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Salle - Wednesday Afternoon

Immediately following the karate workshop, Peter made his way to the salle.

Placing the two practice blades he'd grabbed from the gym to the side, he began to stretch again, reviewing his lesson plan and cursing himself once more for being an idiot yesterday. Several hours of power based moves after not doing any for a month? Not the best idea he'd ever had. He half-expected Setsuna to notice his stiffness and give him the a hard time like he'd given her after she overworked last week. Not that it was the same thing at all, of course.

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"Yes!" Willow said, a bit bouncier now that she felt like she was getting it. She readied herself and tried again. "Ha! Ha! And ha!"

Had this been actual battle she might not have physically harmed anyone, but at least she looked like she was doing what she was supposed to.

"Brilliant!" Peter said, full of happiness at her success. "That looked really good. You are definitely getting it."

Willow's face lit up with a smile. "Really? In a manner which befits my status as greatest swordswoman in the world?"

Peter stepped back and made a full, formal bow, holding the bow as he spoke. "I give you honour, my Lady, as befits yours status."

Willow gave a curtsey in return. "Why thank you, Sir Peter. It is my honor to have this opportunity to expand upon my skills."

"There is only so much polishing one can do to an already luminous gem," Peter replied, standing out of his bow.

Well now she was blushing again. "Sure I'm not coal?"

"Definitely not," Peter said, decisively, grinning at the blush. "You've my word on that."

"Want to try the lunge a few more times? Or move onto something different?"

"I am always up for learning new things," Willow said. She squared her shoulders. "Show me?"

"Well, you have another choice then. You can learn how to take a fall or we'll work on another combination," Peter said, interested to see which one she'd pick.

Willow looked confused. "Learn how to fall? Aren't I trying to avoid that?"

"Falling is definitely not the worst thing to happen in a fight. Sometimes you can use it tactically, but more importantly, you're going to lose your balance or be knocked off balance and fall down. The paramount thing is to be able to fall without getting hurt and then be able to get back up and back into the fight," Peter explained.

"It sounds counter-intuitive, but sometimes the best course of action is to fall down."

Willow looked down at the floor, then back up at him. "Sure you're not having me on?"

Peter glanced over to Sakurazaki who looked to be ~~afk~~ too involved in cleaning Yuunagi to bother for a demonstration. "I'm certain."

He thought for a second then said, "very well, pretend I'm fighting with an opponent," he said, taking up a guard position then acting out a fight. "He has the jump on me or he's just better than me and so he's backing me into a corner." Peter acted this out. "So obviously, that's not where I want to be. I try to break away, but I trip. Either the floor is uneven or I"m just not the best judge of where my feet are. Falling directly in front of him? Good way to lose." He mimed tripping then as he was falling, threw himself into a roll, standing back up halfway across the floor in a ready position. "See? Now I'm out of his reach for a moment and have the advantage since he's against the wall."

"Oh," Willow said, starting to get it. "So it's sort of like gymnastics?"

"Sort of, I suppose," Peter agreed. "Not the kind of gymnastics the cheerleaders do or anything. And the first step is to learn how to fall down without hurting yourself. Because that will happen while you're training."

"Okay," Willow said. "I trust you. If you say this is part of doing swordy stuff, I'll learn to fall like the best bannana peel addict there ever was."

Peter grinned. "I wouldn't point you wrong. Promise." He held out his hand for her practice sword then put them both over to the side. "And you may end up with a bruise or two so I apologise in advance. I also have liniment if you need it." He stood directly across from Willow. "Very well then, first step? Relax. If you go stiff, you'll end up hurting something."

"Fall on the floor, get bruised, but be relaxed about it," Willow said, dubiously. "Right."

"I said may!" Peter protested. "It's not a certainty. Really."

"Fall on the floor, possibly get bruised, and be relaxed about it," Willow said, correcting herself. "Okay."

Peter grinned. "Okay, basic rundown. When you think you're going to fall, you want to relax, tuck your head into you chest so you don't bang it, and don't give in to the temptation of trying to break your fall with your hands. You want to fall on the back of your shoulder and back of your hip if possible. They're the places best suited to absorb the shock."

Willow looked down at her body, then back up at Peter dubiously. "If you say so."

"I do, really," Peter said. "Watch." He relaxed, fell backwards and then bounced back up to his feet. "Don't try that just yet, but just to prove it's possible."

"Yeah, but you're - " Willow lowered her voice " - a different shape than I am."

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