Post by Kaen Youji on May 3, 2011 1:36:31 GMT -5
[CTP training thread]
Kaen often looked around to find an optimum training location, and he had found what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse. He brought one of the training mechanisms that squad 12 had lent him. It was essentially a square with a makiwara at either end. However, it was a devious contraption that, when struck, launched a wooden pole out of a random makiwara back at Kaen. This procedure would continue until Kaen could hit all four of the makiwara before they could launch one of the wooden poles. It was an exceptional training drill for one's senses and reflexes as you had to be quick to keep dodging each and every jab of the wooden poles. The arms of Kaen's gigai were somewhat bruised from blocking the wooden poles, and he was still going.
"Toh! Yaaaa!" Kaen's kiai's echoed through the warehouse as the shinigami struck, blocked and evaded in this twisting pattern, evading the poles by a hair and striking back. Not fast enough! I'm only hitting 3 before the counterattack. Step it up! Kaen tried to increase his tempo, the sweat rolling off his brow, executing a split kick, and then tucking into a rolling axe kick, evading a shot from behind. As his kick hit the one makiwara, he planted his palm for stability, shooting one leg into one of the makiwara and the one behind him. Gyaku tsuki....[/i] Kaen planted his leg and drove all of his might into striking the last makiwara. He saw the wooden pole stop a centimeter from his face, before retracting into the makiwara.
Kaen gave a short sigh of relief... and then suddenly felt an impact in his jaw, knocking the shinigami into the air, and falling on his ass. "Owww.... what the hell was--" Kaen saw a final wooden pole retracting into the floor of the training device. Kaen grit his teeth. "Bastards... that was a dirty trick!" He declared viciously, and got up. He cracked his neck. "Aaaahh... but this gigai's so restricting... I don't feel nearly as mobile while I'm in this...." He picked up a chocolate bar from the ground that he'd left earlier and unwrapped it, taking a bite, and savoring it. Because of Kaen's poor abilities at sensing reiatsu he failed to notice that he wasn't alone...
Kaen often looked around to find an optimum training location, and he had found what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse. He brought one of the training mechanisms that squad 12 had lent him. It was essentially a square with a makiwara at either end. However, it was a devious contraption that, when struck, launched a wooden pole out of a random makiwara back at Kaen. This procedure would continue until Kaen could hit all four of the makiwara before they could launch one of the wooden poles. It was an exceptional training drill for one's senses and reflexes as you had to be quick to keep dodging each and every jab of the wooden poles. The arms of Kaen's gigai were somewhat bruised from blocking the wooden poles, and he was still going.
"Toh! Yaaaa!" Kaen's kiai's echoed through the warehouse as the shinigami struck, blocked and evaded in this twisting pattern, evading the poles by a hair and striking back. Not fast enough! I'm only hitting 3 before the counterattack. Step it up! Kaen tried to increase his tempo, the sweat rolling off his brow, executing a split kick, and then tucking into a rolling axe kick, evading a shot from behind. As his kick hit the one makiwara, he planted his palm for stability, shooting one leg into one of the makiwara and the one behind him. Gyaku tsuki....[/i] Kaen planted his leg and drove all of his might into striking the last makiwara. He saw the wooden pole stop a centimeter from his face, before retracting into the makiwara.
Kaen gave a short sigh of relief... and then suddenly felt an impact in his jaw, knocking the shinigami into the air, and falling on his ass. "Owww.... what the hell was--" Kaen saw a final wooden pole retracting into the floor of the training device. Kaen grit his teeth. "Bastards... that was a dirty trick!" He declared viciously, and got up. He cracked his neck. "Aaaahh... but this gigai's so restricting... I don't feel nearly as mobile while I'm in this...." He picked up a chocolate bar from the ground that he'd left earlier and unwrapped it, taking a bite, and savoring it. Because of Kaen's poor abilities at sensing reiatsu he failed to notice that he wasn't alone...