Her grin is gone now, and she looks determined. Focused. She adjusts her stance and grip as he instructs, and tries to stay relaxed and ready. There's only other that has ever taught her anything about fighting, and that had never been very pedagogical. More like 'the better you do the less it will hurt'. It had always hurt a lot, but she had learned. Oh yes, she learned.
She's a bit glad that he's not facing her. With him wielding a katana, she would not be able to block his strikes with a shinai. Better get another one for the next lesson, she muses before pushing all thoughts about later aside. Now is now, and now is for learning. Balance, focus, center...
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Date: 2010-09-14 09:48 pm (UTC)She's a bit glad that he's not facing her. With him wielding a katana, she would not be able to block his strikes with a shinai. Better get another one for the next lesson, she muses before pushing all thoughts about later aside. Now is now, and now is for learning. Balance, focus, center...