Force/Astral Fighting

There are many things typed up about physical fighting, and many different styles, but it is also possible to fight through the force, or astrally. There are many different ways, and, like anything done through the force, it is potentially different from person to person. The basic things you need to be able to do to fight in this way are essentially the same as for fighting physically, recognize and watch your opponent, keep your defenses, and be able to attack. Before you can interact with another person in any way, you must be able to sense and “wander” the astral (spirit) plane. I have experienced two ways. The first way is in just sensing everything and reacting to what you sense. The other way is in sensing it and seeing the surroundings in your mind’s eye. Recognition in this type of fight would be in the form of sensing their astral location and sensing if there is a reason to fight them. To do these things you have to have a fairly strong ability to sense others using the force and it must be second nature for you to hold a lock with your senses while you focus on other things such as attacking. Your danger sense also needs to be able to warn you when they are attacking you so you can defend yourself. The next thing you must be able to do is defend yourself. This comes with the ability to either set up a shield, block their attack using an attack of your own, or “dodge” the shot. Using a shield is probably the most common and simplest form of defense. To do this you just have to draw in energy and focus it into a barrier around yourself. Basically you dodge a shot by shifting yourself in a way that would change how the other person would sense you, thereby throwing off their “lock.” Blocking an attack with an attack is probably one of the most effective ways to defend yourself from a blast. It takes a quick reaction, though, and you have to sense them building up for the blast so you can build up energy for your own. Attacks can come in different forms. You can use blasts, in which you charge up and focus a high amount of energy into something like a laser and release it at your target. Everything is basically similar to doing that, since you are using energy to battle and you have to send it at them no matter how you do it. The differences between ways of fighting come with how you see it and the speed and power of the attack. There is much more to astral fighting than just this, but most of it comes once you get used to doing it. I would not suggest just going out and trying to find someone to try it out against, but it is possible to practice by sparring, just like in any martial art. If you’re going to spar, you should make sure that one person has enough control and experience so that no one will get hurt. Because the attacks can’t really be stopped before they hit someone, as they could if you used your hands, there is a risk that someone will get hurt if one hits them.