Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24685738-20170617000931/@comment-5543592-20170621134825

"Eyes on me, Ollie.  Don't think about them.  It's only you and that stick right now, nothing else matters."

When Taeris thought he had the boy's attention, he continued.

"You can hold it in two ways, out in front of you, with both hands, like this," he demonstrated for Ollie, "or raised over your head." He demonstrated again. "First is better for defense, second for attack."

He allowed Ollie to select one of the two holds, before approaching the boy, to demonstrate one a second thing. He drew one his longsword partly out of it's sheath, for Ollie to see.

"There's three regions to a blade.  You block with this part," he pointed to the length of the blade, that flat, "you slash with this part," he pointed to the curved area, where point began but disappeared into the sheath, "and you stab with the point." He slid the sword back

"Got it?"