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| 19 | 21 | It is important to maintain one's View more quotes about balance">balance. |
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| 19 | 18 | After she had inspected me, it had seemed to me that she had brought her inspection to a rather swift termination. |
| 19 | 19 | She had been cursory with the rest of the slaves in my line and she had barely glanced at the kajirae. |
| 19 | 20 | I struck again and again at the beam. |
| 19 | 21 | It is important to maintain one's balance. |
| 19 | 22 | This permits maneuverability and reduces the opponent's opportunities to take advantage of a misstep or a momentary clumsiness in the distribution of one's weight; too, it provides greater impact for the blows which one strikes. |
| 19 | 23 | My feet seldom moved more than some twenty inches apart; earlier in my training my ankles had been shackled; now, kinesthetically, habitually, without thinking, I tended almost invariably to maintain a sensible measure between my feet; I stayed, too, generally on my toes; this reduces friction and enables quickness of movement; too, in the fighting pit, the toe, gouging into the sand, the body moving forward, increases leverage. |
| 19 | 24 | Many slave fights are little more than bloody brawls, which free persons are pleased to witness. |