Joining the order. (Open)

[Kouta]

Kouta pulled his arm as quickly as he could, the lightsaber slamming into the back of his sword, forcing the tip into the ground. Kouta slammed his other blade into the opposite side of Jerek's lightsaber, Using his own weight to hold it down, as he vaulted him up in a handstand flip of sorts, a strong leg coming down towards Jerek's neck.

OOC: god it's been so long since i've been in a legit fight. im rusty lol

 

[Jerek Odres]

Kouta didn't realize that when a lightsaber is stuck by ways of holding the blade, the blade can be simply turned off. Like so, Jerek was easily able to free his blade from the two swords holding it. This of course was right after Kouta had jumped. So assuming Kouta was going to attack from the air, Jerek reignited his blade and slashed up at Kouta to take advantage of the huge opening that jumping in the air unarmed brought. Being only a training saber there would be no death of amputation and more likely burns and whelps. Being that a training lightsaber was less likely to cut through a person, it would probably know Kouta back.

 

[Kouta]

Kouta smiled, The bait was taken. As the blade came up towards Kouta, he grabbed Jerek's wrist, the one holding the blade, pulling himself to the arm, he wrapped his arms and lega around Jerek's arm, where his abdomen was on the elbow, making sure the blade wasn't facing him. He used all of off his weight and the force of his falling momentum, he pulled Jerek down, right towards the blades. While it would be nearly impossible for jerek to keep from falling, he can influence where he landed, to possibly keep Kouta's blades from falling in his back.

When they land on the ground, Kouta, with his legs across Jerek's chest, criss crossed, and holding tight around Jerek's arms with his own. Kouta would use his superior leverage, to press his hip forward on Jerek's elbow, while pulling back on his wrist and pushing back on his chest with Kouta's legs. This would cause a great deal of pain and, if the pressure is no alleviated, break Jerek's arm at the elbow.

OOC: ah the classic arm bar. Sorry if i had to make the set up unavoidable, though i believe i left enough room to counter it... or just tap out if you like lol

 

[Jerek Odres]

Today was not Kouta's lucky day. On many other opponents this would have been a cake walk to pull off. However Kouta did not realize that his weight was not enough to Jerek down if Jerek used two arms. Jerek grabbed hold of Kouta's sleeve right before Kouta attempted to pull Jerek down. The Padawan in this situation had a perfect BMI, and thanks to the training he had with his former master, was able to lift over his own body weight. Kouta's weight of 182 lbs was heavy for someone of the same height as Jerek. However Jerek was able to lift 226 lbs. effectively with his arms. Kouta was lifted up into the air, and flung with two arms; Jerek being careful enough not to throw his training lightsaber.

(You know you are pretty heavy for someone who is the same height as Jerek. Also come to think of it, why was he calling Jerek "a big one" when they are the same height and you guy is heavier.)

 

[Kouta]

OOC: i built my guy based on my own height and weight. I could get into it about lean muscle and all of that, but that weight to height, for a very athletic person, is a pretty dead on estimate. I did not read your charry stat's when i posted that big guy comment. It could be a comment on how much bulkier he is compared to Kouta. but seriously, a char his size and height, assuming it's trimmed muscle, he should be at least 220lbs.

IC: In the depths of the fray, Jerek must of forgot that Kouta wore no shirt, as he swiped for a grab at his chest, the scratch from it breaking skin. While this left him unable to throw Kouta, it did ruin his chance for an arm bar, forcing him to jump off. "I must say, your swordsmanship is commendable, though your movements are a little... slow." he commented on Jerek's form. Kouta held up his hands in a defensive position, beckoning Jerek to attack. While this may seem crazy, Kouta would only be able to reach one blade by the time Jerek was on him, so he'd rather just fight unarmed, "Why don't you stop holding back?"

 

[Jerek Odres]

Jerek had completely forgotten that Kouta didn't have a shirt on, and upon contact with Kouta's bare skin, broke through the fleshy barrier partially. Kouta took advantage of this time to jump off of Jerek's arm to land a few feet away. Kouta stopped to make a quick comment based on the skillful, but slow movements of Jerek Odres. However the fact that Jerek was going slower was based on how his form was. Soresu only was meant to only go fast enough to disrupt and off put the opponent. They also went towards the main point of being such a defensive style; Jerek had expended very little energy. As a Soresu user, the target was to wear away at your opponent's resolve and strike while stamina is low. Kouta still did not see this apparently so he mistook Jerek for holding back; which he was. Not only for Kouta to stand against this relatively well trained force user, but for the main point of the form. At this point, however, Jerek realized that Kouta was unarmed. Jerek walked over towards Kouta's two vibroblades and picked them up; throwing them to Kouta before igniting his training lightsaber. Jerek would not be goaded into breaching his style's highly defensive structure.

