The man was knocked back slightly due to the president's knee, but was mostly protected from the ceramic plate placed in his Kevlar vest. But judging from the nudging point of the ceramic budding into his body, the man knew it wouldn't last for another blow. The remaining sparrows gathered around the man's fist and flared with a bright blue flame, creating a Caestus of hardened cinder barbed with flaming spikes. He uppercutted Jackson in an attempt to knock him a few feet up in the air, or at least backwards. While doing this he let go of his sword and quickly drew his revolver, firing a volley of rounds at the president.