martial arts

From: David Cake <dave_at_starfish.net.au>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 00:26:43 +0800


>To some extent, but at the rare risk of sounding like Jeff Richard,
>I think it's first of all important to establish a Norm to deviate
>from.

        I don't think its a single norm, plus some deviations - more like a multiplicity of paths of greater or lesser weirdness. Even amongst the orthodox Darudists, there should be plenty of different styles, though the Darudists would avoid the really strange ones.

> That way we can work out if such and such a person is a
>perhaps crude, but in some way legitimised part of the collective
>mystical apparatus of the society and state, some wacky ol' person
>doing all sorts of slap-happy whacky stuff, devoid of mystical
>content of any kind, or warming a cell in the chambers of Archexarch
>Seven Dragon and Wisdom for promulating an Incorrect putatively
>mystical method.

        I think all of the above should have access to effective martial arts magic of some kind, though not deeper mystic benefits.

        Bear in mind the wuxia spirit - the bad guys, no matter how demented and insane, also have cool martial arts power, thus necessitating a monstrous martial arts battle. Sure, Shao Lin monks are the ne plus ultra of martial arts, but the demented followers of the Ultimate Poison Scorpion cult who perform human sacrifices are good enough to give them a decent fight.

	Cheers
		David

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