Kenpo Dojo

[Sirén]

This Dojo was spacious and quite empty. Aiko did not know if it was the fact there was no one around that made it look so huge, or the fact that it was indeed huge. Everything looked so clean and so...Well, deserted, as though nothing had been used in a long time, like a ghost town. Silence echoes in her ears as she walked the bare, yet sparkling clean hallways, so cold and alone. Looking into one of the rooms as she walked by, she saw it was wall to wall mats, and she just could not help herself.

Taking off her shoes, she placed them outside the door and entered the room, standing on the mats, sinking slightly as she did so. This place seemed so surreal, the walls were lined with all sorts of equipment, from Bolas to Zanpacto (?). There were a few windows above the mats, obviously there so one would not break them in a spar, well planned, considering the walls were made from mats to save people from throws as it was.

"You!!!"

Aiko spun to look at the person who had yelled, he was an old man, obviously drunk, and looking both perverted and lustful as he saw her. The pink haired kunoichi let out a small noise of disgust as he made his way closer, both drunkenly and pervertedly, his hands outstretched and his fingers wigling. His grin was lecherous and his eyes were obviously scanning her body, albiet a bit glassy. This old pervert was drunk and gross.

"Get away from me Hentai!"

Aiko cocked her fist back and threw a punch right in his face, with her strength, easily sending him spiraling backwards, his nose exploding with blood, until he struck the mats, which made a loud noise upon impact, the material wrinkling and pulling inwards to the crash site. The man slid from his position on the mat down to the mat on the floor, his bottle of sake at his waist propping up oddly against his leg, his face out of focus, and his eyes shut. Blood seeped from his nose, completing the look of a discovered pervert.

The kunoichi covered her mouth as she gasped, quickly moving to the mans side, she had not meant to strike him so hard, but she did not expect him to be so grabby either. It was self-defence, no jury would convict her, especially against this guy, perverted old leech. Shaking him from the shoulders, she waited for a response that he was alive. He groaned from his position on the ground, the life coming back into his face, his eyes still slightly out of focus, smacking his lips, he drew his sake bottle to his mouth and began to swig back the liquid from the bottle.

"You, girl, you hit like a champion, If you're here, I'm assuming you're here too learn the art of Kenpo, so therefore, you are my new pupil"

Screwing up her face, Aiko gave him a look as he told her she was now his student. That was not fair, surely there was someone less disgusting than this man, there must have been someone she could complain to, or even another master. He had tried to grope her, what was up with that, a drunk, perverted, old, lecherous man would be her Kenpo instructor? That did not seem as though it was a logical. Or safe.

"No way Hentai, you can't be my teacher"

"Stop calling me Hentai!"

"No!!"

"Dont make me come over there!"

"You couldn't do anything Ero-sensei"

[Sirén]

Attention Stance
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Disciplinary stance
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Toes and heels together, hands at sides.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Now you are my student, I expect you to follow my orders"

He wiggled his eyebrows at her.

"I am Hebereke Sentou, Kenpo master, and I shall be teaching you how to fight, using the style of Kenpo, and you will listen to me, now, stand at attention, and I shall explain to you, all you need to know about this style"

Snapping his fingers at her, he tripped over his feet slightly as walked, obviously meaning he was still absolutely hammered, even if it had only been a few minutes after their initial encounter. Aiko watched with disembodied interest, her mind was wondering what he had meant about standing at attention, what the hell had that meant, was she not already paying attention? What more did he want from her, she supposed standing a little straighter and looking at him would count as standing at attention.

"Ero-Sensei, what do you mean stand at attention?"

He looked at her, his face rather blotchy and red, as though he was embarresed, but she knew it was plainly from the alchohol running in his system. Bloody drunks. His face turned into something that looked akin to an old ape, or a pile of droppings, she could not quite tell. His look was a cross between confusion and exhasperation, meaning that he clearly thought she was mentally deficient, or something akin to it.

