On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Brendan wrote:

	Of course since their all used to some subtle uses of Chi, they could 
very well start incorperating channeling into Martial arts techniques.  Ranma 
especially (He is the one with a record of creating new techniques)

Or combining Martial Arts/Chi/Channeling:
Imagine someone using one of the subtle forms of Compelling to fuel
Ryouga's depression to far beyond its normal levels to boost his
depression-chi blast attack?

Brrrr.

	Ranma has a preexisting understanding of Air from his understanding of 
the HiruShutenHa and the new techniques he created using that understanding.  

Good point.

significant.  Akane hasn't actually shown any inate ability toward fire, but she 
definately has the personality of fire wielder.  I honestly can't see where the 
life wood idea came from, I'd associate her more with water since she has a 
fiarly defensive fighting style.

Defensive?  Akane's fighting style strikes me as very aggressive.  She's
not good at defense, and her main chi trick (the mallets, if interpreted
as such) is definitely offensive.


John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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      Clever Nabiki sighed.  Magic wouldn't do the trick, either.  The
next day, she tried putting poison in the ogres' food, but everyone just
ended up thinking Princess Tomboy had tried to cook it.
"The Tale of Clever Nabiki", by Hans Christian Anderson