Watching the Imp run towards him, Rainer had time to register the claw swinging towards him. He knew if they connected the best he could hope for was an excruciating scratch… If he was lucky.
Holding his ground, Rainer brought his hand swinging around and away from himself in a [url=http://www.olympictaekwondo.org/sam-jang/12.jpg]forward stance midsection block[/url] in an attempt to knock the Imp's claws away whilst also leaning his weight back onto his back foot, lifting his forward knee in an attempt to catch the Imp under the jaw with a [url=http://www.olympictaekwondo.org/sam-jang/23.jpg]front kick[/url].
It was also during this time that one of the other Gamers, Lucian from the name over his head, was calling for help and another Gamer, Tim, was attempting to help, striking the Imp as Rainer attempted to land his kick, apparently dealing 3 damage. With any luck, Rainer hoped to deal enough damage to the Imp in conjunction with the damage Tim had dealt to either knock out the Imp or knock it back far enough to allow him to turn to face Lucian's Imp, in an attempt to charge it and possibly deliver an assisting blow. For know however, Rainer focused on his kick, listening for the snap of his jeans to tell him if he'd executed the kick as perfectly as he had trained to. 

[b]"HYAAAAH!!!"[/b] Rainer cried, almost reflexively, the way he had always been trained, not only to expel enough air to allow his kick to maintain force, but also as a tactic to catch his opponent off-guard and startle them with what could almost be described as a battle-cry of sorts.