Martial arts training meeting go [so so open]

[battorch]

Morgan having made the call for anyone interested in their potential class to come meet them in the city, they awaited everyone who said they would be attending. The location itself, at least, was easily spotted by those looking for it, so Tim had approved the suggestion by Morgan for the meeting spot. And it did have a training room.

Tim himself was willing to give them a window of time to arrive, though he wanted to be organised and punctual enough to not keep people waiting either. At least they were able to mingle with each other in the mean time.

First they would have a meeting for those interested in assisting-- as teachers for specific skills or otherwise-- so that they had a firmer idea of where they stood with what they could teach. After that, of course, was the meeting for interested pupils, to organise. After that, they could get sanction to begin.

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[morganknight]

"There's a difference between that and abuse, though. It's like flexibility training. You stretch a little farther, your body learns to adapt. You stretch too far, and you just hurt yourself."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Well I'm not looking to hurt myself, just push a little further," Hit Girl said. "I'm not dumb enough to push so hard I start breaking bones or get a hernia or something. It's just, if you know what you can do and you haven't reached that yet, you test yourself out, get your feet wet, prepare yourself. That's all I'm trying to do."

[morganknight]

"If you call it abuse, you're more likely to treat it like that, though," Morgan said. "Words are as powerful as weapons, and need to be handled just as carefully."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Abuse doesn't always have to be negative," Hit Girl replied. "It can sometimes just be something that's hard. I've been through tons of what I'd call abuse, but I've come out better for it. But even I know when I have to step off."

[morganknight]

"I can't think of a situation where I'd call abuse a good thing, even if good things can come out of it. You can make something good out of most things if you put your heart and effort into it, but that doesn't mean the thing itself is good."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Being shot at, even when you're wearing bulletproof vest hurt," Hit Girl said, "but as long as you're doing it for a good thing, being able to withstand sharp impacts and violent body blows, its for a better purpose, right?"

[morganknight]

"Those aren't things you do because you can, but because you have to," Morgan said. "It's always better not to get shot or hit. Of course," he added, more thoughtfully, "I'm displaying a certain amount of bias for soft styles, there, in which impact is redirected rather than absorbed. It is possible, and often best, to absorb an impact in a way that doesn't harm you, but I still don't think it's the same as you're suggesting."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"I guess," Hit Girl said, "But its still a kind of abuse that needs to happen. Besides, I keep telling you, I'm not out to disfigure myself or anything: I just want to live up to the potential I know I can put out, you know? And what I don;t know, what I'm still not as knowledgeable in, you can help me with, right?"

[morganknight]

"That is what I'm trying to do," he said, grinning. "At least from my perspective."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Then we don't have any problems," Hit Girl answered back, grinning. "Obviously there's a lot I need to learn about how you teach."

[morganknight]

"Naturally," he said. "But I'll slot you for a one-on-one session, no problems. I gotta learn about you in return, after all."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Right!" Hit Girl said, then noticed Lash and Allenby talking. "Boy, that should be good."