Sparring (1)

In the morning, Jin wakes up at 4 o'clock and prepares himself. After about 15 minutes of preparation, Jin goes to the auditorium where he sees Kai sitting in one of the seats with his eyes closed. Jin approaches Kai.

"Good morning Kai," Jin greets him.

Kai opens his eyes and greets Jin back, "Morning."

"How are you?" Jin asks.

"I'm fine, how about you?" Kai replies.

"I'm fine," Jin responds.

Jin then takes a seat next to Kai.

"So, when did you learn martial arts? Your profile shows that you master Shuai Jiao, right? Where did you learn that?" Jin inquires.

Kai glances at Jin before answering, "From an old man. I helped him once, and he taught me Shuai Jiao."

"That's nice," Jin comments.

Jin then waits beside Kai. After about 20 minutes of waiting, finally, everybody has arrived at the auditorium.

John enters the auditorium and gets on the stage.

"Starting from today, you will begin your practice. Anybody who shows a sign of failure will be removed from this team. Everybody understands?" John announces.

All of them respond in unison, "Yes, sir."

John nods and continues, "Now, let's go to the training ground."

All of them stand up and follow John. After 5 minutes of walking, they finally arrive at the training ground.

Upon entering, they see an instructor standing in the middle of the training ground. John addresses the group.

"This is your instructor. He will be the one monitoring your training. Is that clear?"

All of them respond, "Yes, sir."

The instructor then says, "Now, everybody, line up."

They all line up as instructed.

"Now, we're going to start your training. I hope all of you are ready for this," the instructor announces.

They all begin their training.

After about 2 hours of training, all of them are a little exhausted.

"Now, because all of you can finish my training drill easily, tomorrow your training will be twice as much," the instructor says.

All of them respond, "Yes, sir."

"Good. For now, take a rest for 1 hour, go get something to eat before we continue."

"Yes, sir."

They all then go to the cafeteria to eat and rest for 1 hour before returning to the training ground.

"Now, to assess your level and help you improve, we're going to have sparring matches between you guys. Understand?" the instructor explains.

"Yes, sir," they all respond.

"For the first fight, Alexander vs Chai," the instructor announces.

Alex and Chai step into the middle section, while the others sit on the side.

After Alex and Chai prepare themselves, the instructor says, "Both sides ready?"

The two of them nod, and the instructor continues, "Fight."

Alex and Chai observe each other, and then Chai slowly approaches Alex. Seeing Chai getting close, Alex rushes at Chai, but Chai counters with a low kick that brings Alex down. Alex rolls, and Chai quickly follows up with a kick, but Alex grabs Chai's leg and slams him to the ground. Alex tries to finish the spar quickly before Chai can recover, but Chai is waiting for this moment and puts Alex in a joint lock.

"Stop! Chai wins this round," the instructor declares.

Chai then released Alex, who was a little angry because of his defeat. He calmed down and sat on the side.

"Cheer up, maybe next time," Jin said to Alex.

Alex nodded as he heard this and then sat down.

Jin said this because he wanted to thank Alex. Alex managed to force Chai to use his Lerdrit.

Jin smiled because he had just acquired three good skills: Krav Maga, Systema, and Lerdrit.

All of these skills were used for killing. Jin was a little sad because Alex didn't use Kali Arnis, which was a weapon-based skill.

The main reason Alex lost was that he was more proficient with weapons. If only he had a baton, Jin believed he could have defeated Chai, even if Chai also had a baton. Although Lerdrit wasn't weak, Alex was like Jungoo - give him any weapon, and he could beat anyone with it.

The instructor then said, "The second fight, Jax vs. Jack." The two of them then stood up and prepared themselves. After that, the instructor said, "Fight."

Because both of them could use boxing, they went into their boxing stances.

After observing each other for 10 seconds, they then started to get closer to each other. Jax, who was physically stronger, punched first, but Jack dodged and wanted to uppercut Jax's abdomen. However, Jax blocked it immediately. It was a battle of boxing. After about 5 minutes, Jax decided to use Dambe.

Jack then started to get into a defensive position. After he saw one of Jax's punches was slowing, Jack immediately took the chance and used MMA to slam Jax.

The instructor then said, "Enough, Jack wins." Jack and Jax then went back to their sitting spots. The instructor then said, "The third battle, Budi vs. Pedro." Both of them then stood up and prepared themselves. After taking their stances, the spar began.

Pedro started to move while Budi was in a defensive stance. Pedro then started to use Capoeira. Pedro was like dancing, but Budi didn't get distracted by it and kept focusing on Pedro. Pedro then tried to kick him, but Budi blocked it and tried to kick him back.

Pedro then flipped backward to dodge Budi's kick, but Budi rushed at Pedro, giving him no space to retreat. Pedro then tried to kick Budi's leg again, but this time, Budi dodged it. Pedro, who saw this opportunity, flip-kicked Budi again, and Budi got kicked. Pedro then rushed at Budi, but Budi immediately changed his Silat type and punched Pedro. Pedro then used Luta Livre and tried to put Budi in a submission, but Budi too changed his Silat types again and put Pedro in a submission.

The instructor then stopped them and said, "Stop, Budi wins." The two of them then stood and went back to their sitting position.

"The last fight, Jin vs. Kai." Jin and Kai then stood up and prepared themselves.

Jin was thinking about which martial art to use. He had gained another five martial arts by watching the first two rounds: Dambe, MMA, Capoeira, Luta Livre, and Silat. Although he had only seen Budi use three types of Silat, just by seeing it with his own eyes, he had already mastered all types of Silat. While he was thinking, the sound of the instructor woke him.

"Both sides ready?"

Both of them nodded, and then the instructor said, "Fight!"