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Self-Defense Club, The Gym, Monday Afternoon

Today, Hoshi made sure that there were plenty of soft, cushy mats all over the gym for the activity she had planned. "Welcome back, everyone," said Hoshi. "Instead of working on offensive moves, today we're going to do more defensive moves. Back home, I used to study aikido, which is a form of martial arts that doesn't use a lot of kicks and hand strikes. The idea is use your opponents force to throw him or her to the ground. Your objective is to get control of the situation, not to hurt your opponent."

After warm-ups, Hoshi demonstrated a couple of forward and backward rolls. "I want you guys to pair up with someone else before practicing these moves," she said. "You should both take turns at attacking and defending. Oh, and if you're doing any of the moves that require falling, make sure you're working on a mat."

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Andrew Wiggin

Adam Park

T.R. Wexler

Viki

Cal Stephanides

Amber Atkins

Summer Roberts

Tony Foster

Dick Grayson

Naomi Wildman

Definitely very important today.

Adam immediately set to stretching, picking a spot on a mat to do so.

Viki got to stretching, even if she was a bit dubious about learning to fall.

That sounded rather silly, really. Though she supposed she could see the point... vaguely...

Turtle reached up and streeeeetched and then reached down and streeeeetched some more. Stretching felt really nice, so she didn't mind doing it at all.

He knew it was probably going to hurt if he didn't put more into it, but it had been a long day at the library, so Cal's stretching was a little half-hearted. Still, he couldn't help notice the absence of a certain other member of the club, which left him also distracted with pesky thinking.

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Tony found a spot on the mat and stretched. And then sprawled. He was kinda tired after the weekend.

Dick stretched with a smile on his face. This was just Acrobatics With Simulated Violence, after all. This was going to be fun.

Who knew you could practice falling?

Adam had done this before with Tommy and looked around for a partner. He was always up for getting in more practice. After all, practice makes perfect, right?

"Hey, Adam," Turtle lifted a hand. "Want to pair up?"

"Hey Turtle," Adam smiled. "Sure."

"You...probably have a lot more experience in this sort of thing than I do," Turtle warned him. "Especially since I don't think falling down the stairs when you were six or falling down holes in your boyfriend's floor count."

Wondering just how bruised his very unpadded body would be tomorrow, Cal glanced around for a potential partner.

"Need a partner?" Dick asked, walking up to Cal as he finished off his stretches.

"That does appear to be the case," Cal said with a slight nod, looking at the mats a bit ruefully.

"You don't look excited about getting thrown to the ground a bunch of times," Dick pointed out. "Come on, it'll be fun."

"I'm not really much of a...roll and fall kind of guy," Cal admitted, rubbing the back of his neck. "My battle tactic usually involves a lot of flailing, or tackling a guy and spitting on his face."

Hey, it's worked for him so far.

"If it helps, we can start with you throwing me," Dick said. "I have years of acrobat training, so it'll be kind of fun for me.

"...I'm not really much of a throw guy, either," Cal admitted, eying Dick in a way that suggested that the whole fact that this would involve physical contact had entirely eluded Cal until just this moment, and now that it was there, it terrified him. "In fact, I'm utterly hopeless at this sort of thing. Maybe you're better off with a different partner, one who could actually...you know...throw."

"Are you sure?" Dick asked. It was pretty clear that Cal didn't really want to do it, but he had to make the offer.

"Um..." Cal at least reconsidered for a moment, knowing that he could probably use all the help he could get, especially from a freaking acrobat.

"Yeah," he decided. "I think I'll just...throw myself around, or something."

"Go easy on yourself, okay?" Dick asked. "If you manage to injure yourself, I'm going to be forced to mock you for it and I don't want to do that."

Dick decided to practice while waiting for a partner.

He was an acrobat. He could do that easily.

Once he pings in.

Murdock was watching Hoshi with interest. This was something he didn't know and it looked very effective. He was definitely keeping an eye on everyone today. Not just to make sure nobody got hurt, but also to learn as much as he could as well.

Might have to try those out later.

Who has so much more appreciation for her old sensei.

Jack had actually made good on his word that he'd drop in to see what the club was about. He waved to Hoshi when she had a free minute.

Around a little bit in the morning before I have to catch a plane, so this is up a little early.

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