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[amonfire]

[ There is a blast of static before the video feed clicks on. The only elaborate thing he owned that stood out against all the drab issued-on-arrival furniture that dotted his bare as bones suite was a cherry wood desk. Laid out on its surface was a gutted and dissected glove that looks to be made of metal and snaking cords of copper. Even behind that white wood mask he looked displeased with whatever project lay the electric glove in pieces. ]

While experimenting with finding alternate power sources for these devices in the wake of yet another series of tragedies and misfortunes, I decided to turn my attention elsewhere. Not to arsenal but to my fellow foreigners.

The divide between those who possess preternatural and even god-like abilities and those who do not is wide, and I find this distressing. While we are all unequal in the eyes of the Emperor I believe she does wish us to be capable of standing on our own two feet whenever the next cataclysmic event occurs, or whenever the supposed apocalypse fires start.

Taking time away from my free clinic in the Earth sector I will start offering to teach those with little to no formal training in the basics of martial arts: specifically, chi-blocking and hand to hand, closed quarters combat. Without demonstration I can best describe chi-blocking to the uninformed as a school of martial arts that places emphasis on temporarily rendering muscle function useless and even dampening chi or energy based powers. If nothing else, those who feel defenceless can take some initiative.

Kyle Rayner has agreed to supply rooms at EA-3B for training a small number of students at a time so I won't be far from my clinic. In the meantime I hope to attract a small student body and cooperate with anyone here who has experience in close-quarters combat and/or martial arts. It would be best to introduce something so demanding and exact as chi-blocking slowly. A sort of teacher-student arrangement.

I will be taking names of interested foreigners and answering any questions through my personal console, or in person at my clinic.


Standard encryption: private to M. Pontmercy

It's entirely up to you, but I must insist you take up these lessons.

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Comments

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[dustonmyfeet]

Chi-blocking.

[Toph's voice is flat, but suspicious. What are you, unknown man? She has a feeling she won't like you.]

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[amonfire]

Ah, Ms. Bei Fong; I must ask your forgiveness. I was too preoccupied when you arrived to greet you properly.

[ Well he's not under a pile of boulders so there is a definite chance Korra hasn't blown the whistle on Amon's part in Toph's future, or at least where her legacy was concerned. ]

Yes, chi-blocking. It's not the dark secret kept in the shadows it used to be.

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[raptorcanaria]

You have an entire style based on Kyushu-Jutsu?

[Dinah is intrigued and wishes to know more!]

On our world it's incorporated into a variety of disciplines.

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[amonfire]

Yes. The cornerstone of its discipline is an acute knowledge of the human body and where to strike without overtaxing your own energy.

[ The curiosity is mutual ]

I wouldn't be surprised other worlds would have adapted it or something similar into their wide array of styles. Perhaps that would make teaching it simpler if I there was a constant to start from.

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[saisamour]

Will it be fine? I am completely unfamiliar with martial arts.

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[amonfire]

Yes, I know. [ Bless. ] I've worked with and trained factory workers and others of the commonalty- you will be fine. Anyone who will accept instruction can learn.

[everylittlegirl]

What are you charging for the training? I would definitely want to do it.

[amonfire]

This is a free service, but I can't promise any of the other instructors can promise the same. Although I hope they will.

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[lostundercover]

I think you're right about the gap and those with, uh.. "powers," but do you have any solution besides some- some kung fu?

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[amonfire]

I had a small cache of non-lethal electrified weapons that were accessible to most anyone, but as of right now I am finding it difficult to keep them maintained. Currently we're looking for engineers and any alternate power sources.

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[dracobin]

Oh, that is very generous of you, and practical besides. [SEE THIS OBVIOUSLY MEANS YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON]

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[amonfire]

Thank you, Temeraire. Although I still find myself at odds with others on the matter. [ WELL, TO ANYONE NOT A BENDER AT LEAST. SORT OF. ]

[superoverachiever]

I've got a ton of experience with martial arts, and even a little teaching it.

I don't know much about chi-blocking though.

[amonfire]

Excellent. I am in need of anyone willing to instruct those in the basics before I start showing anyone how to attack specific pressure points.

One needs to learn to crawl before they walk.

[spiderkid]

Are you teaching people even if they have powers? I'm, uh, asking for a friend. [WOW Miles could you be less subtle?]

[amonfire]

[ Only if you announced yourself with an air siren and dropping a sack of bricks on Amon's head. ]

Are you a mutant, child?

[ If you are then he has to be nice because Nita. ]

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[wintershepherd]

Kyle said... he'd let people train at the Clinic... how to fight in a way that takes people's powers away?

[ Please tell him he heard that incorrectly, Amon. ]

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[amonfire]

Not for that purpose, no; we're offering those without any formal training in self defence that and that alone. No ulterior motives to speak of.

[ ooc: wait can amon even see you ]

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[bindsthedead]

I might be interested, actually. But there's something else I need to speak with you about.

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[michaeljangelo]

Thiiiiis sounds an awful lot like the Dim mak.

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[amonfire]

Only if you're untrained and do something fantastically wrong. Any form of martial arts can be fatal, but if you mean to imply I will be teaching the touch of death or anything of the sort, than you are sorely mistaken.

[holyflame]

I'm not really sure what to think about this actually...the intentions seem good.

[amonfire]

[ Well as long as they seem good. ]

I deny any hidden agenda. It simply is was it is.

Not here;

[alphatar]

[Simmering rage.]

[amonfire]

[Voice]

[anything_it_takes]

You're teaching chi-blocking to just anyone who knocks at your door?

[The irresponsibility is breathtaking. The young turtle can't even imagine what his own sensei would have to say, but it would be scathing. Leo knows some pretty nasty strike points but even he hasn't learned that level of discipline - and he's studied for his entire teenaged life, which as anyone knows is practically FOREVER.]

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[amonfire]

No. [ Are you serious. ]

The basics of martial arts will be taught to anyone who can take instruction, but chi-blocking won't be taught indiscriminately or to anyone who would later abuse to technique. Chi-blocking isn't something taught overnight and neither is it something I would offer to just anyone.

I find it telling this has been taken with greater vitriol than when young Sabriel had gone around imbuing others with magical talents with no outside supervision. More to the point- I won't be doing this alone. This is a collaborative effort with others with expertise in the fields of martial arts and closed quarters combat. Only, and only, because there are people here with no training or means to defend themselves.

[ tl;dr Sit the fuck down. ]

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[effective]

What do you want in exchange?

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[amonfire]

Nothing. I believe remedying this imbalance far outweighs anything I might want.