Your level of discipline and drive are all over the place today!" Master Yang yelled at the top of his lungs. Mandy was the best and most driven student he'd taught to date minus one other and was the fiercest female fighter he'd ever had. He hit her over the back three times with a cane for her insolence. That cane had corrected her focus and been her savior more times than she cared to count. It did so once again as her mind sharpened and focused on the workout at hand. Everything else faded away into background noise. The next cane strike she caught in midair and growled like a lioness, "Enough Master Yang!" "Welcome back, little predator. Shall we finally begin our training in earnest now?" "Yes, Master Yang!" Mandy yelled and for the next four hours straight she worked on pre-emptive counter attacks and strikes to the eyes, throat, face, solar plexus, groin, ribs, knee, foot, instep and fingers for maximum effectiveness in neutralizing her opponent as quickly as possible while searching for possible escape routes.
