Unexpected intricacy of spear's stab

"Stand in the same position as before," the pathfinder started giving orders the second I entered the array. 

Even though he was quite reluctant to initially agree to my request upon seeing how determined I was, he somehow agreed. 

I would love to be already able to just stand in the perfect position right away... but real life wasn't as simple. It was something that I had already learned with my bare-handed training. 

I had to practice over and over again before I was capable of landing perfect hits one after another. Given how much more complicated weapon-fighting was and the massive focus on the stance that the pathfinder put, I dared not take this initial part lightly. 

I lowered my knees, pushed my left foot forward, three lengths of my foot away from the right one. Once my center of stability moved near my abdomen, I looked towards my temporary mentor.