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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.25 16:44:00 -
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Being a former Ishukone Watch SWAT officer I was trained extensively in hand-to-hand combat. The Watch prefers a variant of taistoiitsu. I've practiced it for most of my life as part of my physical training regiment.
More recently, having made the switch to using technology and augmentations to keep my clones in peak condition, my physical training regimen has become less strenuous, and less regular, which means I don't practice as often as I used to and my edge has probably dulled somewhat.
I'd dare to say that I remain a formidable opponent, however. I wouldn't want to go toe-to-toe with a DUST merc and as others have said here, I prefer to rely on my money for security, but...
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.26 15:27:00 -
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Seriphyn Inhonores wrote:Goddess almighty, is there a capsuleer who ISN'T trained in martial arts?
Lots of capsuleers come from military or security backgrounds. Plenty of us are vain and image-conscious. Also physical exercise is an important component in a mental health regimen, while martial arts are not only good exertion, but they're also fun and social activities that you get the best results out of when you have a sparring partner.
I'm not surprised at all that most of us have at least dabbled.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.26 19:50:00 -
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Silas Vitalia wrote:Physical strength is largely irrelevant in the sorts of challenges a capsuleer faces. Emotional and mental strength are what matters for us.
That someone can out-dance me with a knife in person seems rather amusing when I can incinerate a ship with thousands of crew from a hundred kilometers with a monstrous machine around me bound to my will.
Ours is the arena of the stars, and the ships therein, and of the will power necessary to move them.
Discipline in the lesser aids in the pursuit of the greater. Don't be quick to write off the benefits of a personal training regimen just because of the difference in scale.
A large part of Taistoiitsu is about positioning, applying force where it will do the most good, and remaining calm and balanced in a hectic scenario. All of which, I think you'll agree, is applicable to starship combat, on an abstract level.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.27 02:00:00 -
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Scherezad wrote:Pieter Tuulinen wrote:Tell me Veikitamo, what is the riddle of steel? All that can be destroyed, shall be destroyed. All that must endure, shall endure. All that corruption sees shall be corrupt, and all it passes by stays pure.
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:The version of the riddle I was taught was much shorter than Scherezad's. Basically it goes thusly:
"Steel isn't strong. Flesh is strong. What is the tool compared to the hand that wields it?"
I don't know about this "riddle of steel" stuff, but my answer to that would be "and what is the hand compared to the mind that guides it?"
I was always taught that a good soldier is one who fights smart. A strong body is the best possible tool you could use, and in the hands of a master, while a poor tool will still work, a good tool will work better... but the hub of martial skill is intellectual. See the opportunities, and the dangers, and the one hidden within the other. Know your foe and what they intend, and how they will respond when they think they see what you intend, and so on.
I've seen so many glib quotes along the lines of "infantry win battles, but artillery wins wars", or "armies win battles, but supply chains win wars" and so on. All nonsense, cooked up by military branches that want to take all the credit.
What wins wars is intelligence. Both in the sense of information, and also in the sense of interpreting that information and putting it to best use. Armies, artillery, supply chains, none of them win wars without the correct guidance of an intelligent leadership.
That principle applies on all scales, not just the largest ones.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.27 02:16:00 -
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Constantin Baracca wrote:My absolute favorite response to that riddle comes from my sometimes friend Roman.
"When you finally get to compare the power of the mind to the power of steel, someone's beating your brains out with a pipe wrench."
The point being that such a scenario should never be allowed to arise: The acme of martial discipline is victory without ever needing to resort to force at all.
If it comes to violence, somebody somewhere has failed in some way.
Such ideals are rarely if ever accomplished of course, hence why it's very useful to know how to make Mr. Pipe Wrench regret ever picking it up.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.27 12:13:00 -
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Pieter Tuulinen wrote:I'll stipulate all that, Verin, if you'll stipulate that the brain is, in fact, Flesh.
Also, if you try rewriting proverbs to a spec that will resist that level of pedantry, I think you'll find they become books.
I'm not sure the word "stipulate" means quite what you think it does. No matter, you're entirely right of course - I fell into the old trap of mind/body dualism. An easy mistake for an old Empyrean.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.28 15:29:00 -
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I'm sure that the "peacock" thing is true of some people, but for me it has never been about the style. It's about mental and physical health. And there's something spiritually satisfying about performing a kata, too.
You should try it sometime. Find a room with a window on the stars, darken it, and work your way through a form. Focus on posture, position and balance. Be disciplined and precise in your movements. Work up a sweat, cool down appropriately afterwards. Use the time to clear your head. Take a shower afterwards.
There are few better ways to relax and center your thoughts.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.28 16:15:00 -
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Indeed he does not. Hence the advice that he should start.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.28 16:44:00 -
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There are times that you scare me, suuolo.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.28 16:59:00 -
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"touching people is disgusting" is not a mentally healthy place to be.
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2013.11.28 17:26:00 -
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"Wuv." they pronounce it "wuv."
And this is why the Federation must be destroyed.
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