Post by ironhold on Apr 11, 2013 4:55:06 GMT
AKA: "High School Exciting Story: Tough"
Premise -
Several years before the start of the series, a wrestler named Iron Kiva began challenging the masters of several different martial arts forms to mixed matches in order to establish which form of fighting was superior. This bit him hard when he challenged Otom Miyasoto, the last known master of the Nanshin Shadow Style, a martial arts style first developed by a group of assassins, to an unsanctioned match; although Otom's collarbone was broken in the match, he was still able to land a blow with his good hand that destroyed Kiva's left eye. Now half blind, Kiva was unable to continue and so suffered the greatest loss of his career.
Unable to get over the defeat, Kiva has decided to challenge Otom to a rematch. Unfortunately for him, Otom retired from fighting as a result of their match, and has blended into everyday society (it's implied that he either owns a series of warehouses or makes enough money to have a long-term lease on one that he uses as his private dojo). Since Otom appears unwilling to take the bait, Kiva is now trying to provoke Otom's teenage son Keiichi (AKA "Kibo") into a match so that he can take revenge by proxy.
Myth #1, episode #1
According to Otom, there are five key organs or systems of organs in the human body. If one of these begins to malfunction in any fashion, they cause the face to become discolored. If you can tell how a person's face is becoming discolored, you can tell what organs to target for best effect.
If I remember the list correctly:
*problems with the heart will cause the face to turn red
*problems with the lungs will cause the face to turn white
*problems with the stomach will cause the face to turn yellow
*problems with the kidneys will cause the face to turn black
*problems with the liver will (IIRC) cause the face to turn purple
I think the myth here should be pretty obvious.
Myth #2, Episode #1
Kiva informs a fighter named Samon that he must "defeat Nanshin Shadow Style" if he wishes a shot at the title. Samon cheap-shots Otom as he's walking home, but Keiichi uses a loophole to declare that Samon hasn't won unless he defeats him in a match as well.
Unfortunately for Samon, he was so over-confident after what appeared to be his win against Otom that he didn't bother to get his injuries checked out first. It turns out that Otom knew it was a fight he couldn't win under the circumstances, and so before he faked a sleep-out he got Samon with a blow intended to hammer Samon's kidneys. Although Samon was able to walk away from the original blow without an issue, Keiichi succeeded in putting Samon in a hold that stressed Samon's kidneys even further, causing his face to turn black and revealing Otom's gambit. With his kidneys under stress, Samon was able to break the hold but was now slow enough for Keiichi to land several more blows before putting Samon in another, more potent hold that he followed up with a classic Sleeper for the win.
Thing is, according to the flashback, the blow that Otom landed was a cut to Samon's left cheek. It's possible that the cut became infected enough to slowly tax Samon's body, not so much that it would affect his daily life but just enough that it'd give Keiichi the edge in a brutal enough fight. Otherwise, I can't think of an explanation for how the injury would realistically have anything to do with Samon's kidneys.
Myth #2A
Among the blows that Keiichi lands on Samon after he discovers Samon's plight are a series of hard kicks to the knees. Even in the real world, these kicks would have further slowed Samon even if they weren't enough to take him off of his feet. But according to Otom, the knees have a pressure point that affects the kidneys as well; not only was Keiichi preventing Samon from using his speed, he was therefore supposedly further stressing Samon's kidneys.
Myth #3, episode #2
Pro wrestler "Maneater" Yoshenki is back in Japan, having been deported from Mexico after inadvertently breaking the neck of a Mexican wrestler named Chico Salazar during a match (in real life, Yoshenki's finisher actually *would* put undue stress on the neck and shoulders of his target).
Between the previous episode and incidents that took place in the manga, Yoshenki knows enough about Keiichi to where he figures the kid would be a good warmup before he returns to Kiva's wrestling organization. Thing is, earlier in the episode Yoshenki took out a street gang that tried to attack him. Yoshenki and Keiichi are so distracted that one of the gang members is able to sneak up and stab Yoshenki in the side with a military-style knife, only for Yoshenki to smack the gang member around.
In order to prove just how macho he is, Yoshenki decides to dislodge the knife by flexing his muscles, thereby squeezing the blade out. It works, but in the process he injures himself so badly that a burst of blood shoots out of the wound almost immediately thereafter. He survives, but only because Keiichi was there to donate blood (tragically keeping him from doing so during the third episode when someone else gets seriously injured)... something that Yoshenki's teenage sister lectures him about later on, shaming him enough that he eventually winds up as one of Keiichi's allies in order to pay him back.
Again - this one should be obvious. Is it even possible for a person to do what Yoshenki did, and if so just what kind of damage would they sustain?
**
Believe it or not, though, a fair amount of what was depicted as far as fights go actually *would* work in real life - including the more extreme moves. For example, the "Onihei Devil Lock" and the "Reverse Devil Lock" work in large part by having the fighter wrap their legs around the target's neck, helping to cut off the flow of blood to the brain. Likewise, in real life it is entirely possible for a hard enough blow to the chest to momentarily stop someone's heart. Then there's Yoshenki's above-mentioned Cannonball, which results in the target's neck, head, and shoulders being slammed hard against the mat.
