Morning Frost [Open Public Training, Everyone is Welcome]

[Tetsu]

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Eye Strike
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This strike to the eyes, another variation of the straight punch, is made with your fingertips.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Starting Position Left-leg-forward fighting stance. Driving your legs and keeping your elbow down as long as possible, extend your left hand forward. As your hand travels out, rotate your shoulder and hip forward to add power. Pivot on your back foot as if you are crushing out a cigarette. As your hand is about to strike the target, press your fingers and thumb together to form a kind of spear blade. Your fingers should be tensed, which gives them strength and usually causes a very slight bend in the knuckles. This helps prevent hyperextension. Stab fingers forward at a 45° angle, rather than straight up and down. This allows your hand to cover the most surface area. This Technique temporarily blinds the opponent for 1 round.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga. Must know the Fundamentals in Level 1 - Yellow Belt.

“Always target your opponent’s weaknesses, never show any quarter, Krav Maga is not a martial art, it’s a way of killing your opponent while you stay alive.” Suga said in a fairly scary manner as Amira kind of feel unsettled by his obvious nonchalance towards destroying his opponents. “That’s why you go for the eyes like this,” He said making a blade with his fingers before preforming a straight punch. Amira watched him intently as she took her fingers and clasped them together, pressing her fingers and thumb together so that they looked kind of like a spear blade. “Hmmm like this?” Amira asked as she kind of got the idea as to what it was that her hand was supposed to look like. Apparently this was another simple modification to the straight punch, but it was targeting the opponent’s eyes; which might appear dirty, but to a solider, a vital strike like this could result in coming out on top. Amira felt no qualms about using such an attack on an opponent, but she was taken aback when Suga-Senpai suggested that she practice on him.

“Uh senpai, is that a good idea?” She asked as suddenly he grabbed onto her shoulders. Amira didn’t know what to do as her body seemed to react on its own as it quickly took the back hand and clamped the fingers together like she had been shown only a few moments ago. The concept was easy, but it was difficult to master such timing as she prepared to shift her body forward. The shifting momentum was what would give her strike power as she began to twist her foot in the same way that one might put out a hot cigarette butt. She bent her fingers so that they wouldn’t be hyperextended when she struck, and further more angled her hand down at a 45 degree angle so that she could do the maximum amount of damage. The attack itself was very much like a bird’s pecking motion. It was quick, angled, and aimed for the eyes as she quickly jabbed Suga in the eyes, not trying to hurt him, but reacting out of pure instinct because he had grabbed her.

Suga grunted a little bit as he did his best to recover from the strike; however he seemed pleased that she had hit him even though he had been her tutor. “Good, always strike without regret.” He said as he began to regain his sight after having had his eyes plucked. Amira felt a little guilty about striking him as she figured she would practice the technique without a target for a bit as she visualized aiming for the eyes. It was indeed all in the forming of the blade like strike of the hand that was the most important part as she did her best to keep the shape of her hand blade firm. She would have to be accurate and precise to get the same results every time as she extended her hand again, throwing her eye strike bladed hand towards the open air, visualizing someone’s face being right there as the target. This attack could easy stun an opponent, and blinding them could easily be key to subduing them or even killing them in CQC. A shinobi never knew when they would need to play a bit dirty, and Amira wasn’t afraid to use such tactics if it meant survival.

