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- LIFESTYLE, MARTIAL ARTS Re: Devore,
- Peter via Edmod/ Ref.436745@2
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- Underground life imposed certain
- psychological pressures on the
- inhabitants, despite the increased
- health of the ecosphere topside. The
- Intercorp Council via Central Processing
- instituted a series of modifications to
- the social experiment, including the
- installation of commons for recreation,
- sports, and universal martial arts
- training. The commons were large,
- centrally located chambers providing
- playing surfaces for a number of games
- from ancient football and baseball to
- sphereplay and drogues. Areas were set
- aside for martial arts, which included
- hand-to-hand combat training, neurophage
- weapon growth and use, t'ai ch'i,
- aikido, karate, kali, kung fu and
- various adaptations, blends and
- developments. Glimpses of Ant martial
- art techniques surfaced from time to
- time and were incorporated into the
- training, some form of which was
- compulsory for everyone until the age of
- eighteen. Individual aggression
- continues to be a problem, but such
- training, and the introduction of
- vendetta and duelling with NP weapons
- provided adequate outlets. See Geography
- for appropriate schematics.
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