As the weapon came down upon her head, Kari readied herself for the smack and was taken by surprise at the gentleness of it. Then realizing that he had grabbed the handle of her sword, she gripped it even tighter and bit her lip in frustration.<em>Damn, that was REALLY good.</em>she thought to herself as her thoughts raced. It'd been so long since she'd been in a real fight that she was incredibly rusty, and told herself that she would need to go warm herself up if these sparring matches were going to continue.<br/><br/>Then as he swung his bokun around and tapped her side with it, she bowed her head to him and slowly stepped back, showing that she submitted to him in the duel. "You're rather good. I can see how you got so far in the tournament last year. Those are some impressive moves." Kari said as she slowly removed her helmet, glancing around a bit as she shook her hair, enjoying the coolness of the air on her face. Taking in a deep breath, she patted Aryn's shoulder hard, but not too hard, more of the fellow sports player way to show that he had her approval. "I think that we will have to train together. I would really like to learn more from you." Regardless of him being younger, Aryn had showed up Kari up and she was obligated to be polite, but she also wanted to learn.<br/><br/>((OOC: Moved him and such to move it along since you said what would occur.))