Originally posted by Allankles
I don't mean to shit on your perceptions on real fighting, but many martial artists have admitted that in life or death struggles (screw the controlled environments of dojos) martial arts technique goes out the window and is replaced with primal instinct.If you don't have natural fighting talent and instict, you usually find yourself in trouble in such situations.
There are so many ways an undisciplined brawler can decide to attack you, that so many of the specific techniques you learn in aikido probably wouldn't count for much. And seriously, I've done boxing training and if I'm stronger and have a considerable weight advantage over a skilled woman, it's very likely that I'll take her out.
Truth be told I'm making this too realistic. I mean in the comic world a martial artist with gadgets (Batman) can survive encounters with superhumans. So Wonderwoman beats Supes in that setting, in the real world Superman probably manhandles her eventually.
In real life its very hard for a smaller weaker woman to knock out a physically fit and strong male without weapons. That's why most women have to learn self defense techniques that are more passive, because they lack the size and brute strength necessary to beat larger assailants.
Oh I know that for most people, they say that at least 50% of their skills go out the window in a real fight. But it doesn't apply to everybody. You take the best martial artists in the world against the strongest powerlifters and its going to be a sweep for the martial artists IF they are people used to fighting for real.
I'm told by a guy that was there that one thing he was always told when he was in Korea was