Tensora Dojo {Open}

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# Sky Ready Stance
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user holds the polearm in a standard ready stance for the ‘Sky’ style.
Special: Naginata (Or other polearms).
Drawback: None.
Description: The practitioner will stand with his/her right side facing the opponent. He/she will then crouch with his/her legs spread apart with both feet pointing to the left. One hand should be gripping the end of the polearm, the other should be gripping a little above the middle. The polearm should point at the opponent’s neck.
Limit: Must learn from one of the five Tensora Masters.

Maro had found the master of tensora sky. Located in the nearby land of river. His spear was undisciplined so far just used to scare or used as just a tool. But now it was going to become a true extension of his body. Master Su Feng stood in front of him as many students practices nearby. "You are new to Tensora. I will show you the ready stance. Where is your spear?" Maro shuffled for his yari which was in two pieces at his waist. Attaching the two pieces together and giving them a turn his spear was ready.

He held the spear in his right hand of his middle set of arms. The point facing the sky as he waiting for Master Feng's instruction. "Follow me." She held her hand out as a student threw her a spear. Without batting an eye she caught and took a deep breath. Her eyes narrowed as she focused. She turned her body to the right but still facing Maro. She began to crounch slightly. Maro followed her every movement as she placed her hands upon the spear. Maro placed his right hand around the middle of the staff portion and one near the end.

Su Feng broke out of the ready stance and inspected his stance. "Your spear should be balanced. Not heavy on either end" The bladed end of the spear seemed low for her as she tapped the wide end with her staff. Maro's arms quivered as the weight shifted slightly. "You've lost balance in your arms, shift you grip upwards." Maro followed the instruction restoring the balance. She walked in front of Maro near the sharp end.

She turned around with a fierce look. She knew what she facing."Your focus is the opponent's neck." She reach out grasping the staff closest to the blade. Even in Maro's grip she easily moved the spear down towards her own neck. "Right about here", she said. Backing away, she picked up her spear and started to walk away. Now hold that stance until I say stop. Maro did so as she walked away.

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Sky Whirling Technique
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user learns how to spin the polearm rapidly, the basis for all Sky techniques.
Special: Naginata (Or other polearms).
Drawback: If this is done slowly, which is prone to happen with the heavier polearms, it’s rather useless.
Description: After using one of the Sky stances, the practitioner will learn how to whirl a polearm in the four basic two handed whirling techniques (diagonal up/down left, diagonal up/down right) as well as the advanced one handed whirling techniques (diagonal up/down left, diagonal up/down right, over the wrist/neck/leg/arm spins, transfers, and finger spins).
Limit: Must know Sky Ready Stance.


Just from his initial teachings from Su Feng he felt she was brutal. A hardened warrior and master of her teachings. She had been through many students who either have given up or had become masters like her. Maro noticed the many students openly sparring and wondered if he were up to the level.

Maro was called to the center as Master Feng stood in front of the new trainees. He readied his spear. Looking around none of the trainees had their personal spears. An attendant asked for Maro's spear to trade for a bamboo pole. The hollow pole was flimsy to Maro. Su Feng had a simialar pole and spun it between each hand.

"Please begin spinning your polearm in front like this." Maro began spinning the pole between both hands and he noted the dull "Whoo" he heard from his hollow pole. Listening to Feng's pole as it made an ascending and descending "Whoo!" A perfection in application of her strength and technique in a rudimentary exercise.

The class continued with the further application of whirls between either hands. Maro and the other trainees dropped their pole several times. It became almost a one-up show as the students and Maro had learned the different spins and transfers quickly because they just were passing the pole between both hands.

[Okami]

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Sky Basic Blocks
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user learns the basic blocks of the Sky stance.
Special: Naginata (Or other polearms).
Drawback: None.
Description: After getting in Sky Ready Stance, the user will learn all the basic point down (blade tip pointing down) and point up (blade tip pointing up) blocks, as well as parries (against stabs) and pole blocks (against mid range attacks).
Limit: Must know Sky Ready Stance.

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Maro enjoyed his training there so far he's een that Su Feng was a real master of her art. She wasn't afraid of any immenent dangers of spears and the novices holding them. But his basics continued. Being asked to place his spear aside for a training one. It was bland. Its head as thin as a pin like it was only made for picking up trash. The body of it was one wooden piece.

But this training wasn't for attacking but for defense. He stood in a line across from another line-up of trainees wielding similar spears. Holding his spear in his middle set of arms the rest relaxed as much as possible without interferring in his training. "Hold the point of the spear up as you support it from both sides, your frontmost hand pushing your polearm towards the attack." Su Feng announced from the side of the lines.

The line in front of Maro step forward and swung their spears horizional at the person in front. Maro held his composure as the poles made contact making a resounding "Clack." in the air. The force from his partner's blow shook through his arms but he stood firm.

