Shinken

History
Zero created Shinken as a style of lightsaber combat that promoted freedom of creativity allowing it's users to make their own style as they saw fit. Taking elements from forms I-XI (not including form VIIb) and added his own techniques. The style it'self took Zero 70 years of his life to create during the 2nd Clone wars he found time to practise new techniques, manuvers and meditate on the possible path his style could follow. He eventually during his time as a sith/bounty hunter and smuggler created the final version of Shinken or Blade of The Gods. The name comes from the language of his father's people a unknown and secretive race.

Despite the style promoting freedom and creativity the trainign for the style invovles learning what the techers knowns of the style including the techniques they use and the padawan then creates their own way of using those techniques as well as their own.

Description
The Form is very graceful and elegent using speed, agility, balance and strength to overpower their opponant. each technique is graceful and elegant due to the base method of the style, Zero himself is known for his relaxed method of using the style. Letting his spirit lead his hand to victory.

Grip & Stance
While the grip can be of the user's choosing be it reverse, single handed, double handed and so on. A comman grip seen by Zero and his padawan is a low single handed grip accompanied with a mid-stance the blade itself was held above the dominante leg with the free hand guarding his face from side on attack. but both Zero and his padawan use reverse and double handed variations of the stance. even the stance varies it can be low, mid or high depending on the user's prefernce or situation.

Offence
The form is known for elegence and speed in this attacks similar to Form II but the attacks are far more dynamic involving spinning the lightsaber mid attack either behind the back of the user masking a trasition between hands or to add flair. despite this seemingly useless aspect it doens't effect the accurace of the style as users are drilled to have near perfect accurace. The style is also highly acrobatic spinning in the air before landing a devastating blow.

Defence
The defence of this form is equally graceful and dynamic as the offence using dodges, flips, rolls, and spins ot avoid attacks but still uses parries and blocks. The defence is normally blended in to the spins of the offence as users are drilled to use the spin to twist the opponant's lightsaber out of their hand upon the user's blade making contact.

Weaknesses
The only real weakness of this syle is the user itself. if the user is not fast, strong or agile enough their variation will lack. thats why all users are required to engage in an intesne pyhsical workout before they begin lightsaber training and even then they are weighted down to aid in their speed, agility and elegence and most importantly strength.