tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 29 18:17:11 1996
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RE: Klingon writing tool
- From: Chet Braun <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon writing tool
- Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 18:15:45 -0700
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I find this extremely interesting. I also have made the dichotomy
between what the Hollywood folk are doing and what ought to be done,
sort of a kind of schzophrenic style to be sure, but one in which I
accept there is a fighting art simliar to Tai Chi which has not been
fully developed by the writers, but which we ought imagine as being
developed for persons of the heft of a tlhIngan--.
Remeber they are big and strong with great endurance, not small and
needing to use weight against a larger opponent.
Their art would naturally be a bit different from our Oriental arts, and
we can not rely on script writers who are trying to fill a scene to give
us useful moves.
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But remember that, prior to exposure to alien races, Klingon MAs would still have
been developed for Klingons fighting other Klingons. The relative size difference
between Klingons and Humans would not have been an issue.
The purpose of 'internal' MAs, of which Tai Chi is one, is to learn how to use
the overall structure of the body to support and enhance the power that is
transmitted to the striking surface or to the mechanics involved in redirecting
incoming strikes. A punch powered by a few specific muscles alone is much
less effective that one powered by the mechanics taught by Tai Chi. It was
never developed specifically for use against larger opponents but to make overall
attack and defense more effective.
Long ago I posted my Klingon version of a famous Chinese 'internal' MAs
proverb. It describes 'internal' MAs perfectly. I'll repeat it here in both English
and Klingon:
The origin of strength (martial arts) is in the feet,
initiated by the legs,
directed by the waist,
and shown in the hands.
HoSqu' ghajnIS tonSaw'
pe'vIl yav lurar qamDu' 'ej
vaj HoS lutagh 'uSDu' 'ej
HIv porgh botlh yoS 'ej
jaghpu' Qaw' pachDu'
This holds true for all effective MAs, independent of style. Even practice of so-called
'external' MAs should eventually lead to the same mechanics. The 'internal' arts just
start here.
Klingon MAs would be somewhat different than Human MAs *IF* Klingons were
mechanically much different. Other than internal organ differences they don't appear
to be much different at all. :-) In fact all the Klingons we've ever seen have about the
same average stature as Humans, imagine that!
Qapla'
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