Training in Gyakusatsu[Training/Private]

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The Achilles walked down the road and looked around seeing the trees. As he approached he saw a man standing in the middle of his path. The man had one sword on his back and another sword on his hip. The swordsmen was carrying a sakkat that covered his face. The Achilles in reverse was carrying seven Wakazashi and two Katana, one being the new sword he was carrying, the Kyuushi. He looked at the man and began to keep moving. The man looked up at him and smiled and, in a questioning tone, "Do you know how to use those swords?"

The Achilles was taken back for a second and then he smiled at the man. "I know how to use them all." he responsed. This was a true statement, he knew how to perform teh Wakazashi Kagame style and the Santroyu style. The man began to take up a stance and then draw his sword. By his facial expression the Achilles could tell this was going to be a sparing match just to show that he was not bragging. Alexander took up a stance himself. Wind began to kick up and leaves began to fall down all around them. As the last leaf fell the two swordsmen moved in a sudden flash. The achilles drawing his two swords in a quick drawing motion. The slash of air erupted into a brutal cut, the man dodged this skillfully however. The man then performed a quick draw and Alexander went to draw his sword in blocking motion. He was successful but he was sent backward. Right away Alexander knew he could not match this man. He looked at him and put his sword back. "Will you teach me this style of yours?"

The man looked at him as if thinking about the request. The man smiled and then exhaled a breath and said "I will teach you, but only because you have actual skill in the ways of the sword." The man then moved over the Alexander and outstreched his hand. He helped up the young Kaishin and then guided him down the path. They walked down the way and saw a dojo and Alexander knew, this would be were he was going to train in this style.

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Chuuhan no Shisei (Middle Level Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with a sword held at the midsection.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Chuuhan no Shisei is the most basic of the six stances of Gyakusatsu and offers the optimal balance between offense and defense. The user brings his/her sword to the midsection held in a forty-five degree angle upwards with the dominate hand held at the top of the handle below the guard. The stance is used to transition easily between offense and defense as well as counters. The feet match the positioning of the hands with the dominate side in the forefront.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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The Achilles stood before a man he had just met in the woods. He had dropped all of his gear and exchanged it for the training gear of a pupil of this school. He held a wooden Katana in his hand and looked at his new "Sensi". He held the weapon ready and fell into the common holding he would perform for the three sword style. The Sensi looked at him, laughed and then approached him. He took his own sword and shifted the stance of the Achilles. Alexander held the sword with his dominate hand and then moved his legs to where the master told him to. Once there he brought the blade of the sword to his midsection holding it at a forty-five degree angle. He saw the master take the same stance as him and he looked it over and copied the postions of the masters legs, hands, blade, shoulds, neck, arms, and head. He looked his body was in the same stance as the masters and he began to see that this postion would hold great balance. He also saw, that this was a better stance for him to be in with regards to switching into an attack or into a defensive move. He wondered if all the stances would be like this and he looked over the master with eager eyes to see what he could do.

The master then confirmed what Alexander had just thought to himself, Alexander did not interupt. "As you can see the blade is easily able to go into an offensive or defensive posture from this stance. This stance is simply known as the Chuuhan no Shisei. Now I want you to stand straight up." the Master commanded. Alexander complied and moved his body into a straight posture. Then the Master looked at him and yelled for him to take up the Chuuhan No Shisei which Alexander did. He remembered what the Master had done andwhere his body had been. He moved his body into those postions and took up the stance. The Master smiled and asked him to move around, to which Alexander complied. The Master ran him around the area and then yelled for him to take the stance again. Again Alexander took up the stance remembering the postioning the Master's body had been in and copying it. This went on for a hour or two before the Master told him it was ok for him to take a small break. He was smiling and the Achilles felt like he had learned how to take that stance well enough. As he took a sip of water the Master yelled for him to take the stance and Alexander moved his body into the stance immedatily and the Master laughed. "Good young one, good."

