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Internal and External – Energy and You All martial arts around the Galaxy can be classed as internal or external. An internal art focuses entirely on energy generated within the body that is spiritual in nature, while an external art focuses on perfecting the body to improve the spiritual...

Echani Weapons Weaponry in Echani is highly varied – there are as many weapons forms as there are schools, but it is one of the most integral parts of the art that it is impossible to overlook. There are way too many weapons to cover in a single document, so the most recognizable and common...

Oh my god this is so late. I know. I'm sorry. So, I give you arguably the meatiest and probably most important section - techniques! Combat Techniques Echani techniques are characterized by flowing circular motions that allow smooth transition from one technique to the next with very little...

Ah, finally I get to sit down and write tonight! Today was just as hectic as planned, though I'm afraid I overestimated my ability to operate on a few hours of sleep. It seems I am not as energetic as I used to be twenty years ago. Needless to say, this entry shall not be long. I'm curled up in...

After all the planning and preparation, can you believe my fickle heart just wasn't in the mood for my party tonight? I suppose it all started with the rain. Yes, of course. It was the rain. Scheduled on a day like this. Ugh. I woke up to a dreary day outside, which only made me want to bury my...

The view of the city tonight is particularly gorgeous, though I am not in the best of moods to appreciate it. Coruscant is oddly tranquil at this hour, just before the night falls to cloak us all in darkness and make the skyhooks shimmer. Looking out I can see hovercars pass by. The Republic's...

Training Methods Any student of Echani must be expected to be able to handle a wide variety of training methods. The art is difficult to learn and takes skill to master, but almost every school of Echani will teach in the exact same time-honored method in order to teach their students and...

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50 Tints of Rust Story Arc: The Hunter, The Killer By HK-36 Darkness, it is something we all face at first and something we are all born out of, Darkness, Chaos, Light, those are three elements all life can be broken down to in the end. Then there was light, first taste of energy that came...

First I'd like to talk a little about Buddhism and why it relates so heavily to what will be referred to in the notes here. It's important to have a very quick background on it to understand a few simple concepts. Buddhism As mentioned in my last article, the Shaolin temple practices a subset...

Today's research notes delve into the history of Shaolin and Echani. Time for a compare and contrast! Echani The Echani martial art first appeared in Star Wars in Crimson Empire, as the martial art of choice for the Emperor's Royal Guard; their training in double-vibroblades and force pikes, as...

So. As some people know, I'm going to be working on a 'final project', as it were - essentially my best work here at SWRP, and what I would like to establish as my personal legacy. I'm going to be writing a guide to the Echani martial art. Some background is required, then. Me? Most people...

The screen on your datapad flickers as it begins loading the text of the file. 50 Tints of Rust, the Holonet Comic Novela! (Although still working on the comic part, hopefully in near future that feature will be added in :P) 50 Tints of Rust by HK-36 Background: This is a story of an assassin...

Twenty three years ago a shrill shriek echoed through my fathers' mansion,my mother was bringing a new life into the world. Within seconds of the scream the whole house was in uproar as my mother and farther were rushed to the clinic,I was being born.after the less appealing part of the event I...

some one get me a bagel...now *Chewing* are you ready to begin soon...*swallows* oh you all ready did OK strike that Now I will tell you of my illustrious career...

So, Jak is getting himself a new blog. ... Hi, everyone!!!

So I apologize, it's been about four months... but regardless, I am here to resume my documentary of the galaxy's most interesting, if I may be so bold to claim so, alien species. Probably one of the more interesting things to wonder about, is how do these things think? Born to a hostile...

ABY 853 Outbound - The Unknown Reaches ~Three Months Later Seroth kept his eye on the console's turning chronometer. It laid nestled between indicators for oxygen scrubbers and the centralized vessel heating, tuned to Central Core Time and the Galactic Calender. Five standard minutes remained...

ABY 853 Terminus - The Gailles Wharfs Warehouse 87(A2) ~ Two Hours Later Taase Bar-Sharzanon brought his 'recorder' for the task. The recorder ambled at his feet on truncated grav-plats, no larger than a common street waste-bin, though chased with engraved plating and incorporated emerald...