Practice Makes you Perfect(ly sore). (Spar, IC observers welcome)

The brunette slipped away from the ropes, letting them relax to their natural state. Following suit with the woman before her, she lifted her arms up, fingers locked, and stretched. She could feel the faint cry of her muscles, still sore from crashing against the mat for nearly a half hour. She'd cry and moan about it later in private, saying something now would likely have her new partner concerned about her well being if their interactions thus far were to be believed. Now that they were eye to eye, she took the time to size Tomoko up. They were of a similiar build and height, though the other girl was far more well endowed than her. She faintly wondered if that made it harder for her to wrestle before brushing the thought aside. She was starting to feel a bit self conscious the longer they were face to face. Disheveled and sweaty, she imagined next to this girl she looked like something of a hobo, regardless of how exaggerated that was.

"Alright, sounds good." She clapped her hands together, shaking out her legs and arms to loosen up. "Well, I mainly work with submissions. Trying to broaden my horizons though... I've got the fundamentals down, at least by American wrestling standards." She gave a nod, making sure to clarify. She wasn't too sure about how much things over here differed. "So if you see me flubbing something up, feel free to give some pointers. Better here with you, than on a show later." She stood at the ready, waiting expectantly for any kind of direction from the other girl.

Now that she's prepared, Tomoko would stand face to face with Alexa, smiling at her. It seemed that she preferred submissions over others, which would work just fine for Tomoko. "It's okay. And sure, I'll try to come up with some pointers to give, though I'm not actually that long in this wrestling stuff. P-please don't take my words at face value, okay?" She was wondering if she would be okay helping out a newcomer like Alexa, but she would do her best. It's a learning experience for Tomoko as well.

"Okay, let's see what you're made of," Tomoko said as she would hold out her arms as she would drop into a stance. She would like to start by locking up with Alexa so that they could have a contest of strength. She would like to see how strong the girl was while grappling, and she would react in kind, pushing against her while groaning, mustering her own strength to match with her current training partner. Considering that this wasn't really a match, as it was just a training spar, she would make do with just pushing and grappling.

"Don't be so down on yourself Tomoko." She asserted with a smile, gesturing finger guns at the other woman with her hands. Pew Pew. "Everybody's got something you can learn from. I'm sure you're better than you think you are." It always seemed easier giving advice over following your own, that was something she needed to work with. Rookie jitters aside, she was sure with a little time to acclimate she'd have wind in her sails.

"Don't hold back, alright? Whatever you got, I can take." It was impossible to know if that was true, but taking Tomoko on demeanor alone, she wanted to make sure the other girl wasn't going to worry. She wanted to be pushed, it's how she improved. As her training partner took her stance Alexa lowered her frame, slipping a foot back slightly to stagger her legs. She couldn't help feel nervous, arms raising as she prepared to meet Tomoko head on. Her muscles strained as they locked arms, the butterflies in her stomach seemed to settle as a rush of excitement filled her.

With no real background to Tomoko, she didn't want to go overboard but she had no intention of dialing back out of the gate. It was important that she cast aside her assumptions about how timid the idol girl seemed or how cutesy appeared and treat her like an actual opponent. What she lacked in pure physical power, she made up for in having a strong form. Her feet shifting as she  pushed her weight into their lockup to test the other girl's resolve without over committing.

Here we go. Alexa suddenly tried to wrench her right up free from their lockup, throwing her arm around to attempt to capture the other girl's head under her arm. If she managed to catch Tomoko, her arm would flex around her opponent's neck, securing the hold for what was to come. Sneakers squeaking as they dragged along the mat, she'f step in on Tomoko, thrusting the side of her hip in the woman's direction to use a a leverage point. Body straining, she breathed out in a loud huff as she would try to flip Tomoko over her body, to slam her to the mat in a headlock take down. If the idol wrestler needed proof she was taking this seriously, this was it.

Tomoko locked up with Alexa, and because she said that she just wanted to see what the new girl had, she would just give her a push without actually committing on trying to overpower her. Not too long after they were locked up, Alexa suddenly wrenched her right hand free from the lock up before she went to wrap her arm around Tomoko's head, securing a headlock. Tomoko let out a cute yelp when it happened. It happened way too fast that she almost couldn't see what the other girl was doing as Alexa then thrust the side of her hip in her direction. And then, Tomoko felt a sudden weightlessness on her body before she realized that she had been flipped by Alexa. Bracing herself, she let herself fall on her back, letting out a soft grunt upon landing.

"Hah..." Gasping out a little, Tomoko would shake her head, recollecting her bearing. From there, she could see that Alexa definitely knew her stuff. Smiling a bit, she would then bend her legs, pulling them to her chest before kicking out so that she could get back on her feet with a smooth kip up. Her generous bosom bounced a little as she did that, which was a fast that she was a little oblivious at. Right after kipping up, the cute wrestler would then look at Alexa, giving her a smile.