[Corvus]

+5

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Hikui no Shisei (Lower Level Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with a sword held below the waist.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Hikui no Shisei is the most defensive of the six stances of Gyakusatsu and offers the highest peak of defense, deflecting, and creating striking opprotunities. The user brings his/her sword to point at the opponent's lower body, typically around the knee or thigh area. The hands are held with the dominate hand near the top of the handle and the feet match with the dominate foot in the forefront.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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The Achilles now held his sword once more after his brief, but much welcomed, water break. Now the master looked at his new pupil and then showed him another stance. This time he took up a different posture and the big difference was that the sword was lowered down below his waist. The point of the blade was aiming at Alexander's knees and then he saw that as the Master moved his blade changed the postion very slightly. It would move back and forth from the lower thigh area to his knee. The Achilles knew that this was a lower body stance that would probably provide good defense and deflecting power. Then Master spoke and Alexander listened to him and hung on his ever word. He soaked up all the knownledge the master was passing on. After all that was why he was here. He had seen the man fight him and the man had defeated him almost effortlessly. The Master told him that he his thoughts were once again correct in what he believe. The stance was a great one for defense and deflecting as well as creating opening for striking attacks at the opponent. Alexander watched the sword master and took a picture of how the sword master was standing.

The young Kaishin was then called by the sword master to perform the stance and let him inspect it. Alexander remember what the sword master had just done, even though now he was standing straight and standing still. The Achilles moved his legs into the base of the stance and then moved his blade below his waist. He pointed the blade at the Master's knee to replicate what the Master had just done. Alexander then placed his hands with his would be dominate hand near the top of the handle. This copied his foot work since his dominate foot was forward. For this he was using his right foot as the dominate, even though he could use both hands equally. The Achilles then stood still and let the Master inspect his stance and his teacher moved his legs and little bit back and forth. Then he told him to stand complete straight up, which Alexander complied with. Then the teacher told him to take up the stance to which Alexander followed numerous times. "Good, good. This stance is known as the Hikui no Shisei this is the best defensive stance in the style." the Master told him smiling. Alexander wondered what the next stance he was going to learn and what it would be used for.

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sorry, but there's no way that's worth 50 I'll give you 5 points though

[Nyu]

It is an E rank I just mistyped and put 50. So use to 50 instead of 5. I don't train many E ranks.

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Kousou no Shisei (Upper Level Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with a sword held above the head.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: JKousou no Shisei is the most aggressive of the six stances of Gyakusatsu and offers the highest peak of offense. The user brings his/her sword above the head held in a double axe-handle position with the dominate hand held near the apex. This stance is used to optimize the user's initial strength and bodyweight for heavier swordstrokes and counters. The feet match the positioning of the hands with the dominate side in the forefront.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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The master now walked in front of Alexander. He called for the young swordsmen to take up different postures he had just learnt. He was making sure that Alexander knew them well, this was teh sign of a good master, or at least a through one. Alexander began to go through the movements and he remembered when he had first been introduced into swords. He had been very impatient and had just wanted to learn the attack abilities right off the bat. He wanted to know how to perform some of the more advanced techniques. His first style had been the Wakazashi Kagame style. It took him a while but he finally performed the basics correctly and then the intermediate techniques. Finally he had been ready to perform the more advanced techniques of the style. After that he had learned the style of Three Swords or Santroyu and he had learnt some of the basic techniques but that time he was not as impatient. It was faster for him since he had already been introduced to swords, but he was far from being a master swordsmen. He now looked at the master as he began to perform the stance that he was going to teach him.

