Strength Based Skills Aikido This style, commonly considered a soft style, is nearly a defensive art, concentrating on the balance of the mind and body, and relying on the opposition's attacks to provide the force used against him. It was created in the Twentieth Century from techniques from an older martial art. Common Specializations: This skill does not allow specializations. Arnis De Mano A martial art emphasizing a combination of kicking and throws, and use of Rattan clubs and knives, Arnis De Mano is a Filipino martial art. Its use is commonly persecuted by the Japanese Empire and the corporations therin. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this skill has no specializations. Boxing Considered one of the earliest blood sports, Boxing emphasizes brute upper-body strength and quick footwork, mainly using attacks from his fists to batter his opponent into submission. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this active skill has no specialization. Brawling Known by many names all over the world, simple street brawling has a tradition all its own: Beat the other bastich down before he does you down. Usually concentrating on sucker punches, throwing sand in the face of other fighters, and swift kicks to the groin, brawling is what it is, a straightforward art. Common Specializations: This skill does not allow specializations. Capoeira A martial art based on the dancing of slaves in the fifteenth century, Capoeira resembles nothing so much as a festive dance, flips, twists and turns all running through. Nothing is too unusual for this martial art to use. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this skill has no specializations. Carromeleg Not unlike Capoeira, Carromaleg is what comes of slavery, though the source could be no different. Some form of genetic memory caused this art to come forth, some say; others say Carrommaleg has always been hidden just underneath the surface. Another theory is that it is based on Pankration, a Greek martial art that looked more like dance than fighting. Whatever the truth is, Carromaleg acts like Capoeira, dances like Capoeira, and fights like Capoeira. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this active skill has no specialization. Clubs This skill covers the use of all weapons that are blunt and normally wielded one-handed. Police batons, shock batons, maces, baseball bats, and yes, your basic club all are manipulated using this skill. Common Specializations: As weapon type (Baton, club, baseball bat, mace.) Cyber-Implant Combat This skill is for those who like to make like a certain Canadian comic book character. Covers the use of all cybernetic melee weaponry, from spurs to fingerblades. Common Specializations: Spurs, Hand Razors, Hand Blades. Edged Weapons If it slices, dices, or otherwise cuts, then this skill governs its use, unless it would take Neil the Ork Barbarian in order to wield it one-handed. Common Specializations: As Weapon (Katana, knife, sword, tomohawk, you get the idea.) Escrima A more commercial version of Arnis De Mano, Escrima tends to edge more towards the bare-handed skills of the Filipino martial arts, though the armed techniques are also taught. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this active skill has no specialization. Heavy Weapons If it isn't a weapon that scatters, and merely looking at it makes you ask, "What Would Arnie Do?" then it is covered by this skill. True machine guns, miniguns, assault cannons, and other things that massively go bang in the night are governed by this skill. Common Specializations: By specific weapon Karate Used as a catchall for any number of different styles, it means Open Hand, and was formed on Okinawa to circumvent a no weapons law. Common Specializations: As a martial art, no specializations allowed. Kung Fu Describing any number of Chinese martial art styles, Kung Fu was formed first in the Shaolin Temple by Buddhist monks. Taught all over the world. Common Specializations: As a martial art, there are no specializations. Muay Thai A martial art native to Thailand, Muay Thai is used in, and forms the basis of, Kickboxing. The two are synonymous. Common Specializations: As a martial art, this active skill has no specialization. Ninjitsu The shadowy art of the Ninja, this art is hidden in mystery and rumor, though less so in the more modern age. Its purpose: The beating down of one's enemy through stealth and skill. Common Specializations: As a martial art this skill has no specializations. Pentjak-Silat A martial art common to Indonesia, this art teaches the use of force to multiple vital points on the body, with hands, feet, and weapons, most notably the kris. Common Specializations: As a martial art, no specializations allowed. Pole Arms/Staves This skill governs staves, massive swords, pikes, spears, and polearms. When it's something Neil the Ork Barbarian would fancy, it's probably used by this skill. Common Specializations: Staves, Combat Axes, Spears, Claymores, No-Daichi, Polearm. Projectile Weapons Crossbows, longbows, and spearguns… If a weapon propels a projectile through mechanical as opposed to chemical force, Projectile Weapons is the skill you need to use. Common Specializations: By specific weapon. Spray Weapons Flame throwers, spray nozzles, and freeze foam, oh my. If you require the use of spread chemical weapons, say hello to this skill. Common Specializations: Flamethrower, Spray Tanks Tae Kwon Do A martial art from Korea, it shares much in common with Karate and Kung Fu, though its signature is the numerous kicks of varying beauty and deadliness. Common Specializations: As a martial art, no specializations allowed. Tai Chi Ch'uan Normally used as exercise by many people the world over, this martial art from China is a circular art, taking its power from the flow of those around it, and from the will of those who practice it. Common Specializations: As a martial art, there are no specializations. Throwing Weapons As you take up the shuriken and throw it, you use this skill. All weapons that are thrown at an enemy are based upon this weapon. Common Specializations: Throwing Knives, Shuriken, Grenades. Underwater Combat Under the sea… Under the sea… If you try to fight without this, don't look at me… Fighting underwater requires new ways of thinking, as the water takes a lot of the power out of thrusts, slashes, and whip blows. Common Specializations: As weapon. Wildcat This martial art is based on a number of different martial arts. Its primary form is to rip off your opponent's head before he can do so unto you. Common Specializations: As a martial art, there are no specializations.