Excellent. I won't have to try and adapt to a previous teacher's styles, then. From here on out, you'll be learning the same way I learned. Don't be discouraged if it takes some time or seems insurmountable. Most of us trained for some years before we were permitted to pick up anything more deadly than our practice blades.

[ She's slowly circling him as she says all this. It's probably not the best way to make him feel comfortable but she's not doing it to intimidate him to her credit. She wants to see what his stance is like naturally before she makes any more to correct it. ]

Take an... offensive position with your blade. Let's begin with that. Imagine you are faced with an enemy and take whatever position comes to mind first.