I think I see the point of the OP. Or at least I think I can resonate with the general theme of the topic. It is semi-frustrating to be someone who loves conventional martial arts and incorporates that into RP for the purposes of not only being knowledgeable and realistic but also because it's just plain fun to have a gritty dust up where you don't spend five episodes powering up while internally monologue'ing about your tragic past (I love hyperbole)
That being said, it is a high fantasy with magic almost literally -everywhere- but I still believe a balance can be had with little effort on either side of the 'knives' as it were. I.e. you move faster, hit harder, take more punishment etc. You can still display the sheer brutality, economy of movement, and debilitating blows that occur in a normal knife fight will being aetherically charged the whole time.
Regardless a really good example of knife fighting to me is from the move "The Hunted", a really well done and underrated film (It also takes place in Portland Oregon *represent*)Â
If you have no intention of watching the movie even though you should, have a movie clip of an example of how nasty and brutal knife fights can be:
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Otherwise just go see the whole movie, it really is good. One of the best quotes from the making of was something along the lines of "In a knife fight one of you is going to the morgue, the other is going to the hospital"
That being said, it is a high fantasy with magic almost literally -everywhere- but I still believe a balance can be had with little effort on either side of the 'knives' as it were. I.e. you move faster, hit harder, take more punishment etc. You can still display the sheer brutality, economy of movement, and debilitating blows that occur in a normal knife fight will being aetherically charged the whole time.
Regardless a really good example of knife fighting to me is from the move "The Hunted", a really well done and underrated film (It also takes place in Portland Oregon *represent*)Â
If you have no intention of watching the movie even though you should, have a movie clip of an example of how nasty and brutal knife fights can be:
[youtube]pKjkQ_sPE0U[/youtube]
Otherwise just go see the whole movie, it really is good. One of the best quotes from the making of was something along the lines of "In a knife fight one of you is going to the morgue, the other is going to the hospital"
