BrambleClan Territory
Welcome to the BrambleClan forest! Here you can hunt and train apprentices.
Reply to your training or else you won't become a warrior!
If a mentor is inactive, an apprentice can post their own training.
Mentors, please train your apprentices!
If you are unable or unwilling to train your apprentice, please tell Mistletoestar.
No more than 4 training lessons a day, please!
Reply to your training or else you won't become a warrior!
If a mentor is inactive, an apprentice can post their own training.
Mentors, please train your apprentices!
If you are unable or unwilling to train your apprentice, please tell Mistletoestar.
No more than 4 training lessons a day, please!
No kits outside camp!
Our territory has a meadow, a stream, a lake, a pine forest, a oak forest, a big mountain, and some caves.
We usually eat rabbits, voles, fish, squirrels, mice, many types of birds, and occasionally bats and rats.
Our enemies :
Foxes
Badgers
Dogs
Training you need to do to become a Warrior:
1. Territory Tour
2. Hunting Mice, Squirrels, and Voles (step lightly and stay downwind!)
3. Fishing and Swimming
4. Tree Climbing
5. Hunting Other Birds
6, 7, and 8. Battle Moves (please teach a lot!)
Apprentices can train themselves as their mentor.
Post Warrior name suggestions in the Clearing page when you have completed your training.
Sample training by Crystalice:
Session 1: Okay, let's start with a tour of the territory. Our territory has a meadow, a stream, a lake, a pine forest, a oak forest, a big mountain, and some caves.
Session 2: Let's do some hunting. *Drops into a hunting crouch* Can you just copy that? Okay. Good. Let's practice stalking. *Demonstrates* The third phase would be leaping out to catch the mouse, squirrel, or vole. *Practices on a large leaf* And kill it! *Demonstrates on a real mouse* There. Remember to step lightly and stay downwind so what you're trying to catch doesn't hear or smell you.
Homework: Catch 2 mice/voles/squirrels
Session 3: We'll be in the water today. *Moves to the stream* First, let's learn to fish. It's actually a little easier than hunting land animals sometimes. You just sit here – be very patient – and wait for a fish to come by. When it does, just scoop it out of the water with your claws. *Demonstrates* Like so. *Sets the fish down* Now swimming. You might be cold, but it may be necessary to swim sometime, so you don't want to drown. *Paddles across the stream and back* Brrr. You can try that as much as you'd like, then go back to camp and dry off in the sun.
Homework: Practice swimming and catch a fish
Session 4: *Stands by some of the trees that are shorter with a lot of branches* Climbing trees is kind of fun, once you get used to it. *Leaps from branch to branch, demonstrating how to climb* See? Now for hunting birds. That's the trickiest kind, because it's so dangerous. But if you do it right, you won't fall. *Catches a bird carefully* Like that. It's better to air on the side of caution and not catch it if you don't think you can make it. *Leaps down from the tree* There we go.
Homework: Practice climbing trees and catch a bird
Session 5: Battle moves!! I'm sure this is what you've been waiting for. There's so much to learn, so you can just keep practicing these. When you're fighting me for practice, just remember to keep your claws sheathed. First one – called the Leap-and-Hold – this one is ideal for a small cat facing a larger opponent; like if you're an apprentice fighting a warrior. Spring onto opponent's back and grip with unsheathed claws. Now you are beyond the range of the opponent's paws and in position to inflict severe body wounds. A group of apprentices can defeat a large and dangerous warrior in this way. You can follow up this with a Scruff Shake. Secure a strong teeth grip in the scruff of your opponents neck; then shake violently until he or she is too rattled to fight back. *Demonstrates on a largish mouse* Like that. Not too hard, right?
Homework: Practice the Leap-and-hold and Scruff Shake moves
Session 6: Let's learn some more moves. These are all fairly simple.
Back Kick – Explosive surprise move to catch opponent from behind. Judge opponent's distance from you carefully, then lash out with your back legs, taking all weight on your front paws.
