

Also, unlike any conventional martial art it combines the power of the hard martial arts with the grace and cunning of the soft styles.ĭo also forms the basis for much of the Akashic Brotherhood’s magick. Properly executed Do is a form of meditation, an art form, and quite honestly the most deadly martial art on the planet.

While mastery of this art takes many years, serious practitioners realize that the true art of Do is merely relearning the way your own body would move if it were not constrained by fear, doubt, convention, or expectation. Developed more than 3,000 years ago and perfected ever since, it represents the most efficient and the most elegant hand-to-hand combat style ever developed.

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