Man Up {Fight Training}

The wolves started to pour in, slowly forming a group around Bass. Allen was first, who he dipped his head towards. He was glad that the man would place his training after this, it was important that they all were here. Motif came soon after him, telling him that she wanted to work with a few others one on one, that she wanted to observe rather than fight. He tisked his tongue softly, he had hoped that she would be fighting as well. But he wasn't a fool, he saw the point in her words. "Alright, but next time you won't be so lucky to get out of training." He said teasingly, bumping his shoulder against her own. Bass' attention was grabbed when the last of the wolves poured in, Calypsei seeming eager to learn. Grinning at the girl, he watched as Limno made herself look as big as possible. He bit his lower lip to stifle a chuckle, but he was pleased with how excited everyone seemed to be. Wren -- who had been leaned against him -- moved to Allen's side and he watched her go, a longing in his gaze. Bass adored his wife at his side, and always missed her when she was gone. Lark came in next, seeming to glance around at all the older wolves, while dipping his head at Bass. It was true though, Lark seemed to be the only one here his age thus far. That was, until M
Tinaro and Starling came in one after another. Mmm, it would seem that they were a bit at odds here. However, with Lark's already staggering side, he doubted that he would do bad against a young adult. Thinking this over, he stood and began the training.

"Thank you all for coming today. Some of you may or may not know the basics of fighting, but today we are going to break away from the standard attacks. In most fights, it usually begins with a charge, body slam, bite, and paw slam. I am going to be watching each of your spars to make sure that you do not start with these attacks. Challenge each other! Start in a battle face to face, or with one of you in an odd position. Come at your opponent from their flank, of even from behind. In war, you will not always start a fight face to face. Sometimes you might even jump in to help a pack mate, and have to attack a wolf that is reared up. These are the things I will be looking for, and will be challenging you to do." He paused, his yellow eyes glancing around the group to think of pairs. "I am going to assign you a spar partner, as well as an odd starting point that you must start in." Looking to the younger ones first, he eyed Lark. "Lark and Limno, you will be partners. You will be starting your spar close up. I want no more than a foot between you two." Even though there was an age gap, Lark was already pretty close to being the same height at Limno. This way his son would have more experience fighting against an older, larger wolf. Not that he would meet many wolves taller than him, but it wad good practice. "Starling and Tinaro, you will be partners. You two are going to start your spar close up as well. However, you two will start with your toes touching." It was a strange one... but that didn't matter. He knew that the children had less training, and was trying to give them a bit of an easier set up to work with. "Wren and Allen, you will be partners. Your spar will start with one of you attacking from behind." He knew that there was a height difference, but he couldn't help it. The wolves here came in all shapes and sizes. "Quelt and Calypsei, you will be partners. You will start your spar with one of you attacking from either of your opponents flanks." He eyed Motif then, nodding at her slightly. "Motif is going to be my other pair of eyes, to help me watch the eight of you fight. Now break off and begin your fights!"

OOC:
Sorry for the wait! But now that the skills are live, this spars will count towards your fighting skill.
Pairs are as followed, just to make sure that you saw them and don't have to read through my block of text. Please remember to start a new thread, and to start in the positions given to you! Sorry about some of the pairs, I was trying to go height and age wise but then Riv ended up fighting herself every time...
Lark & Limno -- Face to face with no more than a foot apart
Starling & Tinaro -- Face to face with toes touching
Wren & Allen -- One attacking from behind
Quelt & Calypsei -- Attacking from either flank