The Training begins

// Putting it here since it's out in the open, and not inside the halls themselves

After having agreed to help train some of the Ironhouse in uarmed combat, the monk, who goes by the name Spirit, is seen setting up training equipment in the space in between the Ironhouse fortress and the Tower. For now mostly training dummies, as well as some reasonably sized mats, for at least some cushioning from falls.

Once it's all set up to her satisfaction, she sends a note to the Thane, as well as the Celovar that she's ready to begin training whenever they feel like starting.

Valtore asks for volunteers from the Hall population to learn unarmed combat from 'Spirit'. He sends them out to her on the fields while construction of her dojo is finished.

((This is for dm records for possible future NPC monks as well as for pcs)

//DM as well as Players are welcome to join in

Spirit awaits patiently for every volunteer to arrive. Once everyone is ready, depending on how many will actually arrive, she will split them either into pairs of 2, or leave them each as individuals.

Everyone will then be placed at a station. Where she will show them what the purpose of said station is, and once everyone is in place, and instructed what to do. She will set them to work.

Stations are as follows:
1: A stick, which has a weight attached at one end. Goal is to turn the stick in one hand, thereby raising the weight, once the weight has gotten up to the stick, you reverse the process and turn it the other way. Repeated 5 times, before switching hand. Trains Forearm.

2: A hole in the ground, one for dwarfs, and one for human size. Object it to simply jump in and out of the hole. Trains Legs.

3: Training dummies, instructions are simply to hit it, with the palm of their hands, in a series of 5 attacks, with increasing amount of power. once repeated 20 times, they switch to fists, and then back to palm. Trains Hands.

4: Holding a bucket of water over your head, moving it gently from side to side, done in 15 minutes sequences, then with a 1-2 minute break. Trains Back and waist

5: Sparing, with a partner or Spirit, on the mats, done until either is either pushed of the mat, or lands on their back. Builds experience in fighting unarmed.

6: Metal rings are attached to the persons body, in various places, upsetting their natural balance, they're then instructed to spin around themselves 10 times, before running between two trees. This is repeated 20 times, before the rings are placed elsewhere on the body. Trains Balance & mental endurance

7: Person is instructed in difference stances, and are then to assume these stances, and hold them for a period of up to 15 minutes at a time, if the person loses the stance, they simply assume the next, and holds that as much as possible. Trains overall endurance and patience

Should the need arise, Spirit will move people around to other stations, if one of the stations has drained them to much. Any person is also free to leave should they wish to do so. Otherwise the training will continue, and unless everyone leaves, it will continue far into the night.

Bryanna approaches curiously and mills about while Liliany waits for more to arrive. Inevitably she tries doing something ridiculous with the stick from number one, ninja-story style. In the clowning around she ends up hitting herself in the nose before she wanders back to wait patiently, rubbing her beak.

Ignoring Bryannas fooling around, and after having made sure that the instument was broken from her misuse, Spirit merely carries on with the training. Should anyone wish to speak to her, she's willing to listen. If no one does she will take a step back and simply watch the voulenteers train. Making mental notes as to aparent experience, endurance, skill, patience and temper.

Bryanna scratches her head as she's not given any direction and decides to try the hole obstacle as it seems pretty self explanatory. Hoping in and out of the human hole rather easily, given her height advantage on most. This quickly turns into a game for her, leading to her leaping out backwards, and doing tumbling tricks such as flips as she jumps in.

Seeing as Bryanna seems to have mastered the jumping out of the hole, Liliany hands her a backpack, which she gestures for her to put on. The backpack, should she wish to examine what's inside, is filled halfway with stones, enough to make her jumping out of a hole quite the workout.

With that, she returns to keeping an eye on the other participants.

Ooof... why so many rocks?

Spirit sends her a small smile, and claps the side of her leg. She then turns around, picks up a a decently think stick, around the thickness of a large bottle. She then hands that to Bryanna, instructing her to hold each end, and stretching it away from her body. When Spirit is satisfied with the position, she turns around and walks a step away from Bryanna, then spinning around to face her. And with a fast kick, she either snaps the stick in half, or it flies out of Bryanna's hands, depending on how well she was holding on to it.

