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Battōjutsu (居合術) Another Sword Drawing Art and an Old Term for Iaijutsu

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Jittejutsu (Juttejutsu) (十手術) The Art Of The Japanese Weapon Jitte (Jutte) a Weapon that was used by Law Enforcement during the Edo Period. It has some similarities to the Okinawan Sai.

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Naginatajutsu (薙刀術) The Art Of The Naginata a Weapon Similar to a European Glaive and a Chinese Guan Dao. Used by both Men and Women.

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A lot of cats don't realize that Japanese Martial Arts has always been a thing long before Okinawan Karate came to Mainland Japan and long before Judo and Aikido were created. The perfect example of this is the Ancient Martial Arts of the Samurai known as Koryū (Ko-Ryū) (古武道).

Another factor about Bruce Lee's Fight Choreography is the tempo and rhythm in the Action as well. That's because of Bruce's background in Cha Cha Dancing. He was the Hong Kong Cha Cha Dancing Champion when he was young.

One of the Bonus Stages in Street Fighter 6 is a callback to the Second Bonus Stage in Street Fighter I from 1987. The Board Breaking Stage.

Lee Diendou from the Data East Fighting Game Series Fighter's History is a Practitioner of the Chinese Martial Art Bajiquan (Baat Gik Kyun in Cantonese) (Hakkyoku Ken in Japanese).

For those of y'all who don't know Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter, Akira Kazama from Justice Gakuen aka Rival Schools and Street Fighter, and Kokoro from Dead Or Alive are Practitioners of the Chinese Martial Art Bajiquan (Baat Gik Kyun in Cantonese) (Hakkyoku Ken in Japanese).

For those of y'all who don't know Blue Mary from Garou Densetsu aka Fatal Fury and King Of Fighters and Bayman from Dead Or Alive are Practitioners of the Russian Hybrid Martial Art Samozashchita Bez Oruzhiya aka Sambo.

Marshall Law, Forest Law and Lee Chaolan from Tekken. Though with Lee Chaolan he combines it with Savate, Western Boxing and Taekwondo. Originally he combined it with Mishima Style Karate in Tekken 1,2, and Tag 1.

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Jacky Bryant and Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter. Although Sarah Bryant will combine Jeet Kune Do with Taekwondo, Savate, and Karate.

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There are other Fighting Game Characters that use Jeet Kune Do. Like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat.

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One of the main quotes that hits this home is "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless add what is uniquely your own."

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