[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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In the rehlm of deep underground demonic fiqure skating championships, (i.e.
Hell actually becomes minus in temperature according to Alberto) I'm trying
to write the Hoon Book of Fencing.
I could use some help from fencers--and from anatomists. All Hoon are
double-jointed as well as having that extra arm and leg segment. The toehook means
they can lunge and stand off balance, and an arm or leg can lock into
position to trap an opponent's arm, leg, or blade.
This is of course for stage combat. Actual Olympic style fencing has a long
list of no-nos.
William--
I believe that 'fencing' is the stylized one with
lots of silly rules. Maybe you mean 'sword fighting'?
It's not clear to me that having more flexible arms
would make much difference to sword fighting style.
If one wants to really cut the other, one tends to
have the arm extended, meaning it's straight.
The toehook might matter some. One could do a lot
of "drunken boxing" moves, if one could really go
off balance. (Not that drunken boxing is necessarily
that good. But it sure looks strange, which is
probably an edge by itself. But if everyone does it,
then it doesn't have that going for it anymore...)
Now in hand-to-hand fighting, there are a lot of
grappling moves, etc, that depend on people not
being double-jointed. So that would look a bit
different when the Hoon do it.
---David
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