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I've been wondering for a while are all the martial arts and martial art
techniques in this series real? I used to be a former karate student, so I do
know that the karate techniques used in the beginning 200~ chapters are legit.

As the series progressed, however, the karate techniques started to become a
lot more complex and I have never even heard of them before.

Then they also started deviating from the standard martial arts and introduced
some like pencak silat (which I never knew existed before).

If there are some fake styles or techniques, which ones are there*?

*Please don't use unreal fights to disprove. For example, when Akisame fought against that other master and they proceeded to counter-throw each others counter-throw, ultimately leaving them suspended in midair for half the chapter. The technique of a counter throw is real, but the manga just used it unrealistically.


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Are the martial art techniques in Kenichi real?


Check [this](http://kenichi.wikia.com/wiki/Martial_Arts_Styles) for a list of
the martial arts used in Kenichi.

Some of the martial arts are of course just fictional **or** adapted, like
_Nyakwondo_ (a combination of cat moves and _Tae Kwon Do_ ) and even Furinji's
own style. However, majority of the martial arts in the manga/anime is still
legitimate and--based on personal experience as a former wrestling competitor
in university days--relatively accurate.

Also, I won't rightly consider "fake" some of the variations, as martial arts
in real life are mostly just variation of one another. _Kung Fu_ alone is
credited for inspiring at least a couple of major styles, and die-hard
practitioners and fans alike will call fake on these other inspired arts.
However, I must admit that Kenichi deserves an amazing suspension of disbelief
with some of them.

Also, a bit out-of-topic:

> I personally find it amusing that you're a karate practitioner and you don't
> know prior to Kenichi about Pencak Silat when it's one of the most murderous
> martial arts in the world. While most martial arts are developed in defense,
> the likes of _Muay Thai_ , _Muay Boran_ , and _Pencak Silat_ are meant to
> utterly disable, maim, and outright kill opponents.  
>  
>  Granted, _Silat_ is a huge discipline, but the _Pencak_ variant is the
> recognized national martial art of Indonesia and it's been shown to be
> highly effective (a
> [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raid:_Redemption) even had tons of
> people using it, including the "regular" street mook), not to mention Hayato
> Furinji himself had some issues with the art's complexity.


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I have only read a little into the manga, but finished the anime, and I'd say
ballpark 80%-90% of it is a legit martial art. My background includes karate,
muay thai, krav maga, and gracie jiu jitsu.

It just occasionally hollywoods the living hell out of it - like the saikuken
(in the anime, the 1st fist uses it) being some magical wall of defense. The
real equivalent in probably just knowing your range and understanding just how
little you have to move to dodge sometimes - a boxer/kickboxer's slip of a
punch is a good example of real "saikuken". You only have to move your head 4
inches to dodge a straight punch to the face.

The whole Ki-attack thing and Siegfried just using an innate, musical
understanding of rhythm as an un-trained fighting method are ridiculous.

The 2nd fist and some long haired dude who worked for Kisara and whose name I
don't remember are also legit, but pretty out there - for a fighter to perform
well from pure talent (2nd Fist) or to only learn by getting in fights
frequently over and over again (forgotten name) are both possible but
extraordinarily unlikely.

In short, most of it, at least where the anime covers is legit, and the
portion that isn't legit is usually vaguely based on something real, and just
hollywooded up for aesthetics or variety.


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Pencak Silat is real, I believe they use it in the Middle East. Penetration
and command sumo are real styles too, I believe. Lucha libre obviously is
real, but some of the moves are somewhat unrealistic, but that's just like
their personal fighting style or adaptation.


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Pencak silat is a Malaysian martial art (Featured in the The Raid movie).
Lucha Libre is Mexican wrestling (best reference is Rey Mysterio IRL).

As to the anime, I have to agree that 80-90% of it is based on real life
martial arts. Judging how Kenichi performed and trained, he is equivalent to
our MMA fighters following the rule of Krav Maga (survival)


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