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Shii-Cho: The way of the Sarlacc
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The very first Form acolytes learn upon beginning their training. It is characterized by wide arching sweeps and disarming moves as well as the first real time they are taught how to string attacks together.
This was the very first Form of fighting devised, originally created for the use of regular metal blades, hence the heavy reliance of wide arching swipes which originally ensured that more of the blade’s surface would get in contact with the enemy. It was vicious, fluid and brutal.
Since its inception, our technology has evolved, and so did we. However Shii Cho remained the single most important Form that every Sith was taught and forced to learn.
This is because Shii Cho teaches us how wield a blade and use it. That is done through the practice of Velocities and the teaching of the marks of Contact.
The opening stance for Shii Cho appears simple at first, but it is deceptive. Depending on where your dominant leg is moved it can be defensive or offensive in nature.
The classic Shii Cho opening stance is the following:
Blade held at an angle before oneself, around navel height, tilted in a direction at a roughly 45° angle with the feet at shoulder width, spread out with one foot resting on the front and one in the back.
If the dominant foot is put forward then it is defensive in nature, that is because this placement of the foot allows the practitioner a swift retreat.
If the dominant foot is moved back then it is offensive in nature, as that stance allows the practitioner to step through and press their assault towards their opponent.
This is hardly the only opening stance however, there are several variants, ranging from the low guard stance to the aggressive stance. Following this section is a chart with some of the opening stances what I’ve witnessed over the years.
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Many of these stances can be used offensively and defensively, it is merely the practitioner’s skill that limits this Form. This variety makes Shii Cho a dangerous form in combat as it can be as fluid as flowing water for those that take their time to master it.
Shii Cho is built upon wide slashes that use the entire upper body for momentum. However it is also equally capable of maneuvers and more precise attacks. Many of its notable moves involve targeting special locations upon the body. These locations are the target Zones.
Defensively the Form relies on parries and blade locks with strikes perpendicularly swiping at an opponent’s blade.
These moves could be performed in two ways.
Firstly, the ideal form. Shii Cho in this case is done in its most ‘ideal’ form, where all the attacks are done horizontally or vertically and the parries are all perpendicular to attacks. This is useful for training, however it is not viable in a real combat scenario.
The other form in which Shii Cho can be done, and this is the version that is usually taught, especially during times of war is the live combat form. This incorporates diagonal slashes that emphasize speed whilst reducing the movement done to achieve said speed.
The Sarlacc Sweep
This move is a simple, large sweep that is aimed to catch several opponents at once.
A way to perform this move is to have the practitioner stand in the low-guard Shii Cho stance while having the dominant foot behind. Then step through and swipe your blade sideways whilst twisting your torso to generate momentum.
Disarming Strike
Sun Djem, or as it is more colloquially known, the Disarming strike is an attack aimed at the very weapon of the enemy. This can be done a number of ways. Against blasters simply cutting the weapon in half is enough to end the fight.
Against lightsabers it is advised to first land a parry and then attempt to disarm them.
Mou Kei
Cutting several limbs off of one's opponent.
This particular move is usually an attack of opportunity, rather than a conscious action. Done when an opponent leave themself wide open from a particular angle. Be it by attempting to jump over someone in a careless fashion, or missing a strike in a spectacular manner and having an opponent sidestep them.
If one was to try and do it, it would be advised to be the climax of the fight, force the opponent on the back foot by a relentless assault, when their concentration wanes, when their stamina is drained, that is when you will disarm them, then swipe across them like butter.
The starting stance
Areas covered by it: Zones 1 to 4
Type of defense: Zone 1 can be protected by moving the blade up into a vertical guard. While Zones 1, 2 and 3 can be protected by parries.
Description: The basic Shii Cho stance with the blade angled before the navel.
The Hasso Guards (Reverse and Normal)
Areas covered by them: 1 to 4 (Normal) and 4 to 6 (Reverse)
Type of defense: The normal Hasso allows users to defend their upper body by shifting their blades to the side to give the enemy striking towards them a diagonal surface to hit, which sends attacks sliding up or down instead of allowing them to get a grip on one’s blade.
The Reverse Hasso allows scooping motions to be used against enemy blades coming towards the legs of the practitioner.
Description: The Hasso Ward is done by holding one’s blade before themselves completely vertically upwards while the Reverse Hasso is held downwards vertically.
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The Marks of Contact are moves that serve the purpose of targeting certain areas on the body (As demonstrated by the image above.) to damage a certain target. These are the following:
Sai Cha: Beheading.
Shiak: A precise stab, aimed usually for vital organs.
Sai Tok: Cutting one’s opponent in half.
Mou Kei: Cutting several of the opponent’s limbs in one strike.
Cho Sun: The removal of the weapon arm.
Cho Mai: The severing of the weapon holding hand.
Sun Djem: Attacking the weapon. (Note, this can be done to both a saber and a blaster.)
Cho Mok: The removal of any of the limbs in general.
Shiim: A shallow strike, intending to disable an opponent by wearing them down.
Shii Cho’s greatest strength is its simplicity and ease of application. It can be very easily learned and applied to great effect. It is exceptionally good at handling larger groups of enemies, as its characteristic wide slashes are very much capable of cleaving through multiple opponents in a single strike.
It falls particularly short against opponents who employ Form II and against blaster wielding opponents as the Form has no specific moves associated with reflecting blaster bolts. While Makashi was specifically developed from Form I to counter its most frequently employed tactics. As such, you will find that it is hard to disarm a Makashi practitioner, and it is even harder to defeat them using wide arching slashes.
This guide will be updated in the future. For now, it shall serve as a base for learning Shii-Cho, both for apprentices and acolytes.
