[That first thrust, he manages to block, with the minimum amount of movement, as is typical of Soresu. And he manages to keep going like that, for a while. He's clearly focused less on 'winning' and more on executing the form with as close to a technically perfect defense as he can.
Sometimes, when he isn't drawing heavily on the Force, his physical endurance flags much faster than he likes. Here, it's really his mental endurance that really starts to flounder, trying to stick closely to the classical form rather than moving almost entirely on instinct.
When he finally fails to move faster enough, he goes completely still for a beat, and then slowly lowers his saber. But he's smiling, anyway.]
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Sometimes, when he isn't drawing heavily on the Force, his physical endurance flags much faster than he likes. Here, it's really his mental endurance that really starts to flounder, trying to stick closely to the classical form rather than moving almost entirely on instinct.
When he finally fails to move faster enough, he goes completely still for a beat, and then slowly lowers his saber. But he's smiling, anyway.]