[Open] Morning Training! - February 25th

[spandexisyouth]

Characters: Everyone!

Location: Training Grounds, Shibusen

Rating: PG-13 for violence

Time: 6am to 9am

Description: Every morning in the city, Morning Training takes place to prepare the guests of the city for the war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on February 25th.

Official Areas:


FAQ: Questions answered by Maito Gai
Breakfast: Run by Cinderella, Katakura Kojurou, Saya Tagaki, Yugo
Batch One: Beginners under the age of 15. Run by Auron, Steve Rogers, Deryn.
Batch Two: Adult beginners. Run by Maito Gai, Tifa Lockhart, Cloud.
Batch Three: Intermediate fighters. Overseen by Hyuuga Neji and Ling Yao. Please see list of random sparrers.
Batch Four: Experienced fighters, for sparring with each other. Overseen by Haruka.
Weapon Transformation: How to find your form. Run by Yuuri, Spirit.
Soul Perception: If someone doesn’t know by now. Run by Azusa.
Partner Training: How to work together as partners. Run by Tassadar; Maka and Soul; Shizuo; Eve; Crona and Ragnarok.
Weapons Handling Training: Run by Genesis Rhapsodos, Tenten, Kerrigan.
Shooting Range: How to Shoot. Run by Leon, Naoto.
Meister Ability Helpers: How to find it out. Run by Death the Kid, Edgeworth.
Finding a Partner: For unpartnered Meisters and Weapons to mingle and find each other. Overseen by Sasame.
Fighting Witches: Speak to an actual Witch and find out some of what you're facing. Run by Cybele.
First Aid Training: Training run by Naomi Kimishima, Megumi, Kira Izuru.
Medics: A place for the medics to get to know each other and mingle.
Watch: For Watch people (and prospective new members) to gather, talk, and train.

Hug Brigade: Come get hugs!

For training via sparring:
Katakura Koujurou
Hyuuga Neji
Steve Rogers
Crona
Maito Gai
(Various NPCs available upon request)
Partner vs Partner sparring is also good!

Feel free to make your own open threads!



Breakfast
Ryoki [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]

Batch Two
Flora [Open]
Santana [Open]
Mitsuba [Open]


Batch Three
Takuto [Open]
Mithos [Open]

Batch Four
Amateresu [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Lili [Open]

Shooting Range
Death The Kid [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Bakura [Open]

Finding a Partner
Stripperella - Meister [Open]
Ryoki - Weapon [Open]
Amateresu - Meister [Open]
Demona - Meister [Open]
Bakura - Weapon [Open]
Flora - Weapon [Open]
Londo - Weapon [Open]
Yami Bakura - Meister [Open]
Leo - Meister [Open]
Hades - Weapon [Open]
Yako - Weapon [Open]
Jules - Weapon [Open]
Kei - Weapon [Open]

Watch
Stripperella [Open]
Takuto [Open]
Duke [Open]
Neji [Open]
Mithos [Open]
Aion [Open]

General
Saya [Open]
Stripperella [Open]
Darcia [Open]
Ryoki [Open]
Gai [Open]
Demona [Open]
Takuto [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Kanji [Open]
Amateresu [Open]
Naoto [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Auron [Open]
Flora [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Junpei [Open]
Leo [Open]
Aion [Open]
Hades [Open]
Itou, Qilby, Megumi, castmates [Closed]
Spirit [Open]
Hanabi [Open]
Qilby [Open]
Ed Elric [Open]

Comments

Re: Batch Two

[towered]

[ And she's just kind of standing here, looking kind of unsure. What's she...supposed to do? How does I morning train. ]

[spandexisyouth]

[Gai sees her standing there, looking confused, and he comes over.]

Good morning! Are you here to learn? If so, you are in the right place! I am Maito Gai, and I am one of the instructors here.

[towered]

[ She smiles and nods. ]

Yes, I would like to learn. It seems an important skill to have. Ah, and I'm Flora! Flora Reinhold. It's...it's a pleasure to meet you.

[spandexisyouth]

Knowing what you are doing in a fight is indeed important, Flora, and I am glad to meet you as well!

[He steps up beside her, not too close. He didn't want to make her uncomfortable.]

Do you know some of the basics already, or are we beginning from the very beginning?

[towered]

Well...I've never fought in my life, so I suppose we'd be starting from the very beginning!

[spandexisyouth]

[Gai nods.]

The very beginning, and most important part, is one's stance. To defend or to attack, you must be balanced.

[He takes an exaggerated fighting stance.]

My feet are shoulder-width apart, and my weight is on the balls of my feet. Try to copy this.

[towered]

Balanced, right. So I just need....my feet apart and--[ She nearly falls forward, but manages to steady herself.


Her stance is absolutely dreadful, however. ]

[spandexisyouth]

[Gai smiles, but it's a gentle smile. He's not laughing at her.]

May I have your permission to touch you? I can better adjust your stance like that

[towered]

Oh..yes, that's fine. [ She is really, really glad he isn't laughing at her. ]

[spandexisyouth]

[Gai nods and kneels, pushing one leg forward before moving the other a little bit more to the side.]

Bend your knees slightly.

[He straightens after, gently putting his hands on her shoulders to tilt her back ever-so-slightly.]

Your weight should be centered now, and steady. Does it feel like it is?

[towered]

[ She takes a moment, to feel the difference between how she'd stood before and how she was standing now.

She nods.]

Oh--! I feel much more balanced, now!

[spandexisyouth]

Splendid!

[Gai steps back.]

Now shift to the balls of your feet.

[He stood on one leg, raising the other so he could pat the front area of his foot, showing where it was.]

Here. Stand on that, and we are going to take a few steps, back, forward, and then side to side, to try to get used to taking steps with your weight mobile and balanced. We can slow it down if you need, do not worry about it.