Back in Action: Training the Brawn for Brains

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Once Ivy connected the Front Flip Kick, she was home free to complete her combo. The set up had landed, and now she just had to hit the finisher. Annie was stunned, off balance, and moving exactly how Ivy wanted her to. Annie would be sent flying, the Englishwoman's combination had worked perfectly. At least it did until it didn't.

"HOW IN- AHH!" Ivy cried out as Annie caught the Backflip Bicycle Kick instead and slammed her into the mat. Then the Single Leg Boston Crab came and the purplette broke immediately, "AH! STOP, STOP, I SUBMIT!" Ivy knew she submitted to soon, but she couldn't take this. She just had to pray Tiki would say the words she feared.

"Don't stop Annie. Keep going.

Yet there they were. "No! Please, Tiki! I beg of you, she too strong!" Ivy wailed.

"It's resilience training Ivy. The whole point is to expand the limits of what you can take," Tiki replied. "You know this. Stopping when you want to submit will only keep your limits where they already are. Plus, this is Annie's training too. She needs more practice than two seconds. Just keep at it, I'll let you know when to stop. You're doing great so far."

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Annie was considering letting go before Tiki commended her to keep going even after Ivy verbally submitted. “Okay then partner.” Annie said before winking towards Tiki with a smile.

Annie would then attempt to pull back Ivy’s leg even further, she wanted to test out how much she could make Ivy’s back bend as much as possible. Make sure Ivy felt as much pain as possible. That way, she would be prepared for her future big Lightweight Championship match.

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"UUUUUUUUUUUGH!" Ivy cried as her submission was denied by Tiki, and Annie responded to that decision by locking in her Boston Crab even deeper than what had made Ivy tap.

"You could at least try to crawl to the edge of the mat for a break, you know. She went for a Single Leg after all," Tiki said, commenting on the wailing of her protege.

"She'll break me before I make it! Please!" said Ivy, almost certainly wrong since Annie had no intentions of breaking Ivy's hips or back. But the effect was clear; Annie's hold was so strong that Ivy couldn't even think straight.

"Alright, Alright. Let her go, Annie," Tiki said with an unhidden grin. "And then use another submission you want to try."

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“Alright partner.” Annie said, before letting go of Ivy’s leg and dropping it to the mat. Annie grabbed her knees and took the time to breath and think about what submission hold she could try next.

Then she had an idea. “I could try this, partner. Seline has shown me how to do this plenty of times before, so it should not be to hard.” Annie said, referencing her tag partner.

Annie would walk over to Ivy, before sitting on her back, and then putting her hands underneath Ivy’s chin, and then pulling back, locking in a Camel Clutch.

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So this was the punishment that Tiki would inflict on Ivy for immediately succumbing to Annie's Boston Crab. It was just as the purplette predicted; they weren't going to reset the exercise so that Ivy would have a chance. The Lightweight would just have free reign to go into whatever she wanted next without any hope for Ivy to defend herself.

"UUUUUUGH!" Ivy cried out as she was wrenched off the ground by Annie's Camel Clutch. She knew Tiki wouldn't let her tap to this, so she started using her hands and legs to crawl to the edge of the ring.

"Pull her arms up over your knees before you start pulling her chin," said Tiki. "It makes the rope break much more difficult."

"Wait, nononono-AAAAAAAAARRRRGH!" Ivy pleaded and then screamed as Annie followed Tiki's instructions to lock in a much more proper Camel Clutch.

"Good. Now there's this trick yo-"

"DON'T TELL HER!"

"You can let up a bit and then yank back extra hard. Really jerk and yank her around," explained Tiki. "It lets you sneak in little moments of rest so you aren't constantly pulling back with your arms, plus the repeated surges of pain can be even more effective than just holding it since your opponent can't get used to the pain. Don't be doing it constantly, but once every few seconds or so you can let up a bit before pulling back hard again."

