Part I:
LAW OF THE STONE

​The Law of the Stone

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That which lacks density will fracture.

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The Stone Dragon House does not begin with movement, technique, or intention.
It begins with jurisdiction.

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Before action, there must be authority.
Before force, there must be structure capable of bearing load.
Before survival, there must be a body and mind that do not deform under pressure.

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The wilderness does not test belief.
It tests what remains when belief collapses.

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Part I establishes the Law of the Stone—the condition of density required to operate lawfully and mechanically within the Battle Matrix. Gear, posture, breath, and internal stillness are not enhancements or preferences. They are load-bearing structures. If any of them fail, every technique that follows becomes reckless, delayed, or unusable.

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This section governs the transition from liquid to solid—
from reaction to presence,
from subject to sovereign,
from movement as habit to stillness as authority.

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To train the Stone is not to become hard.
It is to become unmovable without effort.

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Only when density is real does motion become possible without collapse.
Only when the Stone is sound does the Hand become lawful.

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Everything that follows depends on this.

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