The daily life of a karate girl

[lego_joker]

Hey, all. Long time no see...

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with Detective Conan, but right now I'm developing a story around its karate-ka heroine Ran Mouri (Rachel Moore, for those of you who might dimly recall the dub from [adult swim]), and I could really use some pointers from folks who've got more experience practicing, writing,

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[beesandbrews]

I can't help with the training questions, but I have written my share of fight scenes. Like sex scenes they can be hard to choreograph! But what tends to work is to make a point to focus on all the senses. What is your point of view character feeling? Scared? Excited? Angry? Is their heart pumping or does it slow as they deliberately change the way they breathe? Do they feel sick to their stomach at actually having to confront someone outside of a dojo? Or does that happen later, if at all

[lego_joker]

Ah, thank you kindly for the response.

To be honest, I wasn't even aware there were martial artists who're "reactive and just go with the first move that pops into their brain". At least, not those who've been trained in a formal setting. That's part of why I feel so adrift writing fight scenes - I don't know what a "realistic" chain of tactics to put into the character's brain would look like.

But then, depending on the stylization, I might not need to... hmmm...

[beesandbrews]

As in all dramatic situations, you really need to have a firm grasp of your character because *real life" tends to have sod all with what goes on in the classroom, and most fights tend not to be fought by the Marcus of Queensberry's rules. (Boxing, but you take my drift