Olivia sat with her legs crossed on the mat and raised her hand Expeliarmus would be a duelers greatest asset, because it gives you a chance to cast more spells on your opponent cause they are dissarmed, but if your opponent is able to cast spells without a wand petrificus totallus would be useful because it limits your opponent's movement

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A good start to the answers, but it was only a small part of the reason Medea had them start with yoga positions. "While true..." she smiled. "It is not the main reason. Good though."



Medea nodded slowly as he answered, and her smiled widened a little more during the second portion. "Yes, that was part of the main reason. Good."



"Not exactly relax, no." she chuckled softly. "Focusing more on the multi-tasking aspect of it. Good."



Oh? And now she was back to Alyssa. There was the part she was looking for in the answers. "Concentration is indeed one of the main reason, yes." she smiled. "Definitely don't vont that spell to fail."



Her reason on flexibility actually sounded painful in the Professor's opinion. Stretch out your bones? "Concentration is one of the main reasons." she nodded, accepting the girl's answer. "Good."



Truth be told, she had indeed wondered if there was any physical aspect of education in the student's curriculum here. "Not...really, no. Though that is a good idea." What better class to get your exercise in than defense class?



Just how many scowls would she receive if she admitted that was a very tiny reason in which she chose to do yoga? "In a vay, I suppose. Yes."



The young Slytherin had a few good reasons. "Dueling can indeed be a difficult and strenuous task." she nodded slowly. "Though one class von't make you an expert vith your agility. You build that up over time." Meaning it wasn't one of the reasons she was looking for. "Good thoughts though."



Medea smiled, but shook her head 'no'. "You don't necessarily need strong muscles to duel efficiently, nor the strongest of spells. The vay you duel is vot counts."



"I can't it's not important..." she chuckled. "It does have it's uses, though not the reason I had in mind."



Medea nodded. "Yes, that is indeed one of the main reasons."



"Concentration, yes." she nodded.



The Hufflepuff girl had hit them all on the mark. "Some which are more important than others, but in general, yes." she nodded. "Good."



Potions...?

Eyebrows raising a little, her gaze settled on the young Slytherin girl, whom she recognized as one of the students who was not in her previous lesson. "Concentration is one the reasons, though not mainly to concentrate on your body and the positions I everyone do. Good though."



"In a vay...I suppose." she nodded, contemplating the girl's answer. Not entirely the main reason, but close enough. "Good."



"You were on the right track vith the first suggestion." she chuckled.



"I don't know how one could become more flexible vith just one lesson, but focusing was a main reason, yes." It must've been some serious yoga session then.



"A good reason to do so, but not the reason I had you all do a few of the poses." she smiled before moving on to the next student.



"For some, yes." she nodded. Though whether that was the girl's answer or just a question in general...Medea moved on to the next student anyway.



"Indeed it does." she nodded with a smile. "Though unfortunately, not the reason I had you all do so."



Oh, here was something new being said. "You're on the right track."



"True indeed." she smiled, yet shook her head a little. "Not one of the main reasons I had you all do so, but good thoughts."



"Flexibility could help in a duel, yes, although it's not vot I vos going for. You're on the right track vith concentration."



"That vould indeed be a great advantage." she nodded. "Though I vos more going vith the focus. Good thoughts."



Breathing was indeed a good thing to do just in general. She kept that comment to herself though. "It is." she nodded. "Though I don't think one lesson on the topic vould make one an expert." Meaning it wasn't what she was going for. "Good thoughts though."



Medea nodded slowly, her smile widening a little more. It seemed Miss Hollingberry had thought a little more on the subject. "You are indeed on the right track from vot I vos going for." she nodded. "Good."



Well someone knew a little something about yoga. It had Medea smiling. "As brilliant as that sounds, it's not the main reason I had in mind. Though you may be on the right track vith raising awareness."

Well, those were some better answers than she had at the beginning of the previous lesson. None of the creeped her out. "Most of you were on the right track vith vot I vos going for. However, there vos also a reason for the dark room as vell, as it ties in vith the yoga. Many of you, or even only a few of you, may have noticed that a few of your other senses were kicking into overdrive since your sense of sight vos blinded. Perhaps even letting you think a bit more clearly since you aren't distracted vith too many objects in front of you."

Having switched stretching her arms already, she started with stretching her legs. "I had you all do a few yoga positions to counter your train of thoughts. Challenge you if you vill. You could've thought clearly in the dark since ve were only going over review, something in which you should have been comfortable vith, but since I added in that little challenge, it made it that more difficult for you to do. Many of you right now had mentioned a bit of multi-tasking during dueling, or some encounter against your opponent, and most of the time, it vill not be in your comfort zone. The circumstances can vary depending on the outcome, but the end result is still the same, sometimes even making you frustrated to point of losing altogether."

"So, that is vot ve'll be vorking on today. Taking you out of your comfort zone. One of you had suggested it last lesson..." Though she forgot which. "Our five senses and how they come in handy during dueling, or in other vords, how to duel when one of them is taken away. You all know your five senses. Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Which one do you think is the most important during dueling? And which is the least important?"

