Hi! I recently made my first character, a tao using Kenpo. with out knowing a **** thing about what to do for my defense, I decided to equally distribute my DP so I was proficient in both my block and dodge. I haven't leveled up yet. but I bought the GM book and noticed that all the characters focus on on defense. I'm fairly new to the system. so I was wondering if it's a bad thing to focus on both defenses.

there is a thread about this just a few lines down

www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp

also, it's a bad idea to split your dp into both defense abilities, as you can substitute one for the other at the cost of -60 base ability.

Spend all your DPs on a single defense. For a Tao, dodge is probably best, at least at low levels.