Valor's Calling (Children of Valor Book 2) by Kal Spriggs

Author:Kal Spriggs [Spriggs, Kal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-26T22:00:00+00:00

“Strike hard,” Commander “Panda” Pannja snapped at me. The normally easy-going piloting instructor turned over a new leaf during his self-defense classes.

I stepped forward and attacked my practice partner with as hard a punch as I could muster. Hargrave reacted with the drill we were supposed to be learning and I found myself tasting the practice mat.

“Technique and speed are essential,” Pannja said as Hargrave helped me to my feet. “But delivering blows with real force is just as essential. Do not forget, we are here to learn to defend ourselves and to hurt those who would hurt us.”

Hargrave drove a fist at my stomach and I caught her wrist, clamped her elbow and rolled her forward. It was still an awkward motion that I had to think my way through, but I was getting better.

We went through a couple more iterations before he called a pause. “Alright, everyone, Commander Scarpitti has agreed to help me teach this next session.”

I restrained a groan as the chatty officer stepped into the gym. She'd come by the grav-shell practices a couple times since the crash and she'd told all of us how glad she was that none of us had been seriously injured. The way she went on, though, just left me irritable. Everyone was sorry that it had happened. Everyone was glad that none of us had been killed. I got very sick of hearing that, and she'd repeated the sentiment a lot.

“Commander Scarpitti and I have practiced a lot, so this demonstration is one where we'll be free to use some techniques that I don't want any of you to practice. Some of these, against an untrained opponent, will be lethal. Using them improperly will lead to your own injury. So don't try any of this until I give the go-ahead and walk you through it.”

He finished talking and stepped into the sparring ring. So far, I'd done a few rounds of sparring. Most of the time I either felt like I flailed blindly or I acted as someone's mobile punching bag.

“Begin,” Commander Pannja said.

Commander Scarpitti moved faster than I'd expected. The tall, blonde woman lashed out with a kick and followed that up with a series of punches, all of them at full force and speed. Commander Pannja sidestepped and brought his knee up into her midriff. As she bent forward, he started to bring his elbow down in a strike towards the back of her head, but she turned to the side and he missed.

Faster than I could follow, she somehow kicked his feet out from under him and then stomped at his face with her heel. He managed to roll to the side and sweep for her feet, but she jumped back. I couldn't believe how fast she moved on her feet for her size.

The two of them went back and forth, now and then a fist or elbow struck flesh with a meaty thunk and one of them would stumble back, but the sparring session didn't slow or stop.

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