I explained a little bit about Kung Fu/martials arts in a thead named Shaolin vs the Dragon once...
The european knights fighting the Saracens were not trained for combat on the ground. They rode their horses with big lances. If they fell off, or their horse died, they could consider themselves dead.
The footsoldiers wore simple chainmails.
The monks DID use wepons. In many of the chinese Kung Fu arts, like wushu, you train to use Bo (staff), Sai, Tonfa, Nunchuku ect.
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As for a monk toppling a knight... it's not that far-fetched, imo. The monk could probably evade the knight indefinitely, waiting for the point when the knight's frustration led him to overstep. Once that happens, all you have to do is push.
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Yea, right. Do you practise martial arts? I do. When you see a hole in your opponents defences, you often have less than a second to attack. That means you must stand JUST out of for him to hit you if you want to be able to hit him.
A knight has got SHARP WEPONS. Would you dare stand two centimeters away from a sword held by a raging warrior? I would NOT!
And IF the monk would be able to attack, what would he do? The knights armour isn't that easy to break, and if he did, little power would be left for the knights chainmail (wich they often wore underneat the Plate).
No matter how cool it looks to do airkicks and so in movies, you can't use them on the street. Kicking someone in the head is like punhsing someone on the foot.
You punsh in the face, kick on knees and body. The only use with high kicks is to scare your opponent (it DOES look cool, I know
The ninja was NOT a warrior. He was a spy and assasin, on the same, low, level as a thief. Ninjas were despised by many.
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He argued that Bruce was capable of defeating anyone regardless of size difference or athletic ability. He was very strong for his size, but he was still a man of small stature. If he were cornered by a heavily muscled 300 lb. fighter with nowhere to run he'd be in trouble just like anyone else. Sure, he'd get some good licks in, but he'd shortly be overpowered.
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There we have something else that is important in battle. The soldiers does NOT have HP (yes, it is true). Lee was a very srong and quick fighter, he could likely have won. Not by punshing him in the belly so he crashes into the wall, but if his fists reach the big guys throat, he is dead. If he can do a stomp-kick (called Sokto or Kekomi in karate) against the knee, the other will also be down.
BUT, he may also fall, and get the 150kg guy over him. In that position, BRUCE is the dead guy.
One of them may underestimate the enemy and relax... you see my point.
There is a game called utopia, where this is represented by random factor. Those that plays it understand what I mean.
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[This message has been edited by Istaron (edited 09-05-2001).]