Camp Gym; Friday Morning.

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After they tried to postpone the inevitable had their tea, it was time to start the lesson, so Setsuna was in the camp gym, looking over the practise swords before choosing one for herself and advising Karal to do the same.


[[ Setsuna's here for vkandis_son when our earlier thread gets wrapped up, but the gym is open for all and any gymly needs!~ ]]

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Setsuna found herself matching her own rhythm to Karal's, partially because it was also good to slow yourself up a little, but also because she didn't want her pace to rush his. As they got to thirty, she quickly threw up her sword a little to toss it into her other hand. "Now the hard part. Doing it on the subordinate hand rather than the dominant. Extremely awkward, especially at first; but it's important to have at least some training with the lesser hand, should you ever lose the dominant."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He blinked at her, startled, then nodded. "I, yes, that makes sense," he said, transferring the sword to his other hand. This was not going to go well at all. It felt strange, and he fiddled and fidgeted, trying to get his grip right.

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"The key," Setsuna said, as she tried to ignore the fact that she had no problem with her left hand. Her usual style did involve dual wielding, after all, "is to focus on the same muscles, even if the technique is all over the place. A slice doesn't need to be perfect to be effective."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"No, I guess it wouldn't have to be, if the blade was sharp enough." He closed his eyes briefly and calmed his mind, sending a quick prayer to Vkandis, then opened them and focused on the movement. It was easier now, still clumsy, awkward, but smoother than it was. "Is that better?"

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Setsuna gave a small nod. "You're picking up on this wonderfully. You'll have a good strong base, Karal."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He smiled at the praise, and kept going through the movements. His left arm was definitely weaker than his right, and he could feel the pull of muscles not used to this sort of exercise. "I will practice as much as I can."

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"Words any teacher loves to hear," Setsuna commented with a grin.