Hope's Training

*ducks my head down and brings my wood sword up to block the strike from one clone*

Alright...good enough.

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Congratulations, you've achieved basic mastery of Niman

kk, now I want to teach you a Jutsu--Insantaneous movement. The shinobi body flicker Jutsu increase the user's senses and reflexes to move extremely quickly, like the shinigami flash step. However, this is both tiring adn slower than Magus Insantaneous movement adn the Quincy Hirenkyaku. Therefore, I'm going to teach it to you, so that you get an edge in movement. Insantenous movement ejects chakra suddenly out of the foot, allowing a quick slide that is faster, if less precise, than body fliekr.

*nods* Right, sounds like a handy technique to have.

Alright...don't slowly release chakra like when standing on water, release it in a burst, so that it creates enough force for you to shoot forwards--and don't stand in causal posiiton, you'll fall over when you come to a stop. Also, shoot some from your feet so that you hover over the ground and don't trip over rocks.

*closes my eyes and does a hand sign so that I can concentrate my chakra to my feet*

Alright...do it suddenly, and be usre to aim in teh right direction--or else you'll jsut kind of tip over.

*goes o take a step forward and releases the chakra in a burst, appearing about 20 metres away from my previous location with wobbly legs*

kk...you'll get used to the sudden movement with time. You then wanted to learn Makashi, right? Screw this, first, lunch. Sandwich? *produces a flowery embroidered picnic basket with sandwiches*

*slides closer to the picnic basket* What kind of sandwhiches?

ham. But I forgot the mustard. Want?

*puts out hands and does grab motions* Gimme

*throws it over* so what's your reason for wanting to be a shinobi?

*unwraps the sandwhich and bites into it softly* Well...thought it would be interesting

oh. kk, so when you're done, want to get back to training?

Yeah sure, so you said something about waterfall training before?

Yes...it's much easier to calm teh mind by staying under a waterfall. But unfortunately, water is wet. kk, Makashi...what od you compare a fight to, Hope?

Yeah and less clothes and wettness=bad and perverted.

Well I would compare a fight too...probably a test.

...how so?

Well if you don't have the right answer to the question, you fail...same as in fighting, if you don't have enough technique you will die.

Yes, that's true...but in honesty, fighting is mostly an endurance test. The more you lose strength, the more likely you make mistakes. Makashi attempts to make up for this. It's a law of Judo--a weak force can always offset a stronger force if done from the right direction. here's an illustration. Arnold Schwarzenegger with a big axe, Tom Cruise with a stick. if tom cruise does even a wimpy poke to Ahnold's downswing, the axe will hit off-target.

*nods* Ahh I see your point..

alright...so, I will provide you with a small little rapier thingy, the typical weapon for Makashi users, due to the fact that it is light. Now, I will have this big, Zweihander for Shii Cho. Now, I'm gonna slash at you. Your goal is to hit it from the side os I miss you. *suddenly raises sword and slashes down*

**brings the rapier up quickly and clashes it against the side slightly*

*the sword goes off track, landing next ot Hope* alright...now, you ahve to learn to do this instinctively, without making too many uneccesary flourishes. The idea is to do these simple but effective strikes until the opponent is worn out.

*nods and takes a stance* Right