Krav Maga Dojo (training)

[Gothalk]

Fighting Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Take this stance when preparing for confrontation. The description assumes you are right handed; if you are left-handed, simply substitute "right" for "left"
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Stand with your feet high-width apart and take a comfortable step forward with your left foot. Keep your weight on the balls of your feet. The Toes of both feet should generally point forward, but the forward foot may turn slightly inward for better balance. Keep your hands relaxed, hold them above your chin height and a comfortable distance away from the face. Make sure your elbows are in and fairly close to your body, and your shoulders are relatively squared to an opponent.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga.

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Gothalk tightened the bandages he wore across his face as he walked into the dimly lit Dojo. In front of him stood a small collection of ninja, and villagers alike each practicing the art of Krav Maga. In the back of the room sat a grizzled old man whose grey beard lightly tapped the floor as he barked at his students form and technique. “Master Norrey, I have returned to resume my lessons.” Gothalk said, his voice slightly muffled by his bandages. The oldtimer nodded and waved his hand, “Yes yes another beginner student, Gorath, If I remember the name” The old man barley waited a moment before slamming his fist into the ground and yelling, “Hurry up already and enter into your stance, and don’t you bloody take out those knives you have again, basics first, BASIC BASICS!”

Grinding his teeth in suppressed anger, Gothalk, did as he was instructed and pushed his feet to either side of himself entering into what was known as the neutral stance. The Dojo master stroked his beard and nodded, “Good good, now, next stance, FIGHTING STANCE, GO!” Gothalk blinked at the man in minor annoyance and replied, “You have yet to teach mean anything beyond this ~master~.” The last bit came out with strong sarcasm but Norrey refused to notice it, being preoccupied with standing up, and grabbing his walking stick. Before uttering a word the local Krav Maga master slammed his stick into the back of Gothalk’s calf pushing it forward about a steps length. “Hmph” the old man grunted with the effort as Gothalk returned to grinding his teeth in frustration. “Hm… Hm now back to neutral and back to fighting again!” Norrey demanded and he began encircling his student eyeing his stance.

Gothalk held in his agitated comment and did as requested, sliding his left foot back to be equal distance from his right, before taking a step forward again, only to have his elbow slapped by the stick once more, “ELBOWS IN! HANDS UP!” demanded Norrey, as Gothalk once again returned to his neutral stance and making the single forward moment again, this time ensuring he kept his hands a few inches from his face, with his elbows tucked inside. This process continued for some time, Gothalk earning slaps of the stick whenever his technique became lazy. Eventually Gothalk spoke up, “Is this how I am to encroach upon my opponent. “ The Krav Maga teacher took a step back shaking his head with utter frustration, “NO! This is a stance, fighting stance, from this stance you attack. Aggressive, unlike neutral which is neither aggressive nor defensive, it’s in the name Gorblacheck.” With a loud snort the old man began to walk away attending another student, leaving Gothalk steaming with anger.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

+5 learned~ Add it to your bio!

[Gothalk]

(Yay ;D Time for another!)

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Moving in Fighting Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Basic principle of movement while in a fighting stance is to start with the forward foot while pushing off with the rear foot, then close the step so you end up in the original stance.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Staring Position Left-leg-forward fighting stance. To Advance: Move your left foot forward while pushing off with your right, then bring your right foot forward to return to keep a stable fighting stance. Keep your weight evenly over both feet (more on the balls of your feet than on your toes); don't lean forward as you advance. To go to the right: Move your right foot out pushing off with your left, then bring your left foot in so you return to a stable fighting stance. To go to the left: Move your left foot out, pushing off with your right, then bring your right foot in to return to a stable fighting stance. To retreat Move your right foot back, pushing off with your left, then bring your left foot back, returning to a stable fighting stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga.

Resting for a moment, Gothalk abandoned his stance to watch the other students that surrounded him. Specifically he watched a pair of chunnin currently sparring at what was apparently a blue belt level. For the most part they proceeded in takedowns, and grabs, rarely throwing a punches or kicks. Entranced on the grappling dual, Gothalk never saw the thick butt of Krav Maga’s walking stick slam into the back of his head. “Awareness Gobluck! “ The wizened master of the dojo shouted as he slammed his stick back into the ground, “This is a fundamental of Krav Ma-Ga!”

The old man punctuated his comment by raising bony finger in the air, slowly Gothalk’s senses returned and once more he repressed his urge to try and strangle the man where he stood. The effort left him in silence allowing the teacher, Norrey, to explain his next movement. “Now, then, you know how to move a foot forward now eh? From neutral, to fighting stance, now to advance from fighting stance, up, up, with your hands elbows in!” Biting his tongue Gothalk did as commanded pushing both of his feet out to his side resuming his neutral stance, only to push his left foot forward, making sure to maintain his arm positioning both of which floated comfortably around his chin level.

