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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 11, 2010 19:06:23 GMT -5
Takeshi nods. "I feel that I can."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 13, 2010 11:50:19 GMT -5
"Good" he smiles his wide smile.
Taking the ball in his hands he holds it in front of him while stepping to the front, then left, back, then right as the Ginga demands. Mid bounce on the last quarter of the Ginga he tosses the ball up to his head level goes back on one leg and sends the other spinning around him in a manner that looks kind of like a crouching spin kick to Takeshi.
He sends it Takeshi's way but bit of a diagonal, it's approaching Takeshi's left. More accurately where he would be should he be following along in Ginga.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 14, 2010 1:34:00 GMT -5
Takeshi steps into place quickly, and performs a basic kick knocking it to where Ginga will be standing.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 14, 2010 14:54:21 GMT -5
Takeshi times it right and hits the ball back to Thaigo. Thaigo then takes it with a little help from the calf of his leg half balancing half leading it back to his waiting hands. He rocks back and forth going through Ginga again before he tosses it again.
Before tossing the ball again Thaigo steps out with his right, bends his knees and crouches down in preparation for a roll to the left. When he tosses the ball it is low to the ground, about level to his navel. The toss is also an underhanded one with a bit of curve to it.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 16, 2010 12:20:16 GMT -5
Takeshi will spin kick it to the left, and continue with ginga.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 16, 2010 15:44:22 GMT -5
Thaigo compensates for the width of the path the ball takes back to him but doing so requires little effort on his part.
This exchange of the ball goes on hour after hour for the rest of the day. The slow but steady beat of the boombox providing a bar that must constantly be maintained and stuck to. Exhaustion builds slowly but surely as the hours pass by but before long Takeshi is able to drown in out, like he used to. Only this time instead of drowning out fatigue with his instructors voice he does so with the more pleasant beats of the music.
Back and forth the ball spins, whirls, tumbles and flies. With each pass the movements becoming more and more involved to catch it after. However the moves seem to flow as if from the air and Thaigo's presence themselves, each movement an expansion on a similar movement.
Five hours past sundown Thaigo takes the ball into his own hands and stops his movement.
"Very good. We will practice here every day early morning. Not so long as this time though. I will enjoy the company to be sure" he says happily, body soaked in sweat.
[Takeshi may now choose/craft techniques from Capoeira whenever he has technique choices!]
[Takeshi now may also choose one Capoeira move to start with at "C" rank!]
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 20, 2010 18:38:39 GMT -5
"Thanks, Thaigo. I'll see you tomorrow." Takeshi turns and begins to head home.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 24, 2010 2:11:00 GMT -5
[Episode Four - Hard Work Slacker - Completed!]
Points earned: Honor-0! Cool -0! Delinquent -0!
Very well done if I do say so myself. Looks like it's high time for a change of scenery though. Watch as we move things up a notch with our next episode Episode Five : Keep your heels in toe!.
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Takeshi finds himself hanging with his gang at a small coffee and bookstore down the street from their former bosses favorite place. Everyone is stretched out here and there on the several segments of couch they now practically own. A silence hangs over the rather pensive group of teenagers. Their thoughts?
"I hear that some jokers from Bass High have been giving Onagi first years shit" a guy finally says aloud.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 27, 2010 15:46:57 GMT -5
Takeshi glances at him. "How long has this been going on?"
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 28, 2010 13:55:21 GMT -5
"I've been hearing about it for a little over a week now" he says.
"Yeah, me too. I just thought the first years were blowing smoke and complaining but apparently Bass has some muscle" another guy contributes.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 3, 2011 11:14:11 GMT -5
"I wonder how tough they are..." Takeshi says aloud to himself.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 3, 2011 15:45:55 GMT -5
"I hear they're a bunch of blowhards" Blue sunglasses chips in now. "From the sounds of it they're tough enough to rely on it as a buffer so poorly trained or lesser martial artists can't beat 'em up on their own".
"Strength's easier to employ than skill. That's what my sensei used to say" another guy says at the end. "Maybe they're just hella buff"
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 4, 2011 19:33:29 GMT -5
"Perhaps... but it is also possible that they might be actually worth fighting. It's been awhile since I've had a good fight, and since my last gang fight went..." Takeshi drops his sentence there, and pauses for a bit before continuing. "...so poorly. I must make up my mistakes from last time."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 4, 2011 20:04:27 GMT -5
"What do you have in mind boss?" Blue sunglasses asks.
Everyone else turns towards you too. Though they are cautious with just how blatantly they stare. All await your answer.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 4, 2011 23:30:17 GMT -5
"Screw the planning. Let's just go to their hideout and beat the shit out of them." Takeshi says shrugging. "Any objections?"
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 5, 2011 12:46:13 GMT -5
Takeshi hears his group respond in a unified "Nope".
Before long one of Takeshi's guys leads him to a run down park not too far into the local slums. Hanging out on some broken and rundown benches, green paint peeling off the sides, sit eight guys in Bass high uniforms and what hast to be their leader. A mountain of a man (bigger than Miashida even) with a hanging nose hair.
