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Bivity
Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:34 pm
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This comes from a later post, and with all the TK histroy talk, I would like to set some things straight. All of this is cited unlike other posts where its hard to determine if the information is just made up or ones own opinion.
A fellow named Zabrek posted about this awhile back go so I will cite exactly what he said since this is his hardwork, I am just QFE. The orginial topic can be found here: Teras Kasi History Discussion
Quoted from Zabrek
"The official Star Wars cannon is definately suspect for the creation of the Teräs Käsi character and all of the following is officially sanctioned "made up" stuff.
Even though Lucas companies approve everything under license, Star Wars games and novels are suspect as canon because there is so much invention on the part of authors. But Teräs Käsi has been inducted up the credibility ladder from it's appearance in novels, RPGs, a video game and comics, and has been directly associated associated with a major Star Wars character.
From the first chapter of Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (2001. Michael Reaves):
"Using the momentum of the forward thrust, Maul dived over the collapsing droid before him, flowing smoothly into a shoulder roll. He came up twirling his lightsaber overhead, then stepped down solidly into the teräs käsi wide stance called Riding Bantha. Even as he did the movement, part of him was monitoring his body's state. His breathing was slow and even, his pulse elevated by no more than two or three beats per minute from its resting rate."
Although Teräs Käsi is not mentioned In The Phantom Menace (1999), Darth Maul's acrobatic fighting style may have influenced Michael Reaves to write Maul in as a Teräs Käsi expert in DMSH.
But it is Steve Perry ( "Shadows of the Empire", Bantam 1996) who I credit as the Father of Teräs Käsi. Perry's fanaticism for martial arts is evident in his novels, which include the Matadora series ("The Man Who Never Missed", 1985; "Matadora", 1986; "The Machiavelli Interface", 1986; "The 97th Step", 1989; "The Albino Knife", 1991; "Black Steel", 1992; and "Brother Death", 1992) which is centered around martial arts liberation fighters. As far as I have been able to determine, Perry is most recently involved with the Indonesian martial art Pentjak Silat. If Perry were to write a series on Teräs Käsi, I feel that it would resonate very strongly with the Matadora series.
Not that this list below is complete, but the timeline here should give you an idea of how Teräs Käsi came to be part of the Star Wars universe:
* May 1996. Bantam: Shadows of the Empire in which Zan and Zu Pike, twin sisters and Teräs Käsi artists, work for Prince Xizor - though the main story is not about the Pikes or Teräs Käsi. In this printing, Teräs Käsi appeared as two words in lowercase with umlauts and in italics: teräs käsi.
* Jun 1996. West End Games: Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook.
* 1997. LucasArts Entertainment Company: Masters of Teräs Käsi (video game). Ironically, this game is not a very credible source for unique information about Teräs Käsi because the backstory seems to serve as a rather poor excuse to get famous Star Wars characters in a Tekken-like battle arena: "Arden Lyn, an assassin and a master of Teräs Käsi, has been sent by the Empire to eliminate most of the higher-profile Rebels. The Rebels respond in kind, learning the lost fighting art in the process. The characters include Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, and of course, Darth Vader." -- Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpot review (12/03/97)
* Jan 2001. Del Rey: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter mentions a good number of Teräs Käsi moves and characterizes Darth Maul as a Teräs Käsi practitioner.
* 2002 (?). HoloNetNews.com, vol 153 issue 55. Includes a sports article on the Teräs Käsi tournament in Aslaja, Bunduki, wherein tournament fighter Phow Ji defeats Teräs Käsi fighter and Jedi Knight Joclad Danva, and kills another tournament fighter, Dux Pike, father of Zan and Zu. Several Teräs Käsi moves are mentioned, as well as other Teräs Käsi fighters.
* Aug 2002. WotC: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook, offers a brief description of Teräs Käsi and identifies the Jedi Anoon Bonara as a master of Teräs Käsi. In this printing, Teräs Käsi appears as two words all lowercase with umlauts: teräs käsi.
* May 2003. LucasArts: Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). Though offering nothing in the way of history, Teräs Käsi finds new life in the gaming community when Noh Dojo (now TKO) spawns the first Teräs Käsi Masters.
* Jun 2003. Wizards of the Coast (WotC): Hero's Guide. At about the same time SWG is released publicly, Hero's Guide is released with details on developing Teräs Käsi skills for SWRPG characters. The guide offers a little history, and states that whether the Followers of Palawa created the martial art is unknown. In this printing, Teräs Käsi always appears as two words with initial caps and umlauts: Teräs Käsi. "
It was a great post by Zabrek and he deserves full credit for that infomaiton he collected.
In addition, there Teraskasi.net has alot of collected content on Teras Kasi. Probably most intruging is Teraskasi.nets own offical interview with Steve Perry.
The Steve Perry Interview with TK.net
Now you might be skeptical about tk.net but the organization is reconginzed by SOE itself under profession sites which can be found here, SWG Fan Sites
Now the TK history has been debated ever since the beginning of SWG. Why not? It is the richest profession in the game in respect to content. And there are so many holes in actual fact and fiction, content and game play that its hard to figure it out. But this is what there is to the community.
