Domaki was getting tired of people underestimating him. He had been on the defensive because he was assessing his opponent, measuring the power behind his blows and his speed. Once he finished gathering data he paried one of his blows to give himself time to move back. He then kicked up water from a puddle and used it as a weapon, freezing it into jagged sharp fragments and sending them his way. He didn't want to use up too much energy at once, so he started out with that.