"Always a good idea. Not bad, by the way. Now move your foot back like this. Your fighting position is something you should be comfortable with, but can still move quickly from. And then..." Jason demonstrated a simple kick. "Just do that." She repeated it more slowly. "Get used to the way your muscles feel when you do it. Don't worry if you mess up, no one gets it right the first time."
Jason thought of her (at the time, 'his' was the only adjective appropriate) first misadventures in martial artistry. Bruce had pushed him so hard that Jason thought he was going to die, and then until he wished he would die, and then until he thought he had already died and was in Hell. She had no intention of doing the same to Carrie.