Janice took her right feet, and pulled it backwards. She had not done this for almost a year, since she is not taking gym class anymore. When the professor asked the class the question she thought about it for a while, then raised her hand and answered.

"Professor, sight would be the most important, since sound would take more time to travel and that would kind of give us more time, even though it's only a split-second difference."

"Sight would be most important, because if you can't see what your opponent is doing, you can't react." Obviously. And what if the person had decided to go muggle on you? Couldn't hear a spell because there'd be no spell to hear. So, sight is definitely most important. As for the least important…?
"The least important would be taste. There's not really anything to taste in a duel." Or, at least, Sky hoped not…

Hmmm... which senses do you need most in a duel... well, that was quite obvious. Daisy would struggle to duel blindfolded, and although sound was also important, she could sorta last without it. She raised her hand.
'Sight is the most important,' she said, 'because you are able to see what spells your opponent is using on you, and sometimes if they show emotions that can be used to your advantage, like fear, if you get what I mean.' She thought for a second, 'and taste is probably the least important, because you don't really need to taste anything at all whilst duelling.'

Comfort? What was comfortable about yoga she did not know! LuLu changed positions so that she was stretching her legs now! It wasn't painful or anything just normal balance really.

''Well, I'd say their all very important in other words you need all five senses for dueling, but I think that sight would be the most important since you need to see what the opponent is playing at! The least important would be taste... because you wouldn't really be eating anything!'' she replied after raising her hand

He had been on the right track with his answer? Good for him!

Daichi changed his yoga position as he listened to the question. He had the feeling that this was going to be a very cool lesson...! But first the senses. Daichi raised an arm in the air for the second time to try and answer the questions.

"I think that all of them are important but if i have to pick one...i'd pick sound, Professor" he said and still with his arm in the air he continued. "I saw in a movie once that when one of them couldn't find the other, he had closed his eyes and was going for where he HEARD the other....and...it looked cool so that's why i pick sound" yush.

Arm still not lowered he went to the second question. "As for the last question, i think that taste is the least important ..unless you're in a tasting duel?" O_o was there such a thing? If it was and it involved chocolate cake.. Daichi was sooo in! And now he lowered his arm.

Slowly letting go of her arm, Louisa took hold of her ankle and gently stretched her leg behind her back. The professor's question made her furrow her eyebrows thoughtfully, losing her balance too because she stumbled a bit before standing erect remembering last term's dueling club.

"I think hearing is the most important sense, professor." Raising her arm as she spoke, "Last term when I tried dueling, I relied on hearing the incantations. Maybe because my opponent wasn't able to do non-verbal spells, or maybe the fact that I don't really recognize the wand movement or the physical property of the spell as in its color." Pause. "I'd say smelling is the least important?" And it was the first time ever that Louisa provided an answer based on experience rather than copied from a book.

This was a tricky question, Alex thought. She raised her hand. "I think the most important sense would depend on the situation", Alex said. "If it was dark, sound would be more important. If your opponent used a nonverbal spell, sight would be more important. Touch is probably always important." "The least important sense would be taste", she said finally.

Laura looked at the Professor, Yoga again, nope she wasn't going to do it, she would just act like she is doing it. "Professor, sight will be the most important because if you don't have it you can't see who your fighting."

Vlimia did the next pose, stretching her limbs nicely. As she did that, Vlim pondered the question. Stopping for the little while it took to raise her hand and get chosen, she then said "I think the most important sense in dueling would be hearing or sight. Because with hearing, you can hear what spell the opponent is casting, and be ready for it. With sight, I suppose you just need to be able to see what's around you so you don't bump into anything or cast a spell in the wrong direction. But I suppose it all depends on the situation, if somebody can cast non-verbal spells, and so on. A duel could happen anywhere." Vlim explained, thinking her choices were pretty good. "The least important sense would be taste." She concluded, going back to her stretching.

