Sol blinked surprised. Pirate? The only thing this guy had said so far that made sense way that he sounded like an idiot. None the less Marcus had asked a reasonable question. "Well, first off you paying attention to the movment of the joints doesn't matter if hardly anyone can see them," Sol said drawing his swords still irriated by this guy's "teaching" style, "This black sword is pretty cut and dry, hit things with it until they die. This other blade you may notice is rather strangely shaped, it is a sword designed to break other swords. Both the slit in the middle and the notches towards the hilt are designed to catch an opponent’s blade and once you do a simple twist of the blade will snap it. Course since this is a magic school I tend to stick to using the black one as a focus." Sol explained putting away the sword-breaker. "Anyway many objects can be helpful for focusing magic through, so for example I can do this." Sol demonstrated by slicing forward and a powerful gust of wind swept forward.

 "Usually a physical motion can help enhance the power of a spell but it also gives away what you're doing. Strictly in a combat sense ideally a sword is the middle weapon, it doesn't have the power of an axe, the range of a spear, or the speed of a dagger. It simply mixes them into a fashion that allows it to combat any of these; of course the danger in using a sword lies primarily in the fact that if someone gets to close it becomes a hindrance. If you wanted something more practical I'm afraid I'd need someone to spar with." he finished explaining, the last comment towards Marcus