Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
YAVIN IV
MANDALORIAN SPACE
"Once upon a time," said Ember to the assembled Mandos, "generations of Jedi trained here. But we don't care about that. This isn't about tradition or art, this is about adaptation and skills and tools." A bitter green lightsabre snapped to life in his hand. "This? This is a can opener to me. It's my can opener, and Force help the man who tries to take it from me or underestimates what I can do with it, but it's still just...a can opener.
"I'm no Mandalorian. I'm a Witch. But my son became one, my daughter-in-law was Mand'alor for a time, and I've bled for Manda'yaim same as any of you. I know the beskad pretty nearly as well as I know the lightsabre, and I've managed to piece together a basic style that should do you just fine with a lightsabre. This is half beskad fighting and half what the Jedi call Djem So, which is my primary style. It's all about power, and controlling that power, same as with a beskad.
"If you're here, you're here because you want to learn to use a lightsabre. I don't care if you're Force-sensitive or not; I designed this combat style to work for Mandos who can't use the Force. There's old stories of people like Grievous, Anja Gallandro, Pre Viszla tackling Forcers on their own terms, lightsabre against lightsabre. I don't see what makes them better than any of you.
"Here's a box of lightsabres we took off Dromund Kaas." He cracked open a battered red toolbox. Jumbled sabres with locked activation switches filled the toolbox to its brim. "Take one, get in a grid like you're learning hand to hand. Don't take the lock off yet to turn it on."
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MANDALORIAN SPACE
"Once upon a time," said Ember to the assembled Mandos, "generations of Jedi trained here. But we don't care about that. This isn't about tradition or art, this is about adaptation and skills and tools." A bitter green lightsabre snapped to life in his hand. "This? This is a can opener to me. It's my can opener, and Force help the man who tries to take it from me or underestimates what I can do with it, but it's still just...a can opener.
"I'm no Mandalorian. I'm a Witch. But my son became one, my daughter-in-law was Mand'alor for a time, and I've bled for Manda'yaim same as any of you. I know the beskad pretty nearly as well as I know the lightsabre, and I've managed to piece together a basic style that should do you just fine with a lightsabre. This is half beskad fighting and half what the Jedi call Djem So, which is my primary style. It's all about power, and controlling that power, same as with a beskad.
"If you're here, you're here because you want to learn to use a lightsabre. I don't care if you're Force-sensitive or not; I designed this combat style to work for Mandos who can't use the Force. There's old stories of people like Grievous, Anja Gallandro, Pre Viszla tackling Forcers on their own terms, lightsabre against lightsabre. I don't see what makes them better than any of you.
"Here's a box of lightsabres we took off Dromund Kaas." He cracked open a battered red toolbox. Jumbled sabres with locked activation switches filled the toolbox to its brim. "Take one, get in a grid like you're learning hand to hand. Don't take the lock off yet to turn it on."
@[member="Preliat Mantis"] @[member="Dred Varad"] @[member="Gilamar Skirata"] @[member="Arrbi Betna"] @[member="Tracyn Ordo"] @[member="Strider Garon"] @Whoeverelsewantsin