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thenearshore2016-07-01 02:53 pm
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[open] time for the training montage
Who: Yamato no Kami Yasusada and you!
Where: Menrva's school grounds; Tuesdays and Thursdays in the ballroom, Saturdays outdoors
When: Throughout April, beginning April 5th. Schedule here!
What: In a shocking turn of events, a sword spirit has offered to teach a swordfighting class. AMAZING.
Warnings: sparring, and Yamato
The basics
Since his suggestion for a sword class was sanctioned by Elsa, Yamato has been busy. Gathering supplies, searching for students and volunteers alike--a lot of effort has gone into preparations for this class.
The first class, and all subsequent Tuesday/Thursday classes, will take place in the ballroom. (Indoor shoes are required.) Introductions will be made, along with a few fun demonstrations of strikes, take-down methods, and other skills that will be covered in the class. Questions and suggestions are always acceptable.
With that out of the way, it's time to practice! Repetitive sets and form practice will make up the majority of Tuesday/Thursday classes. It can get tedious, but it's arguably the most important part of training, and Yamato is a strict and relentless teacher regardless of your level. Done with 50 reps of this strike? Great, time for 100 more! Think you've mastered this particular footwork? Time to trip you on your face! No mercy and no breaks until you fall down, or class is over.
The fun part
What would a sword class be without fighting? Wooden swords and protective gear have been provided. Usage of wooden swords is required, and protective gear is required for beginners and recommended for advanced students. Still, if you insist you don't need it, nobody's going to argue. Yamato won't hesitate to bruise or break bones either way.
Experienced fighters are encouraged to participate in demonstration matches, emphasizing the unique characteristics of their skills and styles. For practicing purposes, lower level students will be paired with more advanced fighters whenever possible. If there are no advanced partners available or a student isafraid for their life uncomfortable, lower level students will be paired together with supervision. A few training dummies have also been scrounged up for uneven numbers.
Competitive matches may take place on Saturdays, when the class is held outdoors. These will be 3 or 5 point matches, with each contact strike meriting 1 point. Students may challenge whomever they wish, Yamato included, as long as there is an advanced fighter around to referee and preventdeath grave injuries.
The aftermath
The end of each class will involve a thorough cleaning of the ballroom-- and yes, it's just like it sounds. If your arms aren't about to fall off and you aren't covered in bruises, feel free to turn it into a competition! Races are fun, and the sooner it's done, the sooner you get to collapse. Food and beverages have also been provided outside the ballroom, so get some rest and chat with your fellow students. Group trips to some near shore restaurants for some post-practice bonding time are allowed and even encouraged. We're all comrades here, right? Right.
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OOC notes:
-This is an open mingle for Yamato's sparring classes throughout the month! The first class will take place on April 5th, but feel free to use any date there is a class. Prose or brackets is fine!
-Tuesday and Thursday classes will take place in Elsa's ballroom, which means they'll be more restrained (practice sets and instructional sparring only). Please don't break the chandelier!
-Saturay classes are for competitive sparring matches, as well as anything a student would like to work on. This is where you can fly around and knock each other into trees and such.
-The class schedule is available for everyone to see, but Yamato has gone around recruiting and inviting people throughout March. Feel free to handwave getting an invitation if you'd like to come and play!
**NEW** -For anyone curious, Yamato practices and teaches Tennen Rishin Ryu style. I've linked some videos here if you want a visual reference!
Where: Menrva's school grounds; Tuesdays and Thursdays in the ballroom, Saturdays outdoors
When: Throughout April, beginning April 5th. Schedule here!
What: In a shocking turn of events, a sword spirit has offered to teach a swordfighting class. AMAZING.
Warnings: sparring, and Yamato
The basics
Since his suggestion for a sword class was sanctioned by Elsa, Yamato has been busy. Gathering supplies, searching for students and volunteers alike--a lot of effort has gone into preparations for this class.
The first class, and all subsequent Tuesday/Thursday classes, will take place in the ballroom. (Indoor shoes are required.) Introductions will be made, along with a few fun demonstrations of strikes, take-down methods, and other skills that will be covered in the class. Questions and suggestions are always acceptable.
With that out of the way, it's time to practice! Repetitive sets and form practice will make up the majority of Tuesday/Thursday classes. It can get tedious, but it's arguably the most important part of training, and Yamato is a strict and relentless teacher regardless of your level. Done with 50 reps of this strike? Great, time for 100 more! Think you've mastered this particular footwork? Time to trip you on your face! No mercy and no breaks until you fall down, or class is over.