"Stand at attention? I mean heels together, hands at sides, it is a disciplinary stance, shows your Sensei that you mean you wish to learn. AND STOP CALLING ME ERO-SENSEI, I am not a hentai"

Feeling her face burn with embarresment at his explanation fo the stance, and her obvious lack of thought for this particular moment. Cursing the old hentai, she brought her heels together and straightened her back, placing her hands at her sides and looking straight ahead at the man before her, who looked back at her position and nodded, his eyes still moving up and down her body, making her face burn an even darker shade of red. This man knew no limits. Lucky him, she would not break this stance, she wanted to prove her with for the Kenpo style.

Keeping her arms at her sides and her feet together, she listened as the man began to explain everything she would need to know about kenpo. Her body shook a bit from restlessness, but she would get over it, after all, this was just a simple standing stance, one that she would NEVER use in battle, so the application seemed rather pointless. Nevertheless, it was a stance used to show respect to superiors in the Kenpo style, and as leacherous as this man was, he was her superior, or so he said, she had not seen any skill from him yet.

[hotaru]

Omai D: U gots a long road infront of you

+5

[Sirén]

OOC: I know T_T 15 Moar!!!!!

Natural Stance
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Disciplinary stance
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Feet shoulder width apart, arms relaxed at side.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Honestly girl, what are you doing, standing so tightly and rigid? Relax, I'm not here to make this difficult for you, you cant possibly have been standing like that the entire time? Foolish woman"

Aiko gave him a dark glare. In truth, she had been standing in hte rigid attention stance the entire time, listening to the man harp on about the Kenpo style and its uses, but she had not felt anything in her muscles, so she was not about to classify it as tiring or difficult, however, standing in a more eased position would be a nicer choice, especially considering the fact that this guy was giving her looks every few seconds, and by looks she meant, he was staring at her breasts and backside. It irked her.

Letting her amrs relax, they fell out from being tucked at her sides, letting her shoulders become less tense and allowing her posture to slip down slightly. Spreading her feet apart, she let them rest at shoulder width apart, the heels no longer touching as they had been. Her body position was more comfortable, yet still ready to snap back into the original attentive stance. This was a natural body position, hence the 'Natural Stance'. By the looks of it, her Ero-Sensei would not be able to perform the stance, as he was falling over himself to try and get a look at her.

Her face was flushed with color as she balled up her fist and shook it angrily at the perverted male. How dare he exploit her, he was supposed to be teaching her how to perform Kenpo and tell her the history. All he had done so far was stumble, over both his words and his feet, check out her body, and tell her she was foolish for being in a stance he had told her to be in, and now she was getting annoyed, and she had not even learned anything.

"Ero-Sensei, tech me something useful, this is boring, I don't care about the history of the damn fighting style, I just wanna learn how wto use it"

Hebereke guffawed at her outburst. Obviously amused by his obvious show of appreciation of her body while she was not in such a stiff position, now that her muscles had relaxed, her body was obviously more attractive, looser. Oh he was such a pervert, but around these beautiful ladies, why would he not be? It was so easy, and with these drinks, life was so simple for him a lowly Kenpo master.

[Zetsumei]

+5

I pity you.

[Sirén]

Rest Stance
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Disciplinary stance
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Feet shoulder width apart, hands clasped behind back
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"You must be tired, why not have a lie down, in fact, it is rather warm in here, are you sure you don't want to take your top off?"

Aiko gave him the dirtiest of glares which she had ever summoned, if looks could kill, this man would have melted from the sheer intensity in which she glared at him. In fact, she was sure he was feeling the heat coming from her stare, so angry, so powerful, in fact, she was sure that was the reason he turned and tried to fix his wording, just so he would not end up with another fist in the face as last time. He had been taken by surprise last time though, but she doubted he wanted to risk it again.

"Or you could just relax in the resting stance, another simple discipline stance, although your body would be much more at ease with it, after all, you look remarkably tense, are you sure you don't want a backrub?"

