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sweetpinkpixie
Oh, now he was getting really formal. Not even her students called her Master. She giggled at the thought. "How about you just call me Kurumi," she said with a smile as she placed her free hand on his shoulder. But then she got a little serious. "However," she said taking the stance again. "If you cannot get comfortable with this movement...then kendo is going to be very difficult. This is the base for all movements." She made the movement again including the loud kiai at the end. "You need to...let go of being shy and afraid." She knew that Adam was comfortable around her, at least she was very comfortable around him, but Adam was keeping a lot of emotions tucked into. Now was the time to let that all out. "Visualize all that you are afraid of...everything you feel apprehensive about.... visualize that as a being standing right in front of you." She watched him with her caring and concerned violet eyes.
Adam shook his head nervously as Kurumi told him what to do to perform the stance better. He thought hard about his apprehensiens and focused his soul and mind into that. He shook his arms around and wobbled his legs then did the movement again. This time he smacked the floor with his foot and kept his balance better, he didn't fall over, so that was progress.He smiled as he looked up to her, to see what she would tell him, to * try it this way or you're doing it all right but... Or let's just do something different* ..."So, how was that as a second attempt?"