[Day 7, Late Morning] And For My Next Trick(Open)

[Shiba Raizo]

Moving right along then.

"Oh, I'm not sure it has a name. I know some of the style practiced in the Shiba dojo, but a lot of what I do is what Tessho calls 'whatever works martial arts.' It's a grab-bag of things the various ronin mercenaries know, some stuff I've seen the enemy do, blended with the basics of the Shiab dojo. It's never pretty, but then again a fight isn't a fashion promenade, no?"

[Moto Mitsuki]

"I guess your morphology allows you a bit more leeway in the technique you can use. People are not as tall in the Burning Sands as they're here on average – probably something to do with how watery the food is – but still, not going to go for the face as a default. Heck, not going for the kill as a default, just for a way to escape from the mess unharmed, time to put my hands on some weapon that would fix the natural disadvantage of range.

So mostly sweeps, throws, and feints. The 'leave me alone' stuff."

[Shiba Raizo]

"Ah. Well. I mostly do stuff that's aimed more at maiming or killing my opponent, since if they send me in, it's generally not a finesse job, and getting distance is generally the last thing I want if I happen to be unarmed. So. A lot of joint strikes, a few eye gouges, the odd stranglehold..."

Knees and kicks to the groin, fishhooking, grabbing their head and beating it against the ground, stomping on their heads once they're prone...

He shrugged to keep from shivering.

"Ugly stuff, as I said. My sensei would undoubtedly be horrified by a lot of it. Your way sounds much more... civilized."

[Moto Mitsuki]

"I've trained with wrestlers twice my size and several times my weight. They made me understand that against an enemy with some minimal amount of skill, even the dirtiest tricks cannot compensate for the difference in size and muscles. In such cases, gracefully breaking out from the fight is the only way to win.

The Moto of a bulkier build, who've focused their training on killing people with their bare hands... They're less butterfly and more boar if you catch my drift. In a real fight, they won't hesitate to grab your arm and just break it like a twig."

[Shiba Raizo]

"Well, I hesitate to say 'good' about anything that sounds like what I do, but I imagine it works for them."