Board Thread:Kōgakure General RP/@comment-28412345-20170501140009/@comment-28412345-20170504153557

Shoka wasn't prepared for a counter like that, he was actually expecting to gain some ground so he could continue the fight but at such close quarters, he didn't really phantom the possibility. Nevertheless, his mind began to work like clockwork the moment his wrist was grabbed. He was being flipped over taka and then landed on his back, he rotated the blade that was in his hand with his fingers. Since his blade was held underhanded just as like Taka held his, he would extend his thumb to tilt the blade. Due to the fact that Taka was still holding him, he could easily perform a simple yank in which if if Taka decided to continue to hold on or not, it would result in in a slash anywhere from Taka's wrist to lower forearm. It wasn't that shoka would be strong enough to completely yank his hand from taka, but the fact that the quick motion of pulling back and forth would suffice in make the blade grind against anything it touched being in this case, Taka's own arm which held Shoka. While it seemed like Shoka wasn't going to be able to escape the blade to his thigh, he would at least be able to put Taka in a draw. This one of the reasons why shoka did not like grappling, regardless of how short the blade was, the closer the oppenants, the more likely hood both parties would suffer. Shoka would then hold his free hand up. "Wait!" If taka did, shoka would continue to explain. "Um...perhaps we should use something less lethal...and with more room". If Taka heeded his words, he would then loosen his grip on his blade and sheath his weapon.