Yo FFML'ers,
I'm writing a martial arts fic and I need to find as
many forms of martial arts as I can. Here's what I
already have.
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I need more than this. Much more. I'm looking for
obscure forms of martial arts in particular. anyone
know of any? And I don't mean things like 'Martial
Arts Tea Ceremony' or any of those Ranma 1/2 ones. I'm
talking about existing martial arts. Thanks in advance.
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Man, you asked for it.
I'm posting this to the list 'cause I think it could be of some use
for other authors too, and add a little diversity in martial art fics.
Sorry if I'm just spamming...
I'll give you a couple of Japanese arts, since I have a funny little
book that lists some. Not any Chinese or other Asian arts, though.
Please remember that _every_ martial art listed here actually exists
(or so says the book). Even if they're not always terribly
destructive or terribly practiced.
I'm not using the most popular Romaji convention here, so
please bear with me. Feel free to remove any extra letters
(uu -> u, ou -> o, ...).
Okay, first, some of the 'soft' ones:
*Juudou (Way of Gentleness)
*Karatedou (Way of th Empty Hand)
*Kendou (Way of the Sword)
*Kyuudou (Way of the Bow --The weapon, not the gesture,
even Ranma would be hard-pressed to find a martial art
based on _that_ ^_^;)
*Aikidou (Way of the Harmony with the Universal Energy)
...And some Ko-bujutsu, the old Warrior Arts of Medieval
Japan:
*Sojutsu (Art of the Spear)
*Iaijutsu (Art of Sword drawing --the speciality of the
Hitokiri Battousai, Himura Kenshin)
*Bajutsu (Art of Horse Riding)
*Yabusame (Horse-riding archery)
*Suieijutsu (Art of swimming)
*Tessenjutsu (Art of the War Fan)
*Joujutsu / Boujutsu (Art of the Stick)
*Kurasijutsu (Art of the sicle and chain --I'm translating
from a French book here, anyone know the name of that
weapon?)
*Ninjutsu (Art of the Ninja --speaking of which, Jason
Wong, can we expect ch. 8 soon? That story of yours is
just too too great ^_^)
I don't really have any description for the following
ones; though some (not much, but some) are quite obvious by
name, and others can be guessed with any Japanese/english
dic...
*Shagei
*Kusarigamajutsu
*Yarijutsu
*Gagitajutsu
*Sodegaramijutsu
*Sasumatajutsu
*Sobajutsu
*Tojutsu
*Tantojutsu
*Jobajutsu
*Suibajutsu
*Kachu gozen oyogi
*Tetsubojutsu
*Juttejutsu
*Manrekijutsu
*Chigirigijutsu
*Gegikanjutsu
*Toiri-no-jutsu
*Shinobijutsu
*Chikairi-no-jutsu
*Shurikenjutsu
*Yubijutsu
*Koppo
*Fukihari
*Suijohokujutsu
*Chikarakurabe
*Chogusoku
*Genkotsu
*Gusoku
*Hakushi
*Kempou
*Kiaijutsu
*Kogusoku
*Koshi-no-wamari
*Kumiuchi
*Roikumiuchi
*Shikaku
*Shinobi
*Shubaku
*Sumai
*Taidou
*Torite
*Wajutsu
*Yawara
Hope it helps somehow. I'm now returning to Lurker Mode(tm). Have a
good night (or day, whichever)...
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Al-Eyx,
who _still_ doesn't have any homepage yet. Shame, shame... ^_^
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