Saar didn't charge and let the more agile woman expend the energy of coming to him. The lightning fast staff strike came, striking his shoulder that was solid as rocks, before the small woman turned into a kick. He actually stepped forward as he felt being hit, into the follow-up strike, robbing it from the momentum to deal damage upon contact, instead, Mia's extended leg merely caught his side with her inner thigh and she was stopped in a spread, almost split leg position. That is, if only Saar stopped his advance. He used the sheer size and force of his body to push Mia back and cause her to back up and miss the opportunity of the close range strikes she could have usually delivered, just by forcing her to focus on keeping her balance.<br/><br/>Next, the fighter moved his front leg behind the other, gripped the hilt of his weapon with both hands to put as much force as he could in his strike, and spun around, catching Mia clean in the side with his spinning slash, the impact sending pain through her body, but only bruising where contact was made. At the end of the arcing slice came another heavy two handed slash, this time from the other side and diagonally that only caught empty air in the spot where the monk was a fragment of a second ago!<br/><br/>"Well, if it's a fight of toughness, I'd still put my money on Saar. Not bad those flips, girl. But you'd make more as a dancer or stripper with those moves. Come on, show some real fighting!" the arena master yelled from the sideline.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Combat:<br/>Saar: 7 damage taken<br/><br/>Saar's first swing: 22 to hit, 14 damage<br/>Saar's second swing: 12 to hit, misses<br/></div></div>