"Well, you're going to have a rough fucking time with a regular fencing stance. It's all in the knees and ankles, I just got mine kicked in and it's fucking sucked having to train on it."
She returns to stand opposite to him, but doesn't return to her regular stance. Instead she scrunches her face up in the effort of remembering, and puts herself in a wider posture that bends the knees less dramatically.
"I'm not super super practiced at this, but I'll teach you a HEMA stance instead. The like, standard fencing posture uses your leg as a spring to push yourself forward, but this is for stability instead. You're probably not going to win any fight on speed alone at this point, so don't aim for it. Strong core, shoulders back like in the last one, and I'll run you through the guards."
At his last comment, she snorts a little derisively.
"I've said worse at people who could do more about it than you can."
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She returns to stand opposite to him, but doesn't return to her regular stance. Instead she scrunches her face up in the effort of remembering, and puts herself in a wider posture that bends the knees less dramatically.
"I'm not super super practiced at this, but I'll teach you a HEMA stance instead. The like, standard fencing posture uses your leg as a spring to push yourself forward, but this is for stability instead. You're probably not going to win any fight on speed alone at this point, so don't aim for it. Strong core, shoulders back like in the last one, and I'll run you through the guards."
At his last comment, she snorts a little derisively.
"I've said worse at people who could do more about it than you can."