"No, stay away from me you old Hentai, just teach me how to do the damn style, I don't want to be hit on by some creepy old perv, just leave me alone"

The cherry-blossom tressed kunoichi did take his advice about the relaxed stance, however, her legs and core would not change, the only difference between the previopus stance and this one, was the fact that her arms were folded behind her back and she stood, a respectful mannerism still upheld in her body language, as her posture was still correct and her head was still facing foreward. There was only so much respect one could show to a hentai like the man before her, so she would allow her body to do the talking.

Her arms were clasped behind her, simply holding onto each other as the rested against the small of her back. Her body was relaxed enough to be completely inert, but she was not yet completely relaxed, as she still had to keep an assertive body position while the Kenpo master explained the various rigors of Kenpo training and fighting. Her mind picked out the various interesting things that she needed, otherwise she looked onwards with a disinterested air, her body still locked in the relax stance.

It felt odd to her that such simplistic movements were considered stances within the martial arts world, but she supposed that if a master wanted control of his student, this would technically be a stance those students would be trained to perform under the correct signal. However, even with logic on the side, she did not like the whole idea of it. Vaguely her mind wandered to thoughts of how many stances there could be, after all there was only so many things a man could perform and call a stance.

[Zetsumei]

wtf is with these stances >_>

+5

[Sirén]

Horse Stance
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Disciplinary stance. Only front weapons available (side horse). Center line open. A 50-50 weight ratio
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Feet outside shoulder width, knees bent, hands at side bent, fists in at waist, knees out over ankles.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Well, I suppose it's time for me to teach you something you may use sometime or other, I suppose, that is of course if you do want to learn from me, I haven't seen much respect from you so far, and I may just deny you as my student, no matter how powerful you are"

Aikos eyes shot open as fast as she could and she shook her head rapidly, he could not deny her, she needed this training, it was important to her progression, what could she do otherwise? There were not too many styles she could acknowledge such as this, with her limited knowledge she had screened from books in the academy, she knew she wanted in on this one, it was diverese and very adaptable, so no, she could not allow him to deny her.

"I promise, I shall follow your instruction, as long as you stop perving on me!"

"I'm not perving, I'm appreciating, big difference. Anyway, I'll teach you, I have nothing better to do anyway. First off, the Horse stance, basically you stand like this..."

He brought his hands up to his waist and arms bent at the elbows allowing his hands to rest on the sides of his hips. His legs were bent slightly at the knee, giving him the impression as if he was trying to defecate in the midst of the dojo. His body weight was evenly balanced on both sides, so he was symetrical in stance as well as focused, his face pointing straight ahead and his view completely set upon the wall, eyes not moving from the taget. All in all, the first impression Aiko had was rather decrepit, and she was wondering if the style had been given too much credit where it was not owed.

"There you go lass, your turn, now, don't forget, bend nice and low, squeeze your bum tight, and extend your chest out, thats what makes the technique work properly"

Aiko felt her face burning, but she chose not to say anything this time, nor to react. Perhaps he would quit it if she ignored him. Or not, she doubted she could get away from his leacherousness without killing herself, although with these stances, it seemed like a highly plausible idea. Bringing her amrs from their comfortable hooked position behind her back, she clenched her fists tight and rested them upon her hips before adjusting her elbows so that they were parallel and behind her. Next was her knees, just a slight bend and an extension of her behind and the stance was complete.

Although still something she would not expect in a style such as this, the Horse stance had seemed like the most legitamate stance yet, so she would not bash it too hard. After all, surely some kind of technique could have spawned from the horse stance, unlike the attnetion stance, which was an over all waste of time.

[||Yuuku||]

+5

Learned.

[Sirén]

Meditating Stance
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Disciplinary stance
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Horse stance, arms chest level, elbows bent, left hand over right fist.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Ah excellent, excellent work wonderful bum, I mean job, yes excellent work, I'm impressed, anyways, onto the next one, which is...Well, its almost the same, but with one really important change, here, let me show you, words are naught without action"

Aiko did not really think he was sober enough to be teaching her, but, as if by some miracle, he was able to walk and talk without looking drunk anymore, it was odd, how he could go from plastered to sober as a stone within only an hour or so. Needless to say, she was impressed as he lowered himself into the horse stance, but htis time, instead of locking his fists at his waist, he had his right hand form a fist, held out just beneath his pectorals, with his left hand covering the fist, palm over top.

