She did as she had been shown, trying to flip the weapon from a downward dagger-like hold to an upward hold like one would use for a full size sword. She had been told to first get used to the feel and weight of the weapon, and she immediately started trying to do that. She'd flip it from one position to the next a few times before trying to switch hands with it. But as she first tried to switch hands she caught her fingers touching as she nearly fumbled the weapon.
"You need to stop trying to watch the weapon and feel it." Came a voice from behind her.
'I knew he was watching me.' she thought to herself as she resisted the urge to turn around and level a glare at the man. "I'm trying."
'SMACK!'
Haruna was knocked forward by the sudden blow to the back of her head from the man's head. She stumbled and the weapon clattered down before another smack was aimed to her face, causing blood to run feeling down her nose and she swore at the man outright as she glared at him, when she was finally able to open her eyes once more anyway. "What the hell?!"
Her new sensei smirked at her as he stepped around her, hands folded behind his back. "That blade is an extension of your arm. Do you always examine your hand so closely before you throw a kunai? I don't think so. Pick it up and try again."
Haruna frowned even as she picked the blade up and took up the traditional Toryu stance she had been shown, one known as Close Quarters. She held the blade at a downward angle, pointing towards the ground, in her right hand.
"Now, you will follow my commands." He told her as he stood in front of her, only a few feet away as he watched her closely. "And no looking down at your hands or the blade." He instructed her.
Haruna's frown only deepened at that. She had never really been able to hold a weapon like this before without constantly looking at it and she wasn't sure how she was going to be able to do this without it. Still she nodded and sighed heavily as she prepared herself. As he told her to switch hands she quickly found that as she had sighed she had also tightened her grip on the weapon. In trying to change hands she accidentally sliced across her forearm and with a hiss she tried to cover it with her free hand, only earning an open hand slap across the face.
"No." Was all he said.
She wrinkled up her nose in frustration and buried the rage that was coming up as she took up the stance again.
"Up." He said.
She flipped the blade into an upwards position.
"Down." He told her.
She flipped it down, almost fumbling it with her fingers but managed to keep a hold of it at the last minute.
"Switch."
Again she tried to switch hands and this time she managed to not cut herself, and even kept her eyes up enough to notice the way his eyes narrowed at her work.
"Switch."
She did it again, this time her fingertips didn't touch one another as she handed the weapon off to herself.
"Switch, and up."
She almost tossed it from one hand to the other, but achieved her goal, though she did catch herself glancing down once to make sure it landed once and she felt cold steel under her chin. Her blue eyes lifted to her Sensei, realizing she hadn't even known he was armed and yet now he held a katana with the tip resting under her chin.
"Better."
Training 764/700Show
*[Toryu • Close Quarters]
D- Ranked Taijutsu Stance
Prerequisite: 5 Taijutsu
The signature stance of the style, Close Quarters teaches users of this style how to rapidly change the angle, position and even grip of their weapon without moving their hand from it's signature position at the user's waist for maximum versatility. Users of this style often assume a one foot forward, one back, slightly swayed stance to free up movement as well at the expense of leaving their center open.
D- Ranked Taijutsu Stance
Prerequisite: 5 Taijutsu
The signature stance of the style, Close Quarters teaches users of this style how to rapidly change the angle, position and even grip of their weapon without moving their hand from it's signature position at the user's waist for maximum versatility. Users of this style often assume a one foot forward, one back, slightly swayed stance to free up movement as well at the expense of leaving their center open.