The Martial Arts Prodigy

Chapter 18

Song up above Hard Wax by Manchild

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected." - Chinese Proverb

"Nice, now the real fun begins!" says Danny. Danny, Aaron, and Johnny begin to trade attacks with each other, with a sharp intensity in their souls. As they throw their punches and kicks at each other, it leaves the audience in awe of how fast they are moving.

"Sweet baby Jesus! These three guys are blinding to catch!" Draca exclaims.

"Impressive, Aaron and Johnny have improved their skills as fighters, but I never expected for them to be this fast and smooth with their movements." Asia says.

"Indeed. Aaron however, has shown progress over these nine months while training with Ken Shu. Something about his style is different from the other two." Kenneth says, looking directly at Aaron's movements. When Johnny tries to kick Aaron in the side of his head, Aaron grabs his leg and he throws him into Danny, making them both crash to the mat.

"Come on you two! Let's fight!" Aaron says while pounding his fist into the ground. Johnny quickly rolls over towards Aaron and he stands in front of him.

"Was that the best you had? Come on, my girlfriend has better moves than you!" Johnny instigates. Aaron tries to string a combination of punches on Johnny, but he is countered and hit with a spinning shin kick in the ribcage.

Aaron holds his ribcage, feeling slight pain go through it. Danny quickly grabs Johnny from behind and he traps him in a sleeper hold. As Johnny tries to desperately fight out, Aaron charges at the two fighters and he kicks Johnny in the nose, making Danny let go of his hold.

Johnny momentarily stands befuddled and Aaron begins to aggressively go on the attack, putting the pressure on Johnny. Upon going for a right cross to his jaw, Aaron has his arm grabbed by Johnny, who elbows him in the midsection of his abdomen and he uppercuts Aaron, knocking him down to the shock of many in the crowd.

Johnny takes a collective breath, but he is suddenly attacked by a kick to the face from Danny. Johnny tries to attack him, but Danny dodges and blocks every punch and kick that Johnny throws at him.
Danny swiftly hits Johnny with a jab and he follows it up with a three punch combo to his face, knocking Johnny down. As Danny begins to prematurely celebrate, Aaron knees him in the face, stunning him.

"Eat this!" Aaron says, charging his energy into his fist. Once all of his energy is charged, Aaron tries to punch Danny in the chest, but Danny counters it with a punch of his own, connecting his fist with Aaron's.

"What the hell?!" Aaron shouts, shocked that Danny countered and blocked his fist.

"You're not the only one who has control over chi hoss!" Danny says, flipping Aaron over on his back. Before Danny could finish the fight, Johnny hits Danny with a vicious Superman Punch, knocking several teeth out of his mouth. As Danny falls to the ground, he slips into unconsciousness.

"Good night mi' amigo!" Johnny says to him. Aaron gets up to his feet, shaking off the cobwebs in his head. He stands face to face with Johnny, who invites him to throw the first punch. When Aaron attempts a straight punch, Johnny dodges and he traps Aaron in an armbar.

Aaron wrestles out of the hold and he gets on top of Johnny, into a dominant position. Aaron begins to rain down a bombardment of punches on Johnny, who covers himself up for protection. As Johnny is being hammered on by Aaron, he thinks back to his training with his mother and the words he was taught by her.

"Every opponent has a weakness, see it, exploit it, then strike like a cobra playing with its prey!" Johnny abruptly grabs Aaron's fist, stopping his momentum. By rolling Aaron to the defensive position, Johnny begins to shower Aaron with sharp elbows to the face, before locking on an Armbar on Aaron's left arm. As Johnny wrenches on the arm, Aaron taps his hand on the mat, forcing Johnny to release the hold.