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Hi, any martial arts buffs out there? I have two characters who need to be quite good in martial arts. I haven't exactly decided which tradition they should use. I know mostly Aikido and I don't think that is combat oriented enough. I know Judo to some degree but these are people who are too light to rely on something so strength based. These are characters who trained to fight for real, such as in a special ops unit, not for sport.
Character 1: A Japanese woman but very international in life experience, so her tradition doesn't have to come from Japan necessarily, although it would be a plus. She's about medium sized, in excellent physical form but obviously not hot on brute strength.
Character 2: A smaller southeast Asian man. Same thing goes about international experience. They have worked together since they were teenagers, so could easily have had the same teacher and the same tradition.
Now, as to the scene. They are basically acting as bodyguards for a third character. The problem is that they have to go into a building with its own security and they can't take overt weapons. Then, when they come out, before they get into their vehicle, they are attacked by at least a dozen guys with guns. The guys with guns DO NOT want to kill them or the person they are protecting right off the bat. They would much rather capture the person they are guarding to get information by unsavory means but they won't let them escape. So, they stop them by shooting in front and behind them. Is it reasonable to say that one of bodyguards who is very advanced in martial arts would simply try to use his body to protect the actually even smaller person he is guarding and wouldn't be doing very much fighting? Is there anything he could do from a martial arts perspective while physically protecting this person?
The other body guard (the woman) is going to try to do whatever she can to hold off the attackers, perhaps in hopes that armed friends who are on a street beyond the gated parking lot in front of them will be able to come to their aid. There is a fourth character with them who does not have much martial arts training (about age 50) and who was walking in front. This guy basically reacts by laying on the ground when the shooting starts and I'm assuming he doesn't do much.
So, here's the tough question. I've seen the action movies where a master at some martial art or other battles people with guns. I always figured this was pure fantasy. Does anyone know if a master at martial arts could do anything at all, when surrounded by at least four attackers with guns plus more distant snipers. She does not want to be captured at all cost and would far prefer to die in the fight, for reasons of the alternative reality in my story, so don't event think about arguing with that. But I want to make it so the attackers CAN subdue her without killing her. The attackers don't have nearly as much martial arts ability as her but there are more of them and they have guns. My current idea is that they shoot her in the leg, thus getting her down but she still tries to fight because she will do anything to stop them from capturing her. One of them comes in behind her and puts a cord around her throat, which more effectively subdues her. Does that seem reasonable, even if she is very good with hand-to-hand fighting?
Help! Thanks.
Character 1: A Japanese woman but very international in life experience, so her tradition doesn't have to come from Japan necessarily, although it would be a plus. She's about medium sized, in excellent physical form but obviously not hot on brute strength.
Character 2: A smaller southeast Asian man. Same thing goes about international experience. They have worked together since they were teenagers, so could easily have had the same teacher and the same tradition.
Now, as to the scene. They are basically acting as bodyguards for a third character. The problem is that they have to go into a building with its own security and they can't take overt weapons. Then, when they come out, before they get into their vehicle, they are attacked by at least a dozen guys with guns. The guys with guns DO NOT want to kill them or the person they are protecting right off the bat. They would much rather capture the person they are guarding to get information by unsavory means but they won't let them escape. So, they stop them by shooting in front and behind them. Is it reasonable to say that one of bodyguards who is very advanced in martial arts would simply try to use his body to protect the actually even smaller person he is guarding and wouldn't be doing very much fighting? Is there anything he could do from a martial arts perspective while physically protecting this person?
The other body guard (the woman) is going to try to do whatever she can to hold off the attackers, perhaps in hopes that armed friends who are on a street beyond the gated parking lot in front of them will be able to come to their aid. There is a fourth character with them who does not have much martial arts training (about age 50) and who was walking in front. This guy basically reacts by laying on the ground when the shooting starts and I'm assuming he doesn't do much.
So, here's the tough question. I've seen the action movies where a master at some martial art or other battles people with guns. I always figured this was pure fantasy. Does anyone know if a master at martial arts could do anything at all, when surrounded by at least four attackers with guns plus more distant snipers. She does not want to be captured at all cost and would far prefer to die in the fight, for reasons of the alternative reality in my story, so don't event think about arguing with that. But I want to make it so the attackers CAN subdue her without killing her. The attackers don't have nearly as much martial arts ability as her but there are more of them and they have guns. My current idea is that they shoot her in the leg, thus getting her down but she still tries to fight because she will do anything to stop them from capturing her. One of them comes in behind her and puts a cord around her throat, which more effectively subdues her. Does that seem reasonable, even if she is very good with hand-to-hand fighting?
Help! Thanks.
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