 

[Kouta]

Kouta smiled that Jerek did not take the bait again, as he would surely have lost. Even better, Jerek was honorable enough to return his blades, Kouta catching them before giving him a slight bow, "Much obliged." he said simply. is blades we're special, other then being of echani creation, "If you don't mind, i do still need to train my dual blade technique." he stated, pressing both hilts together, the swords connecting, forming an echani vibrodouble blade. The only difference is that there we're two power sources, one for eac blade, instead of the more efficient fully connected vibroswords. with the blades facing different directions, Kouta twirled his blade around him before taking his stance, altered to match the different varient of the style. "Seeing as i could not yes use a lightsaber, i was granted this during my time on nar shadaa, and it's been my closest friend for years."

Once again, Kouta moved towards his opponent once more, simply sweeping at his legs in a low spin.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Jerek threw the vibroblades back to Kouta and Kouta bowed. After that, he attached the vibroblades at the hilt to make a double vibroblade. It was an interesting and defensive style, if not slightly movement restricting for the user. While attached, the blades obviously could not attack at the same time, which made it less deadly than dual style. Kouta then went to Jerek to perform a sweep at Jerek's legs. Jerek flipped sideways to the opposite direction in which the blade was swung. Keeping the bottom of the blade hilt touching his stomach, Jerek performed a three hundred sixty degree turn towards the direction of Kouta's body. Before making the full rotation, Jerek would step close to Kouta to cut at Kouta's back. All this while keeping the lightsaber close to Jerek's body for quick deflection and defense.

 

[Kouta]

Kouta ducked under the attack towards his back, which he knew was coming, it was why he purposely left it open. Using The force of Jerek's swing to his advantage, Kouta swung around, using the force of his body as a whole, do smash his blade into the back of Jerek's before doubling his own speed, swickly spinning around, stepping right into Jerek's blind spot, using his other blade to slash down at it. If Jerek tried to turn Kouta would simply move just as quickly to stay behind him. "You know what you ave to do to match you're speed with mine," Kouta stated, referring To force speed.

OOC: Yea, i have workouts today, to i'll only be able to get in a few posts in before i have to leave.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Jerek missed as Kouta ducked under the swipe. Of course Jerek did not let his swing go uncontrolled as he stopped a half a foot apart from Kouta's body. Kouta went up for an attack on Jerek's back, which was on the opposite side of where he was facing, so it ended up being a side swipe. Jerek turned his blade and moved it to the direction of the attack. Then Kouta smashed around behind Jerek at which Jerek was able to defend his back further. It wasn't exactly hard to match Kouta's speed as they were both relatively built the same. Jerek was able to block Kouta's attack by using a pre-vertical slice block. However instead of attempting to gain the advantage with Force Speed, Jerek used Force Jump to get at Kouta's back in a back flip. His saber's position did not changed as Jerek flipped though, so as to go for a Vertical slice on Kouta's head with his training saber.

(I worked out yesterday.)

 

[Kouta]

Kouta felt satisfied, having Jerek use his force power's against him, even if it was only a jump. At the last moment of Jerek's swing, as it was about to make contact, Kouta jumped, the blade just missing his body, now parallel to it, Kouta's wings flaring like a windmill, the his own blade moving down on Jerek's opposite shoulder, just as his own blade passed by Kouta.

OOC: as did i, but my trainer wants me back in for another round lol and by opposide i mean the shoulder away from the direction of the blade was going.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Kouta just barely missed the blade, and was now going to slice down at Jerek's opposite shoulder. The Padawan simultaneously moved his horizontally positioned blade to block Kouta's blades and moved his opposite hand to the hilt. This created a barrier against the shoulder attack as Jerek was able to hold such. Now with both in a saber clash, Jerek put out his closest leg in a kick at Kouta's stomach. After which would most likely knock Kouta back, as Jerek's lower body was twenty percent stronger than his upper body.

 

[Kouta]

The kick connected, however, it only grazed Kouta as he was still moving from dodging the blade. only very slightly phased by the kick, Kouta thrust a knee up towards the back of Jerek's leg as it came down. If it hit, it would cause a great deal of pain for jerek, as well as causing muscles spasms in his hamstring. Kicking at kouta may have been a bad idea, as echani are notorious for their unarmed skills, even more so then their skill with the blade.

If the knee missed, however, Kouta would spin his blade around Jerek's, in an attempt to disarm him, this would, however, Disarm Kouta as well.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Kouta of course slightly dodged the kick that Jerek had aimed for his stomach with. The kick however was only meant to be short and get Kouta away from Jerek to continue the battle. As Jerek put his leg back to it's original position, Kouta went for a knee up at Jerek's leg. This missed due to Jerek putting his leg back however. Then the Padawan's opponent went to disarm Jerek. Not enough credit was given to Kouta as Jerek thought that Kouta unintentionally tried to disarm Jerek. This move that Kouta was attempting would prove to knock the blades out of his hands as well. The execution was flawed, as Jerek was able to turn his lightsaber off and avoid his blade being slung from his hands. Kouta's move back fired as only his weapons were lost and Jerek would have won.

