The student wants to teach

Tamsyn · 09-17-2020, 06:34 PM

Tamsyn gave Naiche a curious look when he asked for her help and listened intently while he explained what he needed. She laughed a little and smiled when he mentioned that she knew how Sirius liked others to be trained. She liked to think that was true, though sometimes Sirius was a mystery. More or less though, she had figured out how she at least liked to teach and had gotten much more comfortable with the concept since becoming General. She remembered when Sirius first gave her the task of making sure the pack was trained and how nervous she had been about it so she could certainly understand him wanting to get some advice on the subject.

She smiled and gave Pan a small nod in greeting when Naiche's companion waved to her from its perch on top of the golden man's head. She heard a slightly jealous chittering from Blue that was still perched on the mannequin beside her, but she didn't pay her problematic companion much mind. Instead she let herself focus on the topic that Naiche had come all this way to ask her about. "Well, I'm not sure I'm exactly and expert at teaching and training, but I've certainly gotten more comfortable with it. It's really not so difficult once you start doing it. Fighting is one of those things that most will learn from doing, so it's just about showing them the basics and then letting them get the hours of practice and training out of the way that they'll need to get good at it. That's what Sirius did with me anyway." She grinned a little when she thought about how unskilled and green she had been during their first training together. Oh how things had changed.

"Of course sometimes you might think of something specific that they may not be able to train for on their own, or may not think to work on by themselves, but that's when pack training comes in - like the one we did in the mangroves." She settled back on her haunches as she spoke, trying to decide what pointers would actually be helpful for him to know. "I've found that either sparring with someone you're training or observing their spar with someone else and finding some specific, constructive feedback for them really helps. It makes them reflect more on what they just did and will make them think more intentionally about what they might do in the future. You'll figure out what style works best for you as you go though."

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