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FISHERMAN
Shang-Chi is an adept fisherman, both salt and freshwater. He engages in the hobby frequently, never keeps what he catches and enjoys using it as a meditation aid and method to help him achieve focus. It's also fun.
MARTIAL ARTS
Kung-Fu shall always be Shang-Chi's central discipline, but he's experienced and trained in a wide variety of other practices. He's fluent in Tae Kwan Do, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, Ninjitsu, Judo, Capoeira, Grego-Roman wrestling, and boxing, both Muay-Thai and traditional Western. He has adapted many of the moves and techniques of these other arts into his Kung-Fu style. In addition, his wide familiarity with different martial forms gives him a strong advantage in breaking down, understanding and countering the fighting styles of others. He can dissect someone, recognize their strengths, weaknesses and gifts, with only a few moments of analyzing their fighting style.
MASTER OF KUNG-FU
Shang-Chi is among the world's most elite martial artists, trained almost since birth in the art of Kung-Fu. While he's well-versed in other disciplines, his fundamental base and heart remain with Kung-Fu, the traditional Chinese martial art. In terms of pure, raw skill and competence, he may have no equal, although every fight includes a variety of factors and rarely happens on perfectly even playing fields. His hand-to-hand prowess would allow him to go toe-to-toe with any elite martial fighter and have a chance at victory.
MEDICINE
While not a formal doctor, Shang-Chi's understanding of the body and its functions make him a highly competent field medic and emergency aide. He can set bones, diagnose injuries, remove bullets, bandage, disinfect, even perform minor surgeries if someone has a grievous wound. While he's not capable of full operations or delicate surgeries, he has a broad knowledge of Eastern medicine and herbology rarely found in the West.
MEDITATION
Shang-Chi has a remarkable aptitude for meditation and concentration. He can still his mind at a moment's notice and keeps himself constantly present in the moment. He has unshakable mental discipline and strength, making him both hard to psionically read, control or influence. He can remain unflappable even in situations of extreme stress and has a serenity and confidence that other people envy.
PHILOSOPHY
Shang-Chi considers himself a philosopher. He thinks deeply on issues of existence, morality, purpose and virtue. He enjoys having such conversations with others, laymen or scholar. He reads frequently on the subject and keeps up with any subject it touches on, from literature to quantum physics, as his roaming mind sees fit.
PRESSURE POINTS
Shang-Chi is highly versed in human anatomy and especially in the manipulation of physical pressure points. By striking or applying pressure in precise nerve clusters, he can inflict intense pain, paralysis, numbing or even pleasure to a subject with a flick of his fingers. Rumors of a death touch are only that and using these abilities requires physical access and intimacy rarely taken without stealth. But he can still render a foe helpless with a simple pinch, much like the fabled Mr. Spock.
STEALTH
Shang-Chi is gifted at the art of moving silently and undetected. He has the stealth skills of any world-class ninja and perhaps more discipline and self-control than most such assassins. He knows how to trail a target undetected and how to break and enter a location without setting off any alarms.
