Editing Shih Demon Hunters (section)

===Body and Soul of Steel===

Needless to say, molding an iron will is one of the first things that a Shih tries to do with their students.  This is ''very'' important, when most of what the Shih face can cause panic on demand.  Meditation and old-fashioned exposure to the causes of fear help with this, though the mentor tries to make sure that their students are never in direct harms way during  "training" missions.

It is also during this period where a mentor tries to channel a student's strong and often irrational anger against the ''Shen'' into something decidely less suicidal.  No Leeroy Jenkinses allowed here, otherwise they wash out VERY quickly, and any Shih master is quick to wash their hands of students who don't get with the program.

Once the anger issues had been ironed out, a Shih trainee must then learn how to cultivate their Chi, as your average mortal has much fewer internal Chi reserves to draw upon compared to the most bottom-rung Kuei-jin (who could always just drink blood from someone for an easy Chi top-up).  Once mastered however, this allows the Shih the ability to do almost superhuman feats, like move faster or hit harder, up to being able to tank attacks that would normally kill them... And sometimes, even return the favor.

Parallel to this is the physical training involved, which is in a word, harsh.  Shih masters will put their students through the grinder, to prepare their bodies against what the ''shen'' could do.  After the fifteen year Shih training period, the average "graduate" will be a mess of scars and wounds, but will also be ripped as hell and as tough as titanium, with fists that can punch through solid brick.