The Achilles watched as the master moved his sword above his head and noticed that the master's strong hand was near the appex of the sword. He watched the masters stance and noticed that the man's feet were at the same as his hands. His strong leg and foot was matching that of his hands, in the fact that the strong one was at the appex of the base of the stance. The master then told Alexander that it was his turn. Alexander took a deep breath and then held his sword the same way. He held his sword over his head the same way the master had. As he did so the teacher went over the basics. He told him this was the most aggressive stance and that it's name was JKousou no Shisei. The master then began to move his legs and his posture to match the correct way it should be. Once Alexander was finally in the correct postion he remembered the postion of his entire body. Then on the command he relaxed and put his hands beside his sides. Then the master started to call out different stances and as he called them Alexander would take up the stances. Only once or twice the Achilles needed correction on the thrid stance. He hoped he was showing good enough progress and that soon he would progess to something a bit more challenging than stances.

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+Learned.

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Hitoshirenu no Shisei (Rear Hidden Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with a sword held behind the body.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Hitoshirenu no Shisei is the most deceptive of the six stances of Gyakusatsu and offers the highest peak of surprise attacks. The user brings his/her sword down to the waist pointing away to the rear of the body in order to hide the full length of the blade and only show the pommel to the opponent. The hands are held with the dominate hand at the hilt. The user's feet are opposite of the hands with the dominate foot in the rear of the stance.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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Alexander now stood before the sword master. jos mew teacher awaiting a new technique or stance, or perhaps one that is both. He looked on in eagerness and the sword master looked at him and smiled. He could tell he was eager to learn and the man held his sword out. He took up the grip and then in a flash took up a stance but this time Alexander could not see his blade. The postion of the sword was hidden from him at this angle. This was a deceptive stance it would seem and Alexander knew that he would be using this to catch people off guard. This must be why the sword is hidden. Alexander moved around and a small step to the left and to the right he could not see the sword at all. Then he began to move from side to side seeing how many steps it would take him to see the sword. He could only see the pommel and he smiled, this would be a great stance to learn. He memorized what the swordsmen before him was doing and the way the man looked. He then moved forward and began to look at the man's hand placement and his foot work. Then how the sword master had his sword held to and against his body.

Alexander then moved five paces back and stood straight up and still. He placed his sword by his side and began to try and perform the stance. He placed his hand solidly on the hilt of the sword, this was his dominate hand. Then he moved his feet opposite of how his hands were placed. His sword was at his waist and pointing away from the rear of his body. He knew this would make the desired affect of hidding the blade from others and he smiled. He inhaled and then exhaled and then he looked around the sword master who then began to walk around and look at his sword stance. He made a few corrections to him here and there. The body was moved here and there and the Achilles memorized the postion his body was put into. The sword master told him to go into the standing position, to which Alexander obeyed. The sword master then ordered him to take up the upper body stance. Then he told him to take the lower body stance followed by mid level stance. After that he told him to take the rear stance to which Alexander did so. "Very good, this stance is called Hitoshirenu no Shisei and it blocks your opponent from seeing your swords' length." the sword master told him.

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+5; LEARNED.

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Zengosayuu no Shisei (All Directions Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with a sword held vertical.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Zengosayuu no Shisei is a Gyakusatsu stance that allows the user to rapidly respond offensively to enemies from all eight angles of attack. The user brings his/her sword upright until the hilt is in front of the shoulder matching the dominate hand that is held at the apex. This stance is also used to transition into the Kousou no Shisei when striking by sloping the blade slightly to the rear. The user's feet are positioned opposite of the hands with the dominate foot in the rear and the other foot in the forefront.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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Alexander stood now and watched his new teacher in a new sword style in which he was trying to learn. He had already learned how to perform an upper body stance which was the strongest stance for attacks. The lower body stance in which was the best for defensive purposes and having openings in someone's defense. He learned the mid section stance which was the best for switching between offensive and defensive postures. Then he had learned the rear stance, which was good for hidding the length of your blade from your opponents. Now he wondered what other stances he would learn or maybe he would learn a few techniques now. The sword master looked at him and then looked him over and then looked him back at Alexander. "Name all the stances. First one I want to hear is the name of the lower body stance, followed by the upper body. After that the rear stance and then the mid section stance." The Achilles thought for a second, merely a second nothing more and nothing less before he answered. "Lower Body is Hikui no Shisei. The Upper Body stance Kousou no Shisei. The Rear Body stance is Hitishirenu no Shisei. and the Middle Level stance is Chuuhan no Shisei." he said respectfully.