The stance looked more like a traditional greeting, but she supposed it was no more ridiculous than any of the others, after all, each stance that was performed came closer to a more realistic fighting stance. Alas, as sarcastic as she felt like being, she did not wish to bring upon his pervy rage, so she decided to just perform the tech as was, no matter how useless it would be in terms of battle. She understood the fact that it was a sign of respect given to the master, but seriously...

"I know what you're thinking, you're thinking that all of this is useless, well, let me tell you it is not, all of these stances work into something through the Kenpo style, you think that with such an expansive style there would only be a few stances? Use your head, I know its more than just a pretty topping for a beautiful body"

Grumbling about the perversness of her master under her breath, Aiko settled upon it and just began into the stance. Pervertedness was not the worst quality one could have she supposed, at least he was teaching her. The horse stance bore the traits of a constipated cowboy, but once you changed the movement of the hands it looked completely...No, it still looked the same, the hands were just moved from the hips to held aloft in front of the chest where the greeting was performed. Looking the drunk master in the eye, she gave a little head bow.

"Konichiwa"

He huffed with indignation.

[Zetsumei]

+5

Whats next? I need to crap stance?

[Sirén]

Neutral Bow
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Center line partially open. All 4 weapons available. A 50-50 weight ratio. Using forward weapon
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Natural stance, drop leg back, feet at 45 degrees, front toe parallel to rear heel, front arm out at 90 degrees in front of face, rear arm in close covering midsection.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Ah yes, now things are getting more interesting, luckily for you, no more stances that you believe do not matter, no worries, you will soon learn. This stance is the Neutral Bow, its a stance that allows one access to all weapons, or hands and feet, as you have come to know them. This stance is pretty basic, but there are many varients of it that are useful, and yes, you will be learning those also"

Aiko could have cheered about learning an actual stance, finally, something that was logical about this style. Perhaps things were about to get a little serious now, making her feel as though her time was not simply wasted. The kunoichi watched as the man stumbled forward, caught himself in mid fall, then righted himself quickly, his eyes darting up to her own to see if she had caught it. Her smile said she had, and his eye roll said, well, I'm drunk, what can I say. He stepped up and sepereated his feet front and back wise in preperation for the stance.

His feet were at forty five degrees angle, so his gody was turned slightly with his legs, and his front toe was on line with his rear heel, making so that his balance and body weight was evenly distributed in both legs, also so that he could strike in any direction from this position. As his left leg was dropped back, his right arm was his front arm, which he held aloft, the fist held in front of his face, his arm bent at ninety degrees before him. His left arm was held tightly to his chest, but still allowed him to draw his weapon.

Aiko studied the stance, it looked simple enough, so she could copy it by physically seeing it, there was no description required. Other than, of course, the explanation on how it was adapted into the style, as if there were many variations, she guessed this was a little used stance. Her left foot slid back and her right arm came up in front of her face, just enough so she could still see of course, otherwise that would make the stance pointless. She held her left hand against the side of her breast and shifted her body so that she was facing slightly away from the Kenpo master.

"Good, good, now squeeze your breast a little tighter"

"YOU HENTAI!"

[Arashi Zetsumei]

+5 Kenpo is now ridiculous xD

[Sirén]

Forward Bow
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Center line partially open. All 4 weapons available. A 60-40 weight ratio. Torque. Using rear weapon
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: From a Neutral Bow, turn rear foot to face front, rear foot flat, rear leg straight, front knee bent. Should not be ale to see front toes.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Alright, for the first adaptation of our oh so lovable stance, you turn your toes to face where you want to strike, which would be foraward mind you, never take your eyes off the enemy, keep your back leg straight, but bend your front leg so that your body is over the knee, which is over the ankle, which means you will no longer be able to see your toes, and excellent, I'll give you a quick show and then you can show me your goods, I mean the goods"

Hebereke scratched the back of his head awkwardly, her glare was brunging into his soul furiously, by now, a weaker man would have stopped, but no, not Hebereke Sentou, he was an ultimate fighter, and the ultimate pervert, no one could best him in those two things, and he laughed in the faces of girs who called him a Hentai, for he was not just a normal one, he was an Uber Hentai. Uber hentai or not, he needed to show the girl the stance before she hit him again. A powerful fighter he may be, but that did not mean he did not feel pain.

