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There is a Jedi Master outside.

Oh, yes, he is going over lightsaber katas. If anything, his skill keeps on improving.

In the semi-dark of a starry night, the display of flashing and dancing lights is quite impressive.

Watch, bother, interrupt?

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Corran sits obediently across from the Old Master, and winces slightly at the description. "I see how that would definitely tend to fall outside the range of the Code."

Listening carefully to the description, Corran closes his eyes and his brow furrows once more as he relates the form to the masterful display he just saw. "Fits. I can see how the form would promote such quick resolution." He opens his eyes. "So why Vaapad to complete it?"

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"Vaapad was my experiment in self-control. It borders on the edge of using the Dark Side, as it channels one's anger and darkness into the combat, but its real power is much simple: it is a channel for one's inner darkness; and it is a reflecting device. With strict control, a person's own emotions and inner darkness can be changed into a weapon of the light. Vaapad is able to take the hatred, anger and rage of the opponent and reflect it back at him, and if a Jedi is able to exercise complete domain over his darker emotions, Vaapad goes beyond being a fighting style as it becomes a state of mind and a power. The state of mind requires that a user of Vaapad be allowed to enjoy the fight and be given over to the thrill of battle and the thrill of victory."

Watching Corran, gauging how much he is understanding it... no, Vaapad is not for everyone, or even for every Master.

"In theory, two masters of Vaapad would fight in a perpetual standstill, and the combat would be decided by external forces."

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Corran releases a low whistle and shakes his head slowly. "Some control there. Quite the line to walk everytime you find yourself in a battle situation. Still--I imagine it creates quite the adrenaline rush for its user."
Corran wants no part of this one. Yes, Corellians have no respect for odds, but there's a certain amount of danger he'd choose to avoid, even so.

But at the same time, it's obvious his lightsaber training has been far from its potential of completion...

"You said you had to master four forms. Would I be correct in assuming that Makashi and Soreyu were among the other forms you mastered?"

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"Makashi, Ataru, Soresu, and Shien Djen So. I know all the seven forms, but can not claim mastery of Shii-cho or Niman."

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Blinkage. "That's quite the tongue-twisting list. But in claiming mastery of them..." Corran bites his lip momentarily, then just shoots.

"Master, I'm well aware that my lightsaber training was far briefer and less intensive than that of your era. while it serves as functional, and has kept me alive so far, I'm well aware that there's more I can learn. And with the limited knowledge left from your era, the possibility of the revival of that knowledge within the order... well, it would be invaluable, I believe. Would you be willing to help me learn more of the less intense forms, perhaps even to the point of mastery?"

Hey, while he's here...

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Mace blinks, once... then nods. "I would be happy to."

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Corran sighs, and relaxes somewhat. "Thank you, Master Windu. It's an honor."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"We will start from the very basics. Then we can go over the six styles and three subforms, and you can choose what you prefer to learn, wich style you adapt better to."