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Post by Zach on Feb 21, 2012 11:57:04 GMT -5
As the fight progressed, Toshio managed to avoid Zach’s counter leg sweep and then did something the boy wasn’t expecting. Zach was strong and durable but he wasn’t as fast as he could be and didn’t see the kick coming until it was too late. The master’s feet had a clear opening and snapped the blonde’s head back as if it had been attached to the floor by a rubber band. Zach’s skull bounced off of the mats as he slid back and finally came to a rest on his back, nose bloodied.
“Errrr… Nice kick…” he commented and remained on the floor for a few moments while he go reacquainted with his equilibrium. Granted this left him open for Toshio to finish the encounter a knee or some other powerful blow to his wide open middle, but Zach doubted the other would do that. The fight was about a demonstration, not beating the daylights out of each other.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 21, 2012 13:57:51 GMT -5
Toshio watched as his kick to Zach's head connected and sent Zach's head bouncing off the mat, the power of the kick also sent Zach skidding across the mats a little. Finally resting a few meters away. Toshio then got back up and caught wind of the comment from Zach about his nice kick. He smiled and watched as Zach didn't move, either due to the pain or something different.
Toshio then proceeded to move forward while Zach was still on the mats trying to gather his surroundings. Toshio then launched a punch toward Zach's ribs, only to have it redirect and stop inches away from Zach's hand. Toshio then held an open palm, his hand held out to help the young Zach off the mat. Whether this fight was over or not, Toshio was not going to take advantage of an unarmed opponent in a spar. That was not him. He would let Zach gather himself, and let him decide whether or not to continue the spar.
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Post by Zach on Feb 21, 2012 22:32:08 GMT -5
It took Zach a moment longer then he would have liked to regain his senses after the double kick to the face, most likely due to the fact that he was still recovering from his near fatal battle with Suki. However when he did have the place of mind to actually look to see what Toshio was doing, the man was over him and in a flash his fist was rocketing towards the blonde’s ribs. The boy cringed, closing his eyes and tensing up every muscle in his torso, but the impact never came.
He opened one eye, then the other and saw the black haired man holding his hand out to help Zach up instead. For a brief moment Zach considered using the offered hand to flip the man onto his back, but thought better of it, Toshio had after all not blasting his unprotected ribs when he had the chance. Taking the man’s hand, Zach climbed to his feet. Although he didn’t believe in bowing to an opponent, he knew some of the teachers stressed it as a sign of respect and acquiesced, taking a step back and bowing.
“Continue?” the teen asked with a single word, wondering if Toshio wished to resume the demonstration once again.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 22, 2012 1:05:45 GMT -5
Toshio smiled as he helped the young man up to his feet. He watched as he bow, Toshio returned the bow, and listened as Zach asked in they were to continue. Toshio smiled and got into a fighting stance before speaking.
”Only if you can manage to keep up with an old man like me.”
Toshio smiled once more. He hated being called old, but he was always in the mood for a good little joke. He then motioned for Zach to make the first offensive move; so far it was Toshio that had been the main aggressor, now it was Zach’s turn. It was important to show both sides of a spar to teach the student’s more. For Zach, taking the offensive could help the watching eyes of the student’s even more. Toshio then moved into a defensive posture and awaited an attack from the young human.
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Post by Zach on Feb 22, 2012 21:16:25 GMT -5
Wiping the trickle of blood from his nose away and sniffing the rest back inside so as not to make a mess on the mats, Zach resisted the urge to smile after Toshio’s ‘Old man’ comment. The boy’s fun loving a care free nature had died two years ago along with his family and town, at least that’s what he tried to tell himself. The serious façade held though for the moment as it dawned on him that the Master’s comment opened an interesting mode of attack, psychological. Zach had done it before once or twice, said or done something provocative to distract an opponent and then strike. Putting a plan along those lines into action, the blonde approached Toshio, arms at his sides in a neutral manner.
“Hmhmhm, not half bad looking for an ‘old man.’” Zach stated with a smirk and closed to within just a step of the other. The gamble was that Toshio would be so thrown off by the rather obvious flirt that he would know how to react or detect Zach’s sudden attack. Taking that last step forward, Zach attempted to hook his right leg around the man’s left and pull it out from under him, while at the same time both hands went up to attempt to grab a hold of his gi and shove forward to aid in the trip. If Toshio went down, Zach intended to follow him, twisting as he descended to bring his left knee down into the man’s gut.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 22, 2012 21:45:57 GMT -5
The half saiyan watched as the young man wiped the blood from his nose and the commented him on his looks. This brought a smile to his face; he didn’t understand it as a flirt but more of a compliment. I do look good as an ‘old man’. I’m in damn fine shape to be as old as I am. Heck, my looks give of the appearance of a young guy in his mid 20’s. Toshio had gotten distracted by the good comment long enough for Zach to go unseen and perform a quick strike, trying to knock Toshio off his feet. The attack succeeded, with both Zach’s wrapped leg and his grab at his gi being made to further Toshio’s fall.
