The Arts

[Swa-Lu Ryo]

This day she was meeting with a powerful Jedi Master, one whom she hadn't the pleasure of knowing personally but had heard of. She wasn't exactly apart of the Republic, but still her organization and Ryo's were close enough, and one in the same, that they could interact pretty darn well together. The Togruta Jedi Master had agreed to teach Ryo a couple of things, abilities, techniques she could use to further her training and protect herself and others if the need ever arose. Could never be too sure correct?

Well the training rooms were quite full these days with multiple masters training groups of students as the Order was spread pretty thin these days. They took up solace in one of the many gardens, which seems the perfect area to learn such abilities. Upon the entrance she saw the figure of her teacher off into the distance, only some feet away.

She pushed the glasses up on her face, and approached with a bit of a professional smile on her face.

"Master, Swa-Lu Ryo here to partake in those lessons I contacted you about. The pleasure is mine" she said in her professional voice! and with the utmost respect.

[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Mother Askani]

"Ahh greetings dear, yes let's begin shall well. Well start with the Jedi Stance Discipline" she said in her soft tone of voice! which was amplified by her exotic speech. she turned around to view the younger woman, a very conservative woman much like herself. She motioned for her to come over and join her in the spacious grove.

"Now, these techniques will allow you to position your body in ways that will allow you to channel the force in irder to increase defense and decrease the amount of damage taken. This meditative form can make defense and evasion much less complicated. If you were to Master this ability which wouldn't take long, you could drag out a confrontation for hours until you found a position to overwhelm the opponent from."

"To begin learning were gonna start with a meditative technique called center of being, a form that can allow you to defend against attacks without much effort, and see through the most complexed feints. Stand in your place and meditate, allow the force to flow through you, and low it to guide you. Your focus and resolve should increase, you should feel that increase."

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[Swa-Lu Ryo]

In her head she began to think to herself, "Yes, Jedi stance discipline. I've read all about it prior to our meeting Master." the voice faded in her head and she listened to the Master speaking, and explaining. Then she nodded however to signal she understood.

She quickly clasped her hands together in front of her, and closed her eyes. It was techniques like this she loved to learn and caught on quickly too. With the focus she kept, her mind began to operate much more quickly and it felt as if she were channeling the force more as well, though the feeling was more subtle than anything.

She felt her resolve increasing, and within time she felt more in tune with her body, her reflexes had become more quicker and the muscles in her body only tensed a little. She opened her eyes and nodded at the Master. When she wanted to learn something, she made sure she had it downpact.

"I think I understand Master, I feel pretty confident."

[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Mother Askani]

"Very good. Now, knowledge concerning Soresu and Shien. Proponents of these lightsaber forms matter. Soresu stresses quick subtle dodges, and fast positional transition in order to minimize the bodies exposure. We'll start here first. I'm going to use my lightsaber and perform some basic maneuvers you have to dodge, and avoid. Keep in mind the evasion and position transitions, use tight motions so you conserve energy." she said igniting her Cerulean blade.

Not before long she began making sweeping motions with her blade. Basic maneuvers. They consisted of downward arc, which was followed by a sweeping horizontal sweep, and a quick, and long jab down the middle. Maneuvering around that could be difficult or easy. Her last move was followed by her spinning and then swinging her blade quickly at the padawans legs. She then watched to see how she would fair.

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[Swa-Lu Ryo]

Her eyes grew wide as the preparation process wasn't much. She needed to think fast. The first attack came quicker, and she quickly spun to her right in order to avoid it, as it missed her body barely. When she came to a stop her face reverted back it it's serious expression. Then her eyes grew wide as the next attack was coming in just as quick as the first. She bent in her lower back and her upper body went downward, going underneath the blades attack. Her body however followed the motion of the blade, both if them going from right to left in one fluid motion. Then the next attack was a jab, pushing in towards her stomach. She quickly leaped into the air and flipped over the master landing behind her. She was now in a crouched position and quickly bounced back up taking a few steps back. Her breathing was a little quickened. Then the next attack came and she did a backflip in the air going over the low sweeping attack. It was then she learned that Soresu and Ataru combined for defense, at least for her was a good combination.

She slowly fixed her bodies position, lowering her guard at the end of the barrages. She pushed her glasses up on her face and awaited further instruction. She had learned so much in a matter of maybe 2 hours.

[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Mother Askani]

Sochi nodded showing that she approved, it would seem she has a niche for learning things quite quickly, though she is of the scholar type and their minds work on a whole different level than the average person. She sent a subtle smile towards the girl, she had even made use of some Ataru which beats the standards the Togruta had even placed.

"Very good. Now let's move on to Barriers. I say this because I wanted you to learn this before we entered into Shien. I must say first, your combat style is quite unusual, no weapon, but yet you manage. Impressive. However Shien calls for defense and counterattacks following, barriers and protection will likely be your defense."

