Editing New Jedi Order (section)

==='''Lightsaber training'''===

''"You are learning to focus on precision rather than brute strength, to anticipate my moves and your own reactions using the Force."''<br />'''―Tionne Solusar'''

Following the Great Jedi Purge, many of the old lightsaber forms used by the Old Jedi Order were lost and Luke had received little in the way of formal training. However, with the foundation of the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 and the first intake of students, the path to rediscovering these began. Kam Solusar taught the first students the basic principals of fencing, possibly elements of Shii-Cho, upon which all lightsaber combat is based. More specifically, he taught them the Three Rings of Defense.

Along with Kam's own knowledge, there may have been additional teachings from the Jensaarai, their founders being Jedi Knights and Padawans they would likely still have knowledge on the original lightsaber forms used by the Jedi of old. Add to this the knowledge gained by Kyle Katarn, who had been instructed in fencing while he studied at the academy on Carida and was later taught lightsaber combat by the spirits of Qu Rahn and Tal, and by 14 ABY the order had developed its own styles of combat, complete with their own Katas and maneuvers. Divided into Medium style, Fast style and Strong style, the forms of combat which were finally developed and refined seem to be an amalgamation of the old and the new, further bridging the Old Jedi Order with the new. By 14 ABY, the Academy also introduced some training sabers, although students such as Rosh Penin derided their use. By 35 ABY, students who had constructed their first Lightsabers were usually just known as apprentices. The original Lightsaber Forms were rediscovered in the great Holocron taught by Cin Drallig.

The New Jedi Order also restored the title of Jedi Battlemaster, which was bestowed on Kyle Katarn.