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Date Posted: 02:00:56 04/08/02 Mon
Author: Alanna
Subject: � practice �
In reply to: Alaric 's message, ":: lesson one ::" on 20:55:18 04/07/02 Sun

Head nods towards the instructions, carefully listening and watching to learn all she can. She grins at the mention of losing an arm, carelessly whipsering to herself, "Wouldn't want that to happen..." Taking a practice sword huen of wood in her right arm, holding it at first by her hips before extending her arm and following through with her wrist, slowly. Shaking her head, she corrects her grip on the "sword" before continuing at a more rapid pace, speeding up everytime she got it right, slowing down whenever she practiced it incorrectly. Right arm perfected, she moves to left, sighing inwardly to herself. Starting off extremely slow, she takes the practice sword and holds it at 'hip height' as it was called, elbow slightly bent, before extending her arm, but forgetting to follow through with her wrist. Muttering curses to herself, she puts down the sword and practices 'spinning' her wrist without the sword to weigh it down. Picking the wood up again, she goes through the 'spinning' with it until nearly perfected. Brow furrowed, she goes back to the move, slashing from her hip and slowly using her wrist. Smiling as it finally came out right, she proceeds to pick up the pace. Happy as she could be with her irregular arm, she moves to the defensive, carefully taking the ready stance. Feet shoulder length apart, both hands on blade, and blade at the waist. Carefully she moves to block her left, gripping the wood in her right hand and swinging the wood downwards, until the hilt is about to her chest and point towards the ground on her left side. Like all other things, she works slowly, only speeding up when she had it nearly perfected (as nothing was ever truly perfect) and slowing down whenever a mistake was made. Having the block as fast as she could she waits patiently before turning to Alaric, "Did you want us to practice blocking to right as well? Or just to the left for now?" was her simple question, to caught up in her practicing to ask complicated questions.

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may I join as well? -- Alhanna Starbreeze, 13:49:04 04/08/02 Mon
- thinks -- Jasmine, 19:32:38 04/08/02 Mon
  - :: answers :: -- Alaric, 20:02:47 04/08/02 Mon
    - � nods � -- Alanna, 04:44:42 04/09/02 Tue
      - *nods to Alaric trying to show she had respect toward her instructor even if he believed otherwise* -- Alhanna Starbreeze, 17:54:10 04/09/02 Tue
        :: forms :: -- Alaric, 21:00:10 04/10/02 Wed
        � yet another practice � -- Alanna, 15:02:39 04/11/02 Thu
        *handles the sword getting into the correct fighting stance* -- Alhanna, 14:53:25 04/12/02 Fri
        nods as she goes into the next form -- Jasmine, 20:12:23 04/13/02 Sat
        OOC -- Alanna, 14:40:52 04/15/02 Mon
        ooc:okey dokey(hehe I'm on a sugar high) (NT) -- Alhanna, 17:38:17 04/15/02 Mon
        ooc -- Alanna, 14:11:30 04/19/02 Fri