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Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:40 am
by skip-stop
First strike. Second strike. Third strike. Each of them was successful. It seemed that Sheena had lost her pace and could no longer withstand the onslaught of the Norwegian woman. But as it turned out, Sheena still had the powder in the flasks, because before Astrid could put her left foot back on the mat, the purple-haired woman quickly threw both hands down, grabbing Astrid's leg.
Quickly letting Astrid know that she had learned her lesson, the Japanese woman spun sharply around her axis like a corkscrew, thereby forcing Astrid's body to spin too. For a brief moment, the world turned into a blurry spot for the blonde, and then her knee crashed hard into the mat.
“Gaaaahhhh!!”
Finding herself in a lying position on her stomach, the champion automatically grabbed her knee. There was nothing surprising about this reaction, because it hurt like hell. However, then her instincts came into play, which told her two things. Right now she definitely won't be able to get to her feet quickly, plus her back is turned to Sheena.
The advantage had passed into the hands of the purple-haired woman, and in this situation Astrid had only one option left. She hurried to turn over on her back, because in this position she had at least a minimal opportunity to resist what her sparring partner planned for her next.
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:35 pm
by Bare
Sheena had taken a bit of a beating in the early part of this spar with Astrid. No surprise really given the sheer gap in both experience and skill level between them but Sheena was not about to let that stop her.
Thankfully she was able to hold out long enough to catch Astrid's leg and twist, sending the woman down to the mat with a dragon screw! Sitting up after completing the attack Sheena would turn around to keep an eye on Astrid as the woman managed to roll over onto her back.
Immediately Sheena would push herself forward, trying to get on top of the woman's body and straddle her waist before she could get up. If Sheena could manage this then she'd quickly raise her fists up and starting swinging them down at Astrid's head in a ground and pound!
But Sheena wasn't just going for a wild flurry of attacks. No she was trying to target Astrid's head specifically, attempting to stun the woman and create a dazed state for the blonde!
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:45 am
by skip-stop
After an unpleasant fall, Astrid's primary goal was to take a defensive position. But although she managed to turn over on her back, she had no chance to get to her feet or even take a sitting position because Sheena acted decisively and swiftly.
As soon as the blonde was on her back, her sparring partner immediately took the top position. In another situation Astrid would not have objected to this, but the purple-haired woman clearly had much more global plans. Gripping Astrid's waist with her legs, Sheena began to swing her fists mercilessly, aiming every punch at the Norwegian woman's head.
“Grrrmm!! GGGHHHH!!!!”
Astrid immediately threw both hands up, covering her head with her forearms. To protect herself from Sheena's punches, she began to move her head from side to side, trying to avoid at least some of the blows. But although she managed to dodge some of the punches and block some more, many of them found their target by crashing into her head.
“Guuummm!!!”
The Norwegian woman quickly realized that she would not be able to hold out until Sheena gets tired, but getting out of this situation was by no means an easy task. Fortunately, thanks to her MMA days, Astrid had some experience that she intended to take advantage of.
When Sheena's fist once again went to her head, Astrid abruptly removed the block, which caused the purple-haired woman's fist to crash into her jaw. The blonde made a loud painful groan because at that moment she had to make every effort not to lose concentration. Why did she do that? Because it was a price to pay for the opportunity to get out.
Astrid intended to throw both hands forward and grab Sheena's attacking arm at the elbow and wrist area in order to then pull Sheena down. If successful, the champion was going to wrap her right arm around Sheena's head, while simultaneously locking her wrists together, thereby applying an arm triangle choke hold! If she had managed to catch Sheena, she would have tried to push off the mat in order to turn over with the purple-haired woman and thereby switch places with Sheena, pinning her to the mat in an attempt to strangle her!
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:28 pm
by Bare
Sheena bit her lips as she began to drive down punch after punch into the woman's head, trying to stun the woman into submission to hopefully give herself the best chance to overcome the woman and win!
That being said though Astrid certainly was keen on showing why she was the champion, using her arms to defend against Sheena's blows, but she didn't seem able to get out of the situation.
Or so Sheena thought, only to be proven wrong as the blonde dropped her arms, allowing Sheena to get in a solid shot to Astrid's chin, only for the woman to use the chance to grab Sheena's wrist and turn them over!
'Shit!' Sheena thought to herself as the blonde then pulled her in and wrapped her arms around Sheena's head for a choke hold of sorts! "Nghhh!" Sheena groaned out breathlessly, Astrid's body atop her adding onto the suffocating feeling she was currently dealing with.
