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

She had been too late, blind hand running down along Tomoko's calf found she had already locked the hold in. As the woman's legs tightened around her she winced. Without wasting time he twisted painfully, wedging one of her free arms down beside her to start to open up some more room for her... Then she was let go.

Slowly rising to her feet she rubbed her side, nodding at Tomoko. She was faster than expected and of he4 legs were to be believed, she had a bit of power locked up in her smaller frame. She reached up, wiping beaded sweat from her brow. Circling Tomoko she sized her up trying to get a good idea of her mobility.

She slowly steps inward, getting closer.... Closer...

She rolled her shoulder. Rearing back her arm, trying to telegraph something like a lariat, trying to get Tomoko to react to that... While she suddenly lunged in trying to plant a foot squarely into Tomoko's abdomen to get to to bend forward. If she managed to land the blow, she'd try to hook the woman's head under her arm and go for a quick snap DDT! She'd be prepared to follow up on the ground if the other woman didn't react right away.

Preparing herself to grapple with Alexa again, Tomoko saw the girl preparing for a lariat, so she would prepare herself for it. But, instead of a lariat, the girl went for a foot right into her stomach, and she barely managed to minimize the damage by stepping back. Still, the damage was done, and she gasped as she doubled over upon being kicked, which allowed Alexa to go for a snap DDT, bringing Tomoko's down onto the mat in one quick motion.

"Guh!!"

Grimacing in pain, she brought her hands to her head, clutching the spot that hit the mat earlier. Still, she had endured much worse before, so she quickly scrambled on her feet in order to get back up, but her head was throbbing after taking the DDT earlier.

"Ow... g-good move, though..." Tomoko complimented the girl's move, making sure to keep herself away from Alexa's reach as she tried to recover from the DDT. She needed to regain her bearing and recover from the pain in order to continue, and she would like to not give the girl a chance to follow up her DDT with more attacks.

Her feint had worked, but barely Tomoko was faster than she looked. Though she hadn't landed the full brunt of her kick, it was enough to bend her forward as she planned. She wasted no time stepping in on Tomoko, there was no time for hooking her arms for a suplex so she went with the next best thing. Alexa wrapped her arm around the woman's head and threw her weight backwards wrenching the other woman with her. It hadn't been the prettiest DDT, but it certainly felt good... for her anyhow. The solid thud on the mat from the heavy impact was rewarding in its own right. She did however feel a little bad about it... but Tomoko had been pretty clear she was suppose to go in on this, so she intended to.

"Hah, thanks!"

As she rose, the other girl was already trying to escape. This outright thwarted the fact she was going to lock her down into a submission. Still, Alexa had gotten up first, there was always time to get her. She was moving as Tomoko had just scrambled to her feet. She looked groggy from the DDT, so maybe she could charge her head on. As she neared, she launched herself up, twisting in the air to throw out both her legs at Tomoko to try and knock her down again with a drop kick.

Still feeling groggy from the DDT, Tomoko was unable to focus on what came next, so she was unable to avoid being hit by Alexa's dropkick. Still, her reflexes allowed her to shield herself from its full impact using her arms, lessening the damage that she took from the dropkick.

But, the purpose of the dropkick was to bring her down, so despite her successfully using her arms to block the attack, the force from the dropkick was enough to bring her down the mat. "Mngh!!" She grimaced in pain as her back hit the mat.

Still, she did not intend to take everything from the new girl without giving something in return. So, right after landing on her back, she would quickly roll over onto her knees before pushing herself up, facing Alexa to see what she would do next. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the dizziness from the DDT earlier.

As her legs shot out she felt her sneakers impact something hard. She couldn't see what had happened, but she assumed Tomoko had been able to block her kick. She landed on the mat with a soft thud as she rolled over to hop to her feet. She blinked in surprised finding Tomoko hadn't missed a step and was already getting up as well. She wasn't sure if that spoke more to the other girls ability, or her own lack of ability. Regardless, she was impressed. Tomoko was proving far harder to keep down than she looked. Though, after that body scissor from earlier, she knew she had a bit of power behind her.

