>Good point. But I was using him as an example of the fact that there
>are solid weapons that can stand up to energy blades of different
>sorts. It's a big galaxy, I'm sure there are others out there.

An Asagiri Katsujinkenryuu master's plain steel blades can withstand almost anything, but that has little to do with the blades themselves. They're merely a conduit for the swordsman's focused ki, which does the actual resisting (against things like lightsabers and vibroblades) or cutting (with proper concentration, they can rend armor and part forcefields). The technique is called the Blade of the Inviolate Soul - it's the ultimate defensive technique in the form, and performing it is the proof of a Katsujinkenryuu fighter's mastery. Until and unless the Inviolate Soul can be manifested, a journeyman remains a journeyman.

It isn't unique to Katsujinkenryuu - by an odd coincidence, there are a couple of episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena (which I hadn't seen yet when I invented the Inviolate Soul) in which it's pretty clear that Utena can, unconsciously, do something similar. K-ryuu is about the only form where it's been recognized and given a name, though.

--G.
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