As she brought her hand back again, she quickly prepared another strike, this time figuring she could extend and twist her body so that like the other straight punches she could get a bit of penetrating damage from the strike. It was easy to think about once she got the fell for the other strikes down as she quickly extended her hand to about face level, keeping her hand in the shape formed blade like strike that she had practiced throwing before. By gouging the eyes, she would be able to blind her opponent and consequently throw some mean combos that might finish the fight, or even possibly preform some cool ice techniques in tandem. The possibilities were endless, and Amira appreciated that about the fighting style that she had originated in her village. It was a deadly art, and her eye strikes were a definite sign of brutality as she continued to practice throwing the strikes to the face, unafraid of injuring her opponent, as that was the objective.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+learned more

[Tetsu]

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Straight Punch with Advance
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: You can make any straight punch while advancing to cover distance. Begin practicing with a forward hand, then try other punches while advancing.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Starting Position Left-leg-forward fighting stance. Driving with your legs keeping your elbow down as long as possible, extend your left fist forward. As your hand travels out, rotate your shoulder and hip forward to add power. Immediately burst in with an advance, pushing off with your right foot and moving forward with your left foot. As you punch lands, close the distance by bringing your right foot forward. Tips In most cases, the advance should be on a slight diagonal to keep you away from your opponent's entire arsenal of counterattacks.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga. Must know the Fundamentals in Level 1 - Yellow Belt.

“Advancing with the strike is important, it can make an excellent counter attack, and on the inverse can open you up for one.” Suga said as he simply performed a jab while stepping forward. “Just keep doing this and you should get the feel for it.” He said as he went off to go fiddle with something while Amira was left to practice. Amira felt relieved by the simplicity of the task she had been give. It was simply throwing a jab while moving in the fighting stance, what could go wrong? Amira quickly squared herself up with the left leg forward as she quickly extended her left hand jab while stepping forward. At first it was a strange sensation, as it was moving while throwing the punch; however it wasn’t anything that was beyond her ability. So far, everything had been on par with her abilities fairly well as she advanced with the strike, throwing it at an invisible target as she created pressure between her shadowed opponent and herself. The purpose of the strike with an advance was indeed to pressure you opponent backwards, and it also progressed the fight towards the advancer’s tempo instead of the opponent. This is a popular theme in boxing, and controlling the fight meant everything in Krav Maga.

Staying aware of her foot placement, as she advanced at a slight diagonal angle to avoid being left open to counter attack, Amira felt herself controlling the fight, and more importantly controlling the tempo as she advanced forward, reaching the opposite wall of the gym as she figured she would turn around and do the whole thing over again. It was a simple exercise, but it had its purpose like everything else in the fighting style’s training arsenal. She continued to extend her jab, moving her feet forward as she practiced pressing an opponent, throwing her jab at what would have been her target’s chin if he were around her high and fighting her toe to toe. This technique wouldn’t be all that good on an opponent who was at a range from her; however it would definitely allow her to close the gap between herself and her opponent; which could make a difference in a fight. Distance was an important factor that a fighter had to think about constantly. Once could not deliver a blow that was not within their range.

It was the purpose of this advancing strike to bring the attacker within range, or the defender in some cases to throw a better timed combination. As Amira continued to throw the advancing punch. She felt how the advance also set up one’s tempo. It set the rhythm for which one would attack, and could determine how effective a barrage might actually end up being. She felt a calm in knowing this as she continued to travel across the gym, throwing simple jabs while advancing as she figured it would make it easier to control the fight, keeping her left foot in the front, and pressing forward with her back right foot as she propelled herself while throwing the punch across the gym with relative ease. All these techniques were not hard, but they were effective. Amira figured that this advance was efficient and could easily be used by a boxer in a ring just the same as it could be on the battlefield or in the streets.

Amira slowly but surely began to feel how the punch worked, getting a decent understanding as to how the twisting of the punch with the momentum made it a viable attack all together instead of a simple opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of the opening of an advance. Perhaps this could even be used to push an opponent into a retreat; which Amira was sure she was going to learn next as she continued to throw the simple jabs while advancing. This attack would also probably be used with combinations; however she felt most comfortable throwing simply a jab as she got use to the motion and the change in balance of the movement. She needed to become more familiarized with the attack before she could ever dream of trying anything fancy. Continuing to make her way across the gym while throwing jabs, Amira figured she was making heady way into a while new section of Krav Maga, movement.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+extremely learned

[Tetsu]

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