The sword master nodded and took a few steps back. He gathered his sword up and took another stance. This time his sword was brought up and his hilt was in front of his shoulder and matching hand was at the apex. His feet were the opposite of his hands, with his dominate foot to the rear and his other foot at the front. The Achilles took up his sword and then postioned his body to take up the stance the sword master was performing. Alexander memorized the postions of the teachers body and moved his body to be in the same places and looked at the teacher. The teacher smiled and moved over to him. He straightened his body up and moved his legs and arms barely to take up the correct stance.He then began to explain to Alexander the reasons for this stance. He explained how this stance was able to quickly transition from the upper body stance or Kousou no Shisei. He also told him that this stance would allow him to quickly strike and respond offensively in all eight directions of the attacks. The Achilles understood and quickly was begining to understand that this style was all about attacking and not so much on defense.

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+Learned.

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Satsugai no Shisei (Killing Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance with the sword still sheathed at the hip.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Satsugai no Kamae is the most advanced stance of the Gyakusatsu and offers the highest peak of speed when unsheathing the sword. The user holds the sheath with the left hand at the hip and the handle of the sword firmly with the right hand. The shoulders are relaxed and kept even without pivoting the torso. The feet are aligned forward and the lead knee bent with a sixty-forty weight distribution.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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The Achilles now watched the master and once again they were training. The sword master held his sword in his hands and then moved closer to him and held his own sword. This time he looked at Alexander with a different gaze and smiled slightly. "I have taught you the stances for the best defense, for the best offense, for the transitioning from offense to defense and vice versa. I have even taught you how to block the site of your sword and hide it's true length. I have also taught you how to rebound your attacks and be the more aggressive with the upper body stance. Now I am going to teach you a different stance a stance that is a but more of an advanced stance. This stance is a better stance for you to use in a quicker and more advanced techniques that will make you stronger in a sword fight." the man said in a serious tone of voice. He drew a deep breath and took up the stance. He stood before Alexander and then he sheathed his sword on his hip and Alexander noticed he was holding his sword sheath with his left hand. He held the sword with his right hand firmly. His shoulders were relaxed and kept even with his torso not being pivoted at all. The feet were forward and the lead knee was beat at an angle for weight distribution.

Alexander memorized the stance and took it all in and then moved his body to copy the exact stance that the sword master. He put his feet forward and held his lead knee at a bent angle as to allow weight distribution and he then relaxed his shoulders. He then held the sheath of his sword with his left hand and held the hilt of his sword with his right. The sword master looked over his body and moved closer to him. He began to move Alexander's body to match what he had done exactly. He moved his knee and then relaxed his shoulders more and he began to smile at him. "Very good. As you will see this stance offers you the quickest peak of speed when unsheathing the blade. This will be the best and the most advanced stance to use should you need to strike quickly." the sword master said as he moved his body back. "Now, how would you like to learn an actual technique?" the man said happily. "I would gladly like that, I think it would be extremely useful in progressing in the style." the Achilles said.