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Annie followed all of Tiki’s instructions, positioning Ivy’s arms above her legs, and then jerking her head back every couple of seconds to really wear her down. “Not going to lie partner, this is fun Ivy. We should have a real match sometime.” Annie said, smiling as she jerked Ivy’s head back more and more.

Annie kept going as long as she could, waiting for Tiki’s next instructions and wondering what submission she should try next on Ivy.

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"I- Ugh! Argh! GAH!" Ivy couldn't get a word in edgewise as Annie kept yanking back on her chin over and over again, with each yank and pull making her breasts bounce around every which way. The Englishwoman was left helpless after having her method of escape taken away, "LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" she eventually resorted to crying out.

"Alright, Alright. Let her go, Annie," Tiki said. "You cannot beat up your sparring partners too badly if you wish for them to keep sparring with you."

Now Ivy was finally able to say what she had been attempting to earlier, "I assure you that if we had a real match, that I would not be so easy for you to catch and place in holds."

"An interesting thought, but one that will have to be left for another day," said Tiki. "Next exercise will be similar but slightly different, and will give Annie a chance to work on her own submission defense. I'm going to set this timer for 5 minutes, and Ivy will start with Annie in a submission of her choosing. If Annie taps or cannot escape in 5 minutes, then that's that. But if Annie does escape, then she gets whatever's left of the 5 minutes to put Ivy into whatever hold she wants. And you just have to take it, Ivy. No fighting back, no tapping, just enduring."

"Very well," said Ivy. "I think I have a hold that can keep even your strength trapped." Once Tiki gave the word, she would lock Annie into her Grasping Void, a devastating Twister + Banana Split combination hold.

Grasping Void

"Jeez Ivy, straight for the big gun, huh?" Tiki said with a chuckle as she started the timer.

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Annie slowly let go of Ivy, before getting up to her feet, listening to Tiki’s instructions. “Don’t worry, I think I’m ready for anything.” Annie said, before taking a deep breath, knowing that she was probably going to be in something really painful.

Annie would then lay on her back, while she let Ivy wrap her in the Grasping Void, the same move she knew Chloe tapped out to. She has 5 minutes or her natural pain endurance to get put of this hold, to show how her submission training has come so far.

The initial first few seconds of the hold were marked by Annie struggling. “AUGH!” Annie let out a pained hiss as she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, feeling her leg and arm being pulled in incredibly painful positions. She can see why Chloe tapped to this; this is brutally uncomfortable.

Annie then saw one of her arms were free, which lead to her creating her initial plan. Annie balled her fist and attempted to throw it as far as she could, attempting to punch Ivy right in the face.

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Ivy, with her signature submission hold locked in, was confident that she was going to have Annie tapping before the five minutes were up. She wasn't surprised by the redhead's first attempt at escape, the free arm she was natural as the starting point to escape. But ivy had a free hand of her own. She only needed her legs and one arm to lock in Grasping Void, so she usually kept her other hand on the victim's head to apply a bit of extra pressure to their neck. But whenever the Englishwoman needed to, as she did know as she saw Annie preparing to throw a punch, she could bring that hand down to their shoulder and use it to pin that arm down so that it couldn't be used to escape.

"Yep, most people try something like that," commented Tiki as she saw Ivy shut down Annie's escape attempt. "It wouldn't be Ivy's finisher if it was that easy to beat, though. I know what I would try, but I'll leave it to you to figure out your own solution. You are almost at a minute gone by."

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Annie’s attempt to juse her powerful strikes to get out of the Grasping Void were by all accounts and no pun intended, rendered null and void as Ivy used her free hand to stop Annie’s fist. “DARN IT!” Annie muttered in frustration, her leg still being pulled back as well as her neck, this was a real kerfuffle she was in.

Then another idea came at her, and she realized what she could try. Knowing that they were in a wrestling ring with ropes, she had an idea. Knowing that she was stronger then Ivy, Annie would attempt to use her strength and roll over to where the ropes were, hopefully taking Ivy with her.

If everything worked out, Ivy would be caught by the ropes and forced to let go of the hold, as Annie could tumble outside of the ring and land on the floor.