Frostbound

Chris

"You need to trust your armor!" I shouted as I watched the two fighters go at it. "I put a Rune of Protection on that chest piece myself, I know it can take that hit!"

The man's great sword came around for another blow and instead of jumping away, the woman allowed it to land on her plate armor which deflected it easily.

The two weren't going all out as this was a spar, but it was still enough for the blow to hurt but she powered through without even a grunt.

"Good!"

Teaching was something completely novel to me. I'd never had to do it before which made the first day a learning curve. How I fought came from experience and instinct, not through someone teaching me how.

Finding where to start had been the hardest part.

I basically had them spar and watched from the side evaluating how I would do it differently.

I didn't know any weapon forms or specific techniques to teach, and with everyone's weapon choice being varied, it wouldn't have done any good. Teaching hammer techniques to someone with a two-handed sword wouldn't have gone over well.

Axes would've been fine, but even those would've had trouble applying it to their own weapon.

Instead, I boiled down how I fought to the base building blocks. Ones that any weapon wielder could use.

The first lesson was trust your armor.