Fighting style

Monks adopt many different fighting styles.

Urgathoa's Hunger is a divine fighting technique.

Many fighting styles are taught and performed on Golarion. The following lists some of these, grouped by their geographic association.

Avistan

Fighting styles of Avistan include:

Adder's strike

a Taldan sword strike used, for instance, in fencing

Aldori defender

a defensively focused fighting style that uses the Aldori dueling sword

Aldori school of sword fighting

perfect for duels or flashy combat, but can also be used for practical fighting

Andoren defense

originates in Andoran, it involves a two-handed grasp of one's sword

Elliendo defense

a defensive style for sword fighting

Hamatulatsu

an exotic but deadly fighting form inspired by the varying attacks of the barbed devil

Melekatha

an exotic fighting technique designed by the vanished-archon Melek Taus

Order of the Stalwart Fist

a combination of Tian and Qadiran combat techniques taught at the Taldan Monastery of the Seven Forms

Rondelero

a Taldan style using a falcata and buckler

Thunder and Fang

a Shoanti combat style using an earth breaker and klar

The Vessel Between

practiced by the Daggermark Assassins' Guild, relying on stealth, agility, and secrecy

Whirling dervish

a Sarenrae-inspired style employs agile footwork to confound and evade enemies

Garund

A Pahmet monk wields his people's signature hammers.

The diverse and ancient cultures of Garund developed many unique fighting styles of their own:

Pahmet

the sand dwarves of Osirion modeled their signature hammer-based fighting style around the resilient, immovable traits of sphinxes, creatures they particularly respect

Ouat

monks of the Ouat adapted their unarmed style from the Pahmet's hammer mastery

Stick fighting

Song'o halflings wield fighting sticks the length of longswords to stinging effect, in both combat and competition

Tian Xia

Sajan assumes a crane style stance.

Fighting styles of Tian Xia may often refer to a beast in their title. Some of the styles include:

Condor Fist Style

associated with the Condor Fist Society in Lingshen

Crane Steps Forth

Flowing Strikes

Forest Storm

Gathered the Sun

Horse Stance

Lazy Serpent

Monkey Plucks the Peaches

Quivering Palm

a unarmed strike to the chest that incapacitates the victim

Scorpion Pincer

Tiger Prowl, Crane Dive

Tip the Leaf

Twin White Palms

the only unarmed blow capable of slaying an immortal

Ular Tangan

a serpentine fighting style

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