Duel Dagger Training..(Self mod)

[Quix]

Quix had met a character in the tavern awhile back whom said he would train Quix in anything sort of weaponry he had wanted at the time. His name was Drac. A simple human who resided in the hillside of Riparia and kept to himself mostly. He had told Quix that if he ever wanted training to met him out by the hillside and he would be there.

Quix headed out to the hillside of Riparia; it seemed to almost be the outskirts of the city it self.

With much surprise Drac there. He was running along the grass swifter thenthe wind and leaped intot he air with his left leg extended as he weild two knives/daggers in his hands. Drac was practicing.

"Serale friend!" Quix yelled hopig not to surpirse him

"Serale Quix! I see you have come to take up my offer to you?"

Quix smiled. "If I may, and as long as it does not interfer with you."

"What is it you wish to learn." Drac asked as he started walking towards Quix

"Close combat skills with duel knives or daggers."

Drac smiled. "Of course, that is my speciality." He then had some what of a more serious gesture come across his face.

"I can teach you to weild two knives. As you know, I will teach you as much as I can of this deadly and hidden art."

Quix was pleased. The darker side of himself was being drawn out slowly yet it is fighting with his good side and his emtons and feeligns are quit confusing. It was time to wage war on his enimies. Drac knew of Quix's madness that seemed to be in controversary with his good but he was still willign to train Quix and let him decided to balance his two sides.

[Quix]

"First off, have you ever trained with just a knife in one hand? Do you know the ways to weild a knife and the strikes you can administer to your prey?" Drac asked as he handed Quix one of the knives he was using earlier.

The knives Drac was using were equally balanced and forged in only a way that a dwarf could take credit for. The blades were double edged blades that were attached to hilts, that were not much of a hilt for protection like a sword , wrapped in tightly woven, aged leather. These knives were well oiled and kept in imacculate shape. If there was ever blood shed on these blades if was invisble to the eye.

"No, I have never trained with just a knife before. I have trained with a sword though, if that helps."

"It does. Just like in your training with a sword your stances with a knife will be similar except for the fact that you will be more loose as to quickly strike and dodge."

Drac got into a stance that was quite regualr for a beginner. His left foot was forward with his left hand leading and his right foor was back as he weild the knife in his right hand with the hilt touching his pointer finger.

"Ok, shadow what I am doing. I will stop if you need help but I want you to watch and repeat my steps and my movements. Remember stay loose and grip your knife tighlty."


Quix listened and got into the same stance as Drac was in. Left foo and left hand in front and right foot behind him while weilding the knife in his rihgt hand.

"The first thing we will do is step forward with our right foot and thrust forward with the knife.This is all one motion. As you step you thrust. Do not, do not over extend your arm. Do not reach out towards your opponet in front of you for you will loose your balance."


Drac then stopped and watched as his student repeated his instructions.
"Good, contiune with this. Step forward with your right foot as you thrust forward with your knife. Notice as you move your left shoulder is dropped back behind you. I want you to thrust forward with your knife and when you step back with your right you will notice your left shoulder in front of you again; as your right shoulder drops back and your left hand and shoulder come in front of you again throw a left jab."


Quix repeated his instrutors steps of just thrusting forward and getting back into stance. When he was given new instructions Quix nodded his head and did as he was told.

Quix stod with his left foot in front and his left hand leading as his rihgt foot held his weight and right hand weild the knife. He stepped forward with his right foot and all in one motion his knife was thrusted forward. He held it there for a moment as to get a simple nodd of approval from Drac to contiue. As Quix stepped backwards with his right his knife hand came backwards and he threw a quick left jab.

"Good! you want to practice this at that exact speed that you are. I am getting you fimailr with some steps. Ever move you make with your left hand , one, will help you if you ever do fight with one knife but latre on in your trainnig will be replaced with yet another knife and that moves will be all too familar then. For now practice this. Switch hands so that your stance is opposite of what I showed you. You will become ambitextrious the more you practice like this." With that Drac sat down on a nearby log and pulled a cantine of ale out to drink.

Quix followed what he was told he pratcied these stances over and over. One with weilding the knife in his right hand and one weilding the knife in his left hand.

