Seeing as how it gets brought up a few times, I figure I'd drop this relevant quote about Chakras:
This quote isn't to say that a Far Easterner couldn't control the aether within their body in ways similar to the monkhood, just that it takes a considerable amount of training, discipline, and knowledge of how these chakras work to open them, y'know unless you're the Warrior of Light. I think Oboro from the Ninja questline shows very well that Othardians aren't familiar with Eorzea's concept of Aether, but use it by another name to perform their own forms of magicks. A Ninja pulls aether from its environment much the same way a conjurer would, for example.
So a martial artist manipulating aether into their technique is not without precedence in the Far East.
Widargelt Wrote:The energy within us moves the fist. The chakra is the seat of that energy. It is a sacred place. It can be opened, and the life force within controlled. Chakra exists in all that lives - in all beings. Yet not all beings can open them. Much training is needed. And great discipline. With these, the life force can be commanded. There are those who require no training. Their inner strength is such that it forces the chakra open. I have heard of this happening. But never have I seen it - until now.**Another example of WoL doing things most normal people cannot.
This quote isn't to say that a Far Easterner couldn't control the aether within their body in ways similar to the monkhood, just that it takes a considerable amount of training, discipline, and knowledge of how these chakras work to open them, y'know unless you're the Warrior of Light. I think Oboro from the Ninja questline shows very well that Othardians aren't familiar with Eorzea's concept of Aether, but use it by another name to perform their own forms of magicks. A Ninja pulls aether from its environment much the same way a conjurer would, for example.
Oboro Wrote:We draw power from the world around us - the heaven, the earth, the hearts of man - and channel this power into physical form. I am told that this is similar to your concept of ay-ther, was it?
So a martial artist manipulating aether into their technique is not without precedence in the Far East.