She motioned for her to come closer. Once things were situated she began to explain herself. "Now, when forming barriers you want to manifest your force energy into something solid, durable. From within channel your energy, shape it, and keep your focus or it will shatter." from then Sochi began to channel her energy, and then she threw her hands out to manifest a shimmering blue wall, of a spherical shape around them. After a time her demonstration ended.

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[Swa-Lu Ryo]

She had experimented with this technique before, they weren't nearly strong enough, and definitely weren't strong enough to manifest and become visible to the eye. It wasn't one of those taxing abilities, but it took concentration, and one thing about scholars there minds are always running around. This time she'd be more serious, as that was a while ago and she was just learning just because she had the time. It was more than that now.

"Yes Ma'am." she said nodding her head and reacting as if the Togruta was her commanding officer.

She gave herself enough room, and in time she pushed her glasses up on her face and looked towards the ground, which eventually led to looking at her hands. She took a deep breath, and looked up at the open area she had created. She threw out her hands and with hopes, would see some shimmering spherical shape. She was met with disappointment however. Even from the beginning she knew she had prepared mentally enough as though her mind just wasn't in the right place. A second chance? It's looking that way.

She took a deep breath again, and wiped a stray strand if her hair back to the side. She slowly brought up her hands, and then began to focus. Her fingers locked into position, some more curled than others. She started to have just a little tunnel vision, narrowing her focus. There wasn't any shimmer, but her energy had been exerted. She could feel it. From a certain angle she could see not a spherical shape, but more of wall in front of her. She kept concentrating trying to form and shape her energy into something's given a time she could see a faint shimmer appear around the construct. Though after a time she allowed it to disperse as she could exert too much more.

[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Mother Askani]

A quick learner it would seem. Ru was impressed with such prowess the young girl was showing. On to the next lesson at hand. "Now, for the average Jedi they would use their lightsaber to counter an attack. I figured with your use if the force you would be able to utilize the barriers as your shield. Thus, keeping still with the philosophy of Shien. A form like this is good for keeping one self guarded, but also able to launch an attack after holding your defense. I'm going to do the same thing as before launching attacks towards you and I want you to keep up the defense but also be able to throw a counter, try using your skill in telekinesis to push me back" with that being said she quickly ignited her lightsaber and spun around in a horizontal sweep, followed by a series of jabs. There was a slight break in combat after those maneuvers but then she went in again flipping in the air and coming down with a vertical attack from above.

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[Swa-Lu Ryo]

She nodded, obviously consistently in her regimented ways. Though she worried if she would be able to hold up the ability for long, she would just have to time them in order to keep her energy alive. Hmm. Then before she knew it the speedy atogruta launched a surprising attack upon the young Padawan. Too thrown off to react with the force, she decided to do a backflip in the air to dodge the attack. It was a reflex, she landed in a crouched position on the ground, but before she could regain her focus she was already under attack again.

She looked up and saw a jab, the pointed end of the masters lightsaber approaching. She quickly projected a small spherical sheik around her hands, which were up in front of her guarding her face. It held form much time but then shattered and she wasn't quite prepared for the kinetic energy backlash. The minimal force sent her back a little and she fell on her butt. She quickly shook it off, and moved to the side to evade the next one. She got up and quickly projected more barriers around her arms and hands to block the rest, though they were generated at the last minute and the force she got use to.

She was breathing heaving after that, but she had yet to launch a counter attack. While she panted in place the Togruta master leaped into the air and came down upon the Padawan. She though fast, she generated a barrier above her, but positioned her arms at a angle so that the master sword would slide off, It would take the rest of her energy to keep it from shattering and breaking. But she went through with it.

[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Mother Askani]

As her saber came down, using the gravity as a fulcrum, her blade collided with the the newly created barrier, but due to the angle at which it was positioned, it slid down, but still generated some resistance. After which, she stood back up slowly, and looked upon the tired Padawan. She had done considerable well. It was understandable, it meant she was pushing herself past her limits. With that it was surely time to go into the next lesson; force forms. They were easily grasped, especially if you have an affinity for them.

"You've done exceptionally well, all that we've gone over so far were aspects that made up areas of Jedi Stance Disciplines. Now you have the building blocks you need to further develop your skills. Now, Force Forms. These are high specialized skills, only being used correctly by those who have a affinity for them. Your more of a user of the Force, so these will benefit you greatly. They are fairly easy to grasp in the beginning stages,but honing them takes time, but as you go on you will grow into them quite well."

She clipped her lightsaber back to her belt, and proceeded to talk, clasping her hands together.

"Now, the first form is Force Channel. It gives the user a moderate boost in their connection, you want to reach out and channel the force, keeping with this link in a meditative battle stance. Try it, now that your low on energy you should feel replenished when you have it downpact."

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