Still she wasn't going to let herself be beaten so easily, and would snap her legs up suddenly, aiming to wrap them tightly around Astrid's waist for a tight body scissors! If this worked then Sheena would try and pry one of her arms free before throwing elbows at Astrid' hoping to try and force the woman into letting go!
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 6:31 pm
by skip-stop
Oh, shit, maybe in words it was just sparring, but in reality it looked completely different. Some other gym-goers even interrupted their workouts to watch the women on the mats.
After Astrid caught her rival in a chokehold, simultaneously turning them over, it seemed that the scales had returned to the blonde's side. However, Sheena quickly got her bearings in the situation that had developed for her, once again demonstrating the sharpness of her mind.
Sheena threw both legs up, thereby hugging Astrid's torso and creating some breathing problems for the champion. Moreover, she used her free hand to start hitting Astrid with her elbow, while she didn't care at all where her elbow landed.
“Gh! Guuhh! GGGHMMM!!!”
Fucking shit. Recognizing that Sheena is as stubborn as her cousin, Astrid quickly realized that she would not be able to strangle this purple-haired woman. The champion decided that it would be better for her to change tactics, so she put even more strength into her arms. Not in order to increase the pressure on Sheena's neck, but in order to straighten her back and thereby lift Sheena above the mat, because in this case she would have an excellent opportunity to sharply head down and thereby crash her opponent into the mat with a kind of kneeling powerbomb!
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 3:50 pm
by Bare
This was a rather precarious situation that Sheena found herself in, legs tangled around the blonde woman and squeezing her while she too was getting the oxygen drained out of her system from Astrid's chokehold. Thankfully Sheena still had her arms free and was able to start delivering elbow after elbow into Astrid's body, slowly but surely weakening the woman's grip until finally she released her!
Or at least that was the plan. Instead Astrid tightened her grip while standing up sharply, pulling Sheena into the air as she did so before swinging her downwards to drive Sheena's body into the mat with a make shift power bomb! "Ngh!" Sheena cried out in pain, her legs coming loose from Astrid's body as she lay spread eagle on the mat breathless!
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:44 pm
by skip-stop
Even though it was sparring, Astrid wasn't going to hold back, using all her skills as if it were a real match. Sheena did not make a mistake, in her position the most correct decision was indeed to distance herself from her opponent, but the blonde foresaw this and did not allow the purple-haired woman to take the distance.
At the cost of great effort, but Astrid slammed Sheena's body into the mat with such force that a crash reverberated through the gym. Due to the pain, the Japanese woman let out a strangled groan, and then her body involuntarily went limp, as a result of which Astrid's waist was free. And it made the lavender eyes of the descendant of the great Vikings flash.
Breathing heavily, she pushed off the mat, taking a short leap forward to straddle Sheena's stomach. With her left hand, she intended to grab the purple-haired woman's right wrist and thereby prevent her from properly defending herself from what was about to happen next. What would that be?
Astrid clenched her right fist and pulled her right hand back. With fiery fury in her eyes, she aimed that fist straight at Sheena's face. She spared no effort for this punch, her heavy fist was moving with such speed that it looked like she intended to punch right through the purple-haired woman's head. It seemed that nothing could stop her, but…
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Astrid's fist stopped abruptly a few millimeters from Sheena's face, perhaps the Japanese woman could even feel the residual gust of air because of this. The blonde turned her head to the side, looking at her phone. A timer went off, signaling that their three minutes of sparring had come to an end. She slowly returned her gaze to Sheena. For a few seconds she just stared at her, frozen in that position while her butt was pressed against the Japanese woman's stomach, and then she smiled broadly.
“Let's call it a draw, huh!”
She took her fist away from Sheena's face and released her wrist, then got to her feet and extended her hand to the purple-haired woman, offering to help her to her feet. Astrid continued to smile, clearly pleased with how their training session had gone.
“You're a fast learner, I'm impressed!”
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 4:32 am
by Bare
Damn it. Sheena's last ditch effort to keep Astrid at bay had failed, no more than that it had totally backfired on her, leading to the purple haired woman to get slammed brutally into the mat with a slam, the sheer shock of the impact knocking the wind from her lungs and leaving her stunned. So much so that grabbing her wrist was almost unnecessary on Astrid's part as the woman would already be unable to do anything as Astrid then raised her other fist up! 'Damn! This is going to hurt!' Sheena thought to herself, already bracing herself for the impact, squinting her eyes shut and turning her face so that it wouldn't smash into her nose.
