010 [Action, OTA] Evening training

[shops_a_lot]

[Bulla's in the Training Center getting in a good workout. Rather than focusing on strength, today her focus is on speed and endurance. They're both useful for combat, and much less hazardous than her previous regiment of seeing how far she could launch grats with punches or kicks

Comments

[worthyheir]

[Damian is working on getting out the pent-up frustration from meeting Drake out in the most effective way he can think of--beating the crap out of things until they drop.

After landing a spinning kick to some unfortunate creatures head, he lands incorrectly and winds up staggering backwards a few steps--and right into Bulla.]

[worthyheir]

I've learned about how it can be used in healing and stuff, but not how to make my hand glow like candy.

[Shows her some Tai Chi movements.]

[shops_a_lot]

I guess it's used differently where I come from. I've never heard of it being used for healing.

[She watches the movements silently for a little bit, then finally asks.]

Does that actually help if you're injured?

[worthyheir]

Chi isn't used to heal broken bones or damage to that extent, but it can help relieve stress, or to alleviate pain. Chi's believed to be a life force within all of us, and when it's flowing improperly or too slowly it causes pain. Practitioners then use various techniques to fix that flow. Tai Chi is just one of the practices.

[shops_a_lot]

Sounds like it's the perfect martial arts style to practice around exam time when everyone's all stiff and sore from being hunched over textbooks for hours.

[worthyheir]

I suppose. [Has never really been in that position to judge.]