Escrima sticks, to be precise. Unbreakable ones. And I may know too much about the subject, now that I think about it.
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amych - Jun 09, 2004 8:33:37 am PDT #3601 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
shrift - Jun 09, 2004 8:34:38 am PDT #3602 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Batons? BATONS?
Escrima sticks. Which are actually used in martial arts, as opposed to marching band and talent show competitions.
Edit: Hee. Knew that was going to x-post.
Kiba Rika - Jun 09, 2004 8:35:12 am PDT #3603 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.
I am pleased to announce that due to the extreme amount of free time I will have from Sunday onward, I plan to spend some time each day at Borders or B&N reading old Batman TPBs.
§ ita § - Jun 09, 2004 8:38:45 am PDT #3604 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stick fighting is crazy stuff, man. Someone asked me if I'd go up against a stick fighter -- it's one of my automatic not-without-an-automatic nos.
Props to Dick.
Micole - Jun 09, 2004 8:41:08 am PDT #3605 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
My list:
Shirahime Syo (manga)
Nightwing 94 (damn you all)
Identity Crisis 1 (double damn you all)
DavidS - Jun 09, 2004 8:43:50 am PDT #3606 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Stick fighting is crazy stuff, man. Someone asked me if I'd go up against a stick fighter -- it's one of my automatic not-without-an-automatic nos.
I like their motto: "Higher consciousness through harder contact."
amych - Jun 09, 2004 8:46:46 am PDT #3607 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Stick fighting is crazy stuff, man.
The dogbrothers crew are bugfuck nuts, for any art. Pfeh.
Props to Dick.
Best part? Babs does it too.
§ ita § - Jun 09, 2004 8:48:45 am PDT #3608 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The dogbrothers crew are bugfuck nuts, for any art.
Well, yeah. But I don't think they could embrace stick fighting so whole heartedly without the insanity.
Serious escrima is worse than those muay thai guys who harden their shins against trees. Because we're talking fingers here. Kinda useful when dextrous.
sumi - Jun 09, 2004 9:05:16 am PDT #3609 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I picked up Nightwing #94, Identity Crisis #1 and Legends of the Dark Knight #180.
Fun and we get to see Babs as Batgirl! -- Okay -- ony a virtual Batgirl But still -- fun!
Kalshane - Jun 09, 2004 9:57:39 am PDT #3610 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
She's disproportionately inflated, though. When you rate her alongside the other people in the movie, she's on a par with the other combat powered folks, and perhaps even more acrobatic. She's not on that level in the comics.
She just pulled off some near-Nightcrawler-level acrobatics in the book I just read. I guess I just don't have a problem with it, for whatever reason. I mean, Wolverine still kicked her ass in the end.
All things considered, Toad's the one that got the big power-up. Maybe he comes back in comics I haven't read but last seen all he could do was jump really high.