The two had selected their three weapons. Ren had selected the knife she gave him, a single-edged blade and a baton. Three very similar-to-use weapons. She nodded upon seeing the selection made by the future Taijutsu Monster. Her eyes then turned over to Rinko and her eyes widened in anticipation. The fact that she showed interest in that monstrosity made her heart jump a few beats.
Pick it... Pick it... Pick it...! A tug at her lips showed to disappointment in her lack of picking her most fantastic of weapons. The Gatekeeper was a fun weapon to use but due to her inability to lug it around swiftly, she had to keep the weapon at home most of the time; saving it for siege engagements. Maybe some other time.
The weapons she chose were a group of shurikens, a pistol, and an exotic weapon. She raised a brow and nodded her head at the choice of weaponry chosen by the adorable tanuki girl. Clearing her throat, she began the lesson. She walked over to Ren and held her hand out for use of the dagger. Upon him letting her have it, she inverted her hold on the weapon. "
Most thugs and new people have a bad habit of using knives like a sword. They would hold the weapon," she said as she returned it to a standard grip, one similar to how they'd use it to cut a steak. "
Never wield a knife like this. It's stupid and you won't have much strength, at all, with it," she said before inverting her grip, having the blade poking out from the knife-edge side of her hand, the blade of the knife pointing out in the same directions as her knuckles.
She held her hands up as if she was 'putting up her dukes'. "
When using a knife like this, you will have to use it similar to using martial arts," she said punching the air with slight variations. Her punches seemed to drag across her body with some of the attacks while other 'punches' snap to the punch and there being a twist of her wrist to add in the slash at the end. She did this a few more times, slower so Ren could see her movements. "
Basically, in order to really do well with something like a knife, you'll need to learn hand-to-hand taijutsu," she said as she pinches her fingers upon the flat of the knife and hands it back to Ren.
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But if you're using a longer knife, they you'd probably be better off using it similarly to a sword. I'll get into that when we move on to your sword. Now please practice movements I've shown you. Remember, sweeping strikes or snappy movements with your wrist," she said as she handed the weapon back to Ren. She left him to his own devices, letting him practice the movements while she went over to Rinko to teach her how to use shuriken. She held her hand out to wait for Rinko to hand over the shuriken that she pocketed. Yeah, she saw her pocket them. If Rinko handed them over, she started to show Rinko several different kinds of grips that you could use when using a shuriken; first being the pinch grip.
She pinched the pad of her thumb and her index-finger's knuckle together, holding the shuriken by one of the points. "
When you use it in this grip, you'll want to throw it in an overhand-fashion. When using it like this, you will," she said as she pulled her hand back and pointed her elbow in front of her and stopped there. "
Your elbow will be pointed to where you want to throw it. Once you get here, take a step forward and throw," she said pantomiming the movements necessary to throw the shuriken. Pull hand back, take a step forward, move hand forward, release; without actually throwing the shuriken.
She then modified her grip to the 'palm grip' most notable with the anime or manga that she read. "
This grip isn't very effective. It looks cool but it's not a very strong way to throw a shuriken. You don't have much control this way. The only way this is relevant is if you're dishing out multiple shuriken at once. But if you're doing that, you're better off using another weapon Shurikens are nice short-ranged weapons and don't normally do a whole lot of damage. It can do a lot of damage but it requires a lot of energy to throw it as hard as you can. There are much more energy-efficient weapons out there. But there is one jutsu I do like involving shurikens," she said as she stepped towards one of the targets near the far-end of the training range.
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There's a Ninjutsu that, if you use Shurikens, you'll have a lot of fun with," she said as she grabbed the shuriken and threw it towards the target before quickly flipping through handseals causing the shuriken to a blanket of steel, completely covering the target in shurikens with a whole lot more landing around the target. "
The Shadow Shuriken Replication Jutsu is pretty fun. When you get strong enough, I suggest learning it," she said before handing over the rest of the shurikens back to Rinko. She started to make her way back towards the middle of the training area, where she was originally.
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Alright. I'll give you both 10 minutes to practice the techniques I have taught you. If you have any questions, I'll be sure to answer them for you," she said as she holds her hands out as if to tell them 'go for it'.
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[You guys are doing well, keep it up!
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[Go ahead and RP using your first weapon. If your character has any questions, you can feel free to control my character to answer the question for you. Afterwards, please select whatever second weapon you'd like to ICly learn how to use]
Rinko clattered down the stone pathway, holding her leafy hat so it wouldn't blow away in the wind. A shout came from behind her.