Copyright 2009 Integr8d Soul Producitons. I'm looking at my first designs for Sheer-Zan. The method of her intervention, and fighting tactics, is based on the system of resistance of choice in the Shogun Japan of the 15th century. Humble farmers and peasants who could not afford to own weapons nor pay the extensive taxes of the ruling class design had to make a choice, and they had to think. Hoes, brooms, needles, things never made with weapons in mind, and the body, were the only means of protection. Without expensive metal for weaponry, they resorted to improvised weaponry and physical resistance that played upon situations in which they found themselves bullied. I guess anyone who's ever fantasized about fighting back for themselves had to either accept what they did not yet know about overcoming a larger opponent, or come to terms with their own commitment not to commit violence. The last choice is to fight back. The impossible becomes possible, when reduced to the pr...