Regulated Methods (Christa)

"...?"

His hand hovering in the air in mid-strike, Kazuya would look around and behind him as soon as he heard knocking, as he spotted a familiar girl with black hair standing behind him. Straightening up, Kazuya would casually fold his arms across his chest as he fully turned to face Christa, a look of mild curiosity on his face.

"... Oh. Hi. Christa... right? You were at that 4th of July party. What brings you here?"

"Yeah, that's right. Nice to know someone remembers my name, especially a girl as pretty as you."

Stepping towards Christa across the mat he stood on, he would stop in front of her, but with a reasonable amount of space between them. Though it probably sounded like he was flirting with her, he in fact, was not, as evident by the serious look on his face. He was simply telling the truth, and the truth was, she was pretty, simple as that.

"... I don't know if I'm the most qualified to be teaching you how to fight. I don't mind, but surely there's someone else in the school that would make a better teacher then me..."

Giving a casual shrug of his shoulders, Kazuya never saw himself as a senpai-type of sorts. Sure, he did teach two people before, the first one his best female friend, Reira DeMorvick, some basic kicks so she could defend herself, and the other his girlfriend, Sacricia Emily Lourdes E. Delos Santos, Kenjutsu, but if Christa wanted to learn, who was he to stop her?

"... If you want me to teach you, I'd be more than willing to."

Giving another casual shrug of his shoulders, Kazuya had noticed she wasn't exactly Ms. Social Butterfly, which is why he gave as much personal space as he could. He was pretty humble when it came to his own fighting skills, because there was always someone out there that was better than him, and it was this belief that drove him to get stronger and improve his skills.

"... Even the basics is better than nothing. And I suppose that's true. Learning to defend yourself, especially in this school, is a necessary skill. But before I teach you, I want you to hit me with everything you've got."

It definitely sounded strange, but Kazuya wanted to gauge Christa's strength, to see just how strong she was. Besides, he wanted to teach her to fight and help her train, not break her.

Giving a slight nod of his head, indicating that he did indeed want Christa to hit him, he would take the punch to the chest head-on as soon as she had come within punching range, no catching or blocking her fist on his part. It was a solid blow, sending him skidding back slightly, but more importantly, she had potential.

"... You have potential, that's good. Alright... First I'll explain what it is I'm going to teach you. I'm going to be teaching you some basic Karate techniques, mainly basic kicks and punches. Now, an important part of Karate is stretching. Stretching will help loosen your muscles, and you won't be so sore afterwards. We'll start slow, I don't want to overwhelm you on the first lesson."

Waiting patiently for Christa to return after running out of the room, once she came back a few minutes later, dressed in attire more appropriate for training, he would give her a slight nod of his head before beginning. Stretching always came first, that way, injuries wouldn't hurt as much as they would if they didn't stretch. He began with stretching out his arms and legs, as both were utilized in Karate, not just one over the other. He then stretched out his body and finally, his shoulders and neck. Once he was done, he then moved over to the training dummy that was set up nearby. He turned to face Christa and stood a bit away from the dummy, slightly off to the side.

"... Come over here Christa, and stand where I am right now. I'll show you the moves first, and then mimic what I do, alright?"

Moving to face the dummy, he got into a simple and basic stance, his feet almost shoulder-width apart, his left hand in front of his face and his right hand held in front of his stomach. Focusing on the dummy, he would launch a front kick, raising his right knee to his waist and quickly extended his foot at the dummy, the blow landing on the chest area. He then whipped his body around, his right side now facing the dummy and launched a simple right jab. Quickly stepping to the left, pulling his left arm back, he would launch an uppercut, striking the dummy in what would be the chin area. He then lowered his arm down and turned to Christa, a thin layer of sweat visible.

"... Now it's your turn. We'll first start with the front kick, which was the first kick I did. Stand where I was, and go into a simple stance. If you do something wrong, or you can't quite get the hang of it, I'll help you out. Ready? Go ahead..."

"... That was good for your first try. But you want to hit the chest area, not just under it. Slowly lift your knee up to your waist and then extend your foot out. Like so..."

If she allowed him to, standing somewhat close behind her and letting her hold onto him for balance, his chest and stomach muscles easily felt through the thin material of the tank top he wore, Kazuya would slowly lift her knee up until it was at her waist, and then extended her foot out, hitting the dummy in the chest area. Letting her lower her leg back down, he would then step back away from her, casually folding his arms across his chest.

"Take as many tries as you need to get the positioning correct first, and then we can work on speeding up your execution."