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[DocMortand]

One of my new players is going to do a martial arts with his char (a very cool amnesia char that's got an ornate backstory hashed out between me and him), and since I hadn't really done martial arts in SR yet (keeping things simple to start my GM career) I decided to open up the whole can of worms.

Now it looks fun, and probably will spice things up. But I need to know about a few of the advanced maneuvers and things that will probably crop up. It does say that you can only do a particular maneuver once per combat phase.

1) Focus Strength - you can pump up your strength, and it lasts till your next combat phase. Can you do this repeatedly before you enter into combat? I.E. spend a couple passes pumping up and then attack with a mother of all attacks?

2) Focus Will - same as 1. Both of these are simple actions rather than complex in Tai Chi, and I know at least two characters (both mages) who will JUMP at Tai Chi if pumping up is kosher. They'll jump at it anyways (+2 Will ain't something to sneeze at against spirits in a will battle), but I need ta know.

3) Sweep - is it possible to sweep multiple targets in a single move? I know technically it should be possible, and is demonstrated in many a martial arts show.

Also - anyone ever heard of the martial art called Chambara? It's a weapons fighting art I actually trained in briefly before I had to move, but I'm curious if anyone ever created a custom martial art based on it, and what the ads/disads/maneuvers are in it.