Nice find mate.

It might not be a reference to the "Dragon King", rather a "Black Dragon" tattoo. If you know what I mean, that makes sense as well.

But it must have some real life significance as well. Someone here probably knows more about it.

...*tilts head* um.. kombat, that doesnt look liek a dragon to me... more like a strangely shaped boomerang

a separated YING-YANG ???

thats the zen sign, probably one of her fighting styles. zen allows you to do vertical push ups with two fingers

Thanks for the info, Khaddafi!

no problem kombat. if it really is one of her fighting styles, then im really curious how they will incorporate it. i mean attacking with your fingers, dont know sounds kinda original.

well just wait and see

Didn't Kano's jacket in MK:DA have that symbol on it as well? I thought it was the new symbol for the Black Dragon. That's why I incorporated it into my fan art of Kira (in the background).

bezou Wrote: Didn't Kano's jacket in MK:DA have that symbol on it as well? I thought it was the new symbol for the Black Dragon. That's why I incorporated it into my fan art of Kira (in the background).

yeah, that's what I thought, too.

Looks like Kano has that same symbol on his back so it could be something of their clan. I think that thing would make a nice weapon for Kira if those two edges where made of some sharp knives. They even could make that weapon throwable.

isnt zen like meditation??

KSwiss21590 Wrote: isnt zen like meditation??

Yes exactly!
It is not any style of fighting. It is a form Buddhism.

Definition from zenguide.com:
Zen - meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions are eliminated

dictionary.com:
A school of Mahayana Buddhism that asserts that enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition rather than through faith and devotion and that is practiced mainly in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Also called Zen Buddhism

I would think Black dragon, after all shes in the black dragon

If that's the "zen" symbol, it doesn't fit the Black Dragon very well. Now that I think about it, the MK team seems to have made a few other strange choices regarding the Black Dragon. It said its founder was Morihei Uyeshiba, the real-life founder of Aikido; his philosophy of fighting was all about wearing the other guy down. It doesn't fit a thug like Kano very well.

Wow, this has been one of the most intellegent posts in a long time. Good post man! It's nice to see a post with reason behind it every now and then!

MK247

Hmmm that is kinda weird. Zen Buddhism stuff wouldn't really suit the Black Dragon.

Anyway, Zen Buddhism (Dhyana in Sanskrit and Chan in Chinese) combines beliefs from Mahayana Buddhism and Daoism (Taoism). Bodhidharma (known as Da Mo or Ta Mo in China and known as Daruma Daishi in Japan), the 28th patriarch of the original Buddha and the creator of the original Shaolin 18 Lohan Shou, is said to be the father and 1st patriarch of Zen Buddhism.

Anyway, it really seems to be quite ironic. The Black Dragon is a crime organization yet there are certain things such as giving Kano styles like Xing Yi Quan and Aikido that are quite odd.

yeah i was like how was that a fighting style i knew it was like meditation because my dad reads a little bit of books about zen METITATION, so yeah...