He situated himself into the Neutral stance, then looked Aiko in the eye as his feet twisted, and the straightening of his back leg shifted his upper body forward over his knee. His right arm was still up and bent at the elbow, his fist out in front of his face, both ready for blocking and attacking with weapon one. His left hands position had not changed from the Neutral one, and was still tucked up by his side in what looked like an uncomfortable manner, withi his elbow against his latissimus and his fist pressed against his right pectoral.

"See that the stance has not changed much, only movement is one that goes forward, so it adds opportunity to strike faster, and to hit harder, which is essentially what you want to do I believe"

Strength was not really her main worry if she was going to be honest, she knew she was smaller than the average fighter, and although she was extraordinarily powerful, other, mostly male Tiajutsu masters would have an advantage over her in strength, hence why she used the capoeira style, she would rely on her greater speed and trickery to defeat other, more powerful foes. The option of getting a quicker reflex and more jump-started attack from this stance sounded quite good to her at least, but she was sure that would all come later.

Shaking her shoulders out slightly, she moved her own body into the Neutral bow stance, and performed the same sort of movement he had done, twisting her lower body, turning the feet so that her body faced forward instead of an angle this time. Her upper body moved forward as she moved her shoulders back slightly so she could keep her back straight, stretching it out, and being able to have her hands fall into position where they needed to be, her right, in front of her face, arm extended elbow bent at ninety degrees, and her left, tucked into her midsection so that she could both defend and attack from body-shots.

As her chest moved out, her senseis eyes moved from her own eyes to her chest, and she could tell what he was thinking from the redness which crossed his face. Her own face flushed madly as her forhead crinkled into a frown.

"ERO-SENSEI!!! MY EYES ARE UP HERE"

[hotaru]

These are redonkulous

+5

[Sirén]

Reverse Bow
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Transitionary stance
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Forward Bow, turn head to look backwards.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"So how many more of these are there?"

Hebereke looked at the girl, confusion in his red-checked face. Clearly he did not understand why she would ask such a thing, or perhaps it was simply her ornery way of asking.

"These? What do you mean these? These just happen to be crucial stances in the Kenpo style"

His wrinkled face was spun with webs of wrinkles as he frowned at her question. Things. The young people nowadays gave no respect to what deserved it. Here he was, spending his time trying to teach her, and she was complaining? Wondering how many stances they had left to perform? Well, she was sure in for a surprise when she would learn just how many techniques there were in the Kenpo style. That would keep her quiet about the amount of stances. After all, she was about to hit the half-way point with them.

"You will be pleased to know that you are half-way through them, now stop complaining and just watch"

He settled into the Forward bow, his back leg straight and his front leg bent, his right hand, closed in a fist, in front of his face, and his left arm was pressed against his breast. The stance that she already knew, but he took the next step, transforming it into the variation, which just so happened to be the next stance. Twisting his upper body, keeping his legs in the same position, but moving so he was looking backwards. His right hand opened up so that it was no longer a fist, but it was still in front of his face.

"This is the Reverse Bow, meant for attacks from behind and the likes, it is similar to the Foreward Bow, except you have a twisted upper body"

Aiko acknowledged his explanation and set about the technique herself. Her positioning in the Foreward bow was complete, it was a simple stance, and reversing it would take no great feat of strength or intelligence either. Twisting her body so that she had full range of motion about, she looked behind her, her arms shifting with her body, her right palm facing outwards while her left hand was still ressed up against her body as a quick defence weapon.