Konik a great Teras Kasi also added this to the older discussion that I sited from Zabrek.
Konik said,
"ok then lets make up our own history for teras kasi, this is swg, we play swg, TK is mainly only relevent to swg those that play swg know more about TK than anyone else, i'd like to think that we can take all the elements from whats out there and string it together with some popular eastern martial stories etc, (which is what i do on bria at any rate.)
i dont care what is canon and what is not. truth is there are so many 'dimensional timelines' in canonical values from different mediums books,games,movies etc that no one is actually right or wrong and if you need other authors to dictate your gameplay to you in an virtual environment you control that is very sad imho.
lets face it the teras kasi fall into a catagory somewhere along with these other organisations:
* The Sith: the second most powerful mystic force in the Galaxy, the Sith base their powers around the philosophy of the ancient and extinct alien society of the same name, focusing on personal power and competition over the good of the society.
* The Monks of Shimura: ascetic monks who study the bare-handed form of combat known as Ka.
* The Monks of Aiki: a recent sect (founded in the last decade) based on the Shimurans by a former Jedi, the Aiki also study Ka, incorporating various weapons techniques, but with less emphasis on ascetism.
* The Shadow Dragons: an evil order of sorcerous assassins.
* The Witches of Dathomir: a matriarchal order of sorceresses from the planet Dathomir.
* The Tyia: a group that teaches introspection, control, and non-interference.
* The Teepo Paladins: A small group of mystics who focus their control into the use of blaster weapons.
* The Baadu: A near-mythical sect of sorcerors who view themselves as guardians of the balance of the Force, as true neutrals who preach non-interference except to restore their sense of 'balance'.
There are too many more smaller groups, often restricted to a single planet, that can be mentioned here. Of the above, only the monks of Shimura are granted the same priveledges and respect as the Jedi in cases of malfescience. At least, in theory, for no Shimuran has ever been accused of commiting a crime.
blah blah blah"
Thats good stuff, and Konik was a great TK, always pushing the limits, he deserves full credit for this infomation as well.
So as you can see, there is so much stuff out there, but as Teras Kasis, we are the creators of our profession. We can take it anywhere we want and we should not grief are fellow brothers over little facts. We should share ideas and stay within the bounds of the TK history. Make of it what you want, but this is what I have collected from some fine TKs over the years and have to offer to you all.Even though I did nothing more than citing
But I urge those who doubt to, read this and the orginial topic as well as teraskasi.net, and the Bria domain. Bria TKO
A fellow named Zabrek posted about this awhile back go so I will cite exactly what he said since this is his hardwork, I am just QFE. The orginial topic can be found here: Teras Kasi History Discussion
Quoted from Zabrek
"The official Star Wars cannon is definately suspect for the creation of the Teräs Käsi character and all of the following is officially sanctioned "made up" stuff.
Even though Lucas companies approve everything under license, Star Wars games and novels are suspect as canon because there is so much invention on the part of authors. But Teräs Käsi has been inducted up the credibility ladder from it's appearance in novels, RPGs, a video game and comics, and has been directly associated associated with a major Star Wars character.
From the first chapter of Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (2001. Michael Reaves):
"Using the momentum of the forward thrust, Maul dived over the collapsing droid before him, flowing smoothly into a shoulder roll. He came up twirling his lightsaber overhead, then stepped down solidly into the teräs käsi wide stance called Riding Bantha. Even as he did the movement, part of him was monitoring his body's state. His breathing was slow and even, his pulse elevated by no more than two or three beats per minute from its resting rate."
Although Teräs Käsi is not mentioned In The Phantom Menace (1999), Darth Maul's acrobatic fighting style may have influenced Michael Reaves to write Maul in as a Teräs Käsi expert in DMSH.
But it is Steve Perry ( "Shadows of the Empire", Bantam 1996) who I credit as the Father of Teräs Käsi. Perry's fanaticism for martial arts is evident in his novels, which include the Matadora series ("The Man Who Never Missed", 1985; "Matadora", 1986; "The Machiavelli Interface", 1986; "The 97th Step", 1989; "The Albino Knife", 1991; "Black Steel", 1992; and "Brother Death", 1992) which is centered around martial arts liberation fighters. As far as I have been able to determine, Perry is most recently involved with the Indonesian martial art Pentjak Silat. If Perry were to write a series on Teräs Käsi, I feel that it would resonate very strongly with the Matadora series.
Not that this list below is complete, but the timeline here should give you an idea of how Teräs Käsi came to be part of the Star Wars universe:
* May 1996. Bantam: Shadows of the Empire in which Zan and Zu Pike, twin sisters and Teräs Käsi artists, work for Prince Xizor - though the main story is not about the Pikes or Teräs Käsi. In this printing, Teräs Käsi appeared as two words in lowercase with umlauts and in italics: teräs käsi.
* Jun 1996. West End Games: Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook.
