Arikado

Arikado
Arikado is a form of hand to hand combat practiced by a large portion of military soldiers in Keldin, and it originated north somewhere around 680 PVY in areas around Tamaguka. The art consists of hand jabs that aim at pulverizing the enemy without killing them. The hand thrusts result in the temporary paralysis of the enemy. Some masters of Arikado can hit so hard that a simple jab can rupture organs. While Arikado is not a killing art, some variations have adopted the Arikado - Heinsan form, a deadly form of Arikado that combines the other lesser killing art of Heinsan. It combines fist thrusts the breaking of limbs, which in turn has an end result of a jab that can break someone's wrist if they hit in the right spot and hard enough. An Arikado Heinsan master can break ribs with a single punch, however most soldiers just stick to Arikado and must at least know how to use it if the time comes for hand to hand combat. (To the right is a Keldik Arikado Monk dueling a master.)