"Good, now you still have all your weapons available while not losing targets behind you"

[Zetsumei]

+5

No comment.... But I agree with Hotaru completely >_>

[Sirén]

90 Degree Cat
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Center line partially open. Has an 90-10 weight ratio
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Start with the heel of one foot up against the instep of your other foot (your feet are at a 90 degree angle to each other). Slide the heel foot forward so the heel is where the toes were. Move up onto the ball of that foot.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

0/5

"Ah the Cat stance, a very fitting one for you, amyway, just another altertered Neutral stance, you'll get it no poblem, just like the rest. However, in this, you will not be perfectly balanced, it is a ninety percent weight shift to your back foot, with minimal body weight on your front. Your back foot will be at a ninety degree angle from your front foot, hence the name, ninety degree cat. You hands and upper body positioning all stay the same"

Aiko could have groaned at the sheer annoyance of learning the same technique over and over again, with only a slight modification each time, but she would simply grin and bare it, after all, she was half-way complete of the stances, and soon enough she could move onward onto the actual fighting. Still, this was not exactly real difficult, so its not like she had anything to complain about really. Performing the stance was as simple as standing, likethe first stance, a prime example of it.

The pink-haired kunoichi watched as her sensei performed the stance, except she would completely ignore his upper body this time, as it had not changed from the last three techniques, and it was not going to change positions any time soon. Or she doubted it anyway. His feet looked similar to what they had inthe Neutral bow, except that the front foot was perfectly straight ahead and his back foot was pointing out to the side. If one were to trace a line in the angle they formed, it was indeed ninety degrees, or close to.

Aiko herself followed his example, letting her arms go into the formation they had performed too many times now, and then focusing on her foot placement. It was awkward at first to have her foot pointing straight out to the side, but it was not noticable if one did not think of it. With most of her weight on her back leg, he knee was slightly bent to absorb any impact that would be taken, while her front leg was straight and with very little of her weight on it. Only the ball of her foot would be touching the ground with her front foot, giving her the ability to snap kick when needed.

"Good, you will notice that at all times in this stance, three of your four weapons are available to you, that is very important to note"


'At least he stopped perving on me'

"Hai Ero-sensei"

[Leonov]

+5

[Sirén]

45 degree Cat
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Center line partially open. Has an 90-10 weight ratio
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Start with your heels together, toes apart at a 45 degree angle. Move the heel of one foot forward so the heel is where the toes of that foot were. Move up onto the ball of that foot.
Limit: Must be taught by a Kenpo Master.

"Well, guess what, another stance that is almost the exact same as the last"

He paused to hear her groan in exasperation. honestly, would it kill these people to put variety into teir style?

"All that changes between this and the previous stance, is a switch of foot placement. Instead of having a ninety degree angle formed by your feet, you will form only a forty five degree angle. Although the angle is different, and it maty be just a small change, it has a large effect. You will have less balance in this, so you will have to watch yourself"

Aiko mentally smacked herself. Honestly, she did not understand how she could bare this any longer, the slight changes in movement to d overy little with the actual stance? Well, she supposed sacrificing balance for speed wasa big change, but the fact that she needed to be taught these things, such tiny details that really did not need to be taught. Although the fact that they were integral for later on, or she assumed they would anyway, so the small changes would probably be important.

In fact, the way it was performed did not even require Hebereke to show her an example of it. As she was still in the Ninety Degree Cat stance, she twisted her foot slightly to make the angle close up, and she felt her body begin to fall backwards, in the direction that was no longer supported by her foot. Shifting her heel back she regained her balance and looked at her sensei, who hada smug grin on his face, obviously glad that she had performed it as she had, so he would not have to explain the effects of the lack of support.

Switching her foot back into the position, she swtiched the balance in her body to be slightly more forward, but not adding any additional pressure to the front foot. With the movement of her weight, she could stay in the stance without losing her balance from it, and thus making it more useful. A stance without balance was as dangerous as a leaving ones self open in a sword fight, let it happen and you would die, and she really did not want that...That would put a crimp in her day.

"See what happens when you underestimate the skill, you get cocky and fail at it, at least you were good enough to correct yourself without any help from me, good job"