>>19608694Andi grins and gives Paule a friendly tap on the shoulder in recognition of her effort.
>"Hey, that wasn't bad though, you got really good form and setup. You woulda dropped me on my head if I hadn't reacted! But see, now what you do is, you gotta feel the way my body reacts against yours when I'm getting ready to escape. You can feel the way my weight starts to shift, which ones of my muscles tighten up, and learn to sense what I'm gonna do, you know? Then either tighten up your execution in that particular way to compensate, or bail on it and make a new plan!"Andi tries counters with a few of the other students too. Some of them she blocks. Others of them drop her on her back or on her shoulders and head, and she gets her bell rung a few times and has to pause for a break. But she goes back to the fray again and again, letting them practice their moves.
>>19608332>>19608596>>19608670>>19610803Then she sees Ash talking to Maaike and decides to put her two cents in.
>"Hey, Maaike, Ash has the right idea, yeah. Some fuckin' army guy once said that you don't win a war by taking a bullet for your country, man; you win it by defeating your opponent inside their mind before you ever face 'em on the battlefield. Shit. Never mind. What I mean is, the best way to survive an enemy's hit is if it never connects with you. And the best way for it to never connect with you is if they never get a chance to try it at all. So yeah. Practice this defensive wrestling shit like I've been doing here. Countering people's moves and getting out of 'em and shit. And then practice your own offense. The sooner you can get your big moves off and get your opponent on the run, the less chance they have to do shit to you, you know?">"Yeah, after doing some defensive drills, come try and throw me around a little. It'll be good practice!" 