Legend has it that Shaka altered the nature of fighting in the region forever, by inventing a heavy, broad-bladed spear designed to withstand the stresses of close-quarter combat. Perhaps he did: Certainly both Zulu sources and the accounts of white travellers and officials in the nineteenth century credit him with this achievement. His military innovations made an impact on Zulu folklore, if nothing else, for Shaka certainly developed fighting techniques to an unprecedented degree, and there is a wealth of stories concerning his prowess as a warrior: he may indeed have been one of the great military geniuses of his age. The anatomy of the Zulu army, Ian knight
People will use any kind of gap in your defences to attack you or get revenge on you. So offer no gaps. The secret is to envelop your opponents – create relentless pressure on them from all sides, dominate their attention, and close off their access to the outside world.
Seduction
- Expunge the nasty habit of thinking that other people have the same lacks
- The seducer knows to be the one to give the victims what they lack and cannot get on their own
- Necessary ingredients
- Victim type – Ignore appearances and social exterior
- Social exterior deliberately and unconsciously is developed to disguise weaknesses and lacks
- Victim type – Ignore appearances and social exterior
- Seducers never try to seduce their own victim-type
Seduction Victim
- First need to know what type
- Identification of type is the necessary ingredients
- Categorized by what the victim feels missing in life
- Mental or physical stimulation
- Naughty experience
- Attention or adventure
- Learn to study and see the reality behind appearance
Make your attacks unpredictable to create a vaporous feeling of vulnerability. Finally, as you sense their weakening resolve, crush their willpower by tightening the noose. The best encirclements are psychological – you have surrounded their minds.
In place of the loose skirmishing tactics with light throwing spears, Shaka trained his warriors to advance rapidly in tight formations and engage hand-to-hand, battering the enemy with larger war shields, then skewering their foes with the new spear as they were thrown off balance. If the results are anything to judge by, Shaka; ‘s capacity for conquest must have been dramatic. By 1824, The Zulus had eclipsed all their rivals and had extended their influence over an area many times larger than their original homeland. The anatomy of the Zulu army, Ian knight