Shall Never Surrender - (For ThatPolishDude)

[TheLoneWanderer]

Senji went to intercept the fist with his forearm but the impact never. His eyes widened a little bit, finding her middle growing closer as a set of digits wrapped around his nape. He recognized the movements from his earlier training with Huan. She was setting up for an Ezekiel. He needed to beat her before she slithered an arm onto his front and began to strangle him!!

For the first level of defense, Senji tried to push his chin downwards. This would naturally tuck the body part as a defense for his throat. Her completion towards the submission was halted by his quick movements; this was if they actually managed to succeed. If so, then Senji pushed the right hand back to go to the rear of his back near the waist. That would go for grappling the topmost foot on Lei's guard, aiming to pull it up and dislodge it. He wouldn't risk using both arms in the guard break despite the higher probability of success if he did that. Should the escape attempt from Huan's powerful, well-proportioned legs work, he'd conclude his actions by raising his hips higher into the air to help keep Huan from reestablishing it.

[ThatPolishDude]

Actually locking in the choke was unlikely from the very beginning but pulling Senji closer still would give her the necessary control for the next move. She would squeeze her legs tighter as e response to his attempt at getting free before raising her hips off the floor and pushing to the left while pulling his head closer to her chest. This would effectively turn them around by the wouldn't try to require the mount, instead, she would stand up and get back, building distance.

[TheLoneWanderer]

At the pulsating power present in the pressure of her thighs, Huan got a groan from him but it looked as though he'd won this exchange. Now he'd need to start hunting for something if he wanted to win this spar. He adjusted his speed, deciding to put forth more stamina towards it in favor of keeping up with Huan's ferocity. Senji went to dash towards the now-standing Huan, going to go behind her and then outright hop on to her back. He tried to latch on by placing his right arm on the front of her throat. This would be accentuated by his attempt at nestling Huan's throat into the V-part of his arm. It was so he'd be squeezing the sides of her neck as opposed the trachea itself. Since he hadn't the time for much else, Takijima wrapped his fingers in a vice grip as opposed to trying to slip his arm behind her head. He wasn't one for usual acrobatics either.

Regarding his legs, those toned thighs settled deep around her waist... encircling it and going to establish hooks from having hopped onto her back like a fun house mirror version of a piggyback ride. As you know, these actions were made up of his ankles running along the inside of her thighs for control over Lei's lower body. As a conclusive attack, Senji tried to tighten the impromptu chokehold around her neck should the set up have worked.

[ThatPolishDude]

Trying to run around an oponent who actually intended on resisting was reckless, bordering on stupid if you weren't sure they were spent and Huan was not. Seeing his attempt she would turn back spinning in opposite direction to his approach to building momentum and using his speed to make the impact of the eventual round kick even harder as she aimed it at his midsection. This she would follow by switching legs and performing a push kick to build distance as e preparation for a flying knee that would follow right after.

[TheLoneWanderer]

Well. That turned out about as well as he'd expected. At least he knew more information about her reactions, but that didn't help him in regards to the incoming kick to his middle. A heel buried into his abs, sending Senji stumbling backward and the resulting push kick actually managing to set him on his rear. A hand reflexively went to the stomach, as he turned towards the incoming knee. Three attacks in quick succession. He could dodge this last one, at least! Senji went to roll across the mat to the left. It did assist him in that she'd built distance which ended up giving him more time. A callous, torrential few breaths followed thereafter as Senji tried to catch his breath while pushing through the ache of muscle and bone to continue the audacious fight. Lei wouldn't allow him to rest. She'd not stop until she had him nearly maimed and pacified.

Once he got to his feet, Senji struck a usual boxer's stance to fall back on his secondary. The left hand was kept near the face for a more fortified defense. His right, in that case, was reserved for attacking. He settled for driving four jabs towards Huan's jaw and right side of the ribcage, while Huan was still turned to the side. The attacks were split, meaning two for each body part. Senji deeply sighed, finally moving to enter a clinch on Huan's end with his hands interlocked around the back of her head and holding her in a close posture. He hadn't gotten up as fast he would've liked, unfortunately.

[ThatPolishDude]

As she turned, the first jab narrowly missed her head, it would have hit if she didn't move. The second, caught her straight to the ribs causing a sharp exhale of air before she blocked the third one and loved forward and to the side avoiding the last as she sent a right cross in his direction. It seemed they had a similar idea with a clinch. Still, Huan wouldn't allow for much body contact as she would take a step back, still bound with Senji in a more kickboxing fashion to start throwing knees to his abdomen.

[TheLoneWanderer]

Senji's eyes caught the incoming fastball of a punch. He'd could take it. It'd be fine, he thought to himself. He tried to intercept her with his core so that it'd give a 'SMACK' against the hardened but bare skin. At the clinch, Senji abandoned an arm in favor of running defense downstairs. His lone right arm stood secured around her neck. When the knee came up, it sunk into his stomach which caused Senji to cough out his frustrations at the damage towards the mat. But he could exploit this. Takijima's palm went to find the back of her first leg, as his grip firmed up on her nape. After that, he gave a gutteral growl of effort before outright going for a pick up by Lei's own leg.

After lifting her, Senji went to slam her onto her back and then he followed the older woman onto the ground to forcefully change the terms of battle. It was a great counter. Usually it would hurt the user a lot but because Senji was durable, he could take the damage and keep on fighting. That was one of the purposes for conditioning his body like this. Common bodyshots could be minimized in terms of effect, but the roundhouse from earlier did make him reel in pain.

[ThatPolishDude]

As soon as Huan felt her knee being grabbed she knew what was about to follow. It was a good idea, she had to admit that but it left her a valuable opportunity.

With her knee grabbed and pulled she would use both it and her grip on Senji's neck as anchor points to both generate and stabilize her next movement by pushing down while launching herself up with the other leg. It would land over his shoulder while her other one would wrap around from beneath the opposing effectively changing Senji's takedown into her attempt at a flying triangle. Of course, she would impact the ground still but with the change of dynamic and expecting it would have a lessened effect. When they did hit the ground she would keep one hand on the back of his head, forcing it down and deepening the choke while the other would wrap around his leg to prevent another slam.

[TheLoneWanderer]

Senji completed the move. Except, now he was within something else.

["A flying...triangle??"]

Senji, of course, had heard of that alongside a multitude of others but he did not expect her to transfer so quickly. A prompt realization came thereafter. Lei hadn't taught him everything. It would do him well to be conservative with his approach and use stamina when necessary. Still, she'd snagged him good with this hold.

The first instinct was to raise again but he preemptively lowered her back down from the slightly raised posture since he felt her arm around his leg. Don't waste a move you know is completely hopeless in that scenario. The trapped right arm now meant that Brightspring had twisted towards the left side. That done, Senji had an inkling towards what to go for next. His right foot crept forward, aiming to continually turn Senji towards Lei as opposed to the sideways Triangle so that her thighs wouldn't bite as deeply into the arteries. His leg that she'd captured would be coerced into stretching straight though.

[ThatPolishDude]

With Senji now in her grasp, she could exert a lot of control. Seeing his attempt to move she wouldn't try to stop that. Her hand wasn't deep enough behind his leg to be worth trying. She would instead wait for his other leg to creep closer and when it did shoot the hand resting behind his head straight behind it, hooking it and pulling for a quick transition from side to side this time making sure to hug it close and prevent Senji from withdrawing it. His head however wouldn't be let go of as she would simply switch hands pushing it down.