[ dutch isn't weak by any stretch of the imagination, but she's always learned how to go up against those stronger than her. in the beginning, that had been essentially everyone because there's only so much strength the body of a child can contain. now, she knows why khlyen insisted on teaching her how to go up against someone stronger and faster than her, why he'd trained her to be ruthless and cold and uncaring.
that's beside the point now.
b'elanna, by contrast, seems to rely on strength over anything else and it makes things easier for dutch. brute strength is something that can be thrown around —and after a while, that's what happens. there's an exchange of blows, a few kicks, but dutch blocks and sidesteps all attempts to get her onto the ground where she'll have to struggle for leverage against a stronger partner.
instead, she rolls b'elanna over her hip after grabbing her arm, throwing her down onto the mats. ]
handwavily handwaves actual fighting
that's beside the point now.
b'elanna, by contrast, seems to rely on strength over anything else and it makes things easier for dutch. brute strength is something that can be thrown around —and after a while, that's what happens. there's an exchange of blows, a few kicks, but dutch blocks and sidesteps all attempts to get her onto the ground where she'll have to struggle for leverage against a stronger partner.
instead, she rolls b'elanna over her hip after grabbing her arm, throwing her down onto the mats. ]