Meeting a rising Emerald Star

[ThatPolishDude]

"Yeah, I'm fine." Kate said looking at Collei and then, meaningfully at Huan to signal to the green-haired girl that she got kicked like that by their teacher before and evidently survived that experience. Just then Huan looked at Kate and smiled. "Actually, Why don't you show the next thing?" Kate blinked a few times in surprise, pointing questioningly at herself for a moment before asking. "You mean punches?" She asked hesitantly before Huan would answer "You are the boxer around here..."

Kate wold clear her throat, get in the stance and start speaking. "So, you throw punches just with your hands, like that." She said throwing a punch that looked rather weak in comparison to the ones she threw in sparring. "What you want to do is rotate your hips and pull the shoulder opposing to the side you throw the punch from back, pushing off slightly from the back foot. So you start with the hand but most of the force will actually come from your core and legs." She said, slowly showing the proper movement before firing off a short combo into the air, the efficiency reminding more of a pro boxer than a rookie she self-reported as. "Your turn, though maybe let's go to the punching bags for that" Kate finished, gesturing to more equipment off to the side.

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Collei nodded, getting out of the ring and heading to the bags, which looked daunting. She memorized the patterns that Kate did, and threw some punches, though they were nowhere near perfect. Her footwork was clumsy, and the strikes themselves were not defined, some weaker than others, and some barely connecting.

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate watched on for a bit, making mental notes of what was not right in Collei's technique before gesturing for the girl to look at her. "Put your legs a little wider and go lower on your knees, gives you more stability and can involve the more in the actual strike" She said presenting a stance again, it wasn't really a boxing stance entirely, it was modified initially for MMA to be more versatile but it translated well to wrestling as well. "Then when you throw a punch you push too hard with your back leg, you want to keep it on the ground, otherwise you lose force. And keep your elbows tucked in, you flare too much on a few strikes" She continued, showing the technique as she went and turned to give a better angle. "Now, try going slow at first, make sure your technique is good and only then try to go full speed."

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Collei nodded, taking all the notes in, and using them to better her technique. It still was not perfect, but was a good bit better than before, her punches moving the bag more, and her consistency improving dramatically. Though she wasnt able to much oomph into each strike, which concerned her slightly.

"Urgh, curse my lack of strength" She grumbled, standing back up properly after about 30 punches. She shook her hand and turned to Kate, ready to hear what she had to say next.

[ThatPolishDude]

"Now you don't push off the mat enough, still, that's a heavy bag, moving it even as much as you did is not bad." She said with a warm smile, taking a moment of pause before adding. "Some strength training wouldn't hurt though, you could use a bit more power in general."

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Collei smiled with the compliment, and she knew about her lack of strength.

"Yeah, I am not particularly strong. I hope you know training for that." Collei said, shuffling a little bit. She knew she still had a long way to go.

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate first looked at Huan who raised an eyebrow, clearly still thinking Kate was better suited for this part of the training. The purple-haired girl chuckled awkwardly then looked down at her body, then back to Collei. "I mean, I didn't get like this just by sitting around." She said, rubbing the back of her neck, it felt like she was bragging and she hated to come of like that. "How well do you handle your own body weight? Pushups, squats, crunches and such? They are good for building overall strength if you can handle them, They are not as efficient as weights but you can do them anywhere."

[FreshBritishSalmon]

"I wont lie, I have never really done anything like that. Havent had the tine while studying" Collei replied, blushing a little bit from embarrassment. She looked at Kate and then decided to try some pushups. She got down and did about 7 done, before her arms gave out, flopping on the floor like a beached fish.

[ThatPolishDude]

"Hey, seven is not bad for not having done any before." Kate said, extending her hand down to Collei to help her up. "A lot of people can't even do one. But until you can break ten in one go we should try weights" She said before gesturing to a dumbbell rack and moving over, then she would grab a pair of hundred-pound ones and turned to the greenete. "Technique is important with free weights so look closely, walk around and such. Of course, you will be doing a lot less but there would be little point in me showing it on less than I actually do." She said before doing a set of twelve curls, alternating hands.

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Collei nodded, watching Kate's technique. She then took a pair in her own hands and tried to replicate the movements, but could only manage 2 in her right hand, her dominant hand, and couldnt even complete one with her left hand. She grunted and started to turn red from the effort, but no matter how she tried, that was the best she could do. She eventually gave up and started to pant heavily.

"Geez, and this is normal for you?" Collei said, gasping for air.