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Steelsheen · 01-18-2016, 04:22 AM

SPOILER!!: Profy Man

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

You know what was interesting to note? The variety of answers given. Some were clever enough to think of hiding themselves somewhere safe until they were safe while others were willing to fight it to the bone. There was a clear divide between fight and flight and Hirsch LOVED it.

See the smile on his face? Pure and utter love.

Oh, here was a new answer. "Interesting thought, Mr Salander." And thank you for putting your nametag on because otherwise, Roderik would've had to come up with a nickname and he wasn't sure if the boy would like it or not. "Taking the higher ground would help majorly. You could see our attacker coming which would be more advantageous for you."

Uh. Wait. "Are you telling me you'd go near a volcano?!"

Merlin, kids these days.
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"Excellent! Really, truly, excellent answers. I have to say, I really like the variety of answers you've all given. Some particularly interesting ones are up on the board." So they can jot them down, memorise them, do whatever it takes to remember them, at least.

Moving on. "Firstly, I don't want ANYONE in here thinking that they can't defend themselves in whatever situation arises. No one. I don't care if you're the size of a giant or the size of a house elf: you CAN defend yourself. You just need to harness that power." And it sounded as though some people might need to harness more of that power than others.

"The reason why I asked this vague question is because a wand is a wizard's best friend. You won't find the two without each other and chances are, if a wizard doesn't have their wand on them or can't use magic, they'll be stumped as to what they should do, especially if they were about to be attacked. We've just grown too attached to having a wand on us. We rely on it too much."

Pause.

"Don't get me wrong, it's great! But what happens if you can't use it? Are you going to lay there and say that you give up on life? Or are you going to do what the Muggles do and fight using your body and mind and surroundings? Because let me tell you, those are some of your greatest assets." And he'd gotten himself out of those kind of situations so he knew what he was talking about. Mhm.

"Muggles have martial arts, a form of defensive techniques where they use their hands, legs, anything to fight their opponent. What they do is they target their opponent's weakest points. Strike at it, if you will." He took a moment to grin over at Mr Baltazar over there who had given him, possibly, the most relatable answer to his lesson.

Oh, how he was giddy about this lesson! And he was going to show it by....... smiling. Widely.

That was the most giddy they were going to get out of him.

"Every human being has their weak spots. Their physical weak spots and we call them pressure points. Now. Can anyone give me any examples of these pressure points?"

OOC: Oh gosh, I'm SO sorry if the first question was confusing <3 Hopefully this one should be better?

And please just stick to ONE example per person, please. You'll have roughly........ until 2pm GMT on the 18th to answer this ^^

Tenacius nodded his head enthusiastically at first, then started to slow down when he saw the look on the Professor's face. "Well yeah... Theres one near my house and I go there all the time..." pause. Wait not the one in Cumbria "My other house in Santorini I mean. And yeah its an active volcano, but it doesn’t spew out lava or anything." even he knows not to go near things like that "It has cranky days where it would fart really bad and we're told not to go near it and wear protective masks, but on other days its just fine, get to pick out nice glass stones and have a spa." really its awesome.

But yes back to Defense talk. And that list looked like a really awesome list!

Intrinsically Tenacius would know this, even if he wouldnt remember the list word for word. He was a fighter, which is a big reason why he wears the red robes.

And now as for pressure points? What is it about this big scary attacker that an ickle like himself can do to even up the playing field? "Uhm... Ears sir. And you go like this--" he demonstrated, smacking his palms against the side of an attacker's head where the ears would be. "The attacker would lose their sense of balance because its very painful, change of pressure and all that."

