We are the future

Tamsyn · 09-12-2020, 09:22 PM

Tamsyn watched as her students for the day began to disperse, most of them chiming in to say what they disliked about the terrain, what they found difficult, the sorts of places they were used to fighting in, and the like. Natha in particular made her smirk when the feline climbed a nearby tree to get away from the water-logged ground. She nodded in understanding to Indigo when he spoke of how his size was going to be a factor here. She started gathering each of their concerns in her mind and tried to find some common themes so that she could address them as a group. Sedna in particular seemed to have some very good insights and she watched how the gray woman quickly adapted to the softer soil. She glanced to Aslatiel when the smaller woman mentioned needing practice with fighting larger opponents and she nodded in agreement. She knew from experience that was something that was more difficult as a smaller wolf so she would keep that in mind for later.

Her gaze shifted to Dunkan with a pleased smile. Fighting in water hadn't been the intended purpose of this particular training, but it was certainly a factor here so she appreciated him thinking outside of the box. Perhaps their next training should focus around water... Before she could really begin plotting such a thing, Naiche spoke up and mentioned how the shadows of the trees could cause even more difficulties finding their footing and she nodded in agreement. She had specifically picked this place over other forests in their area because of how the streams and tree roots made the ground so uneven. It was a very stark contrast from where they normally trained so it was perfect for this kind of exercise. Since Kaizer and Adralius were the newest to her out of the group she paid special attention to their statements about what terrains they were most used to. It would help her shape her training in the future and would tell her what she could rely on them for to help teach in the future. Adralius interested her the most since he stated that he'd never really sparred with wolves before, but she wasn't too concerned over it. She had never even thought of fighting before she came to the Armada so there was still plenty of time for him to learn yet.

Once they had all finished their exploration and observations of the area and had all come back together in the clearing she spoke, addressing the crowd as a whole. "All of your observations were spot on," she told him with a proud grin. "These would all be things that we would need to take into consideration before we launched a raid on a pack. Maybe this land would be a bad place to stage an attack, maybe it would be better to do some more scouting to see if they hold another territory that would be easier to fight in even if it's farther from our borders. But, for the sake of our training today, lets say they don't have another territory or this other land is blocked off where we can't reach and this is our only option. How do we deal with things like not having enough space to move, with having uneven terrain, with the shadows of the trees blocking our view... We stop thinking of those things as hindrances and start trying to find ways to use them to our advantage."

"There's always a way to work around something that is a challenge for you. Natha can climb the trees and attack from above so she doesn't have to try and be as quick and agile in the mud. Indigo, you could use your size to back a smaller wolf into a corner in these trees so you don't have to move around as much. As Naiche pointed out the shadows can make it harder to see the ground, but if we're moving in slowly and stealthily instead of charging in head first then we'd be able to move over the uneven train more easily and use the shadows to our advantage to hide." She paused her lecture, looking around at all of them with a small smile. "My point is, I want you to think about what your challenges are and find out how you can work around them or use them to your advantage. This goes for every fight, but for this example we'll use these mangroves as our challenge."

"Now, I'd like for you to take a moment to practice on this terrain a bit and get a better feel for it - do a few practice lunges, see what it would feel like to get a paw caught in a tree root so you can get untangled quickly, things like that. Think about how you can adapt your current style to fighting up close and personal because there's not going to be room for fancy footwork here. Once you've done that everyone is going to pair off and give it a whirl. We'll all head back together once everyone has had a chance to spar."

"Talk"

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We are the future

Ashen Armada Pack Training

Tamsyn