Martin Bennett wrote:

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, \ayes wrote:

Here are a bunch .... lets begin...

1. All about Chi. ... attacks (or defenses)
can be created with it?

        Of course,  you can't really train enough to throw a blast.. but that's how it is in the fictional world.  Anyway, Chi is the

mysterious life force tha...

"KI" and "CHI" are the same.  ...rds or movies falls flat.  It must be
eggsagerated to keep its awsome effect.

As far as I know (martial artists are secretive about this stuff), The
Haduoken IS a real technique.  It only travels, say, an inch, and the
blast is invisible, but its there.  NEVER underestimate the power of KI!

Actually, I think it's just a form of opposed double hand palm strike
that is reinforced by chi energy.

Thats what I meant.

        Ki, is the same thing as Chi.  Chi is the Chinese word for it, and ki is the Japanese and the Korean word for it.

3. Special attacks in Ranma.... who uses it, and a short
description of what it does.

Let's see... only Ranma, 
Hell, you could go totally off the rails and have them throwing those
rediculous DBZ things around!

You mean the Kame-Hame-Ha?  HA!

--HAYES

There's also a few other...

Happousai does the Happou Dai Karin or Happousai grenades.

Ranma does dozens of other moves at various times.

Kunou's got his good old pattern attack.

Genma can do the big aura things like Happi.

Argh! Go check the Ranma FAQ page! I can't remember any more!

P-word.

There's a whole section on this stuff in the Ranma 1/2 Universe.

--HAYES