The names might change between this world and the higher world he lived once at. However even if the names changed, the same principles still applied.
John sighed inwardly when he heard William's words. He hoped for William to just help him with the skills without the need to execute them. As William persisted, John couldn't escape his expected demise from his viewpoint.
John was indeed overthinking things. It was just as William said, his strength was far from the master and his techniques couldn't bring any harm at all to the buildings around.
William watched John executing his three techniques and frowned. He recognised parts of these techniques, but for a reason they seemed amiss.
The first one which John called the muddy step was supposed to be an evasion technique. It worked by activating the spirit power starting from the torso region and down to the legs.