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The following brightening Grik found himself shuffling through the city. With the few cycles of training under his belt he felt more of a member of the Horde than he did when he first walked through the gates. He felt bigger and stronger, and more coordinated. Infact his mind was even clearer, he now had purpose and it showed in his work ethic while training.
The shuffling orc made his way to the training yard, a few candlemarks after mid-day. The clouds seemed heavier than they had, perhaps a changing of the season. A change that did not affect the young orc, for he knew another change was coming. That was the change of orcish oppresion, and subjugation. They had been lied to and pushed to the side for too many eras, and now that the Great Horde was called, that would all change.
Grik arrived on the field and pointed to another young orc who was standing listlessly. Now was time to engrain the lesson they had learned, time to punish each other for not missing any portion of the class. It was not yet a time of full reckoning, but a test for that time. The two young orcs did not say much, just a few grunts before they raised thier shields and eased into basic stance.
Grik grasped the Enarmes tightly, he mentally remembered the names of the handles. The Face of the shield was banged and battered, but he would have it blessed before going to battle. Grik looked over the Back of the shiled, at his opponent. He waited for his partner to move first, The sling of the Guige blew back and forth as the wind picked up. Growing tired, Grik made the first move. With a balled fist he punched the other orc in the forehead. He stood thier for a second, as his eyes glazed over in anger and embaressment. It was then that Grik was able to practice the first part of this brightenings training.
Grik's opponent punched stright out, and using the last lesson, he raised his shield and Redirected his partner's fist to the side. As he did this he stepped forward, and punched the opponent on agian. This time in the open area of his ribs, just as Kruel had explained. The partner ten banged his shield against Grik's and punched again. Using a similar technique, he Redirected the attack once more. This time he stepped forward, then pressed the shield foreward. A simpled thrust and Grik and he was once mroe able to land his own punch. They repeated the series over a few times before th other orc realized Grik was goading him to attack.
The other orc demanded that Grik return the punches so he could practice also. Grik punched the first few times with much gusto, then his partner caught on and was able to block and return his own return punches. For a candlemark or more the two went back and forth, practicing the redirects. Grik attempted the Right Redirect also, holding his shield's handle (Enarmes), he punched at his partner. It took two time before Grik was able to learn the distance of his short step foreward before he 'punched'. A few times the young orc noticed the open guard where a spinning backfist would work. But he held out as his instructor had ordered them to wait till they got further shield experience and training.
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