[Corvus]

+stance

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Kibatsu Genron (Principles For Striking)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Training that strengthens offense with a sword.
Special: ---
Drawback: These combat principles only apply to Gyakusatsu techniques.
Description: Kibatsu Genron is the lesson in which a swordsman learns how to use his/her sword in order to break through an opponent's guard or otherwise defensive measures. This type of offense not only learns how to penetrate an enemy's defense, but also incorporate a knock-back effect upon striking.
E Rank: At this level of skill the user only understands the mechanics of breaking enemy defenses.
Limit: Gyakusatsu

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The sword master now stood before Alexander and he was no in the Middle Level stance. "Take up your sword into a defensive stance. the sword master told him, to which he followed. "This style is called Gyakusatsu, the sword made for killing. As such it has on main purpose, to kill your opponent. This style has two main ways to accomplish that. One breaking down your opponent's defenses, and two defeating your opponent with speed before they can react or draw their sword. The technique I will show you now will help you to break your opponent's defenses." with that he started to pace around the Achilles who did responded to this action by doing this as well. He watched as the blade moved around back and forth and then watched as the man struck forward at him. He put up his sword in defense and the man quickly struck at him with a dangerous blow. The blow was strong enough to knock away his sword and sent it flying backwards behind him. His hands were sore from the shock of the incoming attack. He shook his hands and then took a deep breath and watching the posture of the man.

Alexander could not believe how easily the man had knocked back his own attack. This had been one of his best defensive attacks, but yet the sword master had struck it back easily. The Achilles looked at the man and remembered his strike. It had looked so simple and easy to block, like a weak level attack. However, as he had attacked the strength behind the blow had doubled in strength and the sword was sent flying. Alexander now understood that this style was really more aggressive than defensive. With this technique he could penetrate most defenses and send somebody flying or at least back enough to cause an opening. Alexander now stood before the swordsmen and then he walked over to his sword and picked it up and walked back before the sword master. He took up the lower body stance and preapred again. The sword master attack again. Once again this man's attack seemed to be weak, and nothing more than a low level attack. The Achilles added more strength and increased the power behind the defensive blow. The man's attack was hit and then both redoubled knocking both people backwards. He had to increase his defenses to protect against such attacks; this style really was the sword made for killing.

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+10; LEARNDED.

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Yobousen (Guarding Against Attacks)
Rank: "E", "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Training that strengthens defense against attacks.
Special: ---
Drawback: These combat principles can only be applied to weapon attacks.
Description: Yobousen is the lesson in which a swordsman learns how to use his/her sword in order to block attacks from another sword, polearm, or other bladed weapons. With each progression in skill levels, the user becomes able to block or deflect stronger attacks with better efficiency.
E-Rank: The swordsman only has elementary knowledge in how to properly defend him/herself.

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Alexander stood before his new teacher and watched him carefully. He had just learned how to blow past defenses with a new ability that works extremely well. After all he had just learnt that first had after all. Alexander looked at the sword master carefully, he was wondering a question that perhaps the swords master had the answer to. He glanced at the man wondering what words he should use to ask a certain question. "Teacher, if this ability is strong enough to price defenses, what happens if I face another user of this style?" he asked respectfully. The swords master smiled at him and then walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder. "The original sword master of this style knew something like this might happened. Actually, they planned on it. he said with a grin that was kind of off key. "There is a technique that I am going to teach you now that shall help with that kind of suitation. Here take up your sword and I shall show you how to perform this and then we will take a break." he told him looking at him taking up his sword.

Alexander took up his sword and the teacher took up his. This time he took up the Lower Body stance with his sword facing the ground. He looked at him and stood there not moving and not attacking. By his posture Alexander knew that he wanted him to attack him first as to show him a few defenses. The Achilles smiled and then took up the Upper Body stance and then he leap off and struck at him. He was not performing any attacks, since he knew none, he was just merely slashing through the air. The man blocked the sword swipe and even though Alexander added enough strength that even a Jounin would bound under the attack, the man seemed to stay strong. The man countered the attack and sent the Achilles flying through the air with what seemed to be little effort. It took the Achilles a full six seconds to recover from the attack. He couldn't help it, the force of the counter strike was done with such strength that he was knocked off balance. Alexander stood up and and took a deep breath, this was indeed a very strong defense and he would need to learn it himself. As of right now however, he knew of the very basics of the technique, he just needed a little more strength for them.

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+Learned.

