"If you practice enough, your mind will be able to achieve calm even in the midst of a fight - you'll need it, for the sake of mental clarity and to stay in control and focused so you can win," Killian explained, and now he'd show his apt pupil how to place her feet. The stance was very important in swordfighting - if you had an awful one, you could be easily knocked over. "The more the sole of your foot touches the ground the better you are for applying more strength to your attacks. Slide those feet rather than lifting."
Then he scooted around with his own sword, so he could strike his own stance and provide more of a demonstration. "I'm human," he promised after a moment, with another crinkly-eyed smile. "I've just been trapped in a place where no one ages, for a very long time."
However, he wasn't going to go into detail about Neverland. It was dark and depressing, far too much for the likes of this lesson.
"What you also must do is find your opponent's weakness. Everyone has a weakness."