*Bryanna claps dropping the broken pieces* Hang on.. lets get something bigger! *She begins looking around for a heavier stick.*

Noting that apparently Bryanna isn't actually here to improve herself, but rather just for exercise or simply for fun, Spirit merely shrugs and returns her attention to those that seem to want to actually learn things from her training. Noting Storm coming with a light meal, she sends him a small nod in thanks, and let's people dig in as they please. Before having them return to their respective training.

The training continues through the night, and should the participants have the stamina, Spirit finds some torches to light up, as they'd be free to train till the sun rises the next morning. Even if everyone leaves, Spirit will remain at the site, and simply do training on her own, weighting for the people to return the next morning/day.

Bryanna eventually makes her way over to the sparing, observing how rough it is while trying to decide if she wants to join in or not.

The sparing consist of a number of mats, upon which Spirit pins people against eachother, depending on the amount of people who wants to try it, she tries and match them with people of equal skill and strength.

The matches will then carry out, until either of the two people on each mat is pushed off, or is pinned on the ground by their opponent. At which point the match ends, and they reset to start again.

Every now and then Spirit stop them, and instructs them in various strikes, counters and dodges.

Spirit then looks to Bryanna with a questioning look on her face.

Bryanna smiles at her.

"So what do you want me to do here?"

Spirit ponders for a moment, looking around at those that're still doing their respective training. Thinking that most of them are likely not as well trained martially as Bryanna is. So she gestures the woman to merely take a place on one of the free mats, while she herself wander over to a small chest she's also dragged out there for some reason.

Opening the chest, she drags out several wooden weapons, swords of various sizes, axes, clubs, a bow, a couple of staffs, in various lengths. As she brings them over to the mat Bryanna is on, and places them on the edge of the mat, while she herself picks up one of the staffs, she gestures Bryanna to do the same.

Bryanna picks up a hand-and-half practice sword, stepping up onto the mat and adjusting her clothing a bit before raising it and standing at the ready.

As Bryanna might soon notice, the wooden sword isn't all wood, as she picks it up, there's a considerable amount of weight behind it, in the end of the sword, she'd find that aparently the core of the sword is an iron rod, likely placed to mimic the weight of a real sword, even if still some amount away from the right weight.

As Bryanna stands at the ready, Spirit does a small bow, before starting with a simple strike, using the superior length of the staff, she strikes against Bryanna's right shoulder.

Bryanna smiles with an at ease manner as she rotates the swords blade slightly with scant movement of her arms to catch the blow, stepping to her right and raising her hands to let the staff slide down the sword to the crossguard.

Spirit gives a slight smile as Bryanna blocks the staff, as the some moment she does, Spirit drops the staff, and with her superior speed, she simply charges at Bryanna, hoping that the movement would catch her by surprise, she's lunches a fully powered kick against Bryanna's right hand, aiming to disarm her before she can manage to react fully strange tactic.

Unless the kick was exceptionally powerful Bryanna seems unphased at the blow to her wrist, releasing a moment before re-gripping at the blade as she rotates her shoulder, striking towards the monk's jaw with the the pommel, her left hand still gripping the sword-hilt. Her hips swiveling to combine a forceful hip-check against the monk's side with the pommel-strike. Clearly she intends to create separation now that the staff is clattering onto the ground.

As Bryanna seems content with striking high, the monk decides to use that against her. Narrowly dodging the strike against her jaw, Spirit grips onto Bryanna's cloths by the neck, and plants one foot ontop of Bryanna's and with that other she uses for momentum as she let's herself fall down, using Bryanna's movements to her favor, by following the same momentum the larger woman had, in hopes of driving her completely off balance.

Bryanna resists only momentarily rolling with the throw and showing the same honed tumbling skills as she did when playing around at the hole station, comes out of the roll with a hand spring back to her feet. She raises her blade with a grin, watching to see what Lilany does next, taking a moment to flex her right hand and wrist though she keeps it contact with her sword hilt.

Spirit smirks a little, looking at Bryanna, as she reaches down her side, finding her mask which had previously rested at her side, and puts that on. Now looking back at Bryanna, Spirit assumes one of the stances which she's also taught the other participants, and with one hand, gestures Bryanna to come when she's ready.

Bryanna considers a moment, then moves in quickly. Beginning a full attack. Her swings come rapidly, a mix of high and low attacks.