Progress for Fiach was sure and steady – and soon she was ready to be taught various moves and manoeuvres. There were many and it was important to learn them all and seamlessly add them into combat.
She began with sai, which was a jump used to evade an attack directed at the legs. Then came jung – a 180 degree turn, which was followed up with jung ma, a 360 degree spin, primarily used to build momentum for an attack. Next was shun, which was a 360 degree spin, during which the lightsaber was held one-handed.
Then more complex moves were learned. Flowing water was a technique based on the principle of using the space created when the opponent withdrew their lightsaber offensively to one’s own advantage. As the opponent pulled their lightsaber back from a bind, you would follow it with your own blade, in effect causing the opponent to pull the user’s blade into themselves.
Falling leaf was an ancient move that involved the user spinning and making a fast slash at an opponent standing behind them and then return to face the way they were before the manoeuvre. It was described as spinning one’s feet to “slash from the sky”.
Dulon was a lightsaber move where the hilt’s pommel would be held at one’s midsection with the blade thirty degrees up, and would be slashed at high velocity. The name dulon, interestingly, also referred to a solo lightsaber training.
Once she’d mastered these, Fiach progressed on to kai-kan. This was not a manoeuvre, but a re-enactment of a prior lightsaber duel, designed to learn strengths and weaknesses of combinations and choices made.
She began with sai, which was a jump used to evade an attack directed at the legs. Then came jung – a 180 degree turn, which was followed up with jung ma, a 360 degree spin, primarily used to build momentum for an attack. Next was shun, which was a 360 degree spin, during which the lightsaber was held one-handed.
Then more complex moves were learned. Flowing water was a technique based on the principle of using the space created when the opponent withdrew their lightsaber offensively to one’s own advantage. As the opponent pulled their lightsaber back from a bind, you would follow it with your own blade, in effect causing the opponent to pull the user’s blade into themselves.
Falling leaf was an ancient move that involved the user spinning and making a fast slash at an opponent standing behind them and then return to face the way they were before the manoeuvre. It was described as spinning one’s feet to “slash from the sky”.
Dulon was a lightsaber move where the hilt’s pommel would be held at one’s midsection with the blade thirty degrees up, and would be slashed at high velocity. The name dulon, interestingly, also referred to a solo lightsaber training.
Once she’d mastered these, Fiach progressed on to kai-kan. This was not a manoeuvre, but a re-enactment of a prior lightsaber duel, designed to learn strengths and weaknesses of combinations and choices made.