"Not bad," Sonya nearly reached to give her a hand up, but pulled away soon as she was on her feet. "Always expect an attack from below as well as above, and keep light on your feet."

She blocks the attack and returns it with one of her own, twisting to aim a similar attack at her shoulder (the highest point of the body allowed in sparing. "And never make a move obvious-bluff an attack or block, always try to think several steps a head."

In the time they spared, Margery would notice that she never attacked at once. Soon as one attack landed or blocked, she immediately followed up with another.