OPEN ✤ training sessions

[akito]

Characters: Wanijima Akito & OPEN
Date: October catch-all
Location: All over; mostly Wood Sector
Situation: Multiple... Mostly training.
Warnings/Rating: n/a
Notes: This is a free for all log, so feel free to handwave the training and just interact with the other characters, or Akito, at a particular lesson/training session. Make sure to include which week your tag takes place in! Seriously - go nuts!


Beginner's Self-Defense
- Location: Wood Sector
- Days: Mon/Wed/Fri
- Time: 7:00am - 11:00am

Akito promised he would have training for beginners, and he isn't about to back out of something so important. The first month of training will be spent learning basic punching and kicking techniques, and practicing agility. It's important to know your body and it's limits, so you know when you can push them. He will also be very strict about injury prevention.

(open to Ryou, Enjorlas, and any other characters who want to start learning basic self defense techniques. he will eventually work up to teaching some simple knife skills.)



Advanced Group
- Location: Wood Sector
- Days: Mon/Wed/Fri
- Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

He hasn't organized this in an effort to teach, but merely for the more skilled fighters on Keeliai to meet each other and discuss their techniques, and have the opportunity to spar with each other.



Taint Detecting
- Location: Anton's Hotel
- Days: Tues/Sat (starting 10/03/14)
- Time: 8:00am - 2:00pm

Thanks to Solomon's notes and lesson outlines, Akito does his best to teach the skill he's learned to others. Whether or not he's successful is up for debate, since he can't quite reproduce Karanea's exact lessons.

He'll be very strict about not causing a mess for Anton, since his hotel still hasn't completely recovered from its recent damage.



Hatchling Defense
- Location: Wherever the hatchling in question is located.
- Days: Varies between Tues/Wed/Sat
- Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm Tues/Sat & 8:00am - 11:00am Sat

If any of the turtle hatchlings want to learn some self-defense, Akito will do his best to accommodate them. He doesn't know much about how a turtle would be able to fight, but he'll focus on them using their size to their advantage, and stress that they should never be afraid to bite someone who is trying to harm them.



Bending Training
- Location: Wood Sector
- Days: Sun
- Time: 8:00am - 12:00pm

Akito doesn't expect Zuko or Wan to show up, but he's hoping the other Benders he's contacted will come to train with him, and each other. He knows a good fighting technique that requires both air and fire elements - one that he, Agito, and Kazu had used before to great effect - and hopes he can pass it along successfully.

Since training will end at noon, he'll make sure to take the time to make lunch for everyone who turns up.



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Hopefully this works for everyone! If I need to change anything just let me know.

Comments

[solo_patria]

"That would be a relief. I admit I know more about the application of such things in action, but, with any potential notes, well, I will have a look through everything left behind tonight. I admit I've not done as much with the papers as I ought."

But, then, things had been somewhat difficult for a while, and then there had been the business with calling Evandau out, and well. He did need to look about.

"Is there anything in the way of knives you would suggest I practice with, first?"

[akito]

"You can have Taraja contact me through Quintus if you need anything before our next session,". Akito informs him. "As for practice, if you get a proper dagger to use you can get used to the weight of it. Try throwing it at a target. I'm not going to train you with knives until the basics of using your body as a defensive force are learned though."

[solo_patria]

"Of course." And then, it occurs to Enjolras that there is another question to be asked here, although it is not really one for the exact moment, really, given there are plenty of things going on already. "I...we ought to talk about other things as well, at some point, actually."

Which is all that Enjolras is going to say here, lest it put a damper on the moment, even though it seems as though it would be impossible to manage that in the current mood of things. That said, he's moving on quickly enough, and nodding.

"I'll certainly look into that yes. And I can easily see where that would be something of a problem. Entertainment for our dearest recently departed friend, right there."

On the end of that aside, though, he's glancing at his feet, frowning a little and moving to adjust those a little, at that, adjusting for his balance just a little, there, and, thankfully at least, not tripping all over himself. For now, anyway.

[akito]

Akito nods, wondering what he wants to talk about, but putting that aside for the time being. Instead he focuses on Enjorlas' stance, offering input and - when necessary - physically adjusting it himself until satisfied.

