[To tell the truth, he's not really sure how to give instruction--what he's learned of Oresoren martial technique doesn't translate that well to human fighting, and while hand-to-hand is hand-to-hand, using Solon's training methods on her doesn't bear thinking about. So they're both just muddling along, really.]
Just keep practicing the exercises I gave you. Did you want to start with that? [He motions to the dagger.]
[an improvement for her on this front is more the fact that she can move through the exercises easily without having to stop and think about them. which, to be fair, for a girl who has used nothing but a bow her entire fighting career, isn't the worst thing.]
[however, put her in an actual knife fight and she's still pretty much guaranteed to lose. she has a long way to go.]
Nines taught me a little bit about how to disarm an opponent when there's a major size difference. [because let's be real, Madoka will probably be a lot smaller than pretty much anyone she's up against.] Do you think that might work here, too?
[He may adjust her stance once or twice at the beginning, but otherwise she seems to have the exercises down, at least.]
Good.
Yes, compensating for a size difference is an important part of fighting. Do you remember how he showed you? You can position me however you like to demonstrate it.
[this still isn't really a situation that she would be much good at handling, judging by the way she hesitates before moving, like she has to think about what she needs to do. this must be why she's so determined to keep practicing.]
[Jay is close enough to her size that she doesn't have to too creative with using forces like gravity against him, right? maybe. she darts to the side, and, when she's pretty sure she at least has a few seconds of time to do so, she moves in, plants her free hand on his shoulder and just shoves. she doesn't want to actually knock him over (what if he fell on the knife? she'd feel terrible), she's just trying to throw him off balance long enough for her to make her next move.]
[she's so bad at this. if this were a real fight, what she just did would probably have gotten her hurt. but it's fine. she can heal, and it's not like getting shanked would pose a mortal threat to her (Madoka, that's a terrible line of thinking, stop that).]
[Yeah, he's noticing and making note of the hesitation, but this is about getting an idea of what she's supposed to be doing, so he doesn't try too hard to counter: he pushes back against her shove for a moment before letting go, allowing her to push him backwards.
Restraining his defensive instincts is actually really hard, but he manages.]
... I think it went something like — [now that she's successfully pushed him (rather, Jay's allowed her to push him), she sprints behind him and makes a grab for his arm, so she can pin it behind his back.]
— like that? I don't think I did it right, though.
[He blinks a couple times. Well. That was an attempt.]
I don't know what 9S showed you. But I think that's unlikely to work unless you're much faster than your opponent. Also, [He twists his arm against her grip, jerking his elbow out harshly--]
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[To tell the truth, he's not really sure how to give instruction--what he's learned of Oresoren martial technique doesn't translate that well to human fighting, and while hand-to-hand is hand-to-hand, using Solon's training methods on her doesn't bear thinking about. So they're both just muddling along, really.]
Just keep practicing the exercises I gave you. Did you want to start with that? [He motions to the dagger.]
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[an improvement for her on this front is more the fact that she can move through the exercises easily without having to stop and think about them. which, to be fair, for a girl who has used nothing but a bow her entire fighting career, isn't the worst thing.]
[however, put her in an actual knife fight and she's still pretty much guaranteed to lose. she has a long way to go.]
Nines taught me a little bit about how to disarm an opponent when there's a major size difference. [because let's be real, Madoka will probably be a lot smaller than pretty much anyone she's up against.] Do you think that might work here, too?
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Good.
Yes, compensating for a size difference is an important part of fighting. Do you remember how he showed you? You can position me however you like to demonstrate it.
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[are you ready to get put into a chokehold by a tiny pink meguca, Jay.]
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All right.
[He'll come at her with his dagger, although he's moving more slowly than he usually would and telegraphing his movements.]
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[Jay is close enough to her size that she doesn't have to too creative with using forces like gravity against him, right? maybe. she darts to the side, and, when she's pretty sure she at least has a few seconds of time to do so, she moves in, plants her free hand on his shoulder and just shoves. she doesn't want to actually knock him over (what if he fell on the knife? she'd feel terrible), she's just trying to throw him off balance long enough for her to make her next move.]
[she's so bad at this. if this were a real fight, what she just did would probably have gotten her hurt. but it's fine. she can heal, and it's not like getting shanked would pose a mortal threat to her (Madoka, that's a terrible line of thinking, stop that).]
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Restraining his defensive instincts is actually really hard, but he manages.]
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— like that? I don't think I did it right, though.
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I don't know what 9S showed you. But I think that's unlikely to work unless you're much faster than your opponent. Also, [He twists his arm against her grip, jerking his elbow out harshly--]