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=== {{anchor|Prana-bindu training and the weirding way}}''Prana-bindu'' training and the "weirding way" ===
The Bene Gesserit develop their physical abilities as well as their mental abilities. A trained Sister has full control over each muscle in her body through training known as '''''prana-bindu'''''. This allows her to bend the last joint in her little toe while remaining otherwise motionless, bend and contort her body in ways that most would consider impossible, or put a remarkable amount of force behind a physical blow. The mental part of ''prana-bindu'', or ''prana-nervature'' (''prana'' stands for breath, ''bindu'' stands for musculature) is the precise control of the totality of nerves in the human body. In ''Dune'', Reverend Mother Mohiam tests Paul with a [[nerve induction]] device ("the box") that causes the sensation of intense pain. Paul learns that he is not the only one to have tried it, but is perhaps specially resistant; this conversation points to a widespread use of it as a tool among the Bene Gesserit to measure self control, nerve control, and as Mohiam puts it, crisis and observation.

Unarmed attacks are part of a specialized Bene Gesserit martial art which incorporates the ''prana-bindu'' methods of optimized muscle control. These enable one to deliver powerful blows and to move with extreme precision and speed. The basic principle behind it is that, as [[Farad'n]] of [[House Corrino]] says, "My mind affects my reality." A practitioner of the art has to know that the action he or she "wants" to perform has already been performed. For example, to imagine oneself behind an opponent at the current moment in time; when trained well, this knowledge will place you at the spot desired. To anyone witnessing, it almost appears as though the combatant has teleported.

The [[Fremen]] refer to this fighting ability as the "'''weirding way'''". In ''Dune'', the Fremen use the word "weirding" instead of "Bene Gesserit", calling Jessica a "weirding woman" and noting "he has the weirding voice" when Paul wields this power.