"That was a very sloppy move. When dealing with a lightsaber, you must realize that it is not the same as a vibroblade," stated Jerek, "You must be able to realize that you cannot trap or disarm a Jedi by attacking his blade. The hilt is what you want," the Padawan then stopped to disable his lightsaber and put his blade away, "I would have won twice already as you have lost your blades for a second time. Your opponent will not always be me, and when you do not have your blades, they will kill you. However, let us conclude our duel for now. Your skills are most impressive though."

 

[Kouta]

"My friend," Kouta smiled, "You still Do not realize that disarming myself was intentional... With any opponent you must not who you are facing, but who the person actually is. As for you, you are human, but your swordsmanship is exceptional. You have obviously been trained by quite the skilled master, one that knew how to compensate for your muscle mass, allowing you to move quicker then a man of your stature should be. You show great control over the power you weild, only using it once in this bout. I have learned more about you from this one fight then i would have ever known from years of talking to you. I however, am echani, we are a naturally gifted people, acrobatics and agility almost second nature to us. What most do not know, however, is that our ability to fight empty handed, can be even more dangerous then fighting with a blade." Kouta grinned, "This battle is not lost at me losing my weapons, it only becomes more interesting." Kouta stated. Standing relaxed, "It seems we both have much to learn. I look forward to working with you... if i can." Kouta bowed in respect, before putting his clothes back on. "I must ask, who trained you with your saber? It's for is exquiset, especially for a padawan. Though i should not speak of rank, considering i will be the same as you if i am permitted to join. Kouta sheathed his blade before approaching Jerek.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Jerek however, found it slightly confusing as to why someone would intentionally disarm themselves, and be so confident as to actually fight an armed and trained Jedi Padawan while they were unarmed. The Padawan thought that Kouta's overconfidence would be his downfall, or that simply Kouta was that good. Either way, this time Jerek would not return Kouta's vibroblades to him, as to truly see if what Kouta spoke was true. Jerek Odres ignited his lightsaber in his right hand vertically in a two-handed grip for greater blade control. Jerek's dominant right foot was placed back while the other was extended forwards and to the side. In the Form III Brace-Ready Stance it was easiest to block an opponent's attack for Jerek was readied for it. He allowed his opponent, Hiroke Kouta, to come at him with the first attack, as customary of Form three.

 

[Kouta]

Kouta leaped high above Jerek, an altitude that would normally take the force to achieve, a testament to Kouta's claims of his bloodlines natural agility. When Kouta was directly above Jerek, the leap turned into a dive, the speed of the attack astounding. with his arms bent before him, ready to strike, and hit that landed could be crippling, temporarily at least. While this definately appeared to be an extremely reckless and asinine move, all was not as it appeared, however. For something that seemed so reckless, Kouta's face was unnaturally calm.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Kouta had jumped and was going to land directly on the training lightsaber's vertically pointed blade. Jerek had seen Kouta's incredible jump above his own height which was nearly six feet. That was rather high for someone with no connection to the force yet. However it just wasn't enough, for as soon as Kouta came down, Jerek's blade went up. Kouta should count himself lucky as he would have been killed if it were a real lightsaber that Jerek was using. After fully falling, Jerek would of course be able to catch Kouta and throw him off.

 

[Kouta]

OOC: dude, dont control my character please, IE Kouta landed on the blade.

IC: Kouta smiled as it seemed Jerek underestimated Kouta, as the blade came up in a stab, Kouta twisted, dodging the blade, his feet moving towards the ground, Behind Jerek. As Kouta was landing, he pulled down two elbows, one directed to each of Jerek's shoulders, ASide from being extremely hard to counter, as Jerek's blade was sticking straight up in the air, the attack, if landed, is devistating. The attack would land right on the nerves, sending a shock feeling that would travel down his arms, instilling a great feeling of numbness, and rendering them useless for about 10 minutes. The entire motion lasted little more then a second, and, regardless of whether Kouta landed his blow or not, he would jump backwards out of the reach of the blade, taking a defensive position. His left hand would be forward, open, his right arm curled up, fist clenched by his side, his legs spread, with the left one forward, the side of Kouta's body facing Jerek's back.

 

[Jerek Odres]

Jerek Odres did not know that Kouta could dodge while in mid-air with the skill of a jedi. Jerek went to follow the twist of Kouta's movements, which had Kouta's feet heading for a landing. They would end up facing each other if Kouta landed. As his opponent was landing from over six feet in the air, Jerek saw that he was bringing down to elbows. Seeing this, Jerek quickly did a front roll underneath Kouta. This ended up putting Jerek Odres and Hiroke Kouta back to back. In which Jerek attempted to reiterate his former attack of the stomach spin. Jerek put the back of his hilt to his stomach and spun in a two-hundred degree move. The jump backwards that Kouta was planning to do, was inadvertently ruined by Jerek's roll move. Whether or not the spin would connect would not be relevant as Jerek was going to do four figure eights with his saber. A standard move in the form he was using.

(I've done this many times in online play in the game Jedi Academy and Star Fox. DO A BARREL ROLL! lol Also a figure eight is where you swing the sword from one side to the other making a sideways eight.)