(02-09-2015, 02:37 PM)Knight Kat Wrote: Regardless, it is still a controlled environment where opponents would have to hold back to prevent killing blows. In such an environment, things like strength might play a bigger factor while weapons play a little less of a factor.
For example, if my character is not allowed to drive a spear into her opponent's neck, heart or skull, she has less options and opportunities to take her opponent down quickly before said opponent could use something like brute force on her.
Alternately, it's also a great place to try to learn how to fight in a situation where you need to subdue rather than kill, to disarm instead of dismember. Which could be another situation where someone who's well-honed in the art of battle might have issues. I've seen a couple cases in a couple fights where the attacker pulled short rather than landing a blow for fear of doing TOO MUCH damage. Being really strong has its drawbacks too.
That's basically the reasoning I have for Chachan to attend. To learn how to fight people of all different styles and, more importantly, learn how to defeat them without killing them. He's still the little naive dork who wants to save everyone, after all.
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