[b] Alexei Dragunov [/b]

[u][i]Tuesday [/u][/i]
The regal girl had been rather harsh, on the point of being rude but then Alexei was equally at fault. He had literally barged on their packup and thrown his way around. So he let it slide, but he made a mental note of the effeminate boy. He would not have any mercy from him should a misfortune ever befall him. He had secured a place in the club and that was that. He went to do what he had for the day. He picked up his sister after his shift and went to have dinner with their mother at the hospital.

[u][i] Current day [/u][/i]

Past few days had been dull, apart from the new floor they had put at the worksite he worked at there was nothing new. The school had been the same routine. The club still had only three members and the run down equipment room though Sagat and Alexei had pretty much refurnished the inside. It now had a big cage in the middle much like the UFC one. The floor pads were kept at the far side of the room. There were two patched up sand bags hung from the ceiling and another one for floor work.

They had got to work on preparing Inoue for pursuing her dream of entering MMA. The last two days had been Sagat's turn of training her. She was a fast learner but her basic martial art still had quiet a few disadvantages. While she was 5'8 and quite athletic, Sagat still had larger reach and much more muscle, plus Muay Thai had less complex and rigid forms thus more deadly in mid range. 

He had got her working on strengthening her shins and forearms. Pro-MMA took quite the edge of Muay Thai by banning the use of elbows but it was still a very lethal martial art and Sagat was its sterling star. They trained particularly in mid-range, the one where Inoue could learn quicker due to her leg work being especially strong. The club hour usually stretched well into the other hour before she'd be on the floor, sweating profusely and out of breath.

Today, it was Alexei's shift. The floor work was on agenda today. Inoue had been better seasoned to take on another martial art now with her rapid Muay thai training. They got ready and Sagat was the referee. Immediately, she went for the blade kick, a grave miscalculation. She was used to Sagat who was 6'0 but Alexei was 6'6" and ready for the takedown. He lunged for the plant leg as she brought down the attacking leg quickly. He quickly dodged left away from the attacking leg and took her down from the midriff, snuffing the air out of her body as she got slammed on the mat. He quickly worked to take a choke on her and the bout was over within fifteen seconds.

Inoue got up shakily, still stunned from what had transpired. Her head was in a daze from the impact a while back.

"Inoue-san" came a deep voice shaking her out of her reverie.

"Hunh."

"If you wish to start with Tae Kwon Do, always got for counter rather than attack. Your stronger attacks take longer time to hit home and while your blade is nothing short of a gunshot, you need it to land to be effective. Thus, unless you know that your opponent is slower than you don't attempt it." Alexei said in a concerned voice as he came over and held her shoulder to steady her.

"H..How? How were you so fast." asked the dazed girl.

"I have to close down my opponents for me to be effective, what do you think I would work on if my reach is limited." he said calmly, bringing her to a seat. He looked at Sagat who shrugged. 

When she had put forth this suggestion both were rather hesitant with it. She was adamant on them going full force on her despite the massive difference in weight and build. She had a similar state on the first day when Sagat had defended against her kick and countering with a punch in the mid-riff. Both of them were seriously reconsidering going any further with this. She may get seriously injured if they were to really unleashed themselves. Alexei didn't think that the school nurse was prepared to deal with a serious injury and sadly both of them knew nothing but stubbornness to face the pain. The same could not be said for Inoue and though they held her in high regard for her strength and ferocity, she still could be seriously injured and her dream could be finished before it even began.

"Inoue-san, I think we should stop this. No one really seems interested in this anyway and you may get up getting hurt real bad if we do this unsupervised for a long duration. I'm confident none of the teachers are competent enough to deal with it if something happened to you." Alexei said concerned. He handed her the water and sat beside her.

"You can still work the bags and learn moves if you wish but no sparring." he finished. Inoue just nodded absently, perhaps she knew she had bit more than she could chew.