astrid-chan will now demonstrate, so you can see that, even though she is quite smaller than myself, with less experience, she can also use the same moves effortlessly with the right application. It is not always a matter of the bigger combatant winning ♥."
It was now Shunsui who rushed at Astrid, perhaps not as expertly as he may have when he did this class demonstration with Rosa in the past, especially sine he could feel the nervousness radiating off of Astrid, but she went to the task of executing the movements herself, not nearly as assured or graceful, but, eventually, it was now Shunsui who had his back to the mat....
Though he still kept his hat.
He chuckled, pushing himself back up to his feet. "Now, there are some criticisms for Aikido, as there are with many things. Some say the attacks done in practise or training are not entirely realistic. But it is also a spiritual thing, and some feel not enough emphasis is placed on that spiritual aspect, that it becomes too much about competition and defense. It is a philosophy that acknowledges that, yes, there are bad people in the world and to ignore that is dangerous. There are more shades to the spectrum than to just destroy something on one hand and just lying back and letting it destroy you on the other ♥. Aikido recognizes these other options in between and embraces them &heartsl.
"If hawks have always had that same nature, why should you pretend that mankind change theirs?'
"'Your duty is not to see that you get killed, but to take care that you don't.'"
Shunsui smiled again, bobbing his head in a nod. "So let us think about these things as I'll teach you a few more Aikido moves, and then I would like you to pair up and practise with each other. Remember, we are just diverting energy and the point is to avoiding harming the other person, even if they may intend to harm you ♥. Please ask any questions you may have, and allow me to demonstrate more should you feel you need a bit more guidance on the moves ♥."
Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Re: Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Re: Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Re: Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Re: Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Re: Sign In - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Listen to the Lecture - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Class Activity: Aikido - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
(Spoiler alert: it isn't).
The mats will help soften any tosses, but Shunsui's on hand with ice-packs in case anyone does get hurt.
Re: Class Activity: Aikido - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
Talk to the Teacher - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
If he wound up having to go another double-class round next week, the lesson was already slated to be about self-care. And the benefits of being lazy, perhaps.
OOC - AoBT & BABSG, 11/29.
...if that's a good idea of how my day's going so far already XD