Aerial?

[Vladimir T. Strife]

Practicing with Hyper Elf in a training ring, Vladimir listens intently to the veteran's words.

"Ok... so, what do you know about aerial?"

Vladimir busts up laughing, Hyper looking confused. He continues laughing for a moment, Hyper starting to get roll his eyes.

"Seriously."

"Not a damned thing."

"Well, it's about time you learned then. First, follow my example. I want you to climb up to the top turnbuckle and stand. Just stand."

Hyper Elf shows demonstrates this and then looks at Vladimir, who slowly follows. Vlad stands on the top rope, wobbling around for a few seconds before jumping off and into the ring.

"Eh... that was pretty horrible. Practice. Practice a lot. You may not think it's important, but utilizing the ropes and turnbuckles into your match strategies opens up a whole new variety of attacks and moves. If you want to be a great as you run around claiming to be, you have to learn how to use them."

"But I'm winning all my matches so far, why should I change my style any? Hell, shouldn't you be changing yours to be more like me?"

"Yeah, I've got a lot more wins under my belt than you do, sonny boy. You see, winning your matches makes you good. It definately does. But you still aren't great yet. There's something that seperates the boys from the men and the stars from the Legends. You know what that is?"

"Artificial hips?"

Hyper Elf sighs and rolls his eyes.

"Knowledge. When I'm in that ring, my moves are highly calculated. I'm wrestling with the upmost skill. You can bash in a guys skull with any weapon you want, but as you showed against Brett Steel, you have a lot to learn about actually wrestling. Now get to practicing..."

Vladimir sighs as Hyper Elf opens up a box of donuts.

"Slacker!"

[emblem]

Emblem walks past, wanting to go to the running area, but is stopped seeing Hyper Ef eating a donut. Emblem walks at him, shakes his hand, asks how it goes, and sits next to him, eating a donut he got from Hyper Elf.

Emblem: Hyper, what are we looking at? Why are we sitting here, eating a donut, watching at Strife?

Hyper Elf: that accent never goes, does it? We are looking at Vladimir Strife, who is rying to get a bit more aerialistic, so to say.

Emblem: I suppose I should keep my mouth shut then...When I was one, I never praticed, just did. But why is he pretending to be a karate kid, trying to stand on a pole?

Hyper Elf: Well, he wants it a bit calculated, like me. He has to practise even standing on the turnbuckle, or he might fall off during a match.

Emblem looks at Hyper Elf, then back at Vladimir, who seems to get the hang of it.

Emblem: You arent making a pussy out of him, are you? I was one of those guys watching at the curtains. It would be great if he was going aerial, but not wussy-style...

Vladimir: Well, get in the ring then, show me something...

Emblem: All right, I will. Might be fun to try, after a year without aerial tricks and stunts. Wanna spar, or should I just show you some things, and give you my tips? an Aerial battle, or a teaching. I wont do all those Extreme things, although I know you have the mindset for it...

[Vladimir T. Strife]

"Hmmm... We better just train and you show me these things. I'm not really comfortable with this aerial stuff yet to incorporate it into a spar."

Vladimir sits back and waits for Emblem to give him a few instructions.

TBCB Emblem

[emblem]

Emblem: Well, Im glad youre not as stupid as me. I saw a guy doing it, and pretended to be as good as him too. He prated for years, I did it in a wrestling ring. What I learned from that, is that basics are important, but I always needed a 'just do it' attitude. I know you have that, so Ill get to that later.

Vladimir looks at Hyper Elf, who takes another bite of his donut, ans smiles.

Emblem: You can get the safety lessons from the donut eater. I say that balance and all these things are ok, and you can simply train them by standing on poles, or trying to walk over the rope. But what reallt matters, at least to me, is what type of areal moves you want to do. I always favoured corkscrew moves, and so I train to put the twis in my moves. Its easy for me do jump off this turnbuckle with a twist, crashing on my opponent. Once you get the trick, you can do it.

Vladimir Strife: how do you twist them?

Emblem: Well, like this...

Emblem jumps off the turnbuckle, flattening his back on the mat, with a corkscrew summersault.

Vladimir: What the...

Emblem: Just do attitude. Wait a second...

Emblem gets himself in a sitting position slowly...

Emblem: Long time since I felt this sensation...As you could see, I propelled my legs, who, at their turn, twist my body.

Vladimir: What type of arealist styles are there?

Emblem: Lets see...you know some of course. Extreme arealoists, they do all kinds of things, lke I once did. They all have the ''just do'' attitude'. you have the arealists that execute moves simply to take peopel off their feet, like flying shoulder blocks and such. Id say Gnarff is one fo that type. Look deeper into styles and you can designate who likes summersaults, moonsault, corkscrew style...Weapon flying, crashing yourself with a weapon...And so on...

Emblem feels his ribs, then stands up again.

Emblem: Adrenaline conceals pain, and is a key weapon to arealists. you do not feel much pain if the move connects. State that you crash yourself on the ma, then the pain is worse then the adrenaline you get from the move.

TBCB Hyper Elf or Vladimir

[Vladimir T. Strife]

"I see.... hmm. Just show me the basics. I pretty much just want enough that I can hit my opponent with something from the top rope every once in a while. Just a little added momentum, I suppose. I figure if kneedrops hurt from the mat, they must hurt a hell of a lot worse from the top rope. I'm not quite into corkscrews or 2,000 flips or anything like that."

TBCB Emblem

[emblem]

Hyper Elf muffles something, not quite understandable, with a mouth full of donut.

Emblem: Well, if you want it that way...Thats very easy. I separate this into two catagories..

Hyper Elf: ...Funny Accent ;D...

