Dmitri felt the well known feeling of blade against flesh. He had landed his blow. But he was in a dangerous predicament, his sweep had semi-success, but his opponent's blade was swinging towards his ribs. Thus blow was too dangerous to take. he couldnt easily maneuver his left arm into place in time and his right was occupied, so, he allowed his bofy to ascend until he felt the tearing of flesh in his hip, a much better place to be hit in than the ribs. This blow didnt hurt as much as it would have a long time ago, he was more accustomomed to cut open flesh now, but pain was not damage. Dmitri need to back away for a moment to asses the situation without getting too far, so he thrust his leg towards his opponent's chest attempting to throw them and himself in opposite directions. This caused a dirty pain in his hip, but he didnt have time for pain.