"Would most important be sound and least important is sight?" She said while getting into postion.

Jordan raised his hand, "Professor wouldn't the shield charm, Protego, be your greatest asset in a duel?" he asked, "Depeneding on the strength of the charm, it will protect you from most spells apart from unforgivables. And don't people say that defense is the best offence or something like that?"

"I think Expelliarmus would be the most helpful spell", Alex said while raising her hand. "If you could take away your enemy's wand, they would not be able to harm you by casting more spells."

Taylor raised her hand. She wasn't too sure but she might as well give it a shot. "Professor i would say Expelliarmus but that is a charm so would Petrificus Totalus or perhaps Stupefy be the greatest asset when you are dueling?" She was a little nervous and wondered if the professor would think the comment with expelliarmus was unnessary or maybe rude.... hopefully it didnt offend anyone....

Alex raised his hand. "I think the best tool you can use during a duel is Expelliarmus. While it's good to know how to protect yourself, that's only temporary whereas Expelliarmus can be a total game changer. If you can disarm them, you're pretty much golden," he explained.

Zhenya raised her hand and said, "The greatest spell you could use as your greatest asset would be the one you have mastered. Not one you barely know, as it might not work. But I suppose the disarming spell, if you could, would do it. But then the opponent might get physical to fight. So it's hard to say, because your best spell might not be good enough if you're up against a dark wizard. Also I think stupefy might be good. Didn't Harry Potter use it to save his live?" she asked.

Ella thought about that for a moment and then raised her hand.
"Professor, the Disarming Charm would be a great asset during a duel because it would enable you to disarm your opponent and gain the upper hand."

Amelia thought that this second question was harder. And honestly, it fell into the category of a question that didn't have a right or wrong answer. She still raised her hand. "It's all a matter of opinion, but I think there are a few spells that are really important. More or less at the same level. Expelliarmus is one of them because it leaves your opponent without a wand. Protego would be another one because it acts as a shield and protects you. Then there are spells that would hinder one of the senses. For example there is Conjunctivitis, which takes away their eyesight. That wouldn't leave them totally defenseless, but they wouldn't see you coming when you hit them with spells and their aim would be greatly affected."

She nodded as she thought of any spells that she might be missing and could add to the list. In all honestly, she'd probably use Protego a lot.

Hmm...was she asking the question the class as a whole or as to their own personal skills? "I would say it'd be the shield charm," he said, raising his hand. "But, in a personal level I'd say the stunning spell." Yeah, because he was familiar with it and it was a spell he felt comfortable doing. Although, the Dueling Professor guy had told him that his wand was good at defensive spells, Kennedy always like playing offense.

Violet raised her hand after listening to the teacher's previous questions and lesson. "I believe the disarming spell could be the most important during a duel with another wizard. Without their wand, I don't think they would be able to do much, unless they can do very dark and advanced spells perhaps?"

Annabelle raised her hand to answer the professor's question. "I think the disarming spell expelliarums would be usefull because you got the advantage of casting another spell while the opponent is weak." That is what Annabelle would do anyways in a real duel.

'Uh-huh, that's most of us thinks,' Beezus said mentally as Professor Romanos chimed that most of them believed that the sight and sound senses are more important than the remaining three. But then again, even if they concluded that there was such a thing as a most important and a least important sense, it wouldn't hinder the fact that all five senses are valuable and that having them in a normal way should be nurtured correctly and properly. Yes, that was just what the Professor said, taking advantage of the senses' full potential, not taking it for granted.

"Sound and sight?" Beezus asked when Professor Romanos said they'd be focusing on two senses at that time. Hmmmm..spell that is your greatest asset in a duel? After pondering for a while, she raised her hand. "Professor, I believe it depends on the caster of the spell. I mean, if you're not good at doing the Disarming or Stunning Spell then it still won't work to your advantage. As for me, I consider myself good at the Diffindo spell so I suppose that is my greatest spell asset in a duel. Though learning more spells would be very most helpful." the young eaglette chirped.

"There really is not right or wrong answer here. A few of you had the right idea though. The spell that becomes a wizard's greatest asset is one that they've mastered and are comfortable vith doing. Like Miss Castell has said, if you can't do a spell, than it isn't vorth trying in the first place. You have no advantage over your opponent. Most often though, the two spells that vould most likely help you win a duel is the disarming charm and the shield charm. The disarming charm both disarms your opponent and knocks them back if used correctly, and the shield charm can become both a defensive and offensive spell depending on how you use it."

"Ve'll be practicing these two spells today as vell as use them in our duels ve'll do later on. I know you all know the incantations..." She'd heard it many times in their answers. "Though who can tell me the wand movements for the Disarming Spell and the Shield Charm?"

Alyssa thought for a moment before raising her hand."Professor I agree with some of my fellow classmates who mentioned the Shield Charm as it would be a good spell to protect yourself. The Disarming one would also be good to remove the wand from your opponent."

