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On the stadium sound systems the sounds of what was horns would play loudly in a slow rhythm. Accompanied by the sounds of a symbol played constantly by drum sticks, the sounds would play for about ten seconds before the rolling of a human's tounge would be heard. "R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-RAAAAAAAAAAPIDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." as this came the familar entrance song of John Cena My Time Is Now would play loudly as Arian would walk to the entranced. Stoping to give a slight salute to the crowd who might watch, he would continue on his way again. Dressed in a simple of pair of black shirts and wraps on his hands and feet, Arian was dressed simple. Strapped to his back in its sheath would be a black steeled katana. Yeah Arian got his memory back.

Now this was the way a fight was supposed to commence. The sword which was strapped to his body was quickly removed and tossed over his shoulder without care. It would land with a rather dull thud on the ground behind him. Walking over towards his opponent (whether you move to meet him or not its still going to be the same distance), he would come to a stop about 5 yards away from his opponent.

A slight head nod as a sign of respect, he would assume his fighting position. Both hands raised about chest level, the left hand near his chin while his right extended, he would take on a converted southpaw stance. His feet sliding about shoulder lenght apart, his left (back) leg would be pointed about 45 degrees from his body while his right (front) would be pointed towards his opponent. He would wait till he saw his opponents stance before he launched an attack.

He would attack first of course since all he was waiting for was the positioning of his opponent. It would play very well into his fighting style.

Shifting forward as he quickly moved himself into arms distance for both men, he would bob left and right twice (left first, right second) while coming in. This was to avoid any attacks and give his opponent the impression that was how he was going to fight for the rest of the bout. But on his second bob right instead of moving back left, he would shuffle slide to his right, his opponents left. Since both men backs would be facing the same direction, Arian would be trying to move to his opponents backside as he snapped out a quick slip jab towards his opponents jaw.

Because of his opponents rather wide base compared to Arian's smaller base, Arian would have the advantage of moving at a slightly faster place. So there was a small chance he could get to his opponents backside, before he could fully turn to keep up with Arian, and land his attack with ease. But it was only a jab, so no knock out should occur.

Offensive Move
Slip Jab to the opponents backside.

Attack Target
Opponents Jawline

Estimated Damage
Slightly stunned and soreness

:A slip jab is when you move to your opponents backside and try to throw a jab over their shoulder.:

Arian had a good set of movements going for him and a decent grasp on how to pull a feint, which was a lot more than many of the fighters (read: punk kids with powers) around here seemed to be capable of. However, he'd been watching his opponent's feet too much, and had neglected to give the stance as a whole the attention he should have.

The jab would go wide, Joshua turning his waist just a bit to the left and bringing the outside of his elbow against the inside of Arian's arm. Because he'd guarded with his elbow, rather than his hand, that still left his forearm available, and on the inside of Arian's right. With a snap of the wrist, he flicked out a backhanded jab towards Arian's chin with the left hand.

Arian had his left near his chin, and obviously it would be a simple thing to guard a jab. Already, though, Joshua was sliding his left foot in, skimming it over the surface of the ground to bring his stance base closer under Arian. If Arian did block the jab with his left, Joshua would twist his left ankle in and use the shift in his hips to throw out a fast strike with his right; not aimed for Arian but to slam the heel of his right hand against the heel of his left and drive all three hands, both his and Arian's left, into Arian's chin.

That was the great thing about jabs, though... they were fast. A jab thrown a moment after a jab is thrown will not be intercepted by that hand. An arm moved into the path of a jab will either stop it, give in to it, or deflect it. A jab moved into the path of a jab would leave that first hand chasing the second on the way back... and that was the way it would be.

There would be no right hand to smack it down, there would be no sudden reversal with a second jab immediately after that. If Arian expected to have a fully extended arm at his chin faster than another man could extend his that far, he was punch drunk before even stepping in the ring.

The hook, however, was founded on a much more sound principle. It wasn't about who's arm moved faster, it was about seeing an opening and driving full-force into it without looking back. Joshua had stepped in, Arian had pivoted, there was really nowhere else to go.

Thk.

The sound of the impact was much less than Arian would have hoped to hear... Joshua had his right prepared to move on the second have of his strike already, but seeing the twist, not only in the shoulders but also in the hips of Arian, the move was all but shouted. Rather than driving his right upwards as he had intended, the motion quit halfway and he swung out. It wouldn't be enough to completely stop a hook with that much body mass behind it, but it would be enough to drop it to a meaningless love tap.

The back of Joshua's forearm would knock against the crook of Arian's elbow when the hook came in; both to provide a preliminary impact and resisting force against the hook, and to provide a firm 'ground'.

Joshua picked up his right foot. Rather than stepping back, he was using the force of Arian's hook and his own arm as a 'leg' in order to drop his body back and absorb he impact. His right foot touched ground again a moment later, and several feet from where it started... in a new direction altogether.

Meanwhile, he kept his eyes to the left, and his left hand drawn back in a familiar guard. Arian still had an unrestrained right hand.

Two jabs thrown at the same time, two jabs retracted at the same time, obviously the two arms would be ready to act again at the same time.

Joshua shrugged.

His left shoulder came up and he raised his left arm; using the elbow and the back of the arm to attempt and push the punch away as it came in, and though it was unlikely that it would be stopped, with a hunk of shoulder blocking access to the jaw and neck Arian's blow would hit the back of the shoulder at an extreme angle. Likely, it would slide off after the initial impact.

However, Joshua now had his elbow up, on the inside of Arian's right arm. It was a simple movement to hook it over, pull down and back just enough to clear room, and then shove off on the ball of his newly planted right foot.

The thing was... none of that balance crap applied to Joshua.

The reason was simple enough, perhaps so simple that it was overlooked. Any force from Arian's punch that moved Joshua would have moved him 'forwards and to the right' due to the angle at which everything was going at... the very same direction that the ear-punch was going. Considering nothing more is said on the subject, we can only assume that Arian got punched in the ear.



Given that Arian's right arm was behind Joshua's back at the time, it can only be assumed that Arian was doing whatever he was doing with the left. Well, where was Joshua's right at this time? Between them. Specifically, between Arian's left and Joshua's chest. Matterfact pretty much nixes a possibility of a clean hit if there was any hit at all... But, hell, why not. Arian could get his neck punch. However, Joshua would get one as well.

You know, since they were so close and it was practically impossible to avoid one, especially with both arms occupied.