Selina moved into the next yoga position with relative ease. This was not as hard as what they had been doing earlier. Then she tried to raise her hand to answer her question, "Well ma'am, I would say sight. Although I really do believe you need all of them to work in conjunction with each other except possibly taste. Magic is a communative skill. At least the way I see it. So putting limits on magic by saying what is most important is, in my kind, closed minded."

Ariana Sat down. 'could we get on with the lesson already.' she thought to herself. she was tired already.

Taking you out of your comfort zone? Out of???, Gwendolyn repeated in her head and then looked back at the Professor. One of sight and sound…, the third year thought. But which one? Sight? Sound? Hmm… ‘I think sight is the most important sense’ Yep, she could probably deal with not hearing what the opponent said, but she couldn’t bare seeing nothing. That would be just confusing… ‘And… I guess taste is the least important’ Really- how could that be uselful?!

Justin listened intently to what the prfessor was saying about how yoga is important to learn. Then he raised his hand once again, " Professor, I think the least important sense to be able to use during a duel would be sight. And the most important would be the sense of touch. Because the sense of sight is not always necessary because your opponent is not always visible. while the sense of touch can be used to detect even the slightest movement. "

Harvey then did the next stretching part by bringing his foot behind him and holding it there as he stretched out his leg.. he then listened as the professor spoke to him and asked them a question.. he listened carefully as he tried to hold his balance as he thought about the answer to this question. He then slowly put up his hand so as not to lose his balance while he did this. "I think the most important would be sight.. as you would have to see where your opponent is during a duel and the least important would be taste.. as there would be nothing to taste in a duel" he answered as he still tried to hold his balance he didnt want to fall or lose his balance like he did last lesson. But at the same time he was being careful to not over-stretch himself.. he was still very sore from the bludger hitting him during his first ever quidditch match. He wondered how long it would take for this soreness to go.. he never knew that in his first quidditch match he would get hit by a bludger and be sore for many days to come

Sight would be the most important and the least important would be taste. She said If one of our sences were taken away we'd have to rely greatly on our other sences like sound, and use our intuition.

As the answers started, at least three-fourths of them was what she'd been expecting them to say. Sight and sound as she had heard, were the most important to them. Though the few that mentioned touch caught her attention, and the ones that stated all were important had Medea smiling a bit more. At least there was some thinking out of the box going on.

"So most of you think that sight and sound are the most important, as vell as taste being the least important." she said, letting her foot lay back down on the ground. Done with the stretching. "There is no right or wrong answer. You're all entitled to your opinions. They are all important in their own vays, even taste, though I believe it's safe to assume that most people vould be rather unbalanced if they lost their sense of sight during a duel. While sound has it's privileges and certainly comes in handy, one doesn't rely as heavily on the sense of sound than they do vith sight. However, when you take sight away, your sense of sound becomes your right hand man. Learning to take advantage of it and using it to it's full potential is a whole other story though, and vice versa."

"Today ve'll be working on those two senses, but first, who can tell me vot spell is your greatest asset in a duel?"

Again, Sierra looked up from her stretching exercises. "I don't think one is more or less important than the other," she stated, raising her hand. "Dark Arts don't always deal with dueling. If someone tried to poison you, you could use your sense of smell and taste to detect the poison." Hopefully it wouldn't get as far as having to taste the poison, though... "If you're being attacked, you'd need to use your sight or your sense of sound." She shrugged. "You could use any of them at any given time, really. Even touching something to get a feel for what it is or how it could hurt you could help. Besides, I've always been taught that in the dark arts, you should be aware of your surroundings at all times. I think this means using all your senses together."

Lily changed her stretching position, following the lead of the professor. She wasn't very stiff, in fact she seemed ready to exercise today but she didn't want to get hurt so she stretched anyway. The only problem was that she couldn't take notes, so she had to focus and try to remember all the information so she could jot it down later. Though now it was on to the next question. Which were the important senses and which were least important. Lily raised her hand, knowing that she would have a minute or two to think while she waited for her turn. Before she knew it she was answering. "I think the most important senses would either be sight or sound, because you would use those to determine how to protect yourself from the spell or whatever was done against you. and the least important would either be taste or smell, because you wouldn't use those very often during a duel." Lily switched legs after she had answered and looked eagerly towards the professor to see what was next.

