On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Martin Bennett wrote:

I seem to recall someone once posted that the school of martial arts 
used by Ranma actually exists.

If this martial art exists, I will personally eat every hat belonging to 
every memeber of FFML! Anything Goes Martial Arts is BUNK as far as I am 
concerned! The closest thing to it is probably something like Jeet Kune Do,
which emphasises flexibility of technique in it's Tao. AGMA is a fantasy 
of Rumiko-san's. In a perfect world where everyone can move like Ranma, 
it might exist. As it is, I just don't think so.

No, not Anything Goes Martial Arts.  I am talking about the original name 
used in the manga.

In a style that uses flexibility of skill and techniques, you don't have 
to be able to move like Ranma.  If you want anime references, Soun Tendo and 
Genma are no where near Ranma's ability.  But they use it.

BTW, the Vietnamese martial arts style Cun Nhu is also very similar to it in 
terms of philosophy and style to Jeet Kun Do and aforementioned style.


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