Okie dokies. [Saturday circles him with a professional and assessing gaze] You ever boxed before? Same principle with the feet - stay light, weight on the ball of your foot, shoulder width apart. Good. Now, lemme at your hands a second.

[If he permits, she wraps her hands around his on the hilt and adjusts them to demonstrate; if not, she demonstrates on the knife handle. Her emotional state, should he wish to filch, is of calm, happy focus, someone doing something challenging that they deeeply enjoy.]

So only your thumb and forefinger are actually gripping the hilt, see? The back three fingers are where you get your balance and control, but this grip here, these two - they should never leave the hilt. That's where it joins to your arm. You shouldn't be able to lose that grip anymore than you can lose your elbow.