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    Default Re: Aikido monk?

    that makes sense to me too, since this means you're actually taking advantage of in-character reasons for making another enemy fight you.

    but an actual "taunt" ability via WoW style aggro? ugh... sounds stupid as all hell.

    I still maintain though, that aikido can be used offensively, if only for the reason that while theoretically aikido has no offensive moves, you can simply just give them the ability to create their own supplement it with other martial arts moves. (which, by the way, is how real life aikido people do it. They basically just add some other skills to their skill set.)

    there is, of course, aikido's more brutal cousin, Aiki-jutsu, which DOES have offensive moves since it was developed not as some kind of spiritual enlightenment martial art, but as an actual form of martial skill used for lethal application.
    Last edited by elliott20; 2009-06-17 at 12:39 AM.