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Tres's feet dug into the snow with each step. Luckily Tres was wearing military boots and they would allow him to keep more traction on the snow than normal sneakers would but still, he kind of hated this. 'Why can't we just have a normal ring', he thought as he walked out from his caged corner and into the field. His hands would be in his pocket and his body would consciously shiver to produce body heat. That combined with his under shirt, shirt and leather jacket, and the fact that he was suited to harsh environments he was well prepared. he was fine as far as temperature went but still he just wanted to get this over with. His eyes scanned the white field for his opponent.

This guy would have had to been the third to make the mistake of playing Tres's game and not there own. Tres was much larger than the blonde man who appeared in front of him. Tres stood about 6"2 and over 200 pounds, he was tall and covered in lean muscle.

He was clothed in mostly black casual clothing including a leather jacket and he wore his hair in dreads. Tres would not slow his walking pace momentum down as the man made his appearance, Tres would simply shift into his ready stance and continue moving forward with shuffling footwork. The ready stance was identical to a orthodox (left lead forward) boxers or kickboxers, nothing complicated.

Tres didn't really talk when he was fighting, but after fighting they could have the longest conversation reyin wanted.

The bruce lee stance, or the jun fan ready stance, was a stance semilar to the kickboxers but usually power (right) hand forward and with the lead hand low. Now there were two variations of this, the one bruce used in his movies and the one he used in real life depicted on the jkd hand book. The man seemed to take the fake one, which was usually a low side stance with the lead hand low and extended, and upon Tres getting in range he would take advantage.

Tres upon getting in range would throw the right low muay thai roundhouse to the opponents lead right upper thigh with the right shin. The low thai round came in down at the target at an angle with a tight arc that made the kick fast by removing the large arc roundhouses were usually known for. Tres would bend his rear knee to sink his weight into the strike while turning into it on the balls of his left foot and with his waist.

Tres's shin seemed harder than usual and would seem akin to taking a hard bat to the leg.

Tres's kick was aimed to strike at a downward angle. This would allow him to place his foot down quickly and set him down in south paw stance. The round house technique had caused Tres to bend his knee's lowering his center of gravity, making him more stable, and Tres had set down his foot with enough power to send his foot through the thin layer of snow and into the wet yet rough ground beneath.

Tres would perform a boxers front block in front of his chest, still bending his knee's and leaning forward.

'Clank!', went the opponents feet as they hit Tres's forearms.

Tres would push against the opponents thrusting feet as they had slammed harshly into his bracer covered forearms. He would use his massive arms and powerful back and it would soon become apparent that while Tres's strength was at the sheer pinnacle of what a man was capable of.

"RAH!"

He shouted. His push would prevent him from being knocked prone by the kick but it would cause his body to slide back somewhat on the wet ground.

The opponent hit the ground and Tres smiled while explosively taking advantage. Tres would attempt to take the mount position. Tres would shoot forward as if with a double leg takedown quickly to place his body on top of the opponents straddling his hips. As he shot forward his arms would remain in front of his body. After taking mount, his hands would extend out to get control of the opponents wrist.

The double leg takedown shot always ended with one foot being planted to give the shooter the option to lift the opponent or simply push forward to knock the opponents body prone. However, Tres had missed the shot since the prone opponent kicked to launch himself upon the wet and now icy surface.

Tres smoothly in the end phase of the shot would do two things, in his right hand he would draw his machete from his boot strap and his left hand would dig through the snow and let his curved fingers draw a snow ball. Upon rising from the double leg back into his original stances footing he would toss the snow ball at the opponents face as a distraction for a moments thought.

Now the ice, Tres thought would give both him and the opponent bad footing. Tres was no slouch with a blade but his forte' was hand to hand and judging by the opponent drop kick; a lousy technique, the opposite may be true for him.

Tres knew what his goal was now that the opponent had drawn his sword and that was too get really, really, close. Now the question was...persue where the footing will suffer or not. Then just as Tres was about to step on to the icy pool of water he noticed that the opponent had just stabbed his sword into it breaking it up.