Premise -
Several years before the start of the series, a wrestler named Iron Kiva began challenging the masters of several different martial arts forms to mixed matches in order to establish which form of fighting was superior. This bit him hard when he challenged Otom Miyasoto, the last known master of the Nanshin Shadow Style, a martial arts style first developed by a group of assassins, to an unsanctioned match; although Otom's collarbone was broken in the match, he was still able to land a blow with his good hand that destroyed Kiva's left eye. Now half blind, Kiva was unable to continue and so suffered the greatest loss of his career.
Unable to get over the defeat, Kiva has decided to challenge Otom to a rematch. Unfortunately for him, Otom retired from fighting as a result of their match, and has blended into everyday society (it's implied that he either owns a series of warehouses or makes enough money to have a long-term lease on one that he uses as his private dojo). Since Otom appears unwilling to take the bait, Kiva is now trying to provoke Otom's teenage son Keiichi (AKA "Kibo") into a match so that he can take revenge by proxy.
Myth #1, episode #1
According to Otom, there are five key organs or systems of organs in the human body. If one of these begins to malfunction in any fashion, they cause the face to become discolored. If you can tell how a person's face is becoming discolored, you can tell what organs to target for best effect.
If I remember the list correctly:
*problems with the heart will cause the face to turn red
*problems with the lungs will cause the face to turn white
*problems with the stomach will cause the face to turn yellow
*problems with the kidneys will cause the face to turn black
*problems with the liver will (IIRC) cause the face to turn purple
I think the myth here should be pretty obvious.
Myth #2, Episode #1
Kiva informs a fighter named Samon that he must "defeat Nanshin Shadow Style" if he wishes a shot at the title. Samon cheap-shots Otom as he's walking home, but Keiichi uses a loophole to declare that Samon hasn't won unless he defeats him in a match as well.
Unfortunately for Samon, he was so over-confident after what appeared to be his win against Otom that he didn't bother to get his injuries checked out first. It turns out that Otom knew it was a fight he couldn't win under the circumstances, and so before he faked a sleep-out he got Samon with a blow intended to hammer Samon's kidneys. Although Samon was able to walk away from the original blow without an issue, Keiichi succeeded in putting Samon in a hold that stressed Samon's kidneys even further, causing his face to turn black and revealing Otom's gambit. With his kidneys under stress, Samon was able to break the hold but was now slow enough for Keiichi to land several more blows before putting Samon in another, more potent hold that he followed up with a classic Sleeper for the win.
Thing is, according to the flashback, the blow that Otom landed was a cut to Samon's left cheek. It's possible that the cut became infected enough to slowly tax Samon's body, not so much that it would affect his daily life but just enough that it'd give Keiichi the edge in a brutal enough fight. Otherwise, I can't think of an explanation for how the injury would realistically have anything to do with Samon's kidneys.
Myth #2A
Among the blows that Keiichi lands on Samon after he discovers Samon's plight are a series of hard kicks to the knees. Even in the real world, these kicks would have further slowed Samon even if they weren't enough to take him off of his feet. But according to Otom, the knees have a pressure point that affects the kidneys as well; not only was Keiichi preventing Samon from using his speed, he was therefore supposedly further stressing Samon's kidneys.
Myth #3, episode #2
Pro wrestler "Maneater" Yoshenki is back in Japan, having been deported from Mexico after inadvertently breaking the neck of a Mexican wrestler named Chico Salazar during a match (in real life, Yoshenki's finisher actually *would* put undue stress on the neck and shoulders of his target).
Between the previous episode and incidents that took place in the manga, Yoshenki knows enough about Keiichi to where he figures the kid would be a good warmup before he returns to Kiva's wrestling organization. Thing is, earlier in the episode Yoshenki took out a street gang that tried to attack him. Yoshenki and Keiichi are so distracted that one of the gang members is able to sneak up and stab Yoshenki in the side with a military-style knife, only for Yoshenki to smack the gang member around.
In order to prove just how macho he is, Yoshenki decides to dislodge the knife by flexing his muscles, thereby squeezing the blade out. It works, but in the process he injures himself so badly that a burst of blood shoots out of the wound almost immediately thereafter. He survives, but only because Keiichi was there to donate blood (tragically keeping him from doing so during the third episode when someone else gets seriously injured)... something that Yoshenki's teenage sister lectures him about later on, shaming him enough that he eventually winds up as one of Keiichi's allies in order to pay him back.
Again - this one should be obvious. Is it even possible for a person to do what Yoshenki did, and if so just what kind of damage would they sustain?
**
Believe it or not, though, a fair amount of what was depicted as far as fights go actually *would* work in real life - including the more extreme moves. For example, the "Onihei Devil Lock" and the "Reverse Devil Lock" work in large part by having the fighter wrap their legs around the target's neck, helping to cut off the flow of blood to the brain. Likewise, in real life it is entirely possible for a hard enough blow to the chest to momentarily stop someone's heart. Then there's Yoshenki's above-mentioned Cannonball, which results in the target's neck, head, and shoulders being slammed hard against the mat.