01-18-2016, 04:22 AM	#139 (permalink)
Steelsheen DMT & DIMC Antipodean Opaleye Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Geekdom of Nerdtopia Posts: 9,944 Hogwarts RPG Name: Tenacius "Ace" Salander Graduated x12 x12	Ability is nothing without Opportunity \| \| Creativity is Intelligence having FUN SPOILER!!: Profy Man Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone You know what was interesting to note? The variety of answers given. Some were clever enough to think of hiding themselves somewhere safe until they were safe while others were willing to fight it to the bone. There was a clear divide between fight and flight and Hirsch LOVED it. See the smile on his face? Pure and utter love. Oh, here was a new answer. "Interesting thought, Mr Salander." And thank you for putting your nametag on because otherwise, Roderik would've had to come up with a nickname and he wasn't sure if the boy would like it or not. "Taking the higher ground would help majorly. You could see our attacker coming which would be more advantageous for you." Uh. Wait. *"Are you telling me you'd go near a volcano?!"* Merlin, kids these days. <snip> *"Excellent! Really, truly, excellent* answers. I have to say, I really like the variety of answers you've all given. Some particularly interesting ones are up on the board."** So they can jot them down, memorise them, do whatever it takes to remember them, at least. Moving on. "Firstly, I don't want ANYONE in here thinking that they can't defend themselves in whatever situation arises. No one. I don't care if you're the size of a giant or the size of a house elf: you CAN defend yourself. You just need to harness that power." And it sounded as though some people might need to harness more of that power than others. "The reason why I asked this vague question is because a wand is a wizard's best friend. You won't find the two without each other and chances are, if a wizard doesn't have their wand on them or can't use magic, they'll be stumped as to what they should do, especially if they were about to be attacked. We've just grown too attached to having a wand on us. We rely on it too much." Pause. "Don't get me wrong, it's great! But what happens if you can't use it? Are you going to lay there and say that you give up on life? Or are you going to do what the Muggles do and fight using your body and mind and surroundings? Because let me tell you, those are some of your greatest assets." And he'd gotten himself out of those kind of situations so he knew what he was talking about. Mhm. "Muggles have martial arts, a form of defensive techniques where they use their hands, legs, anything to fight their opponent. What they do is they target their opponent's weakest points. Strike at it, if you will." He took a moment to grin over at Mr Baltazar over there who had given him, possibly, the most relatable answer to his lesson. Oh, how he was giddy about this lesson! And he was going to show it by....... smiling. Widely. That was the most giddy they were going to get out of him. *"Every human being has their weak spots. Their physical* weak spots and we call them pressure points. Now. Can anyone give me any examples of these pressure points?" OOC: Oh gosh, I'm SO sorry if the first question was confusing <3 Hopefully this one should be better? And please just stick to ONE example per person, please. You'll have roughly........ until 2pm GMT on the 18th to answer this ^^ Tenacius nodded his head enthusiastically at first, then started to slow down when he saw the look on the Professor's face. "Well yeah... Theres one near my house and I go there all the time..." pause. Wait not the one in Cumbria "My other house in Santorini I mean. And yeah its an active volcano, but it doesn’t spew out lava or anything." even he knows not to go near things like that "It has cranky days where it would fart really bad and we're told not to go near it and wear protective masks, but on other days its just fine, get to pick out nice glass stones and have a spa." really its awesome. But yes back to Defense talk. And that list looked like a really awesome list! Intrinsically Tenacius would know this, even if he wouldnt remember the list word for word. He was a fighter, which is a big reason why he wears the red robes. And now as for pressure points? What is it about this big scary attacker that an ickle like himself can do to even up the playing field? "Uhm... Ears sir. And you go like this--" he demonstrated, smacking his palms against the side of an attacker's head where the ears would be. "The attacker would lose their sense of balance because its very painful, change of pressure and all that." __________________ ++Tenacius ++🐦++ Salander++🐦++ Deo ++🐦++ Vickers ++🐦++ Huxley ++🐦+ Aquila*++ Yeah thats what crazy is, when its broken you say theres nothing to fix++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++And you pray that everything will be okay, while you're making all the same mistakes Last edited by Steelsheen; 01-18-2016 at 04:45 AM. Reason: corrected the autocorrect smh*