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Speed of the Mind
Rank: "C", "B", "A"
Skill: Skill / Knowledge / Taijutsu
Effect: This type of knowledge and technique grants the user with the capability of withstanding the elements of the Hachimontonkou. They must learn this multiple times. Without this, the Celestial Gates become more destructive toward the mind. This allows the user to endure the intense increase of all the body's perception demanded from the gates.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must be learned each time before they go into a new gate.
- For Gates 1-3, they must learn the "C" Rank version.
- For Gates 4-6 they must learn the "B" Rank version.
- For Gates 7 and 8, they must learn the "A" Rank versions.
Description: ---
Limit: Must become a Chakra Gate User.

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Alexander was now on a break to practice everything he had just learnt. Not only had he just been taught all the stances but he had been taught how to break defenses and then increase his own defense. He had been told about meditating on everything and he sat down with his legs crossed. His new teacher had told him about a waterfall near him. He had went hiking to find it. Going over rocks and tree stumps, as well as going under tree limbs and other vegitation. He heard the rushing of water and the smell of the damp trees and grass. He saw there a lake with small stream and a massive waterfall. He looked closer at the waterfall and saw a rock underneath the apex of the waterfall. In fact he saw more than one and figured that would be the best place to meditate. He took his shirt off and held one sword with him. He had left his other swords at the training area with his sword master and then took off anything else that may get in the way. He slipped into the water and felt the chill of the water work its way up his legs and then his back.

The Achilles took a moment to get use to the feeling of the cold water. Once that was done he exhaled and dunked himself underwater and then swam closer and closer to the rock. He had to make sure that he didn't get swollowed by the strong current or else he may be in trouble. Once he was done with that he pulled his body out of the water. Pushing himself up on the rock, the cold mountain water rushed down his back and he felt the stinging cold. That had been five mintues ago. Now he sat underneath the waterfall, legs cross and eyes closed. He began to concentrate on a central image. His sword was in front of him and he concentrated on becoming better with it. He put his hands in his lap and held them together and began to control his breathing. He then began to inhale through his nose and exhale through his mouth. He began to clear his mind, focusing on the image of his sword in his mind. He saw himself swinging his sword through the air. He noticed that the air he breathed with was still damp from the water. Mentioning water brought back the thought of the ice cold pounding on his skin.

The waterfall was freezing his skin it felt like and he could help but start to shiver. He inhaled the air again and then exhaled and began to control his breathing again. He then focused his mind once again, making his mind sharp as the sword he carried. His mind was becoming clear, like the water that he had surrounded himself in. He began to feel a surge in his mind and strain on his body. He inhaled more air through his nose and then did a controlled exhale out of his mouth. He was controling his breathing and he focused on his sword. He focused, his sword now began to move throughout his mind. Cutting through his imagination without anything interfearing. The water began to fall away from him, the only thing he was really feeling was the sword on his hand. The energy focusing in his body, the surging of his chakra. He began to inhale in his nose again, and exhale through his mouth. He was focusing on his breathing now, making sure nothing else would cut in on his concentration.

The water faded away all the way now. Nothing else was around him, he was in a limbo like area. Floating in himself, and nothing bothered him. He was totally focused on his sword moving in his mind. His body now appeared in his mind, his sword by his side. He watched his mental image of himself move into and out of all the stances he had just learned. He watched his blade be draw and he performed a swing, a powered swing. He was trying to grasp the energy that now flowed throughout his body. He began to focus even further, now he was unaware of his breath, it just came natural. His mind was as clear as water, and he knew that he would need to temper his body more to become a more deadly weapon. He began to bring himself back to reality, though he really did not want to. The water started to come back to him, the stinging cold was coming back. The pressure was arriving back, his eyes opened, the water was on top of him. His breathing fastened and he grabbed his sword and dived back into the water. He swam to shore. That had been one interesting training session, in his mind, both literally and figutivally.

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+ 10 - learned