Sixteen Tons (SPAR)

Birna waited in quiet patience, ears alert to the sound of an approaching challenger.  Her muscles were itching for the workout.  Something to activate her mind and give her a shot of adrenaline.  Her call was quickly answered by one of Valentine's sons, Seraphim Imperialis.  She knew of him but had no real knowledge of his fighting skills.  Well, there was only one way to find out.  She grinned at the boy and dipped her head in greeting.  "Yes, I'm looking to spar young Seraphim and how do you know you are no good until you try?  You are young yet, there is no need to speak harshly of yourself.  I am Birna Gyda Volkov-Xanilov.  But you can just call me Birna.  Ready your defenses Seraphim.  I shall get the match started for us." Birna moved directly across from the male seeking to leave a moderate amount of space between them.  

The warrioress set her defenses, fur and hackles raised, shoulders rolled forward,  head moved to align with her spine, neck scrunched back as her chin tucked slightly, ears pinning tight to her head.  Her muzzle parted as gleaming fangs pondered their target.  Brows furrowed, eyes narrowed and weight distributed evenly across her limbs.  Muscles coiled along bent legs, lowering her center of gravity as she prepared for the spring.  Her toes splayed, claws biting into the earth as her tail shifted to align with her spine, ready to shift at a seconds notice to help her maintain balance.  Now the attack.

Supple legs uncoiled, sending the femme rocketing across the terrain as she attempted to close the distance between herself and the boy.  Birna attempted to approach the boy nearly head on bu several inches to her own right.  She twisted her body in an arc to her left her fangs attempting to seize the left side of Seraphim's face, upper fangs for the flesh along the top of his left cheekbone, just below the eye and the bottom fangs hoping to hook under the corner of the boy's left-sided jaw.  Birna desired to get a firm hold on the boy's face that she could use to control his movements and maybe prevent him attacking her with his own jaws.

In addition to attacking with her fangs, as Birna's body arced to her left the front of her right shoulder jutted forward, targeting the boys upper left arm as she attempted to ram her shoulder into the outside of his arm where the base of the shoulder blade connected to the upper arm bone.  She hoped to jar the joint and muscles and cause it to sprain.  As her shoulder would launch forward her weight would shift evenly to her right foreleg and hind legs as she attempted to use the arcing motion of her body to give the attack more power.  With her weight shifted she was able to simultaneously lift her left paw as she sought to lash her left forepaw forward in a sweeping motion in an attempt to hook it behind Seraphim's left wrist with her paw and pull it back towards her in the hopes that her combined attacks would unbalance the young man.

-- You Can Bury My Body But I'll Never Die --
Birna vs Seraphim for Spar Rd. 1 / 2?