[Rhargn Etn]

Rhargn spent several of the early candlemarks adapting his inital practices to the ones he'd been taught by his new mentor. His left hand, which rest at the base of his weapon slowly but surely began to guide his weapon however he wanted. Whether he was attacking in one direction and quickly needed to change or whatever, it was all coming together. After the sands of time ticked by, Rhargn believed he was ready to show Steelfold what he'dbeen practicing, and so placed his mace besides the nigh obliterated tree, and slumped down next to it.

"Oi!! Get your bloody arse off the ground now! I ain't giving you my time for you to lazy around, you fat swine!" The Dwarf came marching back, an angry looked chiseled into his face. Rhargn quickly, and unsteadily scampered to his feet, grabbing his mace as he did so, before once more being hit round the back of the knees as a punishment. The ruffian hadn't actually though of hitting the Steelfold back, each time he did this, for it was need to properly train, surely?

"Right, you lazy git, now onto defending. The basic defensive stances are obvious, and I saw how you picked them up on your own. However, and this is a big however, if you lock your arms like you were doing, they'll be snapped in two, no matter how thick they are. You need to keep fluid. A guy your size will be able to halt most advance, but just remeber to keep your elbows bent slightly, both so you can absorb the blow gradually, and also so when you get better, you can turn their attacks against them. Finally, always use both hands to block if you're able and the best defense is not having to block. Oh and if you can move out of the way rather then block, do so."

Rhargn took note, nodding his head at each statement. It all made perfect sense, and without these expert tips, he knew he'd have easily been outwitted in battle. As Steelfold finished off the ale he'd brought back with him, Rhargn went through the stages of defending. He made sure that each time he practiced, that he gripped his shaft with both hands, though not close together, and also paid special detail to keeping his arms bent and able to move about easily enough. Each defensive manuver was played this way before Steelfold coughed out.

"Right son, I'm going to come at you, and basically, you're going to block, or get whacked pretty hard." With no other warning, the Dwarf grabbed the pipe and charge at Rhargn. His first attack came from bottom right to top left, which Rhargn quickly scurried backwards from. Next came an unexpected thrust to the titans mid section which he had not been taught about, and so improvised, by attacking himself from bottom left to right, effectively knocking the attack out of danger. With a vertical slash from head to toe and a slash from right to left coming next, Rhargn took another step back, and with elbows bent slightly, brought his horizontal mace up to absorb the first attack, before rather nimbly turning the weapon on its head and blocking the second attack.

Things were looking up.