On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Quek, Kwang-Ee wrote:

God! Ranma is weaker in his cursed form! it's like fighting welll
Nabiki or a weaker character.. ah Gosunkugi! Don't you think Ranma would
have tried at least to compensate for her weaker body because of her
experience in her other one? 
	Ranma should have more skill in either forms than Akane even if she is
weaker in girl. Knowledge is not affected by her curse it is only her
form that changes. Anyway, I would have suspected that to compensate for
her form she would have tried more trows and moves that use leverage and
skill rather than the speed and power attacks that Ranma normally uses. 	

Knowlege and skill are two different things in the martial arts and it is
the effective combination of both that makes a great martial artist.  For
instance, I quit taekwondo about 3 years ago after having taken it for
over 4 years.  I still remember the mechanics of a well-executed kick, but
I sure as hell can't do one.  Ranma here lost his skill when he enters
this new, "untested" body.
 

Also, it's nearly impossible for her to break her own leg. a proper
foot sweep will still affect Akane because it's catching the leg of the
opponent with the V of the foot and overbalancing the opponent so that
he/she falls to the ground. not hitting with the side of her shin and
hoping to break through the leg. 

Correct.

	It's impossible to break your leg with a human or even a robot opponent
like you say unless your bones are fragile to begin with. If your bones
are that fragile, then your muscles would not have had enough strength
to execute the kick properly in the first place a foot sweep is not a
contest of strength or duribility. change that point to Akane doing the
foot sweep and I'll believe you. Either that or she sprains her foot on
Akane's.

It is said that many of the great real-life masters have such a good
control of their center of gravity that they could just stand and have
someone run into them without even budging.  But this is probably a
legend, and we aare talking about akane, here, not some great grandmaster.

Arnold Kim