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Shii-Cho: The way of the Sarlacc
Spoiler: OOC Information:
The very first Form acolytes learn upon beginning their training. It is characterized by wide arching sweeps and disarming moves as well as the first real time they are taught how to string attacks together.
This was the very first Form of fighting devised, originally created for the use of regular metal blades, hence the heavy reliance of wide arching swipes which originally ensured that more of the blade’s surface would get in contact with the enemy. It was vicious, fluid and brutal.
Since its inception, our technology has evolved, and so did we. However Shii Cho remained the single most important Form that every Sith was taught and forced to learn.
This is because Shii Cho teaches us how wield a blade and use it. That is done through the practice of Velocities and the teaching of the marks of Contact.
The Starting Stances
The opening stance for Shii Cho appears simple at first, but it is deceptive. Depending on where your dominant leg is moved it can be defensive or offensive in nature.
The classic Shii Cho opening stance is the following:
Blade held at an angle before oneself, around navel height, tilted in a direction at a roughly 45° angle with the feet at shoulder width, spread out with one foot resting on the front and one in the back.
If the dominant foot is put forward then it is defensive in nature, that is because this placement of the foot allows the practitioner a swift retreat.
If the dominant foot is moved back then it is offensive in nature, as that stance allows the practitioner to step through and press their assault towards their opponent.
This is hardly the only opening stance however, there are several variants, ranging from the low guard stance to the aggressive stance. Following this section is a chart with some of the opening stances what I’ve witnessed over the years.
Many of these stances can be used offensively and defensively, it is merely the practitioner’s skill that limits this Form. This variety makes Shii Cho a dangerous form in combat as it can be as fluid as flowing water for those that take their time to master it.
Shii Cho is built upon wide slashes that use the entire upper body for momentum. However it is also equally capable of maneuvers and more precise attacks. Many of its notable moves involve targeting special locations upon the body. These locations are the target Zones.
Defensively the Form relies on parries and blade locks with strikes perpendicularly swiping at an opponent’s blade.
These moves could be performed in two ways.
Firstly, the ideal form. Shii Cho in this case is done in its most ‘ideal’ form, where all the attacks are done horizontally or vertically and the parries are all perpendicular to attacks. This is useful for training, however it is not viable in a real combat scenario.
The other form in which Shii Cho can be done, and this is the version that is usually taught, especially during times of war is the live combat form. This incorporates diagonal slashes that emphasize speed whilst reducing the movement done to achieve said speed.
The Associated Moves
The Sarlacc Sweep
This move is a simple, large sweep that is aimed to catch several opponents at once.
A way to perform this move is to have the practitioner stand in the low-guard Shii Cho stance while having the dominant foot behind. Then step through and swipe your blade sideways whilst twisting your torso to generate momentum.
Disarming Strike
Sun Djem, or as it is more colloquially known, the Disarming strike is an attack aimed at the very weapon of the enemy. This can be done a number of ways. Against blasters simply cutting the weapon in half is enough to end the fight.
Against lightsabers it is advised to first land a parry and then attempt to disarm them.
Mou Kei
Cutting several limbs off of one's opponent.
This particular move is usually an attack of opportunity, rather than a conscious action. Done when an opponent leave themself wide open from a particular angle. Be it by attempting to jump over someone in a careless fashion, or missing a strike in a spectacular manner and having an opponent sidestep them.
If one was to try and do it, it would be advised to be the climax of the fight, force the opponent on the back foot by a relentless assault, when their concentration wanes, when their stamina is drained, that is when you will disarm them, then swipe across them like butter.
The Guard Stances
The starting stance
Areas covered by it: Zones 1 to 4
Type of defense: Zone 1 can be protected by moving the blade up into a vertical guard. While Zones 1, 2 and 3 can be protected by parries.
Description: The basic Shii Cho stance with the blade angled before the navel.
The Hasso Guards (Reverse and Normal)
Areas covered by them: 1 to 4 (Normal) and 4 to 6 (Reverse)
Type of defense: The normal Hasso allows users to defend their upper body by shifting their blades to the side to give the enemy striking towards them a diagonal surface to hit, which sends attacks sliding up or down instead of allowing them to get a grip on one’s blade.
The Reverse Hasso allows scooping motions to be used against enemy blades coming towards the legs of the practitioner.
Description: The Hasso Ward is done by holding one’s blade before themselves completely vertically upwards while the Reverse Hasso is held downwards vertically.
The Marks of Contact
The Marks of Contact are moves that serve the purpose of targeting certain areas on the body (As demonstrated by the image above.) to damage a certain target. These are the following:
Sai Cha: Beheading.
Shiak: A precise stab, aimed usually for vital organs.
Sai Tok: Cutting one’s opponent in half.
Mou Kei: Cutting several of the opponent’s limbs in one strike.
Cho Sun: The removal of the weapon arm.
Cho Mai: The severing of the weapon holding hand.
Sun Djem: Attacking the weapon. (Note, this can be done to both a saber and a blaster.)
Cho Mok: The removal of any of the limbs in general.
Shiim: A shallow strike, intending to disable an opponent by wearing them down.
The Strengths and the Weaknesses of the Form
Shii Cho’s greatest strength is its simplicity and ease of application. It can be very easily learned and applied to great effect. It is exceptionally good at handling larger groups of enemies, as its characteristic wide slashes are very much capable of cleaving through multiple opponents in a single strike.
It falls particularly short against opponents who employ Form II and against blaster wielding opponents as the Form has no specific moves associated with reflecting blaster bolts. While Makashi was specifically developed from Form I to counter its most frequently employed tactics. As such, you will find that it is hard to disarm a Makashi practitioner, and it is even harder to defeat them using wide arching slashes.
This guide will be updated in the future. For now, it shall serve as a base for learning Shii-Cho, both for apprentices and acolytes.
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