[ He's twirling the rattan sticks, getting a feel of their weight and the way they cut through the air with something not quite a whoosh, but definitely not a hiss.
They're in the Kwoon along with the rest of their afternoon class, three other pairs going through the motions of an exercise their drill instructor calls a Double Sinawali (he avoids pronouncing it out loud, languages is Raleigh's gift not so much his). When he turns to his brother, he lifts the stick in the standard salute and shifts in for the first strike. ]
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They're in the Kwoon along with the rest of their afternoon class, three other pairs going through the motions of an exercise their drill instructor calls a Double Sinawali (he avoids pronouncing it out loud, languages is Raleigh's gift not so much his). When he turns to his brother, he lifts the stick in the standard salute and shifts in for the first strike. ]