Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 47 | 197 | Due to View more quotes about lack">lack of competition their battle skills, originally developed in connection with the kaiila, would presumably have declined. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 47 | 194 | That there were Kinyanpi had almost been taken as a matter of myth by the Kaiila until their dramatic appearance at the summer camp. |
| 47 | 195 | This suggested that such groups were rare. |
| 47 | 196 | The Kinyanpi, I conjectured, occupied a position rather analogous to that of Earth tribes who might have been amongst the first, in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds, to master the horse. |
| 47 | 197 | Due to lack of competition their battle skills, originally developed in connection with the kaiila, would presumably have declined. |
| 47 | 198 | Similarly, due also to a lack of competition, and the merciless selections of war, they had not yet become to the tarn as the normal warrior in the Barrens is to his kaiila, namely, a member of a matched fighting unit. |
| 47 | 199 | On the other hand, the shield and lance skills of the Kaiila were fresh, and our men were tried warriors. |
| 47 | 200 | Secondly, I had had the men and their tarns train as fighting units, not only the man and his mount, but the men and their mounts, in pairs and prides, as well. |
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That there were Kinyanpi had almost been taken as a matter of myth by the Kaiila until their dramatic appearance at the summer camp.
This suggested that such groups were rare.
The Kinyanpi, I conjectured, occupied a position rather analogous to that of Earth tribes who might have been amongst the first, in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds, to master the horse.
Due to lack of competition their battle skills, originally developed in connection with the kaiila, would presumably have declined.
Similarly, due also to a lack of competition, and the merciless selections of war, they had not yet become to the tarn as the normal warrior in the Barrens is to his kaiila, namely, a member of a matched fighting unit.
On the other hand, the shield and lance skills of the Kaiila were fresh, and our men were tried warriors.
Secondly, I had had the men and their tarns train as fighting units, not only the man and his mount, but the men and their mounts, in pairs and prides, as well.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)