Post by Puck on Jul 8, 2015 4:16:01 GMT
KI ARTS VS MARTIAL ARTS
Martial arts and the Ki arts both have a very close relationship with each other. Many sources say that the Ki Arts were created by a group of meditating sages that sought to protect themselves from predatory animals and even malicious Mystic Kind. These Arts ended up being taught to people. Many of these students who learned these sage's Ki Arts actually have knowledge of martial arts or even combat experience at the time. From combining combat know-how and the Ki Arts, the society that is now the Coalition grew from this union. That is to say that one may learn how to manipulate Ki, but it is useless if they do not know how to apply it properly. This is where martial arts come in. However, knowledge in martial arts (in nearly all human cases) is useless if they do not have the power that is provided by the Ki manipulation techniques of the Ki Arts. In summary, the Ki Arts are what gives power. But the martial arts is what provides that power the control to fully utilize it in the best means possible.
That said, nearly all of these Ki Arts have some relation to non-Ki martial arts such as known styles/systems as seen in kung fu like Choy Li Fut, Shaolin Quan, and Wudang. Or even in Japanese styles such as Shotokan Karate, Shuri-te, and so forth. Basically, the Ki Arts styles may be influenced by these non-Ki martial arts, but they rarely share the same name. Nearly all of these Ki Arts styles have their own name. A lot of these Ki Arts practitioners see these non-Ki martial arts as "incomplete" or even inferior to their styles. It is very easy to see this, especially when the current Ki Arts already teach martial arts on top of techniques for Ki manipulation.
Of course, there's nothing stopping anyone from trying to learn non-Ki martial arts.
OOC Note: Basically just make up the name for your Ki Arts style. Just don't simply paste on actual real world styles. The reason it's this way is to keep it simple and not have to make sure you're being on point as to what that style can actually do.
That said, nearly all of these Ki Arts have some relation to non-Ki martial arts such as known styles/systems as seen in kung fu like Choy Li Fut, Shaolin Quan, and Wudang. Or even in Japanese styles such as Shotokan Karate, Shuri-te, and so forth. Basically, the Ki Arts styles may be influenced by these non-Ki martial arts, but they rarely share the same name. Nearly all of these Ki Arts styles have their own name. A lot of these Ki Arts practitioners see these non-Ki martial arts as "incomplete" or even inferior to their styles. It is very easy to see this, especially when the current Ki Arts already teach martial arts on top of techniques for Ki manipulation.
Of course, there's nothing stopping anyone from trying to learn non-Ki martial arts.
OOC Note: Basically just make up the name for your Ki Arts style. Just don't simply paste on actual real world styles. The reason it's this way is to keep it simple and not have to make sure you're being on point as to what that style can actually do.