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Having just got done with my first Martial Arts class and reading the Karnak solo series go read it it's awesome. It made me think of how Martial Artists condition their bodies to perform amazing and extraordinary acts in the real world and thought about this in 40k. Particularly Martial Arts on Avernus which would be made to fight the monstrous Wildlife and Orks plus the occasion Warp beast considering how many Chaos Psykers we get. Now as you can imagine even for Avernites that would be bullshit and insane to even consider. Making a unarmed Martial Art for humans to fight monstrous enemies is ridiculous. But this is 40k which runs on Rule of Cool and if you believe in it hard enough the Warp will make it true.
So I began to think how could this work and I thought to myself well first Avernites are already the peak of humanity's physique and have a expanded view on what is possible to achieve in combat. So bear with me what if you had Avernite martial Artists who believed with all their heart and soul that by endlessly training and practicing their martial arts they could condition and forge their body into living weapons able to kill any threat with their bare hands.
You would have to devote and dedicate yourself solely to mastering unarmed martial arts and the training to do so would be mad by even Avernite standards. With how close the Warp is to real space on Avernus the idea that if you dedicate your entire life to being a grandmaster of unarmed combat that you could beat or grapple say a Ork or Phase Tiger to death with your bare hands becomes more plausible. The catch is a fanatical focus on unarmed or melee combat and an incredible faith in your fighting arts. Now you're probably wondering what all this rambling is about and that's the idea of Omakes of these extreme Avernite martial art dojos and the crazy things they do. Being considered mad by even Avernite standards as they spar and grapple with the Wildlife and practice hellish training even the Governor's Own think is too much.
Another type of Avernite Avernite who have a code of honour on only using their own body as a weapon. Over the top and impractical yes but very much the epitome of Rule of Cool. Think Kegan Asura, the Breaker or Baki the Grappler.
There's no Ki or Qi just raw physical power and a lot of Rule of Cool Warp bullhsit allowiong them to do these things. Fighters not really useful for our army but fun to write about as part of the planets background culture. I think it's a fun idea at least if a bit stupid. There is a precedent with Imperial Death Cults managing to gain superhuman skill through sheer brutal and hellish training in canon.
And awesome Omake @Alex pears
So I began to think how could this work and I thought to myself well first Avernites are already the peak of humanity's physique and have a expanded view on what is possible to achieve in combat. So bear with me what if you had Avernite martial Artists who believed with all their heart and soul that by endlessly training and practicing their martial arts they could condition and forge their body into living weapons able to kill any threat with their bare hands.
You would have to devote and dedicate yourself solely to mastering unarmed martial arts and the training to do so would be mad by even Avernite standards. With how close the Warp is to real space on Avernus the idea that if you dedicate your entire life to being a grandmaster of unarmed combat that you could beat or grapple say a Ork or Phase Tiger to death with your bare hands becomes more plausible. The catch is a fanatical focus on unarmed or melee combat and an incredible faith in your fighting arts. Now you're probably wondering what all this rambling is about and that's the idea of Omakes of these extreme Avernite martial art dojos and the crazy things they do. Being considered mad by even Avernite standards as they spar and grapple with the Wildlife and practice hellish training even the Governor's Own think is too much.
Another type of Avernite Avernite who have a code of honour on only using their own body as a weapon. Over the top and impractical yes but very much the epitome of Rule of Cool. Think Kegan Asura, the Breaker or Baki the Grappler.
There's no Ki or Qi just raw physical power and a lot of Rule of Cool Warp bullhsit allowiong them to do these things. Fighters not really useful for our army but fun to write about as part of the planets background culture. I think it's a fun idea at least if a bit stupid. There is a precedent with Imperial Death Cults managing to gain superhuman skill through sheer brutal and hellish training in canon.
And awesome Omake @Alex pears
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