Only that fist never came. Sheena felt a small amount of air hit her cheek along with the ominous presence of SOMETHING mere inches away and along with that the sound of a timer going off. Eyes shooting open in realization Sheena would look up to notice just how close she had been to getting that punch from Astrid had she not been saved by the bell. Centimeters. Mere centimeters separated Sheena's cheek and Astrid's knuckles, so close that Sheena couldn't actually move her face back to look fully back up at Astrid without bumping her the woman's hand.
Luckily for Sheena though Astrid didn't wind back up and simply got up, still sitting on her stomach which, not that Sheena could process that without the directives of a fight in mind made her blush a bit before Astrid got off of her. Feeling her wrist released as well Sheena resisted the urge to rub it for discomfort before looking up at Astrid as the woman was willing to call it a draw. Blinking at this Sheena wordlessly accepted the hand and let herself be pulled to her feet, blushing a bit more at the praise Astrid gave her.
"Well, you're a pretty good teacher... Though I only made it to the time by the skin of my teeth." Sheena admitted a bit bashfully, looking to the side and silently considering just how starkly training with Astrid was compared to Kyoko who was... a fair bit more intense and aggressive in her methods. The change of pace was definitely nice she decided.
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 5:26 pm
by skip-stop
“Oh, come on...” said Astrid, slightly embarrassed, while a slight blush appeared on her cheeks. “Just a couple of tips don't make me a good teacher...”
Funny or not, this was the first time Astrid had the opportunity to share her experience with someone, usually her best friend, Charlotte, did such things. However, perhaps all this was the result of the fact that the Norwegian woman had changed a lot compared to her first days in the federation. Once she was a lone wolf who would hardly offer to help a stranger, but now the blonde has become much more open than before.
“In any case, you shouldn't think that you were just lucky and that the timer saved you,” Astrid walked over to the bench and turned off the timer that kept beeping. “If you had put in a little less effort, I would have had enough time to hit you, but your efforts have robbed me of that opportunity!" Astrid turned back to Sheena and smiled. “Think about it and never belittle your own efforts, it won't lead you to anything good!”
Astrid again involuntarily ran her eyes over the purple-haired woman from head to toe. Even though she knew who Sheena was, she wasn't aware enough about the stage of this woman's career. Although even without this, Astrid was sure that a fighter like her, who is not shy about admitting her weaknesses and who is ready to work on herself, definitely has a great future ahead of her.
Realizing that thoughts that had little to do with training were beginning to creep into her head, the blonde hurried to look away from Sheena. After recent events, which disappointed her in many ways, Astrid began to look at the women around her and her relationships with them in a completely different way. Therefore, the thought involuntarily crept into her head that this purple-haired woman in front of her was very beautiful. As soon as it sounded in her head, Astrid decided that she should distance herself so as not to do anything stupid.
“Well,” she said, glancing at the time. “I think it's time for me to finish my training!" The blonde took off her gloves and then patted Sheena on the shoulder. “I hope to see you again soon, maybe in the ring, huh! Take care!”
With that, Astrid walked past Sheena and slowly headed for the locker room. It definitely wasn't a waste of time, but because of Sheena her workout lasted a little longer than she expected, so now the Norwegian woman felt hungry. It's time for a late lunch, well, or early dinner. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she wanted to invite Sheena with her, but maybe she still wasn't as open as she would have liked. Even champions sometimes find it difficult to make the first move.
Re: A fire starts with a spark
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:56 pm
by Bare
Sheena was still a bit winded from the pitched battle with Astrid, short as it was it was surely intense and driven, but Sheena could feel that she had truly developed in the short bit of time under Astrid's guidance. "Heh.. Now you're the one selling yourself short." Sheena said with a small smile and chuckle.
In all honesty thanks to this impromptu training in such a setting, away from the lights and glint of LAW Sheena was able to see Astrid in a new light. Not as the grandiose and unreachable world champion but much more... down to earth, relaxed and easy to be around. For Sheena at least. It was nice and honestly she was tempted to make it last longer or do so again.
Which is why it was so disappointing for her when Astrid said that she had to finish her training and wished for them to meet again down the line before like a storm she was heading out of the ring faster than Sheena could react. "Oh I um uh.. Thank you again! See you... soon." Sheena said, but Astrid was already almost out of the gym and to the locker room.
"Did I... Say something wrong?" Sheena said to herself softly, looking down at her hands for a moment before sighing softly and turning to exit the ring and make her way to the treadmills. May as well try and run out these thoughts but still... Sheena really hoped that she could meet Astrid again soon. And hopefully spend more time with her. With or without training as the reasoning for it.