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"Relaxed, weight on both feet, slightly forward, arms at the sides. This is the position from which to either attack or defend."

Chris held her hand up in a boxing stance.

"Not like this?"

"That is a defensive stance," Hong said, "unless you are in a formal boxing match. In a street fight, you would only be telling your opponent that you were thinking of hitting him. If you, a woman, are up against a man, surprise must be your first weapon. Watch; this is slow motion." Hong stood facing her, lifted his left foot, and gently pushed against the inside of her right knee. It buckled, and she fell to. that knee.

Hong helped her up.

"Now you try, in slow motion. Simply put your left instep to the inside of my right knee."

Chris followed his instructions, and Hong fell to his knee.

"Now," he said from the floor. "This is what you have done. First, if you have kicked me really hard, you have damaged my knee, perhaps so badly that I cannot walk on it again without surgery. Second, because you have buckled the joint and made me fall, I am on one knee and vulnerable to further attack. Third, simply by falling with my weight on my knee, I may have damaged it even further. Someone with experience, when kicked in this manner, would avoid falling on his knee, then roll and come up with his weight on the other leg. Of course, if you have done your work well, he would have to stand on one leg only and would be very vulnerable"

"Gotcha," Chris said.

"Now, can you kick above your head?" Hong asked.

Chris turned and did a high kick for him.

"Very good. What would work very well in your first fight scene would be simply to kick him in the face." He stood facing her and, again in slow motion, demonstrated.

"I can do that," Chris said.

"Then do it," Hong replied.

"I want you to kick me in the face as quickly and as hard as you can. Leave it to me to protect myself."

Chris, who was standing ready, whipped out a leg and sent her instep at Hong's chin. To her astonishment, she connected solidly, and Hong flew backward. She rushed to his side.

"Jesus, Graham, did I hurt you?"

Hong lifted his head and shook it.

"I did not believe you could be so fast," he laughed, spitting out blood.

"You are a ruthless woman, and I will not underestimate you again."

When Chris got home there was another unstamped letter in the mailbox.

CHAPTER 2

Look at this," Chris said, handing Danny Devere the two letters.

"Can you believe it?"

Danny was brushing Chris's thick brunette hair, shaping it around her shoulders. He put down his hair dryer and picked up a letter.