The Price of Disrespect (Gray Spear Society Book 6) by Siegel Alex

Author:Siegel, Alex [Siegel, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781300891987
Published: 2013-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Tawni and Odelia stood at opposite ends of a blue mat in headquarters. Both women had put on sweat suits. They were facing Aaron who wore formal gray robes. He had told Tawni they were the official robes of a commander, and they certainly made him look important. She wanted her own nice robes.

"Tawni," he said, "this is your first real lesson in fighting, so it will be very basic. I'm not talking down to you. I'm just making sure you have a solid foundation."

"Yes, sir," Tawni said.

"First off, women have weak arms. It's not your fault. You're just built that way."

She felt insulted and opened her mouth to shoot back a nasty reply. With great difficulty, she stopped herself. Aaron waited. She thought of another response and realized it was just as offensive. He watched her patiently.

After taking a deep breath, she said, "You're testing me again, sir."

"Indeed." He nodded. "But it's true. Your arms are weak, so you'll use them for defense most of the time. Keep them close to your body. Odelia, demonstrate, please."

Odelia dropped into a fighting stance. She held her arms almost against her chest, and her hands were tightly balled into fists.

"A female legionnaire attacks with her legs primarily. That's where her strength lies. Odelia, kick me in the head, nice and hard."

Her back leg whipped around at phenomenal speed. Her foot flew up in an arc aimed at his temple. He caught her ankle in the air just before impact. Even though he was much bigger than her, the momentum of her attack made his whole body rock.

"Odelia has very strong legs," he said. "She's also very flexible."

He lifted her ankle until her leg was pointed straight up. She didn't seem to mind. He put his free hand against her belly and gave her a hard shove. She hopped backwards on one foot a few times without falling over.

"And she has tremendous balance," he added. "Try to become like her."

Do I have to become a white Barbie doll, too? Tawni thought. She fought a strong urge to speak the words out loud.

"We'll start with the most important element for a woman: balance. Lift your right knee and hold it up, both of you."

Tawni and Odelia lifted their knees. Tawni needed to use her arms to stay balanced.

"Look at Odelia," Aaron said. "Do see how quiet her body is? How still? She's relaxed but ready to fight."

He abruptly swept Odelia's supporting leg with a hook kick. She flipped backwards onto her hands and stayed upside down. She was just as steady in that position as before. Tawni couldn't help but be impressed.

Odelia pushed off with her hands and hopped back to her feet.

"Work on balance for a while," Aaron said. "Practice standing on one leg. Try to go a half-hour without getting tired or falling over. When you can do the exercise on both sides, we'll move on."

"Yes, sir," Tawni said.

The exercise sounded very boring and grueling, but she understood its importance.

Tawni heard a woman scream hysterically.

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