<font color=orange>Okay, this time, trainer tips are going to appear in orange rather than red... the red/blue combination has a funny 3D effect that makes it hard to read. lol. Anyhoo, that's an awesome first post. You took heed of pretty much everything in the previous post, it's well paragraphed, literate and coherent... so for that reason, we're going to skip all the farting around I did in an attempt to improve Aspheir's general RPing and move onto your actual fighting skills.
Basically, read what your opponent puts carefully and make sure you don't do anything that their actions would explicitly stop you from doing. For example, Christian usually takes up a 'scorpion' style position when fighting with one sword across his body to deflect attacks from the side and front and with the other sword above his head to strike at the opponent in jabbing or sweeping movements. Now, if Christian is standing like that and you put that Yahto runs up and takes a head on swipe at Christian, then I'm going to have every authority to say that Christian easily knocks it aside and stabs you in the chest. While we're not going to be RPing that seriously, it's best to keep that in mind.
A good general tip is to set up your attack, defence and if realistically possible, even a counter-attack. Be weary though, if your opponent spots what you're doing and sees that you're in a good counter position (Say, after slashing with one dagger, you flicked it around in your hand so that it was facing Christian and then brought your other dagger across for defence, then the first dagger is in a good position to come back across after deflecting my attack with the second) and acts accordingly (Say, Christian spots the attacking dagger and knocks it back before attacking Yahto, leaving Yahto's torso open for a clear hit).
Anyway, we'll see how it goes and I'll give you a soft stream of tips as we go so as not to overload you...</font>
Christian moved to face Yahto, examining him quickly before taking his hand and shaking it firmly. He noted that Yahto was taller than he was, even in human form, and gave his hand an extra squeeze as if to point out that that wasn't going to give him any kind of advantage in this particular battle.
He was pleasantly surprised to feel an equal grip in return. This was going to be interesting.
<font color=blue>"Good to meet you too Yahto Nen."</font> Christian said, though his impenetrable demeanour made it difficult to tell if he was being sincere or merely courteous. <font color=blue>"And I'm glad you think so; nothing pushes the limits better than an in-form opponent. Let's see what I can teach you..."</font>
It began to drizzle lightly as Christian took a few steps back and whipped out both of his blades and gave them a playful circle in the moist air before slowly repeating the motion either side of his body, making himself into a miniature combine-harvester.
<font color=blue>"I probably don't need to tell you that attack is far easier than defence..."</font> Christian said, setting his light grey eyes on Yahto's and not breaking the gaze, as a fiendish focus dawned upon his features, <font color=blue>"But in formal matches, people often aren't sure how to go about making the first attack. For this reason, you must either quickly set up a solid defensive base with good countering opportunities,<font color=orange>(i.e.: Christian's 'scorpion' style)</font> or you must make the first move yourself and get the opponent onto the back pedal as quickly as possible."</font> Christian suggested, speeding up the whirling of his blades either side of him, occasionally lapping them in front of his body. His hands, fingers and arms moved with eerie ease as they perfectly manipulated exactly what Christian wanted to do.
<font color=blue>"So unless you have any questions, you should pick one before your opponent decides they want to make the first move while you're not really sure what you want to do."</font> Christian suggested, not breaking his focus for one moment... it was important to watch Yahto's eyes; by looking at your opponents eyes, not only can you predict where they intend to strike, but you can see the arms - which inevitably hold the weapons - and act accordingly.
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