Going Through The Motions

[Vol Nanna]

Vol meditated. His focus honed in on his lightsaber judging by it's position. Four feet in front of him and in the air the lightsaber stood static.

The courtyard was so still it could have matched any portrait easy. And then a breeze rolled by taking with it a bit of the snow white fur Vol had begun to shed.

The lightsaber ignited. The ice blue hue of it's blade complimented it's silver handle perfectly as it began to swing through the air. It traveled slowly, rotating and rotating first in place and then away from Vol. This exercise utilized the force by way of telekinesis and was called the saber throw. A technique developed once lightsabers were free from battery packs carried on a jedi's hip, which is just another way of saying a really really old technique.

Vol sat with his legs crossed, one fist relaxing in an open palm, as his focus forced the spinning lightsaber around the edge of the courtyard before returning back to him. Through the exercise the motions and attention needed for the saber throw had become a little more clear.

Vol reached out with his hand and then with the force so him and his lightsaber could meet halfway.

Grasping it with strength yet keeping a gentle hold on it he sheathed the blade. Opening his eyes he stared at the hilt while maintaining his meditative trance. His eye focused on the saber but through the force he could see all around him. Amazing what meditation and a determined jedi could do, no matter how small or giant the feat.

(OOC: Feel free to join in on the training if you'd like. I know I would.)

 

[Vol Nanna]

Igniting the lightsaber once again he whirled it around his body. Getting a feel for the balance of the hilt. The hilt was where all the weight of a lightsaber was after all. That was the most essential piece of information a person could have when picking a lightsaber. The next were the forms developed for using one.

The forms Vol focused on were Ataru and Shii-Cho. Shii-Cho, essentially a training form for all Jedi was learned at very young age. Vol’s experience with Ataru was much different. He had been training in it after training in Shii-Cho and ever since. The Ataru style focused on dueling and was a more aggressive lightsaber form compared to others. That is what Vol liked about it, that and it’s fast pace. It was more than ample exercise for the body and any Jedi will attest that dueling had just as much to do with the mind as the body.

Vol adjusted himself in opening stance, his body turned approximately ninety degrees from his head while his lightsaber became parallel to his body at arm length. He whirled his lightsaber around his body a couple of times before reeling his arm back and whipping the lightsaber through the air.

The lightsaber spun in circles as it flew at top speed. A tornado of blue energy that spun so fast it was disk like. It curved in an oval arc from where Vol stood. At the height of it’s arc it stopped in midair. Vol had reached out with the force to stop the spinning laser sword of death. Slowly it traveled back to his hand before being sheathed.

Vol was making progress, and was able to utilize the force better than he was ever able to.