Belly Rake – A fight-stopper. Slice with unsheathed claws against the soft flesh of the opponent's belly. If you're pinned down, the belly rake quickly puts you back into control.
Front Paw Blow – Frontal attack. Bring your front paw down hard on your opponent's head. Claws sheathed.
Front Paw Strike/Forepaw Slash – Frontal attack. Slice downward with your front paw at the face or body of your opponent.
You can practice these on fellow apprentices or warriors WITH THEIR CONSENT, or on sticks or mice. Those are all moves you'll want to know; they're the basics. If we have time, we can move onto more complex ones later.
Homework: Practice the Back Kick, Belly Rake, Front Paw Blow, and Front Paw Strike/Forepaw Slash
Session 7: Yet more battle moves! These ones are trickier – but they might trick your opponent, too.
Tail Yank – Grab your opponent's tail and yank it with such force your opponent is thrown off balance.
Teeth Grip – Target your opponent's extremities- the legs, tail, scruff or ears- and sink in your teeth and hold. This move is similar to the leap-and-hold except your claws remain free to fight.
Play Dead – Effective in a tight situation, such as when you are pinned. Stop struggling and go limp. When your opponent relaxes his/her grip, thinking you are defeated, push yourself up explosively. This will throw off an unwary opponent and put you in attacking position.
Duck and Twist – Simple defensive move. The cat ducks then twists around, rolling over onto his/her back, and then springs to their paws.
Homework: Practice the Tail Yank, Teeth Grip, Play Dead, and Duck and Twist
Session 8: This is sort of a bonus lesson. Here are some of the trickier battle moves. It's likely you won't find circumstance to use them all, but it's good to know them, and they're all about technique – if you're a little too slow or place your paw wrong, it may cost you the battle and it extreme conditions, your life.
Upright Lock – Final, crushing move on already weakened opponent. Rear up on back legs and bring weight down on opponent. If opponent does the same, wrestle and flip him under you. This makes you vulnerable to the belly rake, so it takes great strength and speed.
Half-Turn Belly Rake – Turn onto your side, slip under the opponent's belly, rake it with your claws, then swiftly turn back onto all fours out from under your opponent.
Jump and Pin – Complicated move. Leap backwards, and bounce off the wall. With precise accuracy, land on the cat.
Homework: Practice the Upright Lock, Half-Turn Belly Rake, and Jump and Pin
You can also type your own training.
We usually eat rabbits, voles, fish, squirrels, mice, many types of birds, and occasionally bats and rats.
Our enemies :
Foxes
Badgers
Dogs
Training you need to do to become a Warrior:
1. Territory Tour
2. Hunting Mice, Squirrels, and Voles (step lightly and stay downwind!)
3. Fishing and Swimming
4. Tree Climbing
5. Hunting Other Birds
6, 7, and 8. Battle Moves (please teach a lot!)
Apprentices can train themselves as their mentor.
Post Warrior name suggestions in the Clearing page when you have completed your training.
Sample training by Crystalice:
Session 1: Okay, let's start with a tour of the territory. Our territory has a meadow, a stream, a lake, a pine forest, a oak forest, a big mountain, and some caves.
Session 2: Let's do some hunting. *Drops into a hunting crouch* Can you just copy that? Okay. Good. Let's practice stalking. *Demonstrates* The third phase would be leaping out to catch the mouse, squirrel, or vole. *Practices on a large leaf* And kill it! *Demonstrates on a real mouse* There. Remember to step lightly and stay downwind so what you're trying to catch doesn't hear or smell you.
Homework: Catch 2 mice/voles/squirrels
Session 3: We'll be in the water today. *Moves to the stream* First, let's learn to fish. It's actually a little easier than hunting land animals sometimes. You just sit here – be very patient – and wait for a fish to come by. When it does, just scoop it out of the water with your claws. *Demonstrates* Like so. *Sets the fish down* Now swimming. You might be cold, but it may be necessary to swim sometime, so you don't want to drown. *Paddles across the stream and back* Brrr. You can try that as much as you'd like, then go back to camp and dry off in the sun.
