Klingon Kajukenbo

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Some stuff I’ve noticed Lieutenant Worf (and other Klingon warriors) say while watching re-runs of Star Trek: The Next Generation that reminds me of training in Kajukenbo:

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K’Mtar: [teaching Alexander about fighting] Size is not the most important thing.  Skill, cunning, powers of observation are the most important weapons.

—  ST:TNG: S7, E21 – Firstborn (23 Apr. 1994)

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Gowron:  Have you ever fought an idea, Picard?  It has no weapon to destroy, no body to kill.

—  ST: TNG: S6, E23 – Rightful Heir (15 May 1993)

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Lieutenant Worf: Trust is earned, not given away!
—  ST: TNG: S4, E12 – The Wounded (26 Jan. 1991)

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Lieutenant Worf: [about the bat’leth] Do not think of it as a weapon.  Make it part of your hand – part of your arm. Make it part of you.

ST: TNG: S4, E7 – Reunion (3 Nov. 1990)

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Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Lieutenant, I order you to relax.
Lieutenant Worf: [agitated] I *am* relaxed!

ST: TNG: S2, E20 – The Emissary (24 Jun. 1989)

* This one reminded me of someone I used to train WITH.  LOL!

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Lt. Cmdr. Data: For over nine millennia, potential foes have regarded the Zakdorns as having the greatest innately strategic minds in the galaxy.
Lieutenant Worf: So, no one is willing to test that perception in combat?
Lt. Cmdr. Data: Exactly.
Lieutenant Worf: Then the reputation means nothing.

ST: TNG: S2, E21 – Peak Performance (8 Jul. 1989)

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There used to be a book about stuff like this but it is out of print now.  I seem to recall seeing a copy somewhere.