She respected the distance between them this time, rather than going for another run in attack she let the girl across from her recover. It was, after all, a friendly spar. She didn't want to come across as some sort of bully. "Heh! You're pretty good. Should have warned me before we started. You have me sweating." She laughed, wiping her brow with the back of her arm. She was bouncing a bit on the balls of her feet, slowly circling as Tomoko recuperated. "How am I doing so far, Teach?" She gave a small wink. She seemed to be in high spirits, and her tone was genuine.

Shaking the cobwebs off of her head, Tomoko rose on her feet, steadying herself as she looked at Alexa. Hearing her words, she couldn't help but smile at the new girl. "Ah, thank you... and you're pretty good too, if you don't mind me saying..." she said. She could tell how good the new girl was in wrestling, and she could see her going far in AFW.

Still, she blushed a little when Alexa called her Teach. "W-well... I'm not really a good teaching, but I'm doing my best now..." she said. After fully recovering, she would drop into position, priming her sight on Alexa. "Alright, let's continue..." she beckoned the girl to come over, holding out her arms in preparation to grapple with her again.

"You really think so? Thanks! I get a bit, uh... down on myself about this sorta stuff sometimes, do It's good to hear I'm doing alright so far." She took a moment to tap the toes of her sneakers out on the mat and stretch herself out while Tomoko recovered and they chatted. "Hey, don't see yourself short. I'm learning plenty already!" She shot Tomoko a big thumbs up.


"Right!" She nodded firmly as she grinned. She clapped her hands together, rubbing them a bit before she followed suit. Dropping into a ready stance, arms raised, legs parted. She eyed Tomoko carefully as she neared, wiggling her fingers in anticipation. Alexa would attempt to get them in a standard lock up again. No fancy tricks, not sneaky moves. She figured resetting things back to the basics would be the best move here for both of them. She needed to work on transitions from a tie-up anyway. She was holding back a bit now on purpose, hoping she could learn something from however Tomoko would try to transition from this to a move.

Locking up with Alexa, Tomoko would try to push the girl for a bit, trying to look for an opening that she could capitalize on. Now used to Alexa's strength and the force of her push, it's about time for Tomoko to try something. A few seconds after grappling with the girl, Tomoko would try what she had in her mind at the moment.

Shifting her footing while still locked up with Alexa, Tomoko would raise her right shoulder, giving her right side more leverage in this contest of strength. From there, she would try to push down her right arm from said leverage, hoping that could give her an opening where she could unclasp her hand from the lock up right after the sudden push so she could trap Alexa's head in a side headlock.

Alexa's arms shook a bit as they pushed at each other. She shifted, keeping them moving in a small circle. She never wanted to be caught completely flat footed. The two of them were fairly even matched in terms of standing power, but she hadn't been giving it all she had. Taking a few bracing steps back as Tomoko forced her back. Her arms moved with Tomokos, the added leverage the woman was forcing down on her actually warranted her to start trying again fully to keep herself from being forced down.

As Tomoko broke away, the force she had been applying caused her to jerk forward in a half stumble. The other girl seized the opportunity, hooking her arm around Alexa's head to lock her in. She wrapped one of her arms around Tomoko's waist, and tried to set the other on the woman's thigh to keep herself braced and upright. She wanted to make sure Tomoko couldn't pull her to the ground where this hold would be far more severe. She knew what she was going to do to try to break out, but she needed an opening otherwise it would be turned around on her. "Ahhh... heh... Nice. Watch the hair." She grunted as she was squeezed. Her hair, had already been a mess before then even started. She seemed to just be cracking jokes.

Tomoko gave Alexa's head a squeeze as she kept her in the side headlock. Hearing her comment, she couldn't help but chuckle and give her an apology. "Haha... sorry about that. Your hair's pretty, by the way," she complimented Alexa's hair as she shifted her footing a little, trying to find the right position for her to transition the side headlock into something else.

She tried to visualize what she was trying to do to Alexa. First, she would sweep her foot back, trying to kick Alexa's legs from under her to make her lose her footing. From there, she would then immediately bring herself down, putting herself into a sitout position while having Alexa on her stomach. It looked like a judo move "kesa-gatame" though with a few differences, with her opponent's head facing down rather than up.

Still, she would attempt to act out the actions she visualized, and she would try to pull back Alexa's head by her neck if she managed to bring her down onto the mat. She would also put herself right on Alexa's back to increase pressure.