CHAPTER 9: Training 1
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....Monday morning...
John, Mike, Agnes and Sarah gots to the combat room by 7: o'clock am.
Few minutes later Daniel came in.
Today is training, don't expect today's training to be easy, because you are going to compete with other schools and bring glory to Divine Elementary School.
(Note: Divine Elementary School is the name of the school.)
You must get 3rd position or above, and you're going to compete with ten top schools,
As you all know, Divine Elementary School is one of the top schools in Moonshine Town,
The last competition your seniors went to got 3rd position, so am expecting more from you guys, so don't disappoint.
Teacher, is this competition every year, asked Mike.
Yes, your seniors that are in class 2 compete last year, and Divine Elementary school got 3rd position out of ten schools.
So when you guys too goes to class 2, your junior will compete and so on.
Any questions.
No teacher.
Good.
Now let's begin.
Get into a horse stance,
You will be wondering why I asked you to do it,
Today we are going to practice martial art,
But a different kind,
It easy and hard, but once you have learnt it, any kinds of martial arts won't be too hard for you.
It's the way you move your legs that determines, all your movement will depend on your leg and follow simultaneously, it strengthen your legs but also strain it, it's just about endurance.
It is called horse martial art,
This martial art is almost extinct, and only few people knows about it.
Why? Sarah ask
Why? Haven't you heard the story of the Lion and the devil when you were younger.
Yes, but it's just about a man who is powerful but later died in the hand of someone called devil and he died easily which led to people condemning him, saying his martial art was not strong enough, but trash compared to the man's own, leading to the condemnation of him and his people, so people no longer use the martial art because it's trash compared to others. Mike said
Hmm, he felled woefully, it didn't take up to few minutes for him to be defeated, and it is said that is martial art is low, compared to others. And the man named devil disappeared and wasn't seen until today. Sarah said.
So you all know the story, right?
Yes teacher, they all said.
Good, now you know, that's the martial art.
What!? They exclaimed simultaneously.
Isn't it supposed to be trash? Said Mike.
Yeah, isn't it supposed to be useless, since it's the least of all martial art. John said.
Hmm, but not all the things people says are true.
So it's not true? asked Agnes.
Not all, but you will know in the future,
Now get into a horse stance.
They chose to obey, and get into a horse stance.
Stay for thirty minutes, and afterwards we will begin the martial art.
What people does not know is that horse martial art is not the least in martial art, but one of the important among the martial arts, it was made by a master around 100 level, and hm and his people practiced it before it became extinct, it's not only strengthen one's body it makes one healthy,
You will be the living proof if it's trash or not. He said
Normally Daniel doesn't talk much, but when he did, you can feel the authority coming from it.
They did the horse stance for thirty minutes,
Their leg were weak but they didn't give up.
After thirty minutes...
When the alarm clocked, indicating that the thirty minutes is over,
They slumped to the floor, except from John who has more endurance.
Pathetic, if I asked you to do it for hours, how will you cope, when you're already like this,
Remember, if you want to practice horse martial art you will need endurance,which you don't have,
So you are going to do this horse stance through out today, to boost your endurance,
We will practice the horse martial art tomorrow.
Argh!
Ah!
Ahh!
Aah !
The four exclaimed.
Starts now.
He didn't even look at their faces,as he said expressionlessly.
They were defeated and could only do the horse stance.
They stopped at 10 o'clock in the night,
During the training, they did not rest,
Daniel told them that if they stop they are going to do it all through the night till the next morning, then stop in the evening without resting.
So they dare not stop and have to do it until 10 o'clock.
Assuming they are ordinary human, they would not only have fainted but it may lead to death or damage in the leg or arm, it's not something ordinary human can do.
Even as their special, they are still young after all.
When they got to their rooms they meditated for an hour before going to bed.
Normally they usually meditates through out the night or sleep for few hours in the night, but because they are mentally and physically stressed they just meditate for an hours before going to bed.
...The next morning...
They feel strengthen, maybe it was a good night sleep or the horse stance they did yesterday, it really energized them.
They got to the training room, and found their teacher, who was already there.
Follow me, he said to them.
They followed.
They saw a door, which is black in colour, with wooden room written on it
When they entered what they saw surprised them,
The place is not too big , not too small, but can contain a 100 people and they can feel the power coming from it,
Then, they saw woods carved into sticks, but in cross form and wood swords, following each other and neatly arranged.
We are going to practice the horse martial art,
He then gave a them wood sword each.
Get into a horse stance, he said
They hold the wood sword, and got into a horse stance,
Good,
am sure you all feel energized after yesterday,
Just so you know, like I said earlier, this martial art needs endurance, which each and every one of you must have,
Now that you did it for hours yesterday, you doing it for another hour won't be a problem for you anymore.
Observe, he said.
Then he took one of the wood sword, and started fighting with the wood stick carved into a sword, while practicing horse martial art.
It didn't take him few minutes before he cut of the head of the stick.
He did it smoothly but one can feel the force he used .
Now try, he said.
They took the wood sword and started thrusting it into the wood stick,
But it didn't burge,
They are practicing horse martial art in a horse stance,
When they saw it didn't burge them they wanted to use their power, before someone called them out of their spectacle.
Don't use your power, instead use your strength,
Do you see me using powers when I fought with the stick,
Besides it's just wood, you can do it.
They wanted to say "teacher it's not fair," you are not only old than us, but your power is not ordinary"
Even though they don't know what level he is, they could feel with their perception that he is not ordinary.
But when they saw his gaze they shut up.
Thirty minutes later...
They are sweating like New Year's goat ,
The wood is undeniable strong, normally it shouldn't be strong like this but it is made with power and thick wood.
Why won't this thing burge, complained Mike.
Paah
John is the first to cut the neck with the wood stick,
The remaining three just hung out their mouth especially Mike.
John then took one of the bottle waters near the sticks, that Daniel brought for them and drank it all.
They were not just tired but dehydrated.
Afterwards he went to seat on the floor near Daniel, meditating.
Paah,
Paah,
Paah.
The second was Mike, then Agnes afterwards Sarah.
After John left, it took Mike 15 minutes to finish,
Agnes 17 minutes,
Sarah 20 minutes.
After resting for thirty minutes, Daniel told them to continue, that the are going to kill 10 sticks each, before the end of today,
Failure to do so, will lead to continuous doing of it until the end of tomorrow.
They finished early today, around 7 o'clock.
As there were practicing the horse martial art, it's strengthening they bones, and giving them more energy.
Daniel told them not to meditate but go, wash and sleep,
That they are going to fight 100 wood sticks tomorrow, and it's going to be quite tough for them.
And they did so.
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