You're The Best Around : Karate War Training Montage Log

[strikefirster]

The All-Trench Karate War | Training Log!

Who: Combat instructors, students, and anyone caught in the crossfire.
What: Training for the Karate War!
Where: Throughout Trench
When: Throughout April

[ Welcome to the catch-all log for the Karate War player plot! Please find your instructor's header below and feel free to start your own toplevels under that header. You can specify "OTA," "OTA to teammates," or "For [Character]" etc in the subject line.

Or jump down to the miscellaneous mingle and start your own toplevels there! Enjoy! ]

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[wannasmash]

When presented with his first ever tournament, he, too, didn't see much point in competing with his half-baked Quirk competence (or lack thereof), and when he already had an illustrious mentor in the form of All Might. All Might himself told him that the UA Sports Festival would be a way to show the world what he was made of. Yet, Midoriya was still not wholly convinced until he saw Bakugou's drive for the top. Didn't they both want to become the greatest heroes?

"Right!" he growls under his breath as he skates back. Overextending because he tends to overdo it a little in the heat of it. Focus... control... He probably needs to come up with another visualization for this, but now isn't the time.

He darts in and aims a standing kick at his side. He suspects there might be another block, and if he can, he'll go for a grab and whirl Johnny towards the floor, trying to get behind his line of sight.

[strikefirster]

The way Midoriya throws himself at his training is something Johnny respects a lot. It doesn't quite remind him of when he was younger but it does remind him of his students. The way Miguel or Aisha would throw themselves into their training. He's also aware the kid catches on fast and improves each time he doesn't succeed.

Johnny was also aware of how strong this kid was, but watching him take this seriously really got his blood pumping.

He does block the kick, but the whirl catches him off guard and his trainee manages to get in behind him. He'll throw an elbow back to try and guard his back before he gets a full turn in.

"Good kid. That's more like it."

[wannasmash]

His foot looks like it will strike Johnny true once again, but Midoriya receives a sudden elbow to his solar plexus for his trouble.

The sparring match continues on like this. Johnny wears Midoriya down with that edge of experience and a wider variety of techniques. Midoriya--persistent, stubborn, and just getting started reading moves and adjusting his strategy--doesn't consider quitting until he finds himself facedown, struggling to rise. Even then, he would continue until he couldn't. He can take a blow to the head and still go on. He can move with broken limbs, up to a point.

But this is sparring exercises, and he didn't even get to learning the new material today. He needs to be able to function to do that later. He makes an executive decision, dizzy and tasting blood.

"Okay, I won't learn anything else if I keep going," he mumbles with most of his face pressed into the mats.