<div class="floatleft">(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/ViciousTeddyBear/Shards/Misc/Tigress/127714_04.jpg)</div>She laughs at that.  It was a good impression!  She would return one of her own but she's terrible at them and it'd probably ruin the moment.  This time she pulls her hands up, not in any kind of recognizable style, but in a slight guard position.  Her fingers are splayed out, her arms are bent at the elbow, and her hands are held out in front of her about six inches from her breasts.  It's something commonly known as a "fence" position, not attributed to any one martial arts, but more easily recognized with how a police officer may handle something.  From here she can block far more easily than with her hands on her hips.  With training she could do a lot more than just block and parry.<br/><br/>This time she jumps at him, her eyes remain on his hands, but she's aiming to grab him by the shoulders, using her superior height (and probably weight) advantage to plant her feet and throw him to the ground with a simple twist of her hips and tug of his shoulders.  While it does leave her open, it doesn't leave her head that open, her arms are longer than his and she seems to be taking full advantage of that.