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In the context of an actual as opposed to training fight scene in a fictional narrative, how would one express martial arts action? Generally, martial arts has a distinctive disciplined but power...
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In the context of an actual as opposed to training fight scene in a fictional narrative, how would one express martial arts action? Generally, martial arts has a distinctive disciplined but powerful visual style as it uses specific moves and poses as opposed to just blocking and throwing punches, so how could it be depicted so that it is separated from conventional unarmed combat, whilst retaining the 'artistic', I suppose, quality of martial arts? [This](https://www.freelancewriting.com/creative-writing/how-to-write-a-martial-arts-fight-scene/) page does help to a small degree; however, it tends to use technicality (I want to describe the fight without explicitly naming any martial art), rather than imagery, which seems to suggest telling rather than showing, which I would like to avoid.
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2017-12-27T17:18:02Z (almost 7 years ago)
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