From: | Simon Fuller sfuller@******.com.au |
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Subject: | Martial Arts vs. Brawling |
Date: | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:22:59 +1100 |
From: Glenn Sprott <wasntka44@*********.net>
To: Shadowrun Post <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: Martial Arts vs. Brawling
>I'm not sure how to approach this, but I just read something called,
>"Martial Arts System for Shadowrun 3rd edition by James v1.1" If anybody
>else has read this, I hope you will comment with me. However, if you haven
>'t read this piece, do so now... It's on the Shadowrun Archive page.
>http://shadowrun.html.com/archive/
>
>I hope this doesn't sound like I'm attacking the author of this system, but
>I really don't think that people understand what martial arts are and how
>these styles can be both incredibly deadly and almost totally ineffective
>depending on the situation and the opponent. To say, "Each Martial Art is
>harder to learn than normal brawling, and that's why improvement cost is
>higher than normal. But Martial Arts are also a way better and the fellow
>with for example 8 rating in brawling don't stand a chance with character
>having 8 rating in Martial Art.," is not only totally inaccurate, but also
>incredibly naive.
>
>incredible stamina, and the ability to take punches and deliver them back
>to you ten fold. Is this art? Or is this Brawling? (I know some boxing
>fans out there will disagree with this analysis as this debate has been
>going on for some time in the boxing community... but try to remember, I'm
>just making a point.)
>
>
I agree here. When I was a wee lad my foster brother was taken to karate by
my parents. For the new people, they decided to show how karate was so much
better than normal fighting, and so this young blackbelt volunteered to
knock my foster brother around a bit. He encouraged my foster brother to
come at him full on, but he didn't really want to. The blackbelt goaded him,
showing off and all that stuff, and then found himself unco and bleeding
profusely from the nose. My foster brother was nearly kicked out then and
there.
Anyway, the point is that my foster brother had no formal training, just a
rough childhood, and unless you are really really good at your chosen style,
against another practiced fighter you are only really good at countering
your own style, so martial arts training can actually be a hindrance in a
fight some times. IMO, of course.