[goddess of ducks]

Originally Posted by MaskedBandits

Burstpaw nodded, as the suggestion sounded reasonable. "Ok." He backed up a bit, so he wouldn't actually hit his mentor, and crouched down once more. He did his best to recall the movement, from the precision of his turn to to landing. So with this one, I'm turning sideways, not flipping. Got it. He narrowed his eyes as he focused on a fake target, preparing for the leap. His side was a bit sore from his previous terrible landing, but he didn't let that stop him. You'll get over it. I hope. Without giving himself another chance to think, he pushed off the ground and attempted to spiral.

Burstpaw stuck his claws out, so if they'd been unsheathed they'd have hurt his opponent, but that wasn't his many concern. He tried to spin his body in a horizontal motion, but again, only got about halfway through it before the ground approached him. With no way to stop, he again slammed into the ground, but this time on his back. It hurt a lot more than his previous landing, but he got up as quickly as he could. Now what went wrong there? He padded over to Flamingarrow, shaking the hurt from his eyes. "Why do you think it didn't work?" He asked, his curiosity begging for an answer. "Do you think the sane thing happened again?"

Flamingarrow watched carefully. He admired the courage Burstpaw had in his constant attempts to master the complex moves. These were indeed hard, sometimes even for warriors, so he couldn't blame Burstpaw for falling on his side the first time e had attempted a flip. As he watched the apprentice try again he really thought he would have it this time. He thought too soon though as he watched the apprentice tumble back down to the ground. He winced, knowing that had to have hurt, and surely it wasn't helping his side. He was about to check on him when Burstpaw began asking questions. He was surprised. Burstpaw must have been tougher than he expected. "I-i think so." he said, still stunned that he hadn't yelped, cried out or anything. He wasn't even sure that he could take a fall and tumble like that without letting out some of his pain. "I think what we need to try is starting your spin earlier. When you take off and get into the air, act like you're going to do a 180 turn. It'll give you some extra spin and should make you go faster." He said thinking about a good way to do it. "If that doesn't work, then I have another idea that could help. But we'll deal with that if it comes to it."