[but it was, apparently, a good choice for defense of another? although yves and lucas certainly did not seem to happy about being defended in that way. she won't belabor the point, though; she's sure adolphe already knows.
anyway! she nods, paying close attention to his instructions. she does know a bit about self defense already - but it's fairly obvious that it was very recently learned and whatever lessons she was getting were cut short, so having adolphe help her to build on the basics is greatly appreciated.]
[ He uses his own hands to demonstrate. If the attacker holds your wrist like this, swiftly turn and tug the wrist towards yourself! And other similar techniques. If someone is choking you, try to calm down and go for the eyes if your hands are free. More things like that. ]
It's really more about staying calm, but I know that's difficult in situations where that could happen.
[ He has a bottle of water for her! Time for a break. ]
[she will pay attention to these techniques, too, mirroring the motion for how to turn and tug the wrist to break a hold and looking down at her nails to gauge how sharp they are. all the better to go for the eyes...]
...it is definitely easier said than done. [she accepts the bottle of water and takes a few sips from it.] Saber had begun to teach me a little, but we didn't have time for many lessons before... [she shakes her head.] ...we mainly focused on disarming someone who came at me with a weapon.
Well enough while we were practicing. We were of a similar build, so their techniques were not too difficult for me to pick up on... it just turned out not to be the most applicable thing for me to use right away.
[neverah didn't come at her with a weapon at first, and her arm and wrist were broken before she could really make use of any of the techniques she'd learned. rip.]
... Then after the break, we can try learning self-defense methods you can use without your hands. Let me know if it gets too overwhelming, and we can slow down if you want.
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[but it was, apparently, a good choice for defense of another? although yves and lucas certainly did not seem to happy about being defended in that way. she won't belabor the point, though; she's sure adolphe already knows.
anyway! she nods, paying close attention to his instructions. she does know a bit about self defense already - but it's fairly obvious that it was very recently learned and whatever lessons she was getting were cut short, so having adolphe help her to build on the basics is greatly appreciated.]
...you're a good teacher, Adolphe. Thank you.
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[ He uses his own hands to demonstrate. If the attacker holds your wrist like this, swiftly turn and tug the wrist towards yourself! And other similar techniques. If someone is choking you, try to calm down and go for the eyes if your hands are free. More things like that. ]
It's really more about staying calm, but I know that's difficult in situations where that could happen.
[ He has a bottle of water for her! Time for a break. ]
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...it is definitely easier said than done. [she accepts the bottle of water and takes a few sips from it.] Saber had begun to teach me a little, but we didn't have time for many lessons before... [she shakes her head.] ...we mainly focused on disarming someone who came at me with a weapon.
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[ He's curious on how Saber would have taught her, since disarming someone barehanded is quite a feat. ]
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[neverah didn't come at her with a weapon at first, and her arm and wrist were broken before she could really make use of any of the techniques she'd learned. rip.]
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... Then after the break, we can try learning self-defense methods you can use without your hands. Let me know if it gets too overwhelming, and we can slow down if you want.
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...very well. I look forward to trying them.