Homework: Practice swimming and catch a fish
Session 4: *Stands by some of the trees that are shorter with a lot of branches* Climbing trees is kind of fun, once you get used to it. *Leaps from branch to branch, demonstrating how to climb* See? Now for hunting birds. That's the trickiest kind, because it's so dangerous. But if you do it right, you won't fall. *Catches a bird carefully* Like that. It's better to air on the side of caution and not catch it if you don't think you can make it. *Leaps down from the tree* There we go.
Homework: Practice climbing trees and catch a bird
Session 5: Battle moves!! I'm sure this is what you've been waiting for. There's so much to learn, so you can just keep practicing these. When you're fighting me for practice, just remember to keep your claws sheathed. First one – called the Leap-and-Hold – this one is ideal for a small cat facing a larger opponent; like if you're an apprentice fighting a warrior. Spring onto opponent's back and grip with unsheathed claws. Now you are beyond the range of the opponent's paws and in position to inflict severe body wounds. A group of apprentices can defeat a large and dangerous warrior in this way. You can follow up this with a Scruff Shake. Secure a strong teeth grip in the scruff of your opponents neck; then shake violently until he or she is too rattled to fight back. *Demonstrates on a largish mouse* Like that. Not too hard, right?
Homework: Practice the Leap-and-hold and Scruff Shake moves
Session 6: Let's learn some more moves. These are all fairly simple.
Back Kick – Explosive surprise move to catch opponent from behind. Judge opponent's distance from you carefully, then lash out with your back legs, taking all weight on your front paws.
Belly Rake – A fight-stopper. Slice with unsheathed claws against the soft flesh of the opponent's belly. If you're pinned down, the belly rake quickly puts you back into control.
Front Paw Blow – Frontal attack. Bring your front paw down hard on your opponent's head. Claws sheathed.
Front Paw Strike/Forepaw Slash – Frontal attack. Slice downward with your front paw at the face or body of your opponent.
You can practice these on fellow apprentices or warriors WITH THEIR CONSENT, or on sticks or mice. Those are all moves you'll want to know; they're the basics. If we have time, we can move onto more complex ones later.
Homework: Practice the Back Kick, Belly Rake, Front Paw Blow, and Front Paw Strike/Forepaw Slash
Session 7: Yet more battle moves! These ones are trickier – but they might trick your opponent, too.
Tail Yank – Grab your opponent's tail and yank it with such force your opponent is thrown off balance.
Teeth Grip – Target your opponent's extremities- the legs, tail, scruff or ears- and sink in your teeth and hold. This move is similar to the leap-and-hold except your claws remain free to fight.
Play Dead – Effective in a tight situation, such as when you are pinned. Stop struggling and go limp. When your opponent relaxes his/her grip, thinking you are defeated, push yourself up explosively. This will throw off an unwary opponent and put you in attacking position.
Duck and Twist – Simple defensive move. The cat ducks then twists around, rolling over onto his/her back, and then springs to their paws.
Homework: Practice the Tail Yank, Teeth Grip, Play Dead, and Duck and Twist
Session 8: This is sort of a bonus lesson. Here are some of the trickier battle moves. It's likely you won't find circumstance to use them all, but it's good to know them, and they're all about technique – if you're a little too slow or place your paw wrong, it may cost you the battle and it extreme conditions, your life.
Upright Lock – Final, crushing move on already weakened opponent. Rear up on back legs and bring weight down on opponent. If opponent does the same, wrestle and flip him under you. This makes you vulnerable to the belly rake, so it takes great strength and speed.
Half-Turn Belly Rake – Turn onto your side, slip under the opponent's belly, rake it with your claws, then swiftly turn back onto all fours out from under your opponent.
Jump and Pin – Complicated move. Leap backwards, and bounce off the wall. With precise accuracy, land on the cat.
Homework: Practice the Upright Lock, Half-Turn Belly Rake, and Jump and Pin
You can also type your own training.
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