[quote=@ImportantNobody] Seeing him slowly inching forward to touch her sword, it's not exactly like he'd take her off guard...unless this move isn't possible with kendo and she's simply oblivious to other fighting styles. Due to being unranked we can make a few more assumptions. [/quote] Often, there's much more to a post than written IC. I guess there's no harm in telling, since this is a practice fight, but i was planning for you avoid the bide, and thus, break your stance. The most obvious ones, and the exact few i was fishing for were simply pulling the sword away, stepping backwards, or transitioning to a different stance, for all of which i have follow-ups planned. The reason i didn't write that into my post was because you could've seen through my ruse and answered with a move that i haven't predicted, and thus, planned for yet.