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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 1854466" data-attributes="member: 1964">Martial Arts Style:  Ohara Clan YamabushidoThe Ohara clan style can be traced back to the Kamakura era of Japan [1185-1333 AD], although family legend hints even earlier origins among the original yamabushi ["mountain warriors"], Chinese refugees who settled in southern Japan's forested mountains around 700 AD.  Centered in the southern Iga province, Clan Ohara produced a long line of spies and assassins.  The style came to America in the late thirties in the form of Toshiro Ohara, who started the family's long association with the Central Intelligence Agency.  The style has evolved greatly in the past sixty years and integrates techniques from a broad variety of martial arts and military combat styles, but maintains its traditional emphasis on quick thinking and quick reflexes.Prerequisite:  Combat Martial Arts or Defensive Martial ArtsEffect:  You are proficient in punching attacks and are considered armed while making such attacks.  Ohara Clan Yamabushido is an adaptable style.  This feat adds Hide, Move Silently, and Knowledge: Tactics to your list of class skills.  Ohara Clan Yamabushido is an external style whose attacks are modified by Dexterity.Mastery:  Accurate Punch 1, Dirty Tricks 1, Dirty Tricks 2, Dodge Mastery 1, Dodge Mastery 2, Hard Punch 1, Hard Punch 2, Shadow Mastery 1, Shadow Mastery 2</blockquote>