The resounding clacks continued as one trainee hit the other. Maro arms absorbed the blows without much give. As if his early training that he took as playing has finally paid off granting him a hard base to defend attacks. Many of the others faltered under the repeated blows in this stance and looked on as Maro continued to take them staring into the eyes of his attacker.

"Stop!" Su Feng voice boomed as the striking trainee backed off. "Whew..." Maro said as he shook his middle set of arms. Their muscles flexed as he moved. His upper left held the spear as he stretched.The trainees murmured amongst themselves during their short rest. "You will point the blade down as you take on an attack." The trainees and Maro were shuffling around trying to stay away from Maro. Whoever stood in front of him would look weak to his strong defense.

Standing in the Sky Ready stance he flipped the spear's blade down. His hands were spread far apart making his back muscles ripple as they tightened bracing the polearm. A bigger opponent pushed through the shuffling to face off against Maro. "Ohhh..," Maro said studying his partner for this exercise. "Begin." Su Feng shouted. The large trainee standing in front of Maro growled as he swung his polearm diagnally at Maro.

He struck as Maro stood firm once more. He grew enraged as he continued to strike vigorously. Maro's back and arms only shook to each blow never falling to the immense force brought upon him. He looked into the trainee's eyes and gave a grin as he held of the attack The trainee gritted his teeth as he continued his assault becoming further enraged until he couldn;t take it anymore.

His next attack he locked with him thinking Maro would just lock with him. He shifted his weight during the lock and threw a kick towards Maro's stomach. Holding the lock Maro turned the blade of the shaft and parried it. Maro stepped in and swept the unbalaced trainee's planted leg sending him to the ground.

Pivoting from the sweep he flipped the blunt end of the spear and stomped into the big trainees chest. Looking down he thrust the blunt end at the brute as he flinched thinking it was the pin end. "Discipline... You'll never be a good fighter without it." Removing the pole from his face he bowed in Su Feng's direction and walked off.

[Okami]

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Sky Basic Strikes
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user attacks one of the four gates of martial arts.
Special: Naginata (Or other polearms).
Drawback: None.
Description: The practitioner will slash at the four gates of martial arts (upper/lower left, upper/lower right) in a perfect form, pivoting along with the strikes as well to exert forward force.
Limit: Must know Sky Ready Stance.

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Though Maro had excelled at most of the recent exercises they staill hadn't went over the strikiing until today. The students were lined up in front of humanoid like dummies. Still wielding toothpicks from before, four targets on the dummy were highlighted. Su Feng stood on a stage in front of another dummy as she would demonstrate.

Holding her own stave she stuck at the dummy and its points. In a diagnol, left to right, right to left,and pivoting with each strike. Maro got into the ready stance and began to strike at the high target first above the neck swinging the polearm, stepping and pivoting his lead foot and quickly retracting into the ready stance. Turning the polearm's blade up he stepped forward again.

Pivoting on his lead foot again, he swung the polearm up at the right side of the top target once again. Quickly retracting into the ready stance and ready to strike again. Looking at the next target which was the middle of the chest. Taking a step back from where he stood to strike the head target, he would use more of the polearms length to hit this target.

Lowering his stance lightly would make the motion easier. He also choked down on the spear slightly making up for the distance he made. Stepping forward and planted his lead foot and pivoted. Bringing down his arms and polearm in his hands. The blade struck the chest target on the right. He stepped back again and returned to his modified ready stance.

Turning the blade up he stepped forward again. Maro planted his left foot and pivoted. He swung the blade up slightly hitting the target on its right side.he brought the blade down once more into his modified ready stance again. The next target was the stomach of the dummy. He kept in his lowered stance as the target was almost on the same level as the chest.

He stepped forward and pivoted his lead foot bringing his arms and polearm's blade down across the target. He stepped back again into his lowered ready stance. Turning the blade up, he stepped forward again. Pivoting his lead foot and striking on the right side of the stomach level target. He smoothly moved back into the ready stance with his polearm slightly lowered.

The final target was at the groin. Maro stared for a second. "There are a few major arteries in that area so I don't see why not." Lowering the ready satnce slightly lower once more he held his head up. Keeping his eyes at least on the chest of the dummy as he stepped forward again. Planting his foot and turning it inwards he struck downwards almost in a stab into the dummies groin.

Returning to the ready stance he turned the blade upwards as he stepped forward and stabbed into the groin slightly to the right this time. He steeped back into the ready stance and gave the polearm a celebratory whirl above his head and around his waist coming into a pose.

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Maro stood near a group of sparing students. He took his off the as someone yelled "Watch Out" A student was falling with his pole in hands. The pointed end stabbed in the neck. Blood gushed out of his neck. he grasped the wound with his hands but couldn't stop its flow the world went dark

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[Koori.]

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