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Discussion
Main - Rune Quest
RE: martial arts
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Author:
Peter Beirne
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Time:
12.02.2003 20:33
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I think Bjorn's approach to martial arts loses sight of its own logic. Don't look at martial art skills as the various eastern hand to hand combats, but as the knowledge of using your body like a weapon.
The reason martial arts applies to fists and kicks and not other weapons is that a person relies on their body by instinct. Martial arts allows the person to look at the body as a weapon. With weapon skills, you are already doing that. The weapon skills is already the "martial art" of the weapon.
This is similar to the ability to throw a knife. Your ability to throw something is instinctual and would fall under the "throw skill" but to get the spin of the knife to end with the point out would be the "martial art".
In response to Bjorn's comment:
"My arguments are that of the deflection's role in parrying. I've written a lot about it somewhere else on this site. Someone doing karatedeflections for 10 years would be much better at parrying with a sword than someone that have wathced soccermaches on TV the same time, simply because the karatedude have gained some general knowledge in the art of fighting (martial arts) "
Parrying is not all deflection. Some is blocking, some is misdirection. You can block an axe with a bastard sword, but If you were to try and block a axe with a rapier you will end up with a broken rapier and a broken body. So you deflect with the rapier. Each skill is already the martial art of the weapon.
If a warrior has spent his entire life mastering the rapier and is at 100%, why would a martial artist with a 100% skill who has never picked up a rapier be able to match him?
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Bjorn Are Stolen
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