* 1997. LucasArts Entertainment Company: Masters of Teräs Käsi (video game). Ironically, this game is not a very credible source for unique information about Teräs Käsi because the backstory seems to serve as a rather poor excuse to get famous Star Wars characters in a Tekken-like battle arena: "Arden Lyn, an assassin and a master of Teräs Käsi, has been sent by the Empire to eliminate most of the higher-profile Rebels. The Rebels respond in kind, learning the lost fighting art in the process. The characters include Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, and of course, Darth Vader." -- Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpot review (12/03/97)
* Jan 2001. Del Rey: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter mentions a good number of Teräs Käsi moves and characterizes Darth Maul as a Teräs Käsi practitioner.
* 2002 (?). HoloNetNews.com, vol 153 issue 55. Includes a sports article on the Teräs Käsi tournament in Aslaja, Bunduki, wherein tournament fighter Phow Ji defeats Teräs Käsi fighter and Jedi Knight Joclad Danva, and kills another tournament fighter, Dux Pike, father of Zan and Zu. Several Teräs Käsi moves are mentioned, as well as other Teräs Käsi fighters.
* Aug 2002. WotC: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook, offers a brief description of Teräs Käsi and identifies the Jedi Anoon Bonara as a master of Teräs Käsi. In this printing, Teräs Käsi appears as two words all lowercase with umlauts: teräs käsi.
* May 2003. LucasArts: Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). Though offering nothing in the way of history, Teräs Käsi finds new life in the gaming community when Noh Dojo (now TKO) spawns the first Teräs Käsi Masters.
* Jun 2003. Wizards of the Coast (WotC): Hero's Guide. At about the same time SWG is released publicly, Hero's Guide is released with details on developing Teräs Käsi skills for SWRPG characters. The guide offers a little history, and states that whether the Followers of Palawa created the martial art is unknown. In this printing, Teräs Käsi always appears as two words with initial caps and umlauts: Teräs Käsi. "
It was a great post by Zabrek and he deserves full credit for that infomaiton he collected.
In addition, there Teraskasi.net has alot of collected content on Teras Kasi. Probably most intruging is Teraskasi.nets own offical interview with Steve Perry.
The Steve Perry Interview with TK.net
Now you might be skeptical about tk.net but the organization is reconginzed by SOE itself under profession sites which can be found here, SWG Fan Sites
Now the TK history has been debated ever since the beginning of SWG. Why not? It is the richest profession in the game in respect to content. And there are so many holes in actual fact and fiction, content and game play that its hard to figure it out. But this is what there is to the community.
Konik a great Teras Kasi also added this to the older discussion that I sited from Zabrek.
Konik said,
"ok then lets make up our own history for teras kasi, this is swg, we play swg, TK is mainly only relevent to swg those that play swg know more about TK than anyone else, i'd like to think that we can take all the elements from whats out there and string it together with some popular eastern martial stories etc, (which is what i do on bria at any rate.)
i dont care what is canon and what is not. truth is there are so many 'dimensional timelines' in canonical values from different mediums books,games,movies etc that no one is actually right or wrong and if you need other authors to dictate your gameplay to you in an virtual environment you control that is very sad imho.
lets face it the teras kasi fall into a catagory somewhere along with these other organisations:
* The Sith: the second most powerful mystic force in the Galaxy, the Sith base their powers around the philosophy of the ancient and extinct alien society of the same name, focusing on personal power and competition over the good of the society.
* The Monks of Shimura: ascetic monks who study the bare-handed form of combat known as Ka.
* The Monks of Aiki: a recent sect (founded in the last decade) based on the Shimurans by a former Jedi, the Aiki also study Ka, incorporating various weapons techniques, but with less emphasis on ascetism.
* The Shadow Dragons: an evil order of sorcerous assassins.
* The Witches of Dathomir: a matriarchal order of sorceresses from the planet Dathomir.
* The Tyia: a group that teaches introspection, control, and non-interference.
* The Teepo Paladins: A small group of mystics who focus their control into the use of blaster weapons.
* The Baadu: A near-mythical sect of sorcerors who view themselves as guardians of the balance of the Force, as true neutrals who preach non-interference except to restore their sense of 'balance'.
There are too many more smaller groups, often restricted to a single planet, that can be mentioned here. Of the above, only the monks of Shimura are granted the same priveledges and respect as the Jedi in cases of malfescience. At least, in theory, for no Shimuran has ever been accused of commiting a crime.
blah blah blah"
Thats good stuff, and Konik was a great TK, always pushing the limits, he deserves full credit for this infomation as well.
So as you can see, there is so much stuff out there, but as Teras Kasis, we are the creators of our profession. We can take it anywhere we want and we should not grief are fellow brothers over little facts. We should share ideas and stay within the bounds of the TK history. Make of it what you want, but this is what I have collected from some fine TKs over the years and have to offer to you all.Even though I did nothing more than citing
But I urge those who doubt to, read this and the orginial topic as well as teraskasi.net, and the Bria domain. Bria TKO
Message Edited by Bivity on 07-10-2005 05:36 PM
Edited for typo errors
Message Edited by Bivity on 07-11-2005 04:09 PM
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