Emblem: ...You have one too, with a mouth full of donuts ;D...

...Where were we...A yes, two catagories. Opponents who are standing, and those who are down. You might already have a plan about which moves to execute, like a knee drop. Lets mae this a bit more physical. Im gonna stand in the middle of the ring, and yo are gonna climb the turnbuckle, and hit me with a move that you think should do the trick of taking me down, all I want you to do is telling me which move, befoe you do it.

Vladimir: Alright...

Emblem: Lets do it from the turnbuckle first, I aint gonna risk you getting anything bad from Springboarding moves...I think youre balls are gonna be thankfull for that...

Vladimir climbs the turnbuckle, steadies himself...

Emblem: And keep yourself steady, take youre time, it will be easier when you do it very much, do not jump when you dont have any balance, or you might fall of hard...

Vladimir: A flying Shoulder block.

Emblem: Excellent choice, great for taing down opponents. Hit me..

Vladimir jumps off, hits Emblem, who staggers a bit, but still stands. Vladimir rolls on, and stands up again, looking at Emblem.

Emblem: you know how to break youre fall, but you shouldnt focus on your fall, more on your opponents fall. This one was nice, now try the same move, after balancing, and really use your feet to push yoursef off the turnbuckle in my direction.

Vladimir does as he is told, and when he hits Emblem, they both go down, Vladimir catched himself, but was unable to roll and stand up again. Emblem sits up, feels his shoulder, and helps Vladimir up.

Emblem: Perfect. you already felt the second lesson. the harder you jump, the more risk you take. If youre against a smaller oppnent, you can bring him down, and catch yourself, creating some more momentum.

[Vladimir T. Strife]

"Ok... well, what about downed opponents? Basically, do I just jump and use whatever to land on them? And also, what about ladders? Are those harder to jump off of or easier? Pretty much, teach me some more, I think this is actually starting to capture my interest."

Vladimir stands there, ready to learn some more. He thinks to himself about how when he learns this, he should be better rounded, able to open a new world of moves to use against his opponents.

"Also... I'm sorry about all that mess back during the ESP. Didn't mean to rough you up, but you kind of seemed like you were calling me and my guys out, and it would have looked pretty bad on us if we didn't respond.."

TBCB Emblem

[emblem]

Emblem: ESP? Apology? It doesn't matter what you had for dinner! The ESP was the first in GHW, and it was a blast already! that Thor guy knew how to do things. I mean, the frst time I did a show, only one guy flipped the midle finger to me. I liked how the show went, although I had to say that Hyperion dude got a bit on my nerves...

Vladimir: Yeah but..

Emblem: If I would have disliked the way you acted, would I be standing here? Nope..Now about downed opponents...

You say you just jmp off the turnbuckle and hit them. I say thats a very blunt but right discription. Get on the turnbuckle, think about what part you wanna hit, and which body part you want to use, push yourself off he tunbuckle with your feet, and make an impact. Ladder are more unstablwe then turnbuckles, but their advantage is simple...the higher you are, the more gravity hurts your opponent. All I would like to comment is that you need to calculate what you are doing, watch out how you land. Your opponent must have more damage then you, or else it just suicidal...

[Vladimir T. Strife]

"Ok... make sure you hurt them more than you hurt you. I can remember that. Once I get used to the top turnbuckles, which I think I should practice some more, could you guys help teach me how to springboard?"

Vladimir looks a bit curious, not sure if he's too heavy to springboard or not.

[emblem]

Emblem: Ill have to get some help with Hyper to teach that...Get in the ring mate.

Hyper fnishes his last donut, slides in he ring, and stands next to Emblem.

Hyper: I think springboarding is a very nice technique, let me explan this one.

Emblem: Do as you wish.

Hyper: Springboarding can be big, but small too. In fact, Springboarding is almost the same as bouncing against the ropes, you use them for extra leverage. Fighty fighty person who think they should not use the top rope as a springboard, can use the second rope too. the bottom rope isnt available, as you will hit the apron if you jump on it, and there is hardly any extra leverage from that rope, due to things liek gravity and weight.

Emblem: On to the physical shall we? Some examples might be the best...

Hyper: Alright, stand in the middle then Emb.

Emblem moves to the middle of the ring, and braces himself, as Hyper gets himself on the apron.
Hyper: this is the jumping thing you need to do in order to springboard...

Hyper grabs the ropes, and lunges himself on them, keeping his balance. He jumps off, and gets himself on the apron again.

Emblem: That small thing is the key to the top rope springboarding. You can also hop from the turnbuckle on the ropes if you want, but it is vital to keep your balance. Fall off, and youll lose all of your momentum you gained in the match.

Hyper: State that you are afraid of this, or do not feel confortable using it, the second rope is the best alternative. Less risk, and a great help in matches...

Hyper Elf gets himself in the ring, nods at Emblem, who braces himself again. Hyper runs past Emblem to the ropes, jumps on the second rope, turns around and drives his shoulder straight onto Emblem.

Emblem: Nice..one...Well, as you can see, he just used the roeps as you normally do, trun around and deliver a move with more..power...

Hyper: Catch your breath Emblem, I did it a bit too hard, and on the same spot as Vladimir did just ago..

Emblem: I noticed...

Hyper: Second rope springboarding is easy, as you just jump on them. Various moves are possible at the dead turning point. yo can moonsault, elbow drop, just and elbow agains standing opponents, and many more moves. The thing I find useful about these moves, is that it is great to turn the momentum, if you are irish whipped, or the opponent rushes after you. Just jump on the rope, and bounce back, sticking out an elbow, or turn around in the air for a moonsault, or flying shoulder block...