"That's a good one," Tomoko said, commenting on her move. "Pretty smooth and I almost didn't see what you were doing." Hopping on the balls of her feet again, she would then prepare to face Alexa again. "Okay, let's try again, one more time." This time, there was a determined look on her cute face, with her eyebrow slanting a little. After experiencing the headlock takedown from the new girl, she would like to challenge herself if she could find a way to deal with her move. Being flipped over and thrown onto the mat earlier made Tomoko feel a little competitive.

The rubber soles of Alexa's sneakers squeaked at the sudden pivot of her feet on the canvas. The motion was swift and we'll practiced as she brought Tomoko over her hip with relative ease to displace her to the mat. She had gone down as well to provide the proper follow through for the flip. On another day, if them two of them had been in a real bout, she likely would have tried to convert the takedown into an actual submission attempt. Today however she released upon impact, she couldn't be sure Tomoko didn't let herself be thrown on purpose and wasn't about to take advantage of that. The brunette rose to her feet, back briefly to Tomoko before she had turned to see the other girl had already flipped to her feet. Equal parts stunned and impressed, she gave a firm nod of approval.[/size]

[size=16]"Thanks." Alexa's posture shifted, lowering her center of gravity as she slipped back into her ready position. She could feel her blood pumping, heart thumping in her chest as she inched closer. Her arms came up on approach, trying to create a zone of safety between her body and Tomoko's reach as she moved in. If unimpeded, she'd make it her turn to initiate, keeping things simple by trying to lock arms and shoulders with the other girl. She was certain this time to keep her back foot planted, mindful of Tomoko's previous pushback. "You're pretty spry, I'll give you that."

Dropping into her stance once again, Tomoko would carefully watch her opponent's movement, trying to ascertain what she was going to do next. And when they finally locked up with each other, Tomoko was able to see that this time, Alexa was going for a defensive approach, planting her feet on the mat as if trying to keep herself from being pushed back by her.

Tomoko would try to match Alexa's strength while locking up with her, pushing forward while also planting her feet on the mat. There was no need to hurry in order to see what the new girl would do next now that they were locked up like this, with no sign of either of them budging.

"Stronger than you.... look... too." Alexa strained, gritting her teeth as Tomoko pushed back. She could feel herself becoming off balance as she she was unable to conted with this embrace of strength. She took two quick shuffled steps back to try and remain some measure of balance to secure herself form being bowled over. Going at this woman head on was a mistake, not unless she got worked down significantly first. She risked it, shrugging her reached arm free as she swiped her hand out to try and grab hold of Tomoko's thigh, trying to pull her leg out from other her while still pushing with her locked up arm. If she was somehow able to force the other girl to the ground, she would quickly scramble to straddle her, trying to cement a good position to apply a hold.

Tomoko would carefully observe what Alexa would do next. When she felt the girl grabbing a hold on one of her thighs in order to pull her leg out from under her, she would quickly act out as she lost her balance, with Alexa pushing her down onto the mat. As soon as her back hit the canvas, she would try to prevent Alexa to shift her position by quickly moving her other leg up. From there, she would try to wrap her legs around the new girl's waist, hoping to squeeze her with a body scissor.

A body scissor was one move that Tomoko rarely used, but due to her current circumstances, she figured out that a body scissor seemed to be her best bet. As she did so, she would look up and give Alexa a cheeky grin.

She grunted as she brought Tomoko to the canvas with a thud, falling onto her. As she started to move up the downed girl's fallen form she felt herself entangled and pulled back to where she had begun at Tomoko's hips. She grit her teeth, hissing as the other woman's thighs constrict her slender frame. Her reached back behind her, frantically grabbing her Tomoko's calf, trying to pry them apart before the woman could lock in the hold with her ankle. She winced, giving the grinning girl a look as she tried to wiggle and tug her way free. If that didn't work, she'd have to result to breaking the hold in one of the more difficult ways. "Not done yet." She huffed, writhing in the other woman's grasp.

Tomoko let out a grunt as she exerted more pressure into the body scissor, squeezing Alexa's slender waist with her toned legs as she locked her ankles with each other. But she didn't keep the hold for long as the other girl struggled to break free, and after a while, she would finally let her go, parting her legs and releasing her from her hold.

"Show me, then," Tomoko said, challenging Alexa to her that she wasn't done yet. While this might just be a spar, she wanted to see how much the girl would go against challenge. After releasing Alexa, Tomoko would rise up on her feet before distancing herself from the new girl. She wanted to see what else Alexa would do to her during this spar.