While this is true I certainly don't see this leading to telegraphing an
attack by doing a showy routine before the attack. The only reason I can
think of is that one may hope the "badass karate dude" show unnerves the
opponent.
Intimidation with a showy set of manouvers (or kata) or a sword-dance
is still different from a martial arts attack. The very thing any
serious MA aims for is the elimination of telegraphing the attacks.
If the fight starts off at a distanse, and with the combatants sizing each other up, then I can see the martial artist jumping up and down and limbening up his body, but the actual attacks are as fast and nontelegraphed as he can make them.
> You need time to get to your peak efficiency which is why all
> competitors warm up before contests. Showing off has little to do with
> it except for moral, it's getting the blood flowing and the mussels
> loosened off that pays read dividends.
Sporting competitions and optimal conditions are not what the MA practitioner faces in an actual combat. If your PC:s get attacked by shinobi (ninja) assasins you can assume the shinobi have warmed up and stretched beforehand.
-Adept : somewhat incoherent because of a nasty flu (or influenza)
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