Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Offensive energies

this is a draft of possible striking "energies". Many weapons and strikes combine different energies- unarmed attacks, for example, are both blunt and striking and can impact in a variety of different ways. Feedback on missing types or terminology suggestions are welcome.

Offensive Energies:

Edged:
Hack
Slice-Push/pull cut
Slash

Blunt:
Snap
Shatter
Slap
Knock
Disjoint

Pointed:
Slide
Puncture
Hook/Gouge

Post-Penetration:
Rip
(See)Saw
Twist
Gouge
Sink

Flexible:
Flick
Lash
Entangle
Constrict
Open

3 comments:

  1. How about 'Scrape' for Edged, and 'Roll', 'Nail' and 'Shear' for Blunt.
    Assuming 'Sink' = Impale? What do you mean by 'Slide'?

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  2. Scrape is good for sure. 'Roll' - a twisting force at the moment of impact, imparting rotational force or tearing soft surfaces?

    not sure what you mean by 'nail'?

    'Shear' - two opposing forces which closely pass each other. scissors, gunting, hitting a protrusion where it is connected to a surface. (my disturbing visualization for that one is a sledgehammer hitting a pointing finger right past the knuckle. oh man.)

    Sink is like impaling, although you could impale someone just by holding a sword out straight and letting them run on it. What i'm getting at with sink is, you've punctured the surface, come to a stop, and then apply a force assist to make it go deeper.

    Slide is letting a point skid across a surface until it finds a better angle. In epee fencing, the tip of the sword is an actual button that has to be depressed to score. The surface of the jacket is usually some sort of artificial blend that makes it slick. So you can strike the surface of the forearm at an oblique angle, not get enough bite to depress the tip, and it keeps sliding along until it hits the inside of the elbow. This is why epee fencers occasionally have stories about being hassled for drug use, because you get these wicked abrasions that look like infected track marks.

    anyway, the same sliding tech can be used target chinks in armor, hit the plate and let it slide along into the joint, where most of the good stuff is.

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  3. Nail would be like hammering something in - thinking back end of the weapon like hitting your fist on the table but with a blunt end in hand ... perhaps this is take care of by one of the other terms ...?

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