I want to see Ranma kill Kuno and lets call it

self defense. Cool a killer! Please write or

etc chapter 4 of Ranma Hard Core.

Great story so far. And a realistic one so far (Okay, except the curse, but that is part of Ranma) hope this will continue with this style.

I hope Akane isnt the one who will be engaged to Ranma, with the behavior of this Ranma it wouldnt be less than ideal. And i prefer Ranma/Nabiki better, which seems for me to be a better option.

Yeah, Wushu is a generic term, like Kung Fu, or Karate. Thing is martial arts as a form of self defense was banned a while back in China; the Manchu goverment fearing an uprising against them, banned the practice of fighting forms. They made Kung Fu masters members of the court in order to keep them in line. Later on, the communist goverment made a little more than a token gesture by making martial arts into a national competition, sans what most of 'civilized' China considers 'Wushu'. As for Ranma's speech patterns for one particular part, I would say it's as if he was reciting what he may have been told, or perhaps what he may have read directly from the Tao of Jeet Kune Do. And a good martial artist... in the form you are concerning about more than likely, may heavily advocate solid stances, but they arn't prominant in all forms. Dissagree? Bruce Lee's Way of the Intercepting Fist preached against solid stances, stating you should be able to flow from move to move, and stay light on the feet. Ironic considering Bruce Lee's original form of Kung Fu was Wing Chun, one that practices a lot of solid rooting stances, being one of the few hard forms of Kung Fu. Shinmen Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi as most know him as) believed in a 'no stance' stance; one that was intergrated into the way your regular gait and body pose. Basic Capoeira stance is called the Ginga Dance, a swaying that consistantly keeps you on the move. Sinawali of Philipino Kali stick form also practices an similar step, moving your feet in a triangle base in conjunction with your upper attack strikes. Most grappling forms heavily dissuade any solid stances. Even Mui Tai fighters keep at least one foot bouncing for the ready. Footwork is just as important as a solid stance to you is for; mechanics. There is a difference between a jab that keeps your leading foot flat on the ground, to one that you twist your lead foot on the ball of it, causing your whole body to twist into the attack. A cross, hook, uppercut all also benefit from footwork mechanics. It does make for a faster strike as well as powerful and conservative. Don't take the habitual notion that footwork is consistantly shuffling around and wasting energy. Footwork should of course be automatic, but then again everything you practice should be. You *never* should have to think about things in a fight unless your assessing your opponent in a break. I choose to describe the footwork because it's one of the things that are most overlooked in martial arts. Lastly, you don't particularly fight with 'speed', you fight with timing. It doesn't matter how fast you are, if your opponent can tell when the attack is coming. Again, both Bruce Lee and Musashi preached this in their respective concepts and schools. I train myself in solid stances, but I don't spar in them, rather keep spry than firm.

Wu shu is a generic term for a martial art rather like karate with many styles existing under that umbrella term. Its rural China thats the heart of martial arts and they don't care what their governmant thinks. As to your story Ranmas dialogue doens't match someone whose grown up on the road. Also a good martial artist uses solid basic stances with increased speed and attacks in combinations - never concentrate on your footwork in a fight it should be automatic.

Glad you have done this without making a homicidal ranma or Akane. Basically all you have done is changed ranma's attitude so that he takes all combat at a serious level, not ignoring it or starting out over confident and incautious

It's good to see more mention of actual marital arts and martial arts theory, not many fanfics bother. I look forward to more.

Interesting idea, well written. Write more!

I like where your bringing this story. Ive never seen a Ranma story that takes fighting seriusly before without Ranma himself being a psycopathic homicidal maniac.

The fight scenes are realistic and to the point. Its also easy to visualise them the way your telling them.

Alot of people dont realise the difference between tournament arts and fighting/self-defense arts. Keep up the good work... im very interested in where this is going. _

Cool story, found something similar like this one a while back where Ranma was taught a killing version. However, after a year its still on Ch.3 and it doesn't seem to be adding any time soon. So, anyway, I really like this one better and I hope you'll be able to update it within the month; can't wait to see what happens. Til then, keep up the good work.

Really different take on a "Ranma takes no BS" story. Often, this genre portrays Ranma as being openly hostile and dangerous. Here, he seems to be basically the same decent person he had been, but willing to inflict damage or death if he feels it is warranted.

His control in the sparring session is admirable, too. I appreciate that Akane is not made into a rabid maniac here, and I hope this will continue into the future.

So, it looks as though this Ranma is *very* dangerous, but not necessarily unstable. He'll probably kill Kuno dead, unless someone holds him back, and if he takes on the horde o' hentai that Akane fights in the morning, things could get ugly.

Good variant on the Ranma story, I look forward to more.