"That's a start I guess..." He picked the sticks up and handed one to Zelda.

"Stand like this," he demonstrated a simple stance, his legs apart and knees bent his sword held at his side but ready. He had never actually taught anyone to fight before and he tried to think back to his first training with Toudoh. He had been young though, five or six and lessons had mainly consisted in Toudoh throwing him into the ground until he learnt how to block and dodge.

Somehow he didn't think that method was going to work here.