Karate Dojo

The Karate Dojo was a place where Kimi could work on building up her body more to assist with her aura training.

She had no fixed time or place to work on those areas so she just did it when her time was free but she needed to develop a regular routine of training for herself.

There were facilities that could be used near her and it was not just suitable for training herself.

Many took their fighting Pokémon there to learn some martial arts and to fight against other trainers that were learning from sparring.

There was a belt system in place for the Pokémon trainers and their Pokémon so they were separated by each of their achievements.

A high level fighting type Pokémon may have levelled up by mastering their moves and through many experiences but they would still struggle against more professionally trained moves that maximised the power of a kick or punch and could put other moves like counters, throws or submissions to use more effectively.

It required far more training, dedication and focus to achieve a high level of combat power and refinement that was not within the realms of what ordinary wild or faster levelled up Pokémon could achieve.

Some Pokémon were better off and needed to find their own way of combat but there were others that had a body similar to a human so they could learn more from humans martial arts.

Even if they joined to learn how to fake their moves or grasp the moves and timing of others in combat, it was worth studying a little with their trainer.

It was one of the reasons why Kimi had Growlithe at her side when she arrived at the door.

Growlithe had become reliant on their bond through the use of aura and had less experience in close combat so it was not good for her development.

Growlithe needed to gain more independence and a combat instinct of her own so that she did not always need the direction of Kimi.

She was the core of the team that Kimi was building as she was the allrounder that covered a lot of areas.

Her firepower could be used from far away and she was still quite powerful and fast.

Growlithe could move around quickly and provide aid to her team while she should be able to work well on her own too so Kimi could not be negligent in her training.

Timing, grasping an opponents moves and precision were very important to not only single battles but also group battles.

Growlithe could possibly learn how to sync with not just Kimi but her team too while being able to understand more about her opponents actions.

The training may not produce the effects of what fighting type moves could achieve or other predictive and observation moves could but it did help to pick up some useful experiences and skills.

Growlithe had some close ranged moves that were within her current moves or would learn other moves that were close ranged or were normal and fighting types so they needed to be mastered further or to be prepared for before she learned them.

Kimi registered as a new member of the dojo then received her white training clothes and started to join in with the basic karate training classes that the newer members took part in.

Even when she practiced mixed martial arts that were suited for the role of a police officer, she still took the karate training seriously as she followed along with the basic forms that were shown to the beginners.

The police academy mixed martial arts from her first life were made up of Judo, Jujitsu and Krav Maga that were suitable for throwing, grappling and exploiting weaknesses to subdue those stronger, heavier or larger than herself.

Kimi had visited some dojos during her second life before her regression so it was easier for her to get into the routine of the lessons.

It started her off with throwing of punches and kicks in sync with every other person there using the proper karate katas, forms and patterns.

Her hips and shoulders were square shaped throughout the form in a front facing stance, the toes of both feet were pointed forward to protect the knees from twisting injuries.

Her back was straight unlike some others that had their form slightly off and were leaning forward or backward a little. "Huu.."

From a ready stance, her feet were a shoulder width apart and her hands in front of her to her waist high turned ninety degrees to the left then executed a left hand low block known as a down block. "Haa!"

She returned to her stance and stepped forward with her right foot and right hand middle punch towards the stomach area in a front stance with the left hand chambered. "Yaah!"

Back in a front stance, Kimi made an one hundred and eighty degrees turn to the right into a right hand low block. "Ha!"

There were many others around that did not match well with the timing or had slightly clumsy movements but Kimi had been able to fit in quickly.

Some more forms continued and some she had performed were reversed to use her other leg and hand.

Each of the muscles in her body were being used and as she continued to undergo the constant repetition, it quickly took a physical tole on her.

Through constant strength and cardio training and repetition of it, there were some gains that would be built up over time to improve her overall martial arts performance, strength and health.

After Kimi had went through the basic steps so that she could build up her body from the beginning, she moved to the open area where there were weights and other things.

She performed some pushups, pullups, thrusters, overhead presses, deadlifts, squats with a barbell and burpees using the lighter weights.

Growlithe had been doing her own thing by using the open space to run with some weighted padded training clothing that Kimi had customised for her.

The gear that Kimi used before was much simpler and was not fully tailored to Growlithe in particular but the new set fit her perfectly.

There was even a small sized weight that could fit into her mouth to bite onto so her jaw and neck could be trained further to increase her biting power and so that other areas of her body were not left untrained.

Due to her training with weights on her body before, Growlithe was able to adjust to it even if it was a greater weight than what she had become used to.

Once she could no longer walk, run, jump, crawl or roll around, Growlithe took some time to rest and waited until Kimi finished her training while having a drink of water from a bowl.

Growlithe had been watching the others that were on the sparring mats or taking up the Pokémon battle grounds during the time that she waited around and rested.

There was an excited light that shone within her eyes as she looked over the ongoing battles while she earnestly watched as they fought each other.

Once Kimi had finished up training, she returned to the side of Growlthe while stretching her body. "Come on then. We should go look for some opportunities to gain some more experiences."

Growlithe turned her eyes and she looked very excited. "Growlithe!"