There are 14 levels
of training at the Blays-Halla Battle Academy. These levels are in turn
representative of the 3 major elements that make up the Blays-Halla
curriculum. The first and foremost element of Yashai Warcraft is the "Discipline
of Steel", which centers around weapons and armor and their exact
usage in combat. Integrated within the Discipline of Steel is the "Discipline
of Flesh". This element consists of unarmed combatives. The empty-hand
skills taught at Blays-Halla are directly related to the proper wielding
of weapons, with the knife and sword being the primary tools of choice.
The unarmed methods of combat that make up the Blays-Halla Discipline of
Flesh were each systematically distilled from armed fighting styles,
perfected by real warriors, on actual battlefields. Novice students are
constantly reminded that men and women have died for the techniques that
they are learning. Human blood has been shed to field-test
each and every movement and concept that we practice. If it doesn't work,
we don't teach it!
The third and final element of Yashai Warcraft is the "Discipline of Spirit". This particular element pervades each and every lesson taught at Blays-Halla. Without spirit, a technique is 'dead'. The goal of Yashai Warcraft is to help a student reach his or her maximum potential as a human being. This comes from building up one's spirit, not from how many kills one has accrued. Upper level students are taught the morality that must go hand in hand with the Power to kill. Both the wisdom, and the follies, of our elders are preserved. Therefore, philosophy and/or religion are sometimes aspects of class. This presents students with an accurate historical, ethnological, and psychological context for the things that they are learning. We at Blays-Halla realize that each individual has his or her own personal morality, philosophy, and/or religion. However, we aren't teaching our students the complete technique if this particular aspect isn't included. If every warrior who has ever taught us thought spirit was important, who are we to eliminate that key element?
The decision to incorporate any lesson ever taught at Blays-Halla into one's life is a personal one. Students, therefore, are never bound by the curriculum and can add to, or subtract from, any of the Yashai 'battle tricks' or teachings as they see fit.
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The following list comprises the 14 levels of training at the Blays-Halla Battle Academy :
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The foundation of Yashai Warcraft is based upon a 6-banded spectrum of successful warrior traditions. These 6 traditions (in no specific order) are :
The Jun Fan Fighting Method / jeet kune do concepts
-- the system of combat developed by Bruce Lee (Lee Jun Fan).
Nagondzog -- the traditional
Apache methods of hunting, survival, and guerrilla warfare.