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Shi Dhuk (pronounced she-dook) is an ancient [[Shen]] practice encompassing a range of physical and mental techniques. Shi Dhuk traditions are numerous and varied, though they are reckoned to have originated as one discipline long ago on the Shen homeworld of [[Kovalar]]. Shen oral legends recount that it began as an attempt by ancient a cult of ascetics to place the body and mind in such harmony that a master could even resist death. However, these legends are impossible to verify, and scholars generally regard them as romanticizations. | '''Shi Dhuk''' (pronounced she-dook) is an ancient [[Shen]] practice encompassing a range of physical and mental techniques. Shi Dhuk traditions are numerous and varied, though they are reckoned to have originated as one discipline long ago on the Shen homeworld of [[Kovalar]]. Shen oral legends recount that it began as an attempt by ancient a cult of ascetics to place the body and mind in such harmony that a master could even resist death. However, these legends are impossible to verify, and scholars generally regard them as romanticizations. | ||
Nowadays Shi Dhuk is a widespread cultural phenomenon in the Starmourn sector of varying popularity amongst humanoid races. Popular “Shi Dhuk” focuses on routines of 'shufa' - combinations of physical postures and mental states - as a means to achieve health and wellness, and indeed studies have shown that Shi Dhuk provides practitioners with some measurable health benefits. It has also seen extensive commercialization, with Shi Dhuk attire, accessories, and other merchandise becoming increasingly common. Corporations have even successfully trademarked individual shufa or entire shufa routines. This encroachment of corporate interest is condemned by the Shen Council of Elders on Kovalar who have since established the Shi Dhuk Archive in a mission to combat corporate interests and push Shi Dhuk as a uniquely Shen form of cultural and intellectual heritage. | Nowadays Shi Dhuk is a widespread cultural phenomenon in the Starmourn sector of varying popularity amongst humanoid races. Popular “Shi Dhuk” focuses on routines of 'shufa' - combinations of physical postures and mental states - as a means to achieve health and wellness, and indeed studies have shown that Shi Dhuk provides practitioners with some measurable health benefits. It has also seen extensive commercialization, with Shi Dhuk attire, accessories, and other merchandise becoming increasingly common. Corporations have even successfully trademarked individual shufa or entire shufa routines. This encroachment of corporate interest is condemned by the Shen Council of Elders on Kovalar who have since established the Shi Dhuk Archive in a mission to combat corporate interests and push Shi Dhuk as a uniquely Shen form of cultural and intellectual heritage. | ||
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Shi Dhuk as practiced in the Shen Tradition is a structured discipline which has pupils proceed through a simple hierarchy of shufa, no matter what school the student studies with. However, one of the schools within the tradition - the Dha Dhuk school - begins not with posture exercises as in popular Shen Tradition Shi Dhuk, but rather with structured meditations called 'ghifa' covering a range of traditional Shen values. Although there are foreign aficionados of Shen culture who study in the Dha Dhuk school, it is almost entirely the province of the Shen. | Shi Dhuk as practiced in the Shen Tradition is a structured discipline which has pupils proceed through a simple hierarchy of shufa, no matter what school the student studies with. However, one of the schools within the tradition - the Dha Dhuk school - begins not with posture exercises as in popular Shen Tradition Shi Dhuk, but rather with structured meditations called 'ghifa' covering a range of traditional Shen values. Although there are foreign aficionados of Shen culture who study in the Dha Dhuk school, it is almost entirely the province of the Shen. | ||
Other schools within the Shen Tradition include: | |||
'''Other schools within the Shen Tradition include''': | |||
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<li>The [[OneSky]] School, which believes that transcendence is theoretically possible for one who truly masters Shi Dhuk to transcend to a higher plane they call Willspace, though they acknowledge that nobody has ever achieved such mastery and that they can't demonstrate the existence of such. | <li>The [[OneSky]] School, which believes that transcendence is theoretically possible for one who truly masters Shi Dhuk to transcend to a higher plane they call Willspace, though they acknowledge that nobody has ever achieved such mastery and that they can't demonstrate the existence of such. | ||
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Some schools within the Tajhan Tradition include: | |||
'''Some schools within the Tajhan Tradition include''': | |||
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<li>The [[Olore]] School, who teach that it's only through the shufa that we may purify our minds and bodies, and rid them of the accumulated toxins - emotional, mental, and physical - that the outside world seeks to drown us in. | <li>The [[Olore]] School, who teach that it's only through the shufa that we may purify our minds and bodies, and rid them of the accumulated toxins - emotional, mental, and physical - that the outside world seeks to drown us in. | ||
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Some basic shufa are shared between both Traditions and the Martial School. These include: | |||
'''The Martial School''' | |||
This branch of Shi Dhuk emphasizes mastery of mind and body to strengthen both and improve the fighting performance of its practitioners, who are mostly made-up of current and ex-military forces of the Corran. It is legendarily punishing, both physically and mentally. It's exclusively taught on Otra IV, and would-be rogue instructors are typically hunted down and destroyed. | |||
'''Some basic shufa are shared between both Traditions and the Martial School. These include''': | |||
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<li>Aghishufa (open pose) - sitting in a cross-legged position with a straight spine and emptying your mind. | <li>Aghishufa (open pose) - sitting in a cross-legged position with a straight spine and emptying your mind. | ||