In preparation for the fights, I should choose a club that can teach me something helpful to increase my chances of survival.
Many people would think of martial arts like Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, MMA, Kickboxing, … if they want to become stronger.
The only miscalculation is that martial arts are specially used against other humans and it will strongly lose its fatality against races, which will be stronger and approximately as intelligent as us humans.
It's not only about knowing human vulnerabilities to strike but also about reading human body language to anticipate attacks. For example, how do you aim for the solar plexus of a wolf? In fact, I would have a hard time hitting a wolf with any power at all, most kicks are trained to strike at the waist level or higher, I don't know how to get power to kick someone who doesn't even come up to my waist with anything other than the impractical axe kick.
So how would a martial artist be trained in an RPG-world where adventurers have to anticipate fighting monsters of various sizes and shapes?
While the best possible solution would be to develop different martial arts for each particular monster, the downside of that is a practitioner of "wolf-fu" is going to be at a considerable disadvantage if they suddenly encounter an orc.
Aikido is a versatile art which could be well adapted to fighting monsters because it is based on redirecting the energy of the attacker rather than being the one who launches the attack, and by disturbing the center of balance to cause the attacker to go down. Since the attacker provides the energy, you are in the position to judge where and when the strike, kick, etc. is coming to make the deflection, rather than attempting to locate a weak point and strike at it. This also makes the art well suited for encounters where you are mismatched in size, punching or kicking a 250kg Minotaur with enough force to do damage may be problematic, but pivoting out of the way of its charge and directing the energy of the charge into the ground or nearby wall is going to be much easier for a human-sized opponent.
If you don't understand my critics to martial arts think with common sense.
In our world, you would only go unarmed against a tiger, grizzly bear, or angry bull if you were suicidal.
On the other side, a swordsman without a sword would be offenseless against a powerful monster. That's why It can tremendously increase your survival chances to still know some hand-to-hand combat. Still, I can understand people, who want only to train their main weapon as they could earlier begin to fight stronger monsters, which would mean higher rewards.
In the future I ended with experience in many fields, for example in shooting with a gun, fighting with battle axes, fighting with a sword, fighting while dual-wielding swords, and a bit of MMA.
In the future I was one of the weakest survivors, you could say I was lucky and knew when I had to run for my life. Guns would be near meaningless in a fight, but in certain circumstances, they could confuse or restrict the enemy. For example, if you shoot somebody in one of his eyes, the pain, and the fact that he has a decreased vision will result in a weaker enemy.
The dual-wielding seems impressive, but in truth, with the increase in attributes, you can easily learn it from others. As I never trained MMA before the catastrophe my skills are quite simple and learned through actual life or death situations. In this life I would like to train in Martial arts, however, near my home, they aren't any good martial art clubs. I will probably teach myself about many fighting styles by using the internet and books, I will develop my own fighting-style.
My fighting-style should be perfect for many weak or few strong opponents, It accepts the use of poisons, firearms, shells, and many different weapons. A style, which can perfectly adapt to any situation and even counters surprise attacks.
After finishing school, I can look for a good Martial art teacher, who will point out my shortcomings and help me improve my fighting-skill. I won't learn to handle axes and swords, considering that my time is limited and the usage of weapons began in the expeditions, which are still many years away from now.
Somehow, I can't stop wanting to train right now, even though I know it won't help me achieve my goal. I need to have a good sleep, buy my equipment, and finally begin to train like there is no tomorrow. Just to be sure that everything wasn't a dream.
Status open.
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Open Skill list.
- HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory)
´I can't wait to fill this list. I am so pitiful with just one special skill. Normally, the list shows two different skill types. The first one is knowledge-based and the second one is body-based also known as special skills. But as I only have one skill, it doesn't even show the two types.
For now, I will take a shower, wash my teeth, and go to sleep.´