Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3686-3690 (26th February to 2nd March 2018)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 01 Mar 2018, 09:14 ---But what are the white formless things at the end of her legs in panel one?
Jeph is so good at drawing people and especially hands. But the way he draws feet...
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They're white Japanese exercise socks; commonly used during martial arts lessons.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: ckridge on 01 Mar 2018, 07:24 ---It is just about impossible to get Japanese senseis to teach tanto, so it is hard to say.
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Arnis, also known as Eskrima, is the national sport of the Philippines. Instruction is probably not all that hard to come by.
ckridge:
True that, but it's not done with tanto. Tanto are built for punching through lacquered armor. The little bit of Filipino knife I have studied uses different knives and is pretty clearly set up for fighting someone lightly dressed.
Actually, there are an awful lot of Filipino martial arts, and the Japanese did occupy the archipelago for a while, so someone somewhere in the Philippines may teach tanto as part of advanced curriculum. I do JKD, and have only been practicing it for a couple of years, so my kali is shallow.
Can't say I have seen any stances like that in kali or in old school Japanese martial arts, either. Silat, yes, but silat mostly uses karambit.
ckridge:
What she is doing looks more like either of the first two moves in this karate kata than like anything else I have seen, but karate is Chinese boxing that spent time in Okinawa and didn't arrive in Japan till the 1920s, so shouldn't have tanto in it at all. I go with my earlier theory that she is playing around. Playing around is good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aogof98qjoE
Zebediah:
She's practicing May-fu. It's a little-known martial art that involves stabbing while shouting highly inventive profanity.
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