SHIELD - Ye start with this maneuver. It removes your shield while stunned and if your left hand is full, it stows the item first. This skill is not very useful. It is better to just pull your weapon out because it will add more defense then a shield would, unless you were in offensive stance. But if that's the case, you deserve to be slapped upside the head!
WEAPON - Ye learn this maneuver at rank 10. Like SHIELD, this skill is pretty useless too. It is mainly only good when you are nailed by a critter while field picking or if you were hit while picking up an item.
GET - Ye learn this at rank 20. This is a pretty useful skill at times. You can pick up any item, whether it's on the floor, or in a container. This especially comes in handy when you are disarmed. Usually you are stunned when you are disarmed, so you can use this to pick your item right back up.
STAND - Ye learn this at rank 32. This maneuver is pretty self explanitary.
STANCE1 - Ye learn this at rank 40. It increases your stance by 20%. It will later be pretty much replaced by STANCE2.
ATTACK - Ye learn this at rank 50. This maneuver too is pretty self explanitory. It isn't very useful, but it can be kinda fun to use sometimes. It can be a pain to train in if ye hafta go into the wilds to do it. It can be pretty embarassing being stunned in the middle of kobs and such
STANCE2 - Ye learn this at rank 60. It increases stance 40%.
MOVE - Ye learn this one when you master. It is probably the best of them all. You can move to an adjacent room while stunned. Hehe, when ye get stunned, ye kin just take off. "See you later suckas, I'm outta here!" That's if you can pull it off...