EMPOWER EMPOWERMENT

Syntax: empower offense, empower defense

In order to use their more advanced skills, monks will have to prepare
themselves specifically for their tasks.  This process is known as
empowerment.  Monks can only choose to empower either offensively or 
defensively, not both.  An offensively empowered monk will be able
to use such skills as air thrash, while a defensively empowered monk
gains access to more advanced defenses like second parry and balance

See also: OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE