SELF-DEFENSE FOR DUMMIES (YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT)

[sleepingkogoro]

It has been subtle. Several posters may have appeared during the week. They don't have any cat drawings or even fancy typography, in fact, they are not even large! It's forgivable you may have missed them.

The text in them is concise enough.

YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
Thursday Morning, Dojo
Self-defense class
THE MOST BASIC CONCEPTS
as taught by Kogoro Mouri

It only took like five weeks before it finally happened.

The dojo is prepared for the event. The mats has been distributed until they covered most of the area. A few chairs have been taken from rooms downstairs and placed for anyone who comes.

All the way to the front there is Kogoro Mouri, dressed in an absolutely horrid neon yellow jumpsuit. It is better than fighting in a suit, at least. Yosuke Hanamura is there too, as Mouri's assistant for the class.

The general objective is not to turn people into competent fighters, because that'd be impossible. What Mouri wants is at least give an idea of what they could do, shown through very basic concepts. That should be good for something, right?

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HELLO, EVERYONE ELSE

[sleepingkogoro]

[At the end of the lessons Mouri gives everyone space in case they want to pair and spar between each other. Or discuss how badly they fight, whatever they want. It is a class, after all!

So feel free to mingle with each other!]

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod's brought up glasses of water and sandwiches intended for the two people tiring themselves out the most today.]

Here, you two. Don't wear yourselves out too much.

[sleepingkogoro]

Thank you, Cherryblod-san.

[Mouri greatly appreciates your consideration]

I hope I'm not being too aggressive on Hanamura-kun.

[cherryblooded]

He agreed to this without coercion, so it's fine. Yosuke can handle himself.

[sleepingkogoro]

You are right. He is pretty good! I think if there's anyone who doesn't have to be afraid of anything it is him.

[Mouri's respect for Yosuke has gone up a lot during the demonstrations, it seems]

[cherryblooded]

[He may twirl spanners around like a show-off, but he can hold his own in a real fight.]

I'm glad you agree with me on that.

[uro_cyon]

[ Aiden pretty much came to watch, as he doesn't need any lessons. It was always useful though to see what fighting styles other people possessed and this was no exception.]

[ratingspoint]

[Well, Mettaton is standing here looking somewhere between completely fascinated and "...dios mio okay then" at all this, goodness.]

Well, I know who else I'm fighting before all of this is over.

[in the meantime, though, KICK YOSUKE'S ASS, MOURI- ]

[prismbloom]

[ IF YOU HURT YOURSELVES SHE'S going to take care of you but seriously. ]

If anyone would like to learn evasive maneuvers, I'd be more than happy to teach what I know.

[isafraid]

If we're looking to prevent any more murders, I'd say it's an excellent move to be quick on your feet.

[He approves of this, Aqua. Maybe not the whole beating everyone up thing going on...]

[prismbloom]

[ She can't blame him, exactly. ]

Would you like to learn a few things, then?

[isafraid]

[Well that makes two of them.]

I don't see why not! Can't hurt to keep yourself from getting rusting in a fight, eh?

[The ball is in your court, Aqua.]

[captainobnoxious]

[The lessons aren't too bad, and Mouri looks to know what he's talking about. Mostly. They're practical and good enough, though Sigrun won't be giving out any lessons herself; she seems to be satisfied with just watching what's going on with a wide grin.

... Half of that is because she's watching a pretty swell fight, yes. The leaning from one foot to the next might be a tell for the other, how much she wants to give a go at someone herself.]

[uro_cyon]

[ Aiden too, came for the same reason. He can't help but notice how much Sigrun's getting into it and comments:]

You look like you're ready to jump in yourself.

[captainobnoxious]

I so am! Think I'll take a space for myself and see if there's anyone brave enough to go against Sigrun the Great, though I don't know who to begin with. I still have to spar with shrimpy and the robot after all! Sometime.

[She wants to be at her best when she takes them on, honestly.]

[uro_cyon]

[ He tilts his head.] I'll take you up on that. [There is precious little here that's been a sufficient outlet for him.]

[captainobnoxious]

[-- Oh boy!! Sigrun's absolutely dragging Aiden over to a little place away, forget the lessons let's go.]

Great! What are you good with? Hands? Knives? I'll match.

[uro_cyon]

We can do hand-to-hand. I don't think they'd appreciate it [ Throwing a glance at Mouri and Yosuke--] if we used actual weapons here.

[captainobnoxious]

That's because they're teaching basics. The kid and I went at each other with knives for first blood earlier this week, it was fun.

[She still has the knives on her too, somewhere. She's started to carry them around. As a comfort.]

I'd hope that they'd introduce real weapons later on though, there's a huge difference in knowing how to move with and against one. Right? You'd agree, right?

[uro_cyon]

Did you? [ That's interesting to know.]

There is. But you have to start somewhere. [ Cynically he doesn't think that these self-defense tactics will amount to much, not against someone with actual training.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Thankfully, that number of actual training is dwindling down. So this is helpful in some regard.]

True that. And though we're starting standing up, you're ending on the ground. First to pin wins. How's that sound?

[uro_cyon]

That's fine by me. [ He takes a moment to remove his coat-- there was no point in wearing it right now, and it would just give her more opportunity to grab him by.]

Ladies first. [ His stance is pretty open-ended, though it's clear that he plans to be defensive to see what her fighting style is like.]