judging cookies wood chopping forms part???
from someone who's taken classes
she almost has the right posture!! if only her shoulders were rotated more,, her grip looks firm and the arc she's making is nice, if not a little too high. her veil is against every rule in the book, and she's only using one hand, but i'm so impressed by her transfer of weight that i'll give her a 7/10
awful. same as black pearl: there's no weight coming from anywhere, and definitely nothing is going to happen to that wood. he's only using one hand, and the arc is... there's no arc. its nonexistent. the only thing he's got going for him is that his eyes are open. 1/10
his coat is a giant hazard, he's one-handed, his eyes are closed, his stance is abysmal and honestly so bizarre i kind of respect it?? but no one is above safety measures. that being said, his grip is firm and he's chopping below his waist in a wide arc... even if its backwards. 3/10
same as parfait, the sleeves are worrying me. and she's not chopping low enough, but i can attribute that to her teeny-tiny size. you can see the axe wobble a bit on the peak of the swing, meaning her grip is loose and the axe is likely to fly out of her hand. will she care if she hurts someone? probably not. 1/10
.... i don't know how transfer of weight works in tripedal creatures,,,,,,,,, but i'm willing to say it almost looks like they're too excited for this job. there's too much rebound when the axe makes contact - it's swinging it too high and the messy arc makes them lose the momentum. good grip though. 2/10
it's very obvious she's learnt this in a book before actually doing it - you can practically hear her counting chop-2-3-chop-2-3... i'm also VERY happy she's using two hands. she's even placing her left hand at the top before sliding it down as she swings!! although her right hand is a little too high, and she's definitely not strong enough: you can see the axe wobble upon contact. 9/10
i am NOT a fan of the way they hug it to themselves, it literally maximises the chance of it flying out of their grip. also they're FLYING, which explains the odd angle of the axe at the bottom of the swing. other than that their form is good, they're just not likely to get any clean cuts. if you want splinters this is who you call. 3/10
he's whipping it up and down past his head like a tomahawk!! i can't figure this out!! i suppose the explanation would be he's too tall for whatever he's chopping, but, like, he's chopping almost at shoulder height! he has a strong centre of gravity though. he's rotating his shoulders and you can very clearly see the transfer of weight in his legs, which is nice, but his arm is clipping through his pauldron to get there! 5/10
i know their suit probably hinders movement a lot, but their grip is flimsy and they're likely to pull a muscle from the lack of back support.... or at least they would be, were they not full of water. there's no arc or balance. they glance at the axe before they swing. but they're still getting pity points for being a sentient fishbowl. 2/10
while she displays a safe, low swing and a strong chop, i'm disappointed in her one-handedness, especially as someone who should know this. she has no centre of gravity; if she's whipping the axe up that fast she's going to fall over. there's the slightest shift in her left leg, which i guess looks positive but honestly is the only thing not keeping her from falling. 2/10
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