I will shamelessly admit most of what I think of for my character's fighting style comes from video games and anime and the occasional live-action martial arts movie.
That being said, I love the Wushu fighting style and pretty much model her spear fighting in that particular mold. Visual example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaUrqvOTpw
Even the in-game spear fighting has some elements of this with the Impulse Drive attack chain (Chaos Thrust is the best!).
T'rahnu practices most extant fighting styles to some degree, however, so I can point at pretty much anything (that isn't wildly obscure) and say she knows at least a bit of it. As for what she uses in actual combat, it depends. For competitions she'd much rather please the crowd with whatever's flashiest and most impressive at a glance, which means lots of wasted movement and choreographed attacks. In those instances, "winning" is all about getting the biggest crowd impression, not about subduing the opponent.
Even when fighting for survival, however, she has a rather bad habit of egging her opponents on by keeping them from getting anywhere near her and not going for a finishing blow even when the opponent presents an opportunity for her. When she has her spear in hand, trying to get in close enough to nullify her reach advantage can be an exercise in frustration (and may be futile since she's willing to drop it and pull out a dagger or two when the situation calls for it and is skilled in hand-to-hand combat regardless).
Speaking of hand-to-hand, I did say she practices most everything to some degree, but when it comes to what she actually uses in mortal combat? Kali is doubtlessly a pretty big influence there. She'll gun immediately for a disarm or, if that's not necessary, a quick takedown grapple that uses the entire weight of her body followed by a sleeper choke. She also has no qualms about targeting joints, so if someone gives her reason to, she'll snap at elbows and knees without hesitation. Really piss her off and she'll gladly resort to the absolute dirtiest tactics in the book: kneeing people in the crotch, stepping on ankles, poking out eyes, etc., though this rarely happens in actuality since you'd have to do something really personal to her to cross that threshold.
I should note that I don't do RP combat outside of stuff where the outcome has been predetermined. T'rahnu is just too bloody overpowered for anything involving another player. That being said, the most effective route to defeating her is probably to take her by surprise at the very beginning of a fight. The fact that she's willing to run, retreat, and resort to dirty tactics as soon as she recognizes she's on the losing side makes her very difficult to pin down.
That being said, I love the Wushu fighting style and pretty much model her spear fighting in that particular mold. Visual example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaUrqvOTpw
Even the in-game spear fighting has some elements of this with the Impulse Drive attack chain (Chaos Thrust is the best!).
T'rahnu practices most extant fighting styles to some degree, however, so I can point at pretty much anything (that isn't wildly obscure) and say she knows at least a bit of it. As for what she uses in actual combat, it depends. For competitions she'd much rather please the crowd with whatever's flashiest and most impressive at a glance, which means lots of wasted movement and choreographed attacks. In those instances, "winning" is all about getting the biggest crowd impression, not about subduing the opponent.
Even when fighting for survival, however, she has a rather bad habit of egging her opponents on by keeping them from getting anywhere near her and not going for a finishing blow even when the opponent presents an opportunity for her. When she has her spear in hand, trying to get in close enough to nullify her reach advantage can be an exercise in frustration (and may be futile since she's willing to drop it and pull out a dagger or two when the situation calls for it and is skilled in hand-to-hand combat regardless).
Speaking of hand-to-hand, I did say she practices most everything to some degree, but when it comes to what she actually uses in mortal combat? Kali is doubtlessly a pretty big influence there. She'll gun immediately for a disarm or, if that's not necessary, a quick takedown grapple that uses the entire weight of her body followed by a sleeper choke. She also has no qualms about targeting joints, so if someone gives her reason to, she'll snap at elbows and knees without hesitation. Really piss her off and she'll gladly resort to the absolute dirtiest tactics in the book: kneeing people in the crotch, stepping on ankles, poking out eyes, etc., though this rarely happens in actuality since you'd have to do something really personal to her to cross that threshold.
I should note that I don't do RP combat outside of stuff where the outcome has been predetermined. T'rahnu is just too bloody overpowered for anything involving another player. That being said, the most effective route to defeating her is probably to take her by surprise at the very beginning of a fight. The fact that she's willing to run, retreat, and resort to dirty tactics as soon as she recognizes she's on the losing side makes her very difficult to pin down.