Nose hair man stands up as Takeshi's group of six plus himself approach.
"You got a lot of balls coming around here you little eels" he growls.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 5, 2011 23:29:12 GMT -5
"I'm gonna have to ask that you stop picking on our students, buddy." Takeshis says solemnly. "Otherwise we're gonna have to teach you a lesson."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 6, 2011 12:46:07 GMT -5
"Feh!" the big guy spits. "You brats think you're hot shit because you know martial arts. Come waltzing into our territory and pick fights with us because you think you're better. We taught those kids otherwise and we'll teach you the same if you press your luck much further".
The rest of the guys get up now. They don't move to attack quite yet but they do bunch up into a group so as to all be facing Takeshi and his gang. Takeshi also feels his own gang naturally move into position for a fight to break out, some of them looking pretty irritated at what smack this guy is talking. Whatever happens next will decide to tone of the entire encounter and Takeshi knows it.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 12, 2011 15:06:39 GMT -5
"Well then. I guess you're going to have to learn a little lesson then." Takeshi says bowing his head, and then immediately attempting to sweep his opponent.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 12, 2011 18:20:06 GMT -5
Maneuvering himself to an advantageous position with the bow Takeshi immediately goes into a sweep kick! Aimed (presumably) at the leader of this particular batch of Bass badasses. Takeshi feels his kick hit home but is surprised by the amount of resistance he feels and that the kick does not knock his enemy down.
"I'll have you know they call me the Bass Mountain for how heavy I can be!" he shouts trying to stomp on Takeshi before he gets up again. However the stop is obviously lacking in finesse and Takeshi has ample time to react.
Meanwhile everyone else launches into their own kinds of brawls. Punches, kicks, a few even begin to grapple. The fight between Bass and Onagi high has begun!
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 13, 2011 4:32:04 GMT -5
Takeshi will roll away from the stomp, and to his feet. "Very nice. It's been awhile since I've fought an opponent who will give me a fun fight." Takeshi positions himself, and prepares for the "Bass Mountain"'s next move.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 13, 2011 14:37:39 GMT -5
The Bass Mountain rushes directly at Takeshi and launches a punch aimed straight for Takeshi's nose. The attack is not well coordinated but the amount of brute force this foe is able to put behind the punch certainly means it will be a powerful blow indeed. If it connects.
Takeshi might have something to say about this however.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 14, 2011 14:39:47 GMT -5
Takeshi will roll to the side, and then attempt to use one of his powerful knockback kicks aimed for his side.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 14, 2011 15:37:00 GMT -5
Takeshi avoids the punch with his skillfully timed roll, popping up to deliver a powerful kick to his opponent's side. He watches as his opponent arches inward from the teriffic impact on his side. It causes him to reel for but a moment before he turns to tackle Takeshi.
Since the two of them are quite close Takeshi realizes whatever he will do to remedy this tackle must be simple and swift indeed.
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Post by The Black Beast on Jan 20, 2011 19:59:14 GMT -5
Takeshi will attempt to smash his opponents nose with his fist, and then his crotch with his knee.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Jan 24, 2011 12:46:21 GMT -5
Takeshi finds that his fist smashing into his opponents noes does not work nearly as well as a stoping tactic. Though the Mountain of Bass takes a nasty hit to the nose he powers through it colliding with Takeshi at great force! As he is bowled over Takeshi gets a knee in on his opponent which seems to do a little bit more to him.
Takeshi finds himself on the ground with a large high school delinquent on top of him (no homo). In a terrible position he is granted the slightest instance to do something to improve his position/get him out of there before the Mountain of Bass goes into a ground and pound.
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Post by The Black Beast on Feb 8, 2011 19:17:20 GMT -5
Takeshi slams his fist into his opponents throat then attempts to roll back to his feet and resumes his stance.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Feb 9, 2011 13:02:32 GMT -5
A quick jab to the throat makes the Mountain of Bass recoil for a moment or two. His rattling coughs are accompanied by a couple of misguided swings that tag Takeshi as he scoots himself out from underneath his opponent. Before the Mountain of Bass can re-obtain a dominant position Takeshi is out and back on his feet.
He goes for another bull rush but Takeshi is quicker on the draw and takes action first.
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Post by The Black Beast on Feb 22, 2011 13:01:05 GMT -5
Takeshi will sidestep the bullrush, and then aim his kick for the back of the Mountain of Bass's head using his axe kick technique.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Feb 22, 2011 14:48:21 GMT -5
Takeshi doesn't dodge as well as he would have liked recieving a bump from his Bass opponent. It is only due to his dilligent training that he is able to bring his leg up and down with rapid speed. His foot colliding heel first with the top of his opponents spine!
Though is aim is a little off the results are nonetheless devestating. The Mountain of Bass drops to his hands and knees.
"AAAUUuugh! Fucking...CHRIST!"
It is at this point that anyone in his posse begins to show signs of doubt and weakness. Any fights that weren't going well for Onagi High now begin to turn with more vigerous hitting and blocking.
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