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Capítulo VXIX- Resistir
Patience crossed her arms behind her back, pacing around her students. There was an arm's length of space between each student aligned in rows. Their legs were further apart from the length of their shoulder and squatted down, hands formed in fists by their hips. Patience kept them in a horse stance to build mobility and strength in their legs as they completed the move she announced.
Some students had their hips dropped lower than the others, but she didn't mind. They all learned at different rates. Patience paced around the students with her hands clasped behind her back. She viewed her students as she repeated the specific move. She shouted a command and her class responded, giving a loud grunt.
Patience reminded them, "Breathe out with every strike. I want to hear a louder Kihap." She hopped onto the platform of the training room. She squatted down to a low horse stance in front of the dummy. She inhaled and exhaled pulling her feet back into a fighting stance. "Keep your knees bent. We don't want a stiff stance or else, we'll be knocked off balance." Patience lifted her leg and snapped her leg out, exhaling. She released a strong Kihap. She struck the dummy's chin with the ball of her foot, rocking it back.
Patience faced her class and she instructed, "Do it again. Go, side kick!" Her class repeated the same move and released a louder Kihap. She stepped down and complimented, "Great! Again!" Her class once again repeated it. She moved around, hoping that none of her students would accidentally target her. She kept enough space between each one of them. "Two!"
Apollo pivoted his foot and snapped his leg out. His foot returned and he lowered himself in a horse stance. "Apollo, keep your foot tucked in even when you put it down," Patience advised. "We need to stay on our toes."
"Got it, Patience," he replied.
She sent him a thumbs up and turned to another student a few people down. She helped her as she slowly lifted her foot. Patience raised her hand to her belly button, "I want you to hit it a little lower. Let's focus on having the correct form and strong kicks." The student pushed her foot out and her shoe hit Patience's palm. "See, I knew you could do it! We'll do our stretching drills again for a cool down."
Once the student returned to her horse stance, Patience demanded, "One more kick." She made her way back to Apollo. This time he kept the side of his foot curled inward and placed it on the floor. "Very good, Apollo."
His lips formed a fine line as she walked back onto the platform.
"Okay, you can stand upright while I demonstrate a hook kick. Let's give your legs a little break and watch me," she pinched her fingers together and smiled. "This one is one of the harder kicks we're learning right now."
She stood in a ready stance with her left foot forward and right foot back, knees bent, and arms up. "You lift your knee about 45 degrees like we were with the side kick. But instead of bringing your leg straight out, we are shooting it out at an angle across your hip," she slowly kicked her back foot up. "Then swing it back straight in front of you." Her leg copied the movement. "Once it's here, bend it in. Then bring it back."
