On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Jang Choe wrote:

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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

<SNIP>

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.

Certainly, the Korean and South East Asian styles have little or nothing 
in common and probably do not sit well together, I merely was suggesting 
that Ranma' skills are restrcited to the techniques taught in Japan and 
China and not including the korean styles such as Tae0kwon-do, Taekyon, 
Hapkido and so forth.
  

 Didn't Japanese styles come from China? Heck, all martial arts came from
 India or so the stories say.

The legend says that the first martial arts where brought from India to 
China by a Bhuddist monk named Bodhidhrama who went when he heard that 
the Chinese were teaching an inncorrect form of Bhuddism. It is quite 
likely that he first practiced Kalaripayit or one of it's forebears. 
  

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.

My statement was not that DID use these styles specificly, but that he's 
personal interpretation of the Unrestricted style was very similar to 
these classical hard style, heavily ariel oriented arts. I have not got 
enough evidence to say for certain WHAT he is really doing, but I have 
seem enough martial arts to know that his style is very physical and is 
most reminiscent of those arts.
  

 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 .

Yes, you're right. If Happi used Dim Mak, everyone would be dead by now. 
Or maybe he's just delaying the effects... Seriously though, it's 
impossible to tell if it is Dim Mak or a form of deriviative therof that
he is using or if it is merely Chi Kung tehniques used in a combative 
setting, allowing for the fact that Chi Kung healing is Dim Mak's 
opposite.

P-word.