Seeing his student in the correct from, Norrey, slapped his back with his cane, and expertly pinned his right foot down with his own. “Now, push off this one, and slide forward the other.” He demanded as he began to nudge Gothalk’s calf forward with his stick. As Gothalk began to move his left foot further a bit more Norrey released his right while adding, “Now swing your right in front of you, and take to reverse fighting stance.” Once again the gennin did as instructed half surprised he wasn’t again struck by the ‘teaching’ stick. “Now again, again and again, forward forward, to the end of the room move.” Gothalk moved smoothly across the room, easily balancing his weight on the balls of his feet focusing on maintain proper form. As he reached the end of the room, Gothalk repeated the same process in reverse tracking back to his original position, “Hmm.. “ the master grunted as he stroked his long grey beard, “Good.. Balance is good, maybe you have potential after all. As a flamingo.” Irritated Gothalk broke from his linear path and moved towards The Krav Maga instructor. As he did so, however, Norrey slammed his stick into Gothalk’s thigh unbalancing him and sending him crashing to the floor.

As the ninja returned to his feet, Norrey was already explaining, “Fool, you turned left, with your left foot, there’s no balance! To turn, rotate your foot, and push off with the other, maintain your stance!” Gothalk rubbed his thigh slightly as he reevaluated the man before him, “He’s more talented that he seems.. I bet the only reason he carries that stick is to strike with… better play along. For now.” Remaining silent, Gothalk began to do as he was instructed, awkwardly at first, but once he had completed a few reps, he had to admit the movement was much more balanced.

[Deleted]

+5; Learned.

[Gothalk]

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Punch Mechanics
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A straight punch can be made with the forward hand (usually called a "jab") or the rear hand (a "cross"). The Basic principles of the punch are the same for either hand.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Starting Position Left-leg-forward fighting stance. Making a Fist Roll your fingers tightly so that there is no space. Seal your thumb tightly over your fingers near the first knuckle. Do not put your thumb inside your fingers.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga.

As much as Gothalk hated to admit it, he knew he was learning quite a bit. The stances he had covered may have been basic, but as his instructor was sure to point out they were fundamental building blocks for style of fighting that could be incorporated in almost any situation. Deep down he knew he would eventually have to take similar lessons to use his kodachis effectively, but much as the stances could act as a foundation for further techniques, Krav Maga in general would be a first stepping stone for a path of Taijutsu mastery.

Master Norrey, the teacher of the dojo, approached Gothalk loudly immediately drawing the younger ninja’s attention so that he may hopefully avoid being struck by the master’s walking stick. “Your movements flow as they should young shinobi, it is time to learn to use your fist.” Gothalk smiled inwardly as he balled his hand into a fist. “This, I think I may have a handle on already…” he said as he twisted his entire body and launched his right hand at the man’s face. Much as he had done in the lesson before, Norrey slammed his walking stick into Gothalk’s right thigh, disrupting his balance and sending his attack wildly off its mark.

The master took two steps backward and motioned his student forward, “Again, focus on your stance, not the power in your fist; power comes second, first you need control.” With a growl Gothalk regained his stance, opting for the more aggressive advancing fighting style and moved in on his master jabbing his left fist forward in a speedy blur. The attack connected with the master’s stick, who had defended with it at the last moment, with a loud ‘thunk’ sending Gothalk’s hand recoiling in pain. “Fool” Norrey said as he rubbed his beard, “You know nothing, you’ll break your hand holding your fist like that.” The wizened teacher grasped the young shinobi’s hand, forcefully closing it in a grip that left Gothalk’s thumb directly beneath his first knuckle. With a grunt the old man nodded and added, “Now, again.”

Channeling his previous anger, Gothalk once again thrust his left first forward in a jab, only to have to, once again connect to the teacher’ oaken staff. Gothalk grimaced and withdrew the blow, admitting silently it had not hurt near as much as before. “You want to hit me, no?” the cocky gym master taunted, “Then attack.” Gothalk grit his teeth and attacked again, -thunk-, and again, -thunk-, and again, -thunk-. Each of the three attacks merely slammed into the teachers staff, the third leaving Gothalk’s left hand dark red. Norrey merely laughed, “Don’t be discouraged boy, you have the form, focus on the technique, the path will open.” With a snarl Gothalk continued his barrage, cross, jab, jab, cross, cross, jab, jab, jab…..each was met with a loud -thunk- as his fist’s never managed to connect to anything but solid wood. Several minutes passed, and Gothalk’s knuckles had become raw and bloody before Norrey waved off the advance. “I think you may have a handle of the fundamentals for right now, take a break..”

