Berserk Gym Training Session

[Arjuna]

Misaki smiled at her new pupil. "Well, as long as you work hard, I'm sure you'll get what you've been aiming one day. Trust me on this." She gave Mizuki a reassuring smile before she got herself ready to train the Olympian.

"The training itself isn't really out of ordinary, it's just that I'm not going to let you slack off while I'm coaching you, though I'm sure you're not one to slack off during training." Misaki reminded Mizuki. "Since I'm sure that you already know all the basics, we'll go straight to sparring. I hope you're ready." The Ace of Berserk hopped on the balls of her feet, getting herself psyched up for the sparring session with her pupil.

[ragaz]

Maybe Mizuki was just naive, but she took Misakis words to heart, as if Jesus himself came down to earth and told her how to behave. Needless to say, Misakis words make the rookie so happy, she was close to tears.

Mizuki was taken out of her trance when Misaki spoke again. They would be sparring it seems... Mizuki felt a wave of cringe from the flashbacks when she faced Misaki in the ring, but soon came to her senses. 'no, I have to do this, I'll keep trying!' she remembered how she reached her success by enduring through all the hardships. She assured herself this would be no different. "Okay, I'm ready, senpai!" Mizuki exclaimed in a serious tone, assuming a grapple stance, since it was the only thing she knew fighting-wise.

[Arjuna]

Nodding as she looked at Mizuki getting ready, Misaki would take a stance, looking to start the sparring session. "Alright, give me your best! Show me what you got!" And so, Misaki would close in, looking to engage her pupil in a classic lock up. She was aware that in terms of pure strength, Mizuki might be better than her, but she wanted to see how the former Olympian would apply her strength while the two of them were locked up like this. She was ready to react to whatever Mizuki would do.

[ragaz]

"Right!" Mizuki shot back as the two closed in on each other with Mizuki being taken aback for a moment by Misaki inviting her in a lockup. Both of them knew that Mizuki would overpower Misaki in test of strength and Mizuki knew that Misaki knew that. So it must've been a trap. But what else could the athlete do?
So, she accepted the lockup, but was very slow and careful about it, looking all over Misaki's body to look for some funny business. Surprisingly, funny business never came.

She felt Misaki push against her and so the rookie pushed back with the same amount of force. But this wasn't really a calculated maneuver. It was based on confusion and indecisiveness because she couldn't decide to push or not to push. She knew that by not pushing, she wouldn't achieve anything. However, by pushing, Mizuki was almost sure that it would be turned against her in some way.

And so, Mizuki would probably surprise the senpai as well by doing something else - asking.
"Uhhhm... What are my, or anyone's choices in this situation?" If this was a match, there would be no place for such a question. However, this wasn't a match, but an educational spar.
"Ugh... I figured if I pushed harder, I would've found myself back first on the mat, but I'm really not sure, ugh... What else I can do or how..." She would add.

[Arjuna]

Misaki could tell that Mizuki was still indecisive as the two of them locked up with each other. Then, hearing question from Mizuki, Misaki chuckled while still locked up with her pupil.

"Why limit yourself with only two choices?" Misaki asked. "Instead of thinking of whether you should push or not push, you should think of something that your opponent may not expect from you. Like hitting them with your knee to their abs, for example." She demonstrated it by shifting her position a little before bringing her knee up right into Mizuki's stomach. But instead of ramming into her belly with force, she just let her knee touch her abs, because it was just a demonstration.

"Or you can do this." If Mizuki wasn't a fan of that slightly underhanded technique, then Misaki went to demonstrate another move, in which she would bring one of her legs around Mizuki. "You can try tripping your opponent down while they least expect it." She explained. Like before, she was just doing a demonstration, so she didn't really do any tripping on Mizuki.

[ragaz]

"Ah... Right... Didn't think of that. I've never used strikes, so I didn't even consider it... Would be nice if you could teach me the basics, coach!."

By that time, Misaki was already showing her student a second move. Mizuki was feeling pretty silly for not thinking of any of that. It all seemed so obvious in hindsight. However, the girl also felt enlightened, as if her brain just expanded.

Then Mizuki's eyes widened as she came up with the only thing she could come up with. This would be a little cheeky and a grin would appear on Mizuki's face. "Soo... Like you are now?!" Mizuki would wrap her right leg around Misaki's like she was shown before pushing against her senpai with her superior strength and mass.

Being her first try, the execution itself would be a bit sloppy. As cheeky as this was, Mizuki only wanted to impress Misaki.

[Arjuna]

Misaki already expected that Mizuki would try it out after telling her that, though she had to brace herself for the fall. "Nnh!" She let out a grunt as her back hit the mat, and she felt a little winded.

"Well, it could be better, but not bad for the first try..." Misaki saw no problem in complimenting her new protege. "But what are you going to do next? You gotta follow it up with something so that your opponent won't be able to recover." She wanted to see what Mizuki would do next so that she could see what she would do in this situation.

[ragaz]

Mizuki felt quite happy when she managed to take down Misaki and not realising that Misaki probably wasn't resisting all that much. The lackluster timing of Mizuki's movements was compensated with her sheer strength. Mizuki would need a lot more practice to do this efficiently.
"I have some know-how of grappling related moves." Mizuki commented before the matter of following up was brought up.
Mizuki was once again showing hesitation and indecisiveness. She knew one thing that she could do, but she was also trying to think of something different.
"I guess I could throw some strikes, but.... I don't know how to strike efficiently... Also, I just don't feel like striking you, senpai. Especially when you're down...
I guess I'll stick to what I know, then!"
Mizuki would sit down next to Misaki and try to wrap her legs around the senpai's head.
Of course, Misaki had all the time in the world to prevent that from happening.

[Arjuna]

Misaki listened to what Mizuki was saying, smiling all the while, not worrying at all about what was going to happen next. Though to be fair, this was just a training session, so she wasn't too worried about getting too hurt here. And when Mizuki was about to wrap her legs around her head, Misaki would sneak her arms up before her student could get her legs around her, which would prevent the former Olympian to get the hold locked in.

"This is a good idea, but you should use this move immediately. You shouldn't give your opponent any chance to do this." Misaki told Mizuki as she would wiggle herself, trying to escape those legs. With her arms between her neck and Mizuki's legs, the hold wouldn't be able to be properly locked in.

[ragaz]

Mizuki went down and wrapped her legs around Misaki's neck, but the latter's arms were already between them as Misaki had plenty of time to do that because...
"Yeah, I figured as much. Normally, I would do this immediately without talking, but even then, I think you had more than enough time. It feels like skipping a step. I dont know any good options for the missing step..."
Mizuki replied while she was trying to lock her legs in on the other side. Mizuki figured she could try and squeeze as hard as she could despite inconvenient position, but she realised that she wouldn't learn anything that way.
So, Mizuki had a suggestion.

"How about this, coach? We switch positions, with me being on the ground after being tripped or thrown. Then you could show me what I could do for the middle step?" Mizuki asked with a bit of excitement, stopping her attempt at scissors and retreating her legs.