Ip Man, Casablanca, Falcon

Well, S'ven, this required a lot of thought & some efficient net-surfing to come up with the connections -- & luckily I didn't have to resort to a work of fiction to fulfill the Quest!  (It was a close call, though.  Rugby Payback, buddy ... Rugby Payback.)

I was especially interested to learn of the movie "Ip Man," a 2008 Hong Kong movie loosely based on Yip Man, a grand master in the art of Wing Chun.  Yip Man was the first to teach Wing Chun openly.  Previously, Wing Chun was passed on orally, directly from teacher to disciple, in secluded tutelage.  The legend of the origin of Wing Chun tells that a young and beautiful maiden of that name rejected the advances of a conquering warlord, who agreed to let her go if she could defeat him in battle.  Wing Chun sought the help of a Buddhist monk, who taught her the relaxed suppleness (like a bamboo -- pliable but resilient) that allowed her to defeat the warlord.

Wing Chun is a personal style of fighting, and teaches that the person with the best body structure will win a contest.  It requires strong relaxation ("softness") and teaches open-handed combat, favoring the vertical punch as more suitable, allowing greater defensive strength.

Another Asian martial arts system that teaches a strong open-hand technique is "Kali," also known as Fillipino Martial Arts (FMA).  Actually, Kali is not a martial art, but a fighting system that integrates a variety of techniques.  Everything is used.  Kali is the only art whose instructors start with a weapon, and progress toward open-handed fighting.  One of the most intriguing examples of this style of fighting is seen in the movie The Bourne Ultimatum, where Bourne and Nicki Parsons flee one of Ezra's assassination attempts in Tangiers.  Bourne and the assassin meet in a close quarters for a Kali showdown after a rooftop chase, as Bourne seeks to defend Ms Parsons's life:

Interestingly, Tangiers is referenced in a travel brochure I read about Casablanca -- the city center of Casablanca is beautiful, modern, and vibrant, but as one moves away from the well-organized center, "dark clouds cover the realities of people here."  One experiences poverty and prostitution as extensive as "that found in Tangiers."

http://www.africatravelling.net/morocco/casablanca/casablanca_culture.htm

It is interesting that Casablanca -- and all of coastal Morocco -- is one of the wintering areas for the peregrine falcon (falco peregrinoides).  It seems to have inspired one of the mainstay aircraft of the Moroccan Air Force, the F16 Fighting Falcon, built by the US company Lockheed-Martin.

Okay, Rugby Payback:  The randomized letters come out to: V, N, and B ... and your task, should you accept it, is to incorporate the following:

Viola da gamba
Nihilism
Boet

Let the light of your incomparable genius guide you.  Listen to the Force.