[KoKoKo]

+5 Learned good man

[Gothalk]

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Krav Maga Fighter Mentality
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: By fighting on and on, a Krav Maga Fighter becomes more proficient when an attack may come by. This happens usually when the Krav Maga Fighter becomes unable to see the attack. However by being in combat for so much they can feel when an attack is coming making them less able to be flanked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Krav Maga Fighter is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique cannot use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga.

His hands bloodied from the previous punching mechanic training, Gothalk moved to exit the dojo, feeling frustrated on his inability to hit the TaiJutsu master. After no more than a step, he felt a hard oaken staff slam into the back of his skull sending him dizzly stumbling forward in an attempt to regain his balance. Gothalk rounded on himself, facing the direction of the attack, mouth open to unleash a verbal barrage only to see the immediate area empty. “What the-“ Gothalk choked off before he received yet another powerful blow this time to his lower spine. Jerking forward and spinning around in a timelier manner Gothalk caught the eyes of his Krav Maga teacher in time to see a third attack coming at him.

Knowing he could not evade Gothalk crossed his arms, blunting the blow as it rained across his forearms, protecting his targeted head. “Better.” Said Norrey returning to a calm stance balancing on his weapon, which in fact was a walking stick. Gothalk growled moving forward an inch before remembering his previous lesson, as he felt the pain still vibrating through his bandaged hands. A small glint of satisfaction shined in the master’s eye for a brief second before the old man continued, “Part of Krav Maga, is expecting the unexpected. Lowering your guard in my classroom, and you will receive a sharp slap of my stick… I would have thought you had figured this out by now boy.”

Gothalk squinted at the man as he began to think backwards to his previous lessons. Even during his first lesson, neutral stance, he had been slapped around a bit. However, as he had progressed forwarded in his lessons the man had begun to slam his stick into his legs, calves, or arms whenever he was out of position or not looking in general. Particularly the two times he was taken to the ground by the staff still hurt both in the red-hot welts on his thigh, and his pride. The result was obvious, and already seen in his previous lesson, he had begun to grow wary. Not his typical paranoia of knives in his back, but a legitimate second sense as if he could feel when he was about to be attacked.

Of course as Gothalk began to stick the pieces of the puzzle together he had once again dropped his guard, as his master took the opportunity to swiftly slam his staff into the young ninja’s toe sending him yelping backwards in retreat a few steps. “Trust your instincts Gothalk.” Norrey said revealing a coy smile. Gothalk slammed his foot down in anger, when a telltale feeling struck him, like a cool breeze against the back of his neck. Sloppily he rolled forward and to the left, barley dodging a bull of a man as he slammed a fist larger than Gothalk’s chest into the ground in front of him, splintering the floor where Gothalk had just been standing. Even though he couldn’t see his master now, Gothalk heard him say, “Meet my grandson Dorrey, he will resume the rest of the training on the fundamentals for the rest of the day.”

Gothalk stood up entering into his neutral stance testing his grip to see how much pain his knuckles were still in, but he could barely close his hand without wincing in pain. A shortness of breath suddenly caught him, and he felt the light breeze across the back of his neck once more. Gothalk quickly pivoted his left foot, pushing on his right, entering a reverse fighting stance, and falling back towards his right as he turned 90 degrees, revealing the female behind him charging forward, with another step backwards Gothalk cleared her path as she crashed forward into the ground after failing to readjust her lunge towards Gothalk. Dorrey ran over to the unnamed female helping her up as Gothalk eyed his opponents, clearly they were beginners to miss such easy openings but still in his present state he was unsure if he could endure whatever continued lesson he was soon to face.

[~Emi~]

Good job with the training <3

10|10 Learned~

[Gothalk]

(=O I do appreciate the nice comments)

The unknown female assailant and Dorrey began to close in on Gothalk, as he slowly dropped into fighting stance, “You think Im going to sit and let you pummel me?” He said with a snarl as his hand moved to the kodachi secured to his back, “I don’t think so.” As he jerked to release the blade his master laid a hand on his wrist, “Enough, if you truly seek to unsheathe that blade find a dojo that will teach you it, you can return when you’ve learned that.” With a curt motion the two brawlers were dismissed leaving the exit to the dojo open. Gothalk remained thoughtfully silent as he exited the building. “I’ll be back…..”

[exit]