She barely gave her answer when the Professor asked her next wand. So she raised her hand and answered. "Professor is the wand movement for the Shield Charm is a horizontal sideways motion starting from left to right and then back to left again?"

Jayden raised her hand slowly, unsure of the answer, but deciding to take a swing at it anyways.

"Professor, is the wand movement a circular and pointing motion?" She half answered, half asked as she ran a hand through her hair nervously.

Yes, as she said, playing to ones' advantages and strengths. Beezus nodded and gave the Professor a small smile.

So they'd be learning both the Disarming Spell and the Shield Charm? Two at that? Merlin, she does hope she could remember all the spell she'd learned that day. But anyway, she already knew the incantation for the Disarming Spell which was the Expelliarmus, and based from her experience on the Dueling booth at the Founder's Fandango, she wasn't too good with it so she made it a mental note to really listen and learn how to do it properly. As for the Shield Charm, mane of her classmates mentioned it and its incantation was Protego. Though in contrast to the Disarming Spell, the young eaglette knew that one better.

Wand movements? Wand movements? She raised her hand. "I think the wand movement for the Disarming Spell is a circular motion?" Yeap, that was half-asked. She wasn't that familiar with the said spell. "And the Shield Charm's a waving motion." That was by far what she knew.

They were going to due? Oh boy, this suddenly got even more interesting!

He's done the disarming charm before as well as the shield one, so he raised his hand. "The disarming charm is a circular hand motion or pointing your wand at your opponent," he said.

Nate raised his hand and said "Professor for expelliarmus you would put your arm up in front with wand just above head level. Describe a small circle in the air in a clockwise motion, followed by a down wards stroke. For protego you would move hand in a waving motion."

Ella wasn't sure how she needed to move her wand in order to correctly use the two. She did think for the disarming spell that positioning was very important. "Professor, when using Expelliarmus isn't it important to point your wand at the object you want to take? For example, you'd point it at your opponents wand."

Louisa smiled proudly. They were going to practice the two spells that she was good at... the disarming one was a bit hard to manage but it was strong enough with the girl focusing really hard on the target.

"The shielding charm, professor, is achieved by waving your wand in a circular motion and preferably using your elbow as a steady point." Louisa had raised her hand naturally when answering that, and she continued, "The disarming charm's wand movement is to point it at the opponent fixedly." Some people did the circular motion too but Louisa thought that the pointing is the essential move.

Alyssa realized that she had misphrased what was saying. So she raised her hand again and said,"Professor I would like to correct myself. The wand movement is still a horizontal movement but it should start from right to left and back again. Adding that the the axis of rotation is at the elbow."

Alice continued to stretch, mimicking the Professor's movement's as she raised her hand. "The movements for the Disarming Charm are particularly simple, are they not, Professor? All you must do is extend your wand and turn it in a clockwise circular motion, followed by a downwards stroke. It is quite similar to drawing a question mark in the air, I think. Often, if you associate casting a spell with drawing a symbol in the air, it makes the spell-casting easier for the caster," she said, finally ceasing stretching and folding herself legs under her as she sat.

The second year continued on, describing the motions for the second spell, the Shield Charm. "While casting the shield charm, all that is necessary is a small waving motion made with your wand. The only difficulty of this spell, in my point of view, are it's variations. More advanced versions of the spell can be cast, can't they, Professor Romanos?" the girl questioned curiously. After all, if you never asked, you never learned, right? "The variations I know of are Protego Duo, Protego Horribilis, Protego Totalum, and Protego Maxima. But seeing as the root of all of these charms are the base spell, Protego, I'm assuming that is all one needs to learn to master the branch spells and their respective movements."

Minerva put her hand up "To disarm someone you need to point your wand at your opponent and say the spell." she wasn't sure about the shield charm, but she had disarmed someone during the flag game.

Kurumi had been a little too focused on stretching to answer the next set of questions, but thought about them internally. What spell would she consider her best asset in a duel? She thought back to the duel she had had with Oakey. Her primary means of attack seemed to be Glisseo these days, or at least something to distract her opponent, so that was the first bit that came to mind. When students brought up the Shield Charm, Kurumi nodded in agreement...but you could really only defend for so long. All defense and no offense wasn't going to help you win any sort of fight. Then again, all offense an and no defense wasn't going to get you anywhere either.

Still, before Kurumi could answer anything, class had moved on to describing how to perform said spell. Seeing as several of her classmates had already answered, some more than once again Kurumi decided to remain quiet as the professor really didn't need to hear the same thing over and over again.

Instead, the fifth year looked around the classroom for another 5th year. Hmm...maybe her and Kennedy could pair up again if they were working with partners. They had been partners for a bit during Dueling Club last term and, well, if there was going to be any partner work with spellcasting surely the professor would ask them to pair up with people in their own year.

But then, Kurumi thought of something. Something she had been rather curious about. "Professor, I have a question, if that is alright," she said raising her hand. "Let's say that you were able to perform wandless magic...would you still need to perform the movement but with your hand and/or arm?" Sort of like...a Jedi? Or was it more intention alone that performed the spell?