EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 130's

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Now I'm in another room next to the gym, here the room is spacious and the west wall is all glass, then there are mats everywhere like a dance practice room.

“Alright, First we will show you the exercises of doing a stalk and a punch.” Bayu said as he and Demian were already standing facing each other on the mat.

I quietly watched them, becoming interested.

“Legs, knees, hands, elbows and head are weapons that can be used.” Bayu glanced at me. I murmured to respond to him.

“The head's contents are also important. The forehead and the back of the head when clashing with the sensitive area of the attacker can make it twinkle.” Demian added. I nodded again.

“Also...” Bayu points to other points of weakness such as forearm, instep, back, shoulder, neck and also ************.

Bayu then explains the move he showed in self-defense as Demian plays out the attack. Both move in slow motion to clearly demonstrate what they are doing. Then they moved quickly after explaining it earlier.

Demian becomes the attacker while Bayu becomes the victim of the attack. Their movement that moves neatly and full of energy like a professional match player makes me feel more helpless.

“The goal here is not to beat up the attacker, but to give time to escape.” Say Bayu on the sidelines of his tank.

Then the man told me to pair up with Demian to practice stalking and defense with hand-to-hand combat.

“Do not switch gazes from your attacker.” Bayu reminded as he walked around us.

I was shocked when I realized Bayu was right. Demian almost hit me a second time because I was so surprised to be able to resist his first attempt. Although this man attacked me not with power, but the speed of his hands and fists kept me surprised.

Bayu nodded. “Good.”

I gave a small smile at his words, then Demian and I exchanged roles as the attacker and the victim.

“Add a little more power in your attack. He can hold it.” Bayu's next suggestion to me.

Demian's assisted training sessions lasted for fifteen minutes. Every now and then Demian also gave me advice or praised my punch.

After that, Demian said goodbye to go home and let us continue the training ourselves. Bayu promised to treat his friend later because he had helped me with my training before Demian disappeared behind the door.

“So, when do we start practicing kicking?” My toot.

Bayu just shook his head. “We will practice later.”

“Why?” I asked for a protest.

“Why?” Bayu asked back.

“I saw your kick when there was a criminal in my house that night. You can show it again, I want to try to imitate it.”

“Honey, before practicing attacking, you should know first to defend.” He said he lowered his tone as gently as possible.

“But, instead of the best defense it is attacking?” Bayu just laughed a little hearing it.

“We will practice later to kick. Now, before we end today's training session, I want to show the defense below.” Bayu pulled me, asked me to kneel on the martas.

“Lay. Tipping.” Said.

I frowned to hide my nervousness. “Majority of men have never practiced martial arts or anything like that, and even men who learn martial arts will not expect what you will do. Remember that! The key is to break away.”

I nodded and already snuggled with Bayu on my right.

“If you're in this position –someone makes you fall down, you have to do the movement automatically, without spending time or energy trying to hit it hard. Moving first seems counterproductive because it doesn't require a jiggle, but it's important, you have to

“Good, now with the other arm, you give yourself a shake-and-shake and remove the already shaky balance. The palm of the hand reaches to the ground, the elbow rises. Push it down and roll it sideways, knock it down.” I followed the instructions, it was easy to do because there was no burden on me.

“Now, can we try it? I will push your shoulders down and use my body weight to hold you there.”

“Hah?”

“Tell me if there is a problem and I will let you go, okay?”

I nodded and re-positioned the swoop on the mat with Bayu carefully lying on top of me, her breathing felt in my ears.

“Straight arm, palm stuck to the ground, push hard and roll sideways.” I followed his lead and he collapsed.

“Perfect, let's do it again.” The compliment.

We repeat the same move again and again, and the longer the Bayu gets stronger and harder to break.

“Arrgghhh.. The cape! You're getting heavy!” I lay face down and closed my eyes for a while after this last one I did not manage to knock it down.

Bayu who had knelt beside me clucked. “Those last move will be useless, my dear! Although it's a natural response to something you don't want on your body, the only sure way to let a man in this position go is to roll over to the side.”

“What?” I pretended to be stupid while sitting up to him.

“That earlier, you pushed me with your hips, trying to stand up. That's not gonna work. I'm too strong for you to move by pushing up.”

“Aaahh so... Good! Let's try again, you don't hesitate to hold me.” I said back down, my spirit suddenly burning when thinking of defeating Bayu.

Finally we tried again with more real than before, Bayu pressed me, this was heavier than the last.

My arms extended outwards, but I had trouble freeing my hands as a swing, I finally swapped my arms and pressed the other palm onto the mat as hard as I could to push Bayu to a roll, knocking her aside.

This guy laughed. “You changed your elbow!”

I laughed when I saw Bayu's satisfied face as we lay together. “This is the part when you have to get up and running as fast as possible.”

“but won't he come after me?”

“Can be, but most men do not want prey that is difficult to pursue. Only a handful will chase you, if you run away yelling.” We lay half a meter away, no one moved to sit down.

“But why did you suddenly teach me to move this one?” I asked, looking surprised at him.

Bayu looked at me. “When you are suddenly attacked and dropped from behind, this defense is very useful, right?”

“True.”

Bayu blinked, silent for a moment then he immediately got up to sit down. I followed him and sat down beside him. Looked at his face from the side. Sweat made his face sparkle, his sharp nose, his lips, even the bangs of his hair that fell on his eyebrows did not escape my vision. Although his face looks from the side like this, but Bayu is indeed handsome and attractive.

He suddenly looked at me until his face was very close to me. I blinked nervously and the reflex shifted somewhat backwards.

“However, I can't always take care of you. So, I will teach defense from any attack direction.” The answer sounds very confident and serious.

“Then, what about the defense from love attacks? My heart feels like it's ticking.”

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