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Ninjam wrote on 2011-10-14 17:54
I need help choosing a martial art for the character in a book/storyline im writing. The book is going to be fictional, based on a dream that's been reoccurring for a long time. From middle school this story has been developing in my head, but when i went to write it down i realized that i don't have enough details. The stuff is in my head, but i need to develop the characters, and for that i need information.
The main character in this book is a young child, about age 10, though i may make him a bit older. He is very smart but timid and shy. During his childhood he is taught martial arts from his father, which take place before the events in the book. Im currently looking at real martial arts to try to decide which one he should have been trained in, because i want to accurately be able to describe and show his fighting style. The martial art can be as exotic or as regular as it needs to be, but cant be primarily focused on grappling.
For some more information, the "magic" of this story is light. With enough training, i want the characters to be able to use there "magic" to increase there physical powers, but not become superhumans. They will still be able to be killed by a bullet, or by being outnumbered, or any of the other reasons someone can die. There powers will develop, but the most powerful i want them to get is the power to use long range weak attacks, and even those will take too much focus to be used in normal combat.
Its kind of confusing right now because i only started developing the storyline and im still doing research i guess.
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Kayate wrote on 2011-10-14 18:04
Wing chun? Art that focuses on taking out then enemy quick, they have to be quick and use as little force as they can they are also trained in chaining combos
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Chillax wrote on 2011-10-14 18:05
How about capoeira?
From the wiki:
Capoeira is a fast and versatile martial art which is historically focused on fighting outnumbered or in technological disadvantage
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Ninjam wrote on 2011-10-14 18:13
Those sound interesting. Developing a characters is fun. There are so many things i just assumed i knew about the characters, and then when it came down to it im like, what was his last name again? Im doing more research on child development and how a 10 year old should act than i ever thought i would be doing. I want to know everything about the character im creating.
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2011-10-14 18:16
Just make up something that sounds realistic?
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Athde wrote on 2011-10-14 18:21
Tae-Kwon-Do? It's more kicking than punching which is obviously stronger than normal. Of course you can't really counter with it, but it does require some quick maneuvering.
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Ninjam wrote on 2011-10-14 18:39
Quote from EndlessDreams;620248:
Just make up something that sounds realistic?
Thats what will probably happen in the book. I might not even mention much more than the main character was trained in martial arts. But i want to know for myself, to help develop the character. I want to at least see some real martial arts to see the different fighting styles people can have and how they work. A lot of the fighting will be fictional, but i want at least an idea of how people can fighting in the real world.
This probably doesnt make much sense, but i want to give my character a real identity almost, or at least as close as i can get.
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Guyverunit4 wrote on 2011-10-15 00:43
I think it's called 5 Form Kung Fu. Lei Wulong from the Tekken series uses it.
I found this pretty interesting..
According to legend, Jueyuan, a 13th-century Shaolin martial artist, used the original 18 Luohan Hands as a foundation, expanding its 18 techniques into 72. In Gansu Province in the west of China, in the city of Lanzhou, he met Li Sou, a master of "Red Fist" Hóngquán (紅拳). Li Sou accompanied Jueyuan back to Henan, to Luoyang to introduce Jueyuan to Bai Yufeng, master of an internal method.
They returned to Shaolin with Bai Yufeng and expanded Jueyuan's 72 techniques to approximately 170. Using their combined knowledge, they restored internal aspects to Shaolin boxing. They organized these techniques into Five Animals: the Tiger, the Crane, the Leopard, the Snake and the Dragon.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2011-10-15 02:34
Make him a descendent of Irish Ninjas.