Gods Speed 3b

He overextended his punch; don’t dodge, Arthur, duck under and move in.

Her kick is too high, she’s off balance; exploit that.

The left hook was thrown prematurely.  Lean your head back an inch.

That strike is slow enough; I need to grab that.  Parry it, grab ahold of the palm and twist.

Watch out for the low sweep, but don’t jump.  There’s a follow up attack that would be waiting for you if you do.  Move in towards the kick where it won’t have much power.

An attack is coming from behind.  Don’t waste time to look back; use his shadow instead.

Kick incoming towards the face, and another aimed at the ribs.  Their attacks are becoming more coordinated.

I need to lower my body to dodge the kick aimed at my head and block the one aimed at my ribs.  Use the force of the kick to get pushed away from the current disadvantageous position.

“Time!”  Kordri’s voice thundered, bringing all of us to a freeze.



“damnit!”

“So close!”

“We could’ve had him if you had given us one more minute, Master!”

Of the four of them, only Taci didn’t say anything, only clicking his tongue in dissatisfaction before turning away.

“Enough!  It is four against one and you guys still dare to complain after being unable to land a single, solid hit on Arthur?  I should have you lot retrained from the basics!”  The four-eyed asura rebuked.  Turning his attention to me, he shot me an acknowledging smile.  “How do you feel, Arthur?”

Returning his smile, I replied, shaking off the stinging pain in my wrist from blocking the last attack.  “Never better.”