Talk:Talim (Soul Calibur)

Plans for the Future
I do plan on including a picture of the Village of the Wind Deity once Project Soul expands her biography into another paragraph's worth of information. I'm trying to decide on something to do with the music. Since Soul Calibur II did not give each character their own level, I'm not sure we can truly say the theme songs really belonged to anyone; they were mostly just written as background music for the stages. Perhaps someone would like to create a page similar to the one already created for Soul Edge's soundtrack? In any case, this page will be added to once more information is released by Namco. --Shackleton (27 July 2005)


 * Yea I see your point. I'll remove the reference to the songs.  Unfortuantely the songs and stages do change from game to game too so there's no consistent way to pinpoint one song/stage. Bubbachuck 05:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Philippines
Btw I had put "Southeast Asia" instead of Philippines b/c thats what her official bio said. I put "likely Philippines" b/c of her costume (which looks Filipino to me...that i'd know) and b/c i heard of her referenced as Filipina. it seemed to fit anyway. but i have no proof of her ancestry. Bubbachuck 05:33, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Her name AND the names of her family figures are all Tagalog, the native tongue of the Filipino. Talim means "sharp." "One of her throws means "Take My Hand" in Tagalog, and many other moves are also said to be in Tagalog as well. She is definitely from the Philippines--definitely. --Shackleton (27 July 2005)


 * wow u know your Tagalog. I'm interested now too... Bubbachuck 17:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Here is the direct translation of the Filipino words used in her movelist -> Tuhod=Knee, Espada=sword, Kamay=hand, Sahig=floor, Hambalos=flogging with a cudgel or club.


 * I would like to add here that Talim's martial art style looks like Pananandata Mariñas Arnis to me. Some of its moves have been added with kicks and her kata (sayaw in Tagalog) are a bit stylized, but nonetheless it looks cool. Found a description of it in a book called Filipino Martial Culture, by Mark Wiley. Besides, her tonfas are called hawakan. Similiar to the tonfa in some respects, since the tonfa was an adaption of a farm tool. A discussion of Talim is found in a martial art forum here = http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11554&page=1&pp=15. Btw, Talim can mean "sharp" but can also be read as "edge". Example phrase: Ito'ng espada ay may talim = This sword has an edge (to it). Hope this helps ---The WiseMan (31.10.2005)

Pronunciation
Talim (TAY-lim)

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