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From: Jang Choe <Yinyang@altered.com>
To: Elizabeth Christian <besh@atl.mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [FFML] [R1/2][Essay] What is Anything Goes Martial Arts?
Date: Sunday, November 24, 1996 12:43 PM
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From: Elizabeth Christian <besh@atl.mindspring.com>
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
Subject: Re: [FFML] [R1/2][Essay] What is Anything Goes Martial Arts?
Date: Sunday, November 24, 1996 11:07 AM
The first thing I notice about the Unrestricted style is that it is
predominantly very northern asian art in style and execution. That
is,
it's
techniques are primarily taken from the Chinese and Japanese styles
of
fighting. Since this is the case, I have decided that it is highly
unlikely
that the Unrestricted style has been influenced in any significant
way, shape
or form by any of the South East Asian styles. That is, I have
excluded
styles like Muay Thai, Bando, Pentjak-Silat, Escrima, Kali and any
of
the Korean styles, which are, in themselves, highly derivative of
the chinese styles.
Though you are probably justified in excluding Korean styles, it's a
bit
misleading to lump them together with SE Asian styles, since Korea is
north of CHina. :)
He sort if deals with that by mentioning that the Korean styles are
derivative of the Chinese styles which sets them apart from the South
East
Asian styles.
Didn't Japanese styles come from China? Heck, all martial arts came from
India or so the stories say.
This is very well done. Having minimal knowledge in the field myself,
I
can't say whether you're *right* or not, but it *sounds* right.
Um, what she said. I'm very glad you wrote this.
Nice job Plunger, you obviously researched this very well. In your orginal
essay, you mentioned that Ranma was more of a Choy li fut/ Karate/Wushuu?
basis kinda guy. You also said that he had knowledge of using weapons and
preced to mentione that he might have studied Aikijutsu, Kendo, Kempo
weapon tech. Well, if his basis was Karate, Wushu, and Choy li fut, he
would alreay have weapons knowledge without learning Kendo and all that.
True, he could have studied Kenjutsu, Kendo, ect, but Choy li fut, Karate,
and definitly Wushu has weapons training in its stages of training. I
don't think Ranma uses Wushu though.
Happo using Dim mak?! Wow, maybe you should have said Happy has the
knowledge of Dim mak rather than "incorperating such tactics as Dim Mak .