It was a romantic notion that wars ended once something decisive happened, but the truth was, only war movies ended like that. Homecoming was supposed...to be that decisive ending. Still, he was disappointed when no one met him at the train station. He took a cab to the house he grew up in, but before he even walked up the steps, he knew his home was gone.His mother gushed, and cried, hugging and kissing her 'baby' over and over, and was then pretty much useless after that. She tried, he'll give. He yelled at me and came forward swinging. He also was carrying a purse in his arm, and that went whipping towards me. I stepped back and caught his arm as it went around, then grabbed it and twisted him up and over, and dumped him upside down on the floor. I kept twisting, though, and dislocated his shoulder, taking him out of the fight. Thief Number One was starting to get up again, so I kicked him in the face and busted his jaw, and he was lights out. Then I kicked Number Two and busted his. It was apparent that there had been some practicing after I had departed last evening.Following breakfast, each Platoon Leader took his platoon to a different part of our area to go over Roger's Rangers Standing Orders. Chanthra had copied them in Thai from the card that I always carry in my wallet. She had made the necessary changes in the wording to cover things that the Thai didn't normally carry or use such as substituting Miit (a large knife or machete) for the word hatchet. The clerks had. They're a bit vague so I've been mostly practicing by myself. Just doing what felt right to me rather than using the books' techniques."Sensei was puzzled, "I am not aware that there are any techniques other than what the books talk about. I agree they are vague, but it is difficult to be specific about developing ki. It requires years of practice to gain the self-discipline necessary to hold center for any length of time, and there is not much any author can say to change that process. You.
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