Now it would be foolish for Tres to follow, so his choice was made easy. Tres would stop at the edge of the pool. Tres would then look at the opponent and say,

"Teh Really?"

Tres would then raise his lead left knee and then low side kick at the pool with the left heel into the pool of water. With the power of Tres's massive thigh's a huge shock would be sent through the thin sheet of ice on which Reyin stood. The cracks would spread out like a wave and form under Reyins feet. Now the thin sheet of ice would shatter and give way to the water and Reyin would fall in lest he could fly.

Thats it

Tres thought.

rush in fast

Currently Tres's stance was left lead forward with his legs spread medium width and his knees slightly bent. His chest was squared forward albeit turned slightly to the right. His left hand was low with the left hand in front of the left oblique, while the elbow of the arm was held away from the body keeping it ready to move. The right hand was positioned in front of the chest, holding the machete vertically at a slight angle to the left so that the blade blunt edge would be positioned in front of his face.

Tres would as the kick would come in at his face, lean backwards while sliding his rear right foot back. Immediately after the kick would miss its target he would perform a low side kick aimed towards the opponents instep.

This kick would take advantage of the fact that the opponent was throwing a high kick with a ton of forward momentum on a slippery surface, this would send his momentum completly out of his control by knocking his stationary foot out from under him; sending him falling forward in a split.

The opponents weapon was held horizontally in front of his body with the blade pointing to the left in his right hand. After the kick Tres would simply shift his weight forward while following through with the downward momentum of the kick to put his foot down quickly. He would lean slightly to the left to let the opponents right kicking leg fall harmlessly to the ground. Simultaneously Tres would reach out with his vajra mushti glove covered hands to snatch the blade of the sword.

Tres wouldn't have to reach far since the opponent would be coming close so he would keep his left forearm in a vertical position as he would go for an overhand grasp, this would keep a constant barrier between the opponents blade and Tres's body.

Simultaneously Tres would attempt to place his right hand machete blade at the right side of the opponents neck, and during the turn of the waist he would slide the machete blade on the opponents neck to cause him to bleed without dealing any massive damage. Tres was not here to kill anybody, he could have drove the pointed weapon into the opponents throat but he didn't want to kill this guy.

Tres's lack of gaian inexperience was showing. His opponent seemed to be making mistakes but Tres was failing to take any real advantage. He didn't have first blood and every second that Tres did not have that made him more and more agitated.

'Ssllllliiiinnng!'

Went the opponents blade as it would probrably slide cross Tres's forearm bracer as the opponent flew past and would eventually go nearly face first ten feet behind him in the snow. In Tres's previous movement he would make a clockwise turn with his waist and now he would follow through with that movement to face the opponent as he went past.

As Tres would turn to face the opponent his left hand would reach inside of his jacket and would remove that machete blade that had the handle broken off in the last battle. He would take up the blade in his left hand and in the same motion toss it at the lower back of the distant opponent. The blade would spin horizontally. The opponent may catch the handless blade out of the corner of his eye coming at his back. He would use the power of his turn in the throw.

Tres immediately after turning to face his opponent and tossing the blade would begin to move towards his opponents back. He would switch the machete to his left hand, in his right hand he would draw his ka-bar knife and would simultaneously move towards the opponent with shuffling footwork with his left side forward. The blade would be held low with the blade pointing forward at a slight upwards angle. The right hand would be in front of the face with the elbow held close to the body. .

With that long sword the opponent had a considerable reach advantage and Tres currently didn't have his throwing weapons on him. Tres would step back as a fencer would, feet sliding smoothly against the snow on a short but quick retreat while turning his waist in a counter clockwise turn to put his chest more square to the opponent. This would let the blade pass harmlessly just in front of him. Tres didn't want to go back too much because now the opponent was pushing him towards the pool of Ice.

Immediatly after the blade would make its pass in front of tres's body, Tres would touch his left hand machete against the upper portion of the opponents sword and would step in while pressing the blade out to his left side, Tres's left hand would remain on guard. He did this to prevent the opponents blade from running him through and to get in close.