[Quix]

"Good, now get back into the stance I showed you earlier. I want you to do what I am going to show you in two steps. First thrust forward with the knife, then pasue for a second and then thrust with it upward from the postion the knife was last in"

"This si how it should look." With that Drac got into the postion that he taught Quix.

Drac thrusted forward with his knife as to stab an opponet in the chest and then after a second he brought it upward as if he were to shove the knife further into his opponet. The motion also resemble that if Drac were ripping the knife out of his opponet.

"Do you understand?"

Quix nodded.

"Do you understand?" Drac asked again. He wanted a response but he forgot that Thelyri particuarliy the males were very quiet and fought that way as well.

"Yes, I understand Drac." Quix responded calmly as he began to get into his stance.

"Practice this until I say to stop. This si an important movement for you will be able to dislodge your knife from your opponet or cause him more pain by moving the knife further into his chest. This takes great strenght to accomplsih but seeing that you come from the sea you should have no problem at all Quix."

With that Quix began to practice. He thrusted forward with his blade and then immideatly upward. It was faster then what Drac had showed him but Drac did not say anything at all. It was good movement and good speed.

[Quix]

Drac watched as Quix practiced what he was shown. Quix thrusted forward then quickly turned the knife upward into what would be his enimies chest.

"Good. It seems that you are quick enough to use the knife in a better way. Try this." Drac said as he turned the knife upside down from what he origanally showed Quix.

"Hold the knife this way now. I assure you will enjoy traiining with knifes better this way seeing the strength and quickness you have." Drac held the knife with thew blade facing towards the earth and the small hilt pressed up against the bottom of Drac's fist that tightly held the knife.

Quix watched as Drac held the knife and quickly mimiced him. Quix also began swinging the blade this way and that way to get use to the movements.

Drac smiled, "I see you seem to like holding the knife better this way?" in a rehtorical way.

"Now the way you can fight and stab with this is different. First off you will rise your blade above your head and bring the blade downward. It would look the same way as if you were to slam your fist downward onto a table or such except with a knife." after sepaking Drac gave Quix an example.

"You may also do this movement with two hands holding the blade for an even more breath taking blow. Now you try."

Quix mimiced Drac. He brought the blade up above his head and brought it downward with force.


"Practice this. After you are comfortable with this you will learn the two vertical attacks which may also be used as a parrying move."

Drac stood in the stance that he showed Quix from the start. He held the blade in his right hand.

"Now hold the blade at your side with your left hand up to help block any attack such as a punch to your face. Now in one movement bring the knife upward towards the left side of your opponet as you bring your left hand downward. Bringing your left hand downward will help you avoid cutting yourself but also create a pull/push motion giving you more force behind your attack."
"The other attack comes from holding the knife in the same hand but this time you will bring the blade from right to left to right. It looks like a half circle in full motion. You will bring the blade from your left side across the belly of your opponet and then upward diaganoally towards his/her shoulder. It is hard to get use to at first but with practice it will be second nature to you.

Drac demonstrated each of the moves slowly so Quix could see what he was doing.


"Now practice these moves and come back here later on tommorrow so that you have a rest and all of this inormation may settle."

Quix nodded. Quix went through each of the movements.

He first raised the blade above his head and then downward with one hand. He then practiced it while holding the knife with two hands. "How did that look?" Quix asked

"Good. Keep practing. before you leave show me the vertical attacks."

Quix then got into stance and brought the blade from the right of his hip upward vertically to his opponets left shoulder.

He did that three times before moving onto the next move.

Getting back into stance Quix brought the blade of his knife across the belly region and then upward into what would be his opponets right shoulder (Quix' right).

"And that?"

"Good, but remember it is all one movement. It is not meant to be deep into the body but no more then a 1/4 of an inch maybe a bit deeper but no more then and inch deep." Drac followed up his sentace by showing Quix the vertical attack again.

"Practice this and I ill return in the morining."

[Quix]

"ONe more thing before I leave. You have just finsihed your training for one handed knife fighting. When you come back you will train with your left hand weilding the knife that way you will bcome ambidextrious." Drac said as he walked off.

Quix smiled. He was glad to have finished as a beginner in one handed knife fighting and tommorrow he will become or start to become ambidextrious.

[BlueberryKitty]

Closed due to PC Retirement.