Lily wasn't exactly sure what the answer was to the next question but she decided to guess, so she put her hand up. "Would protego be our greatest asset?" She put her leg down since she was done stretching.

Shifting into the next stretching position, Alice listened as the class started to answer the next question Professor Romanos had proposed. "Well, Professor, I agree with some of the others that taste and smell are the most disposable of our senses during a duel," she said, extending her legs again and reaching out to touch her toes. "Since we rely mainly on sight, many think that vision is most beneficial while in combat. Yet I find the function of hearing most convenient throughout battle. In any actual or classroom duel, the point of it is still to learn from your opponent, the spells that they use and mistakes that they make. Your adversary is always teaching you, whether they know it or not, and without hearing we could not put use to any of it."

The girl paused for a moment, in her stretching and speaking, and then added, "Of course, if your competitor has mastered the art of silent spell-casting, then I suppose touch would be the most advantageous to you. But in most cases, I think we would benefit from hearing. "

As the Professor posed another question, Alice thought for a moment before answering. She raised her hand, stretching her arm as high as she could. "Professor, since you've stated that the senses are our most valuable assets during a duel, wouldn't any spell that damages one of the five senses be a spell valued over all the others? Conjunctivitis, the spell that toys with someone's eyesight, would be an extreme assistance because, as I stated before, most wizards rely on their eyesight and therefore will be at a large loss in the duel. After all, if they couldn't use their other senses correctly, they would be at a disadvantage. And, of course, the spell Stupefy, which knocks your opponent out, would also be helpful but displays absolutely no creativity or imagination whatsoever." There must have been other spells that toyed with the senses, but this was the only one the second year could recall off the top of her head.

Nate put his foot back down on the ground. Thank god they were done with stretching. When he heard the next question he had to think really hard about it. Then it came to him. He raised his hand and said "Proffesor I think that protego would be the best spell in a duel. Because one it is very simple to do, and two it's a protection charm. Without that spell you would get hit more often."

Putting her foot down on the ground and relaxing her body, she thought about her 'greatest' asset in a duel. There was many, in fact. The shielding charm was her best choice, closely followed by the disarming one. Any other jinx or hex was good but not the greatest asset.

"Protego would be my greatest asset, professor." Raising her hand as she answered.

Question 1:

Minerva followed the professors directions copying her actions then she put her hand up. "Professor yoga is a great way to bring balance not only to your body, but to your mind. It helps with flexibility as well as waking your senses. So us doing these positions as we did our lesson helped us concentrate more and woke our brains up to retain more information.

Question 2

Minerva changed stretching positions and put her hand up. "In dueling would sight be your best sense. To see your opponent you can know there action." she wasn't sure, but she decided to take a guess. She knew it wouldn't be taste, maybe if the person you were facing smelled really bad smell would be a factor, but probably not. You wouldn't want to touch the person you were fighting so touch would be out, so it had to either be see or hear.

Question 3

Minerva listened to the professor and then put up her hand again. "Professor wouldn't expelliarmus be your greatest asset in a duel. If you can get your opponents wand away from them then you would be able to have the upper hand as well as be safer from harm.

No new yoga position? Oh okay... Daichi stopped doing the position and placed his left foot back on the purple mat. Listening , the Slytherin thought about giving an answer.

"We learned from a dueling master last year that the shield charm is very important" he said after raising his arm. "But personally...i don't have one" he mumbled , cheeks blushing as he looked at the ground. "Unless Scourgify is one ..i'm really good at that one!"

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Justin listened to the professor and answered, " Professor, I believe that Experlliumas would be the best asset to have in a duel. "

Oakey put his foot down and stretched his arm into the air to answer this question. Professor, I believe that Protego is our greatest asset in a duel. He put his arm down and continued wit his reason. Not only will it protect you from your opponents spells but it will also deflect that spell back at them. Making Protego both an defensive and if used properly an offensive spell.