VIRTUAL AEROBICS; eli moskowitz

09. {counterbalance}

"love is here to namaste." gioia read the large poster, "that is incredibly smart."

"centre your energy..." the lady continued as they laid down their colourful yoga mats.

miguel nudged the girl and pointed to his ear. gioia nodded and escorted him out the room.

"and stretch."

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the next day, gioia and miguel were straight back to training. gioia had sparring pads over her hands while miguel threw punches her way.

"what's the second rule of the way of the fist?" johnny asked the two.

miguel looked over at the wall, "strike hard!" he spun around to kick the pads, but gioia pulled them away before he could.

"that's right." johnny nodded as he circled around them, "there's only one reason to hit someone - to inflict pain."

gioia could feel her hands burning up as miguel boxed the pads, "switch?"

"one second," miguel grunted as he threw more hits.

"striking hard is about giving your all." johnny proceeded, "what the hell? no yoga till five-"

"oh, hi aisha." gioia greeted her friend with a smile.

"-no matter how bad you need it." johnny finished.

"i-i'm actually here for karate." aisha told the man nervously, "i saw your website. it said that there was supposed to be a session today."

"there is." gioia nodded while unstrapping the boxing pads on her hands.

"i appreciate you coming in, but there are no girls in cobra kai." johnny told her.

"excuse me?" the blonde girl threw one of the gloves at him, "hello?"

"why not?" aisha crossed her arms, "besides, gioia is here."

"same reason there aren't women in the army. doesn't make sense."johnny stated, "and sushi is... she's-"

"uh, sensei. i-i need to show you something in the office." miguel cut him off.

"sorry about that." gioia shook her head, "it took miguel and i about six minutes for us to convince him to let me train here."

aisha laughed at that, "well? you ended up convincing him."

"we did." gioia nodded, "but i am not sure if he sees me as a proper girl."

"well, you are - don't worry." aisha patted her shoulder.

gioia gave her a grateful smile and turned to the office door as miguel and johnny stepped out.

"okay, take off your shoes. hop on the mat." their sensei ordered.

gioia clapped her hands in excitement while miguel moved over to stand beside her.

"okay, after further review, i've decided to allow more female students." johnny said to the girl, standing in front of her.