User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 11: No brakes/@comment-3146930-20141024021616/@comment-3146930-20141025003714

She kicked Yang hard enough to knock her on her back twice, mostly with kicks right to the head. I'm not saying Yang would get the entire glowing hair effect like with the mech, but even just a base line red eye flash to at least show she was taking the fight seriously.