Why are we putting characters like Wonder Woman and Hippolyta in? They can fight, yes. But doesn't mean they are martial artists.
Why are we putting characters like Wonder Woman and Hippolyta in? They can fight, yes. But doesn't mean they are martial artists.
Honestly, that is not true definition of martial artist.
I noticed that Wikipedia says that but I think that won't be the perfect term.
How would you define martial artists? Also, you are aware that martial arts, in the simplest terms, are just traditional fighting forms - which is what the wikipedia definition was stating.
Martial arts for us (in the broader sense of the term) stems from Japanese origin (with arts like Savate and Akido), but that wouldn't be the case for other civilizations. Kryptonians have their own martial arts, and for all we know Atlanteans may have their own (because I doubt Judo is a practiced form in the oceans), and Amazons have their own which, from what I've been able to notice, largely deals with ranged combat and agility.
I agree with you. But well, I was thinking of something like 'Combat' or 'Hand-to-hand combat expert'.
Semantics. But "Combat" wouldn't qualify as a proper categorization, I don't think
The latter might work but I think martial-arts is okay that way.
They're synonymous to one another. An expert at hand-to-hand combat is undoubtedly a martial artist
Okay, then. Thank you.
It is quite broad though, and could potentially become a "catch all" category due to the nature of this wikis topic.
Right, but there are clear distinctions when it comes to who it's being used to describe. Like Superman obviously does hand-to-hand combat, but he's not particularly skilled (yet) and can be bested were he depowered or facing an opponent who can match his strength. Aquaman is more of a brawler, though his mastery with a trident suggests he's had some training, which would make him a martial artist.
If it were slimmed down to Combatant, that's practically annyone who puts up a fight.