While watching a documentry on the International Space station I got to wondering how any of our usual martial arts would work in weightless conditions. I imagine a kick would tend to make the kicker spin unless he hit his opponent in which case both fighters would bounce around like pool balls.. Same with a punch. Grappling might work but judo not so much since gravity isn't there to assist your throws. Fma? same issue with Newton's Third law of Motion. Karate/ TKD style chambered punch? You'd spin in the directionof the punch unles your retracting arm perfectly balanced the force of your punch. if we get an handle on this, we could set up and asronout martial arts program Any thoughts? Frivolous replies welcome.
......................oh dear. In this case BJJ actually does seem to be... what do they say? "T3h R34l D34Dly"? Although I wonder how a "chi master"s chi balls would react in 0 gravity... Guess it depends on the type of fishing line used...
Osu, Interesting question and it is funny to think about it. Grounded arts would have problems Karate, boxing, etc... Grappling in zero gravity changes the problem entirely, probably making defense easier. TaeKwonDo might work with aerial techniques. TaiChi, with their slow movements, would be at an advantage... or at least in control of themselves... I guess the winner would be Aikido Osu!
Dude, I'll be pulling off all the moves that my too-friendly-to-gravity body cant do on Earth. Street Fighter style Hurricane Kicks A REAL Superman punch! Raiden style torpedo attack! Wong Fei Hung (Jet Li version) Fut-san-mo-ying-guerk! No Shadow Kick!
Hum, not to mention the slo mo Matrix style hang in the air thing Oh yes instead of the octagon would they have a round cage? Call it the polydecahedron? Seriously though (in as much as this thread is serious) you have the whole rotational thing. For example in zero g, they can't use a standard screwdriver. You attempt to turn the screw but you rotate instead. A straight punch would send you back ward. A cross punch or a round house kick would start you spinning. Maybe you could brace yourself against a wall and spring at your opponent? I'm betting that some of the wilder bramches of NASA or the NSA have actually looked into this stuff.
They use standard wrenches inside the vehicle. I don't see why they couldn't use a standard screwdriver inside. However, inside there are a lot more handholds/footholds/bracepoints. Outside, the suits are bulky, workstations are harder, and they're usually using power tools. Not NASA to my knowledge. NASA's goals are peaceful. Military, I don't know.
Re: the OP: Capoeira, perhaps? For external MA's, definitely the acrobatic types. Internal MA's, might not be a problem...
