Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 595 | As I had not been View more quotes about facing">facing him he had apparently been taken by surprise by this blow, by its direction, its nature and force. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 592 | I caught his wrist and, twisting it, jerked him forward and off balance, at the same time kicking forcibly upwards. |
| 8 | 593 | I then, bending his wrist back, thrust him to the side. |
| 8 | 594 | The other fellow was caught with a backwards kick, his steel no more than halfway from its sheath. |
| 8 | 595 | As I had not been facing him he had apparently been taken by surprise by this blow, by its direction, its nature and force. |
| 8 | 596 | Untrained men often expect assaults to occur frontally. |
| 8 | 597 | Various options in the martial arts, of course, are available to the practiced combatant. |
| 8 | 598 | My blade was free from my sheath before his knees began to sag. |
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I caught his wrist and, twisting it, jerked him forward and off balance, at the same time kicking forcibly upwards.
I then, bending his wrist back, thrust him to the side.
The other fellow was caught with a backwards kick, his steel no more than halfway from its sheath.
As I had not been facing him he had apparently been taken by surprise by this blow, by its direction, its nature and force.
Untrained men often expect assaults to occur frontally.
Various options in the martial arts, of course, are available to the practiced combatant.
My blade was free from my sheath before his knees began to sag.
- (Savages of Gor)