[Blazing]

 

Originally Posted by talle

Both Wisppaw and Echopaw didn't seem to do much of anything other than stand around, which caused Redhawk to frown a bit. "Is there something wrong?" she asked the two apprentices with a tilted head. She had demonstrated how to climb, both her and Wolfhive had, and yet still they made no attempt to climb. "You can both try t-together on opposite sides of the tree if you want to!" Maybe that would encourage them to get started instead of stand around? Her gaze flickered over to where Wolfhive was helping another paw-ful of apprentices before back to the duo before her.

Gesturing with her tail to one of the trees nearby, she demonstrated again how to properly start a climb. "Look for the ridges you can easily h-hook your claws into," she began, lifting her claws up and sliding them in, tugging back to show how they remained in place. She then gave a small leap and did the same with her back claws. "From here, you'll want t-to push with your hind claws, and latch on with your front claws!" Scaling the tree slowly to ensure both apprentices got it this time. Once she reached a lower branch, she turned and leapt back down, smiling at both of them. "Now you t-two try!"

Her gaze then shifted from the duo to where Elkpaw was, beaming proudly at her apprentice as he reached the lower branch. "Well done, Elkpaw!" she called to him, then noticed how his sister was flat on her back. "Elkpaw is right," Red purred as she got nearer, smiling down at the she-cat. "Not everyone gets it right on t-their first try - I certainly didn't!" ...She had, but Swanpaw didn't need to know that. "Why don't you work with Elkpaw and climb together?" Yeah, duo time seemed to be a good idea here.

Looking around now at everyone gathered, and hoping that the last two duos were gonna be able to work together, Redhawk lifted her tail. "We'll be going over how to ambush from the t-trees. Once you've gotten up to the lowest branch, I want you t-to pick a sss-spot on the ground to leap for - picture it's a cat's back, your front paws aiming to give them a few sss-slashes, before t-tucking and rolling away."

Locating a currently empty tree, Redhawk climbed more slowly this time so that those who still had yet to climb could watch her (again). She reached the lowest branch and turned, picking out a spot on the ground. The low branches weren't high enough to cause any injury thankfully. With concentration, the hornet leaped towards the ground with outstretched claws, batting at the air before she tucked her head in and rolled onto the ground, easily springing back up to her paws a little ways away from her target.

"If the t-tuck and roll feels too sss-scary, just try to land on your t-target from your branch!"

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[ Apprentices will need at least one post of them climbing the tree in order for the lesson to count! If your apprentice has not yet climbed, make sure to get them up on that lowest branch! Apprentices who are already on the lowest branch can attempt the move! ]

(Sorry for being late and short !!)

WOODPAW
Woodpaw took a deep breath and listened to Redhawk. As most of the apprentices were already up on the tree, they started preparing to learn to ambush- jumping down at a certain spot, battling in the air, before rolling and landing onto their paws again. The apprentice was fascinated by how easy it seemed to be for the hornet to do so- and watching as other apprentices started to follow as well, he took a deep breath and pinpointed a spot near him. Pouncing downwards, he did not battle in the air, his paws just flung around awkwardly, and rolling with his head tucked in and ears flattened behind. Despite succeeding, he was awkward by the way he jumped up and did the series of movements.