I was going to make a long argument about how far the monks of today has strayed from what they have been since I started playing the game 13 years ago but I'm not going to. Fact of the matter the part of playing a Fist meant you gave up some of the luxuries of being pk aggressive, having guards, etc. I also understand a lot of that also made them boring to play. I haven't really played much but coming back to see Monks in tribunals is crazy and not really in their spirit. They from what I've always known go help when needed but don't become part of a militarized arm of a nation. Again, I really do UNDERSTAND why you would want to do it but I really think it's in poor form to do so.
And just for a reminder of what the game describes the Fist as:
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Fists of the White Swan
In the high peaks of central Zhenshi, somewhere above the city of Nerina,
rests a small monastery dedicated to the Fists of the White Swan. The Fist
is an order dedicated to Enlightenment, Discipline, and the Virtues of
Light. As a whole they tend to be a reclusive lot and usually come down
out of the peak only rarely to tend to disputes that the citizens of Nerina
cannot handle themselves. A few members, however, do enjoy making
pilgrimages to the other kingdoms to help bring order to the lives of their
citizens. Their discipline in melding the powers of the body and the mind
make them formidable foes.
They are described as reclusive, rarely active in disputes, and they do make pilgrimages to help nations in trouble but do not set up shop and become a solider.