Toshio had gathered his senses back just it time to bring his arms up to block Zach’s knee strike. The force behind the knee made Toshio grunt a tad, but it was far less than it would have been if it were his gut that took the blow. Toshio the used his arms to push Zach’s knee away, hopefully putting enough force to turn Zach around slightly for Toshio to get an attack himself in.
Toshio then quickly released his arms from the block and used his left arm to quickly perform a karate chop to the chest of Zach. If that were to succeed, Toshio would roll backwards and use his hands to propel him backwards even more, before landing back on his feet.
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Post by Zach on Feb 22, 2012 22:08:11 GMT -5
Succeeding in his trick, Zach managed to trip Toshio up and drop the man on his back. His knee however failed to find it’s intended target, instead landing on Toshio’s blocking arms. Following the impact, the man managed to pull one of the interceding arms out from under Zach’s leg and attempted to deliver a chop to the boy’s chest while the other resisted the boy’s weight. Zach of course did nothing to stop him, taking the blow to his muscled pectorals like the tank he was and maintained his grip on the man’s gi while exhaling a controlled breath. This was another advantage Zach had and was demonstrating, since Toshio had opted to wear a top and Zach had gotten two good handfuls of the material, he effectively had control to put the man where he wanted.
Following the chop to his chest, Zach pushed off with his right leg about the same time Toshio was trying to get away. The master had apparently overlooked the fact that Zach still had a hold on his gi as he was attempting to scramble away. The teen used the opportunity to stand up and haul Toshio up with him. Since Zach didn’t prescribe to any one marshal art and tended to make up his own moves, he was free to change styles almost at will, as he’d done here. The maneuver was from judo if he recalled correctly, and now that he had a firm grip on his opponent’s top, put his considerable strength to work and hoisted the man up over his head. Not wanting to be at risk of getting kicked in the face by a flailing leg, Zach intended to complete the maneuver and toss Toshio across the gym.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 22, 2012 22:36:09 GMT -5
As Toshio tried to get away, he had completely forgot about the grasp that the young man still had on his tunic. Toshio grimaced at his mistake, as Zach began to lift him up and toss him over his head and across the gym. The toss had ripped most of the front of Toshio’s tunic during the throw. Toshio managed to turn himself to where his back landed against the gym’s wall, suffering some damage to his back.
As he landed back on his feet after hitting the wall, all of the student’s, including Zach himself, could see the well packed and good looking Abs that Toshio had. Toshio had always managed to keep in shape ever since he was young; he planned on looking like this for a long time. Toshio looked down and the back at his ripped tunic. He smiled at Zach and then jokingly said.
”I liked that tunic, I think a necessary reduction in your payment is to be taken to remake that. I think I know the reason you don’t wear any tops now, too poor to afford any.”
Toshio chuckled at the end of this, he was of course joking and didn’t know the financial state of Zach. Nor did he want Zach paying for anything he used or broke around here. He was once a student here, and as Toshio looked at it once a student, always a student. Toshio then got into an offensive position and then charged in at Zach.
Upon reaching him, Toshio jabbed with his left hand at Zach’s shoulder and then proceeded to jab at his other shoulder with his right hand.
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Post by Zach on Feb 22, 2012 23:22:54 GMT -5
Zach was quite satisfied to see Toshio crash into the far wall with a thud. He was even more pleased to see the maneuver had left the front of the man’s gi torn wide open, offering him a nice view of the man’s torso. Perhaps Zach took a moment too long in admiring the view as in an instant Toshio was almost on top of him. Pulling his arms back up, Zach tucked his head behind the defensive barrier of his forearms and felt the first Toshio grab his right shoulder and then the stinging impact of the other man’s punch crashing into his left one.
“Err…” the boy grunted and ducked down low, intent on firing a steady succession of one two punches into Toshio’s newly revealed abs. The reason was two fold, he had the opening to pound on the man’s gut and take some of the fight out of him and frankly he wanted to get a clandestine feel. As bitter as Zach could be, the boy was also an incorrigible flirt and had meant what he said in spite of having used it as a ploy.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 22, 2012 23:50:45 GMT -5
Toshio watched as his punches on each shoulder landed. He watched Zach take the punches and then ducked down to perform his combination of punches. Toshio's Abs were not slouch and the following action would prove that. Taking the punches like a beast, he raised his arms and pulled his hands together. Zach's back was wide open, and Toshio was going to take advantage of that.
Of course, Toshio was going to take more damage to his ab's but they were tough and so was he. He then brought down his now hammer formed hands into the back of Zach. The force and power involved would surely stop the young man from punching. At least, that's what Toshio had hoped for. Zach had always been impulsive and stubborn, hopefully he wouldn't be stubborn to let punches and attacks reign down from above on his unrestricted back.
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Post by Zach on Feb 23, 2012 17:35:40 GMT -5
Landing punches to Toshio’s abs uncontested, at least for the moment, Zach was quite happy to feel the man wasn’t all looks. The abdomen he was pounding on was firm and resisted his fists quite well, much like his own would usually do were he not still recovering. Zach was just amping up the strength of his punches to try and demolish the other man when he should have noticed the muscles stretching somewhat. The boy was too focused on his task though to realize what was about to happen, then an instant later the instructors doubled fists crashed into his back.
“Uuuuuurrrrggh…” Zach gasped out from the impact. The blow knocked the air from Zach’s lungs and dropped the boy strait to his hands and knees, coughing as multicolored stars exploded in his vision. The strike didn’t so much hurt as it had hit in a sensitive spot. The spinal cord was a tricky thing and like the solar plexus, a disturbed nerve could easily disrupt one’s breathing.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 24, 2012 0:39:32 GMT -5
As Zach continued to punch his stomach, his abdomen region started to turn a slight pink color. His abs was taking a beating, yet most of the pain was subdued by Toshio’s adrenaline. He would definitely be hurting worse tomorrow that’s for sure. He then watched as his two handed smash succeeded and brought Zach to his hands and knees. Toshio then backed away, letting Zach catch his breath. Toshio didn’t know whether the young man would get back up or not. He did however, gave an inkling that Zach would. He was tough.
Toshio got into a defensive stance and waited for Zach to rise back to his feet and continue their spar. In a spar, especially when it is suppose to teach a lesson to younger students, it’s always important to show and give respect to your opponent. Attacking a defenseless person was not only against Toshio’s beliefs, but that of this school’s sparring policy. He hoped that his student’s understood that as well.
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Post by Zach on Feb 24, 2012 1:10:03 GMT -5
Zach remained on the floor for a good minute, catching his breath. He was getting the tar kicked out of him and in spite of Toshio’s great physical condition, he possessed less then half of Zach’s physical strength. The boy’s injuries though had put them on even ground and Zach was starting to get a little annoyed at his inability to deal with his disadvantage. He wasn’t embarrassed though, he knew Toshio was likely worlds ahead of him in skill and couldn’t expect to beat him there, but his inability to best the man using his strength was frustrating.
After a few more moments Zach climbed back to his feet and pulled his arms back into his usual defensive posture. He wasn’t going to make an opening move this time, if the master wanted to continue the lesson he would have to attack. Zach was content to simply stand with his guard up and take some more deep breaths to replenish his oxygen.
“I hope… I’m giving you… the show you wanted…” the boy commented with a grin and then pointed to Toshio’s torn top. “You might want to ditch that… Or I might be tempted to… do it for you.” he added, his grin getting a bit wider and accompanied by a slight chuckle. If Toshio decided to remove what was left of his gi, Zach wouldn’t interrupt him, in fact his rowdy teenager side was hoping the other would simply to get a better look at the body of the man he was fighting. He’d already made a pass at the man so it was obvious where Zach’s orientation was but he wasn’t sure the other had interpreted it that was before. This suggestion was decidedly more innocent but further belied Zach’s interest.
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Post by Toshio Katsuo on Feb 24, 2012 2:16:47 GMT -5
Toshio watched as Zach slowly got up, breathing heavily trying to get his breath back. When he finally did, he managed to utter a tired remark about the spar and his torn tunic. Toshio, still oblivious to the flirts smiled and spoke.
”Heh, I might as well. It serves no purpose now other than looking like I can afford only half a tunic. I wouldn’t want that, I have a reputation to keep.”
He chuckled at his little comment and began to take off the torn tunic. When it was fully off, Toshio cracked his neck. His abs and broad shoulders could be clearly seen now. It had been a while since he had trained without some sort of top on. In a way, he kind of felt lighter. Toshio then watched as the young human got into his repeated defense. Toshio smiled this is why he is always taking a beating. He is always the pursued and never the pursuer.
Toshio charged forward at Toshio and when a few feet away, Toshio’s feet left the ground as he jumped and turned, hoping his right heel would come across the face of Zach. After the spinning back heel kick, he would return the favor of combination punches, only however he was aiming at the top of his chest instead of his abs.
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Post by Zach on Feb 24, 2012 10:43:01 GMT -5
Watching with interest from between his arms, Zach was delighted to see the excellent shape Tosho was in as the other took off what was left of his top and tossed it aside. The teen knew he was going to enjoy this remainder of this spar and any others he had with the man, although he wasn’t sure the other had quite picked up on his meaning. It didn’t matter though, he had to concentrate and finish this match up before anything else could be made of it.
With his guard up and surrounding his head, Zach observed Toshio’s charge towards him and the showy kick the man planned to use against him. Since his arms were already up, it was a simple matter to put his left forearm in the path of the other’s leg and push back against the kick, effectively blocking it. Zach then intended to further interrupt Toshio’s follow-up with an immediate thrust from his right arm, a punch loaded with all the strength he could muster headed strait for the man’s solar plexus. Toshio seemed to be actively avoiding his stomach now, which gave Zach the advantage of being able to leave it unprotected without risk of further injury. With his guard protecting the only other major place of interest, he was sure the fight would change directions very quickly.
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