The first kick he teaches once Enjorlas seems to have his balance is the round-house kick: simple and effective.

[solo_patria]

Mostly an idea he'd like to run past a few of the turtle parents he has a bit more of an acquaintance with. And, of course, the parents of the hatchlings who've been lost, as well. He would as soon do nothing if they do not approve of it, obviously. But, that is for another time just now, as his mind snaps back into the training mode.

Being touched so casually by someone who is not one of his friends from Paris is a little, a great deal odd to him, still, but this is Akito, who has already seen him at his worst, which makes things a bit different.

The kick is a little odd to start with, and he's stumbling at first, rather a lot. Taraja, when she finds out, and he knows that she will find out, will probably shake her head at him and laugh. That IS a thought that does make him a little more secure, in all of this, that she will be able to do that, after all, and it sustains him even as he's falling on his ass at his second attempt, vaguely wishing he'd listened when Bahorel had tried to convince him that this sort of skill was needed.

Still, at least he's getting up again, his eyes narrowing and lips thinning as he frowns in concentration, or at least attempts therein. If there is nothing else, at least he is quite Stubborn determined, anyway.

[akito]

Akito watches, keeping his distance except in any instance where Enjorlas is at risk of injuring himself worse than a few cuts or bruises. For now, all that he can do is guide and try to teach by example. And, of course, heal any of the more severe injuries they may get if something goes horribly wrong - but it won't because if there is one thing Akito demands to be learned is how to do everything safely.

[solo_patria]

Enjolras is rather hoping not to injure himself in any actually significant ways. He can certainly handle falling on his arse a bit. Or even a lot, although he does hope to avoid dumping himself face first into any dirt, if that's at all possible. Thankfully, he does know better than to break his falls with his face, or any delicate limbs for that matter, so that is a very remote possibility. So far, though, he's frowning a little as he notices things feeling off balance, then pausing, and trying to work out why.

A few shifts of his body along the way, and he IS feeling a little steadier, and more aware of exactly where his limbs are going, and when. It doesn't mean he's completely avoiding hitting the ground, but there are reasons he's worn clothing that should stand up to it, trousers he's picked up here, and the turtle shirt he'd worn to the end of summer celebration with Taraja, instead of anything easily damaged, or not easily re-obtainable, for a reason after all.

[akito]

Akito continues to keep an eye on Enjorlas, making sure he isn't going to injure himself, and alternates between helping him and Ryou. There isn't anything more he wants to teach for the day - now is just time dedicated to practice.

[solo_patria]

After a few more attempts, Enjolras does start to feel a little steadier. He's not out to push himself to the limits of his body right away, but he does find himself testing them, little by little, and, for the most part, now that he's paying attention, it's easier to tell when he's doing something off, and to try correcting it.

He ends up falling on his ass again, and once on his knees, but he's also taking a moment after each of those falls, clearly trying to evaluate what caused him to get so out of step. It's one of the few times, in his life, that Enjolras has tried a style of fighting, or defense, like this one is, and he's surprised to find that he likes it, and the idea of being armed without ever having to draw a weapon.

At one point, he is pausing though, as Akito wanders by.

"I have a question, actually. I cannot seem to land back in my exact center of balance, even if I am still standing, after. Is there a technique I am missing, somewhere?"

[akito]

"..Ah? Um..." Akito thinks over the question thoroughly, while remembering each of Enjorlas' movements. "Well, it takes some practice to get used to hitting your center of balance properly, but there are some tricks to help with it."

He takes the time to explain in simple, yet not condescending, terms the physics behind a person's center of balance, and how best to utilize it. Shifting your weight, movement of the legs, and the angle of the knees all relate to it, and he tries to offer a clear explanation that should help Enjorlas improve.

[solo_patria]

"Oh good."

Enjolras had been hoping there were ways to make it easier, so he's listening intently to Akito's explanation, making the small adjustments and frowning thoughtfully as he settles in to attempt the adjustments, and, to see just where his current approach is going wrong. After a few attempts, he's smiling, and feeling a bit better about his abilities. It will take a lot of practice, but it's practice he's quite confident that he can handle working on, and, perhaps, that will make the difference.

Either way, he's adjusting carefully, and then carrying on, feeling a bit better about his chances already.