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Joe looked over the stance and nodded. "Not to bad Orka" the sailor commented, impressed with the natural way most of the stance had transferred to him. In fact, the stance was almost exactly what the sailor was going to show the Dorin. "Good, now a couple of things..." he said pointing out some tips. "First of all make sure you build up your legs so you can stand on the balls of your feet." as he said this Joe demonstrated by leaning forward a little on his feet. "This way you're ready to move and move quickly too. Secondly, make sure you keep your arms in front of you free like. This way yor arms extend a little and you're not holding the blade close to you. It will sap your strength, but this way if you have to block the blade won't be slammed into you. Which can happen with a weapon of this weight."
Joe mirrored the stance with his own weapon. A thing he also did was put his right foot out forward which helped to distribute some of the weight of the blade and body. "You'll find that in battle with the claymore you'll tire easily. You'll need to train your strength to be effective." Of course, for Joe and the Dorin who were both large for their respective races it would be easier then say a gnome or dwarf. "Now, go ahead and repeat the stance with some of the tips I told you. Get a good feel of how this should be so you can mirror it when you need it. After this I'll show you some basic parries and blocks."
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