The fun part
What would a sword class be without fighting? Wooden swords and protective gear have been provided. Usage of wooden swords is required, and protective gear is required for beginners and recommended for advanced students. Still, if you insist you don't need it, nobody's going to argue. Yamato won't hesitate to bruise or break bones either way.
Experienced fighters are encouraged to participate in demonstration matches, emphasizing the unique characteristics of their skills and styles. For practicing purposes, lower level students will be paired with more advanced fighters whenever possible. If there are no advanced partners available or a student is
Competitive matches may take place on Saturdays, when the class is held outdoors. These will be 3 or 5 point matches, with each contact strike meriting 1 point. Students may challenge whomever they wish, Yamato included, as long as there is an advanced fighter around to referee and prevent
The aftermath
The end of each class will involve a thorough cleaning of the ballroom-- and yes, it's just like it sounds. If your arms aren't about to fall off and you aren't covered in bruises, feel free to turn it into a competition! Races are fun, and the sooner it's done, the sooner you get to collapse. Food and beverages have also been provided outside the ballroom, so get some rest and chat with your fellow students. Group trips to some near shore restaurants for some post-practice bonding time are allowed and even encouraged. We're all comrades here, right? Right.
---
OOC notes:
-This is an open mingle for Yamato's sparring classes throughout the month! The first class will take place on April 5th, but feel free to use any date there is a class. Prose or brackets is fine!
-Tuesday and Thursday classes will take place in Elsa's ballroom, which means they'll be more restrained (practice sets and instructional sparring only). Please don't break the chandelier!
-Saturay classes are for competitive sparring matches, as well as anything a student would like to work on. This is where you can fly around and knock each other into trees and such.
-The class schedule is available for everyone to see, but Yamato has gone around recruiting and inviting people throughout March. Feel free to handwave getting an invitation if you'd like to come and play!
**NEW** -For anyone curious, Yamato practices and teaches Tennen Rishin Ryu style. I've linked some videos here if you want a visual reference!
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Luckily, Yamato's painfully easy to distract. The mere mention of Shepard knocks the idea of hair ruffles clean out of his head, and he nods happily.
"Yes! I'm very lucky, I get to serve the best god." Some other shinki would disagree, but that's fine. One should be loyal to their own master, after all. "I'm very glad I got to be a shinki like this. I wish everyone who died could be one."
Heaven would be awfully crowded, but it's fine, there's room.
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"Heh. You're a pretty good shinki yourself, Yamato-san. And I look forward to your sword lessons now too.
"So, should we start? It's like..." he puts on a more serious tone, "we are losing to the people who have already started."
It's just a play on the words that Yamato-san had used before. But it's true, isn't it?
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Yamato's not going begrudge him for eagerness, and he nods, falling back into the role of the strict teacher. "Go get your equipment, then," he instructs, glancing over towards the other students. He should probably check on them before he gets caught up with a single student, huh. "You remember the kata we began working on in class, don't you? Start warming up with that, and I'll be back in a minute."
And don't slack off, Yukine. He'll be watching you, too.
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It doesn't take very long to get the (heavy) practice sword and return to the yard. Honestly, Yukine thinks that doing the kata forms is too finicky, with 'put your feet that way' and 'keep your elbows this way', but he will practice the basics diligently. Foundations are important.
...But despite his good intentions he's still a relatively impatient teenager.
So he moves through what he remembers, occasionally hesitating when he's not sure what the next form is, and then moving too quickly, impatient to get past that part.
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"Don't rush," he says, shifting his grip on his own sword as he comes around to face Yukine. "You're better than that, Yukine-kun." He's smiling, though, like he'd expected it, adjusting Yukine's grip very slightly before he steps back to take his position. Yukine did come to spar, after all. "How would you describe Yato-san's fighting style?"
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Yukine exhales sharply in surprise as he gets his balance back after that hit. But he answers with another firm 'right'. Well, he says 'don't rush', and Yukine gets it with his head, but sometimes it's just annoying, you know?
(He's glad that he said he's better than that, though!)
Paying attention for a moment to how Yamato-san adjusted his grip, Yukine is taken a bit by surprise at that question. He then snaps back to attention and firms up his posture, realizing that distraction is an opening.
With a grimace he steps forward, his sword hovering close to Yamato's, ready to block.
"What 'style'? He just swings me around as he wants. You might as well call it flailing."
...Well, that's not completely true, but that's sure how it feels. And the time against the baby's refection is never far from his mind when it comes to the hard 'lessons' he's been through.
He sets his lips in a thoughtful line though. Yamato-san will probably ask him for a better answer than that, so he takes a moment to shove his irritations to the back of his mind and try to think about it in more technical terms.