Time Skip
Rocky could not sleep properly the night after his fight with Zhi.
While he was still pissed at the Gemini Gods, he was more pissed at himself and the way he fought.
After fighting Zhi, Rocky realized that he was a pretty one dimensional fighter.
He had good swordsmanship skills and natural body strength, however, that was pretty much it.
He was like a one trick pony with no creativity, as once someone neutralized his sword skills and his strength, he had nothing else to fall back on.
He had no moves that could help him safely retreat.
He had no defensive maneuvers under his belt.
He had no special movement techniques under his belt.
He had no creative attacks under his belt that were not related to the sword.
He was a very incomplete and flawed fighter, however, because he was much stronger and skilled than his peers at the university, he never realized just how weak he really was.