Lycanthyrian Martial Arts
From Valwiki
Contents |
OOC INFORMATION
Lycanthyrian Martial Arts is a book written by Leon Lycanthyr in order to share his knowledge of martial arts, as was developed by himself over the years. It's IC location is unknown but clues to it's location are hidden throughout Kharlia. The Following is how the book would be read as if the character themselves were reading it, thus is in a narrative appropriate to that situation. It is also useful to note I am not creating "Chi" in this book or using it at all, but recreating the idea that essentially makes up what we know as Chi. Instead its economic use of Kinetic force.
Lycanthyrian Martial Arts
Foreword:
Congratulations, You have found my book. For a period of time I had accepted students to teach my fighting style to but I failed to see growth in their technique. Just recreations of my bobs and weaves, this is unacceptable. I walked out into the world embracing the universe as my guide and found that I had already discovered the external force that perhaps even the gods utilize. I am not comparing myself to a god, only that I share their knowledge of the invisible force around us. Read on, you have deserved it. I hope that you treated my body with care when you released my book from it. It was very difficult to get in there in the first place.
Discovering Energy
Around all of us lies a tangible force which you must learn to become apart of in order to take anything away from this book. While you are not physically touching your enemy, you are still touching him with the energy around you and he is touching you back. You are both occupying the same space as one solid object. There is no empty air, only energy you haven't repositioned. When you can feel the objects in the room you're in, you have succeeded. Close your eyes and reach out and touch each object realizing that they and you are under the same cowl of energy. Energy and space will be your tools, as well as your enemy's use of their tools.
Utilization
A normal punch is essentially the replacement of energy around your thrown fist and bringing it towards your opponent. To use the energy economically, you need to free yourself of concerns over personal harm. Make their attacks your attacks. As a punch is being pulled back, you can intercept by bringing the fingers of one hand into their eyes like a spear and the other hand toward their free hand. This is called the Spear of Searith. This will make the opponent unable to roll with the punch. This can be used to your advantage, as now the opponent must bring his motion forward, you can dodge an incoming attack as you can decipher where it will lead. The space around you and your opponent take up energy, so move only to avoid or attack as necessary. For instance, if a punch is headed towards your face, you need only slip out of the lateral area of the punch, but do not ever leave the range of attack. To take a hit is more desired than retreating from the battle range. This area of attacking is where all the energy is exchanged and leaving this realm will expel any built up momentum. So when a punch comes your way, attempt to move laterally around it rather than back from it, this is economically secure and will allow you to move the momentum back towards your opponent. I prefer not to name every technique but for the sake of ensuring memorization, you may call this the Alkarian Slip.
