Point:  The Masubetsu Kakuto Ryu is a completely unarmed style.
Argument:  Ranma has been shown to use weapons before.  In one of the
early episodes, we see Ranma and Genma fight on top of one of the 

roofs

with bos.  And very well, too.

Much as I hate to get dragged into one of these arguments...

Ranma's fighting style kinda sorta transcends all other martial arts.
Anything Goes (or Indiscriminate Grappling, depending on who you ask to
translate it) is intended as just that... anything is possible for a 

true

master of the art. A true master of the school can use any weapons, (I 

like

Bob Barnes's theory about Ayukawa Madoka learning to use guitar picks 

as

projectiles from the school) but is also fully capable of working 

without

them. Take Kuno and incinerate his bokken. His approximate threat 

level, at

least to Ranma, drops from "mild annoyance" to "don't make me laugh". 

Take

Ranma, fighting with a staff, and incinerate the staff. If anything, 

he's

become more effective since he doesn't have the weapon to limit him. If 

I

ever get around to finishing my response to Superdude's challenge from 

way

back in March, part of it's going to be a training scene wherein Ranma
proves to Mousse that his particular unarmed style is superior to any
weapon. Of course, if Mousse makes full use of the however many weapons 

he

has secreted on his person, it might be something approximating an even
match. But I digress...

In short, the bo fighting is a part of the school. In the grand scope 

of

things, a master of the school is also qualified to master all other 

schools

as well; he has to be.

--G. Falconar, who wonders how many people are going to correct him on 

this.

I would have to agree with your idea that a master of "Anything Goes" 
(blame VIZ, that's all I know the school as) would have to be a master 
of all other schools. A good example is when Happosai first appears and 
Soun and Genma finally get a little bit of a spine. Soun appears in a 
complete samurai getup, and he actually seems to know how to use the 
sword and bow. Hey, for that matter, Akane has a nice large repetoire of 
items with which to bash Ranma with also.

	-Wyvern, who's wondering why the hairs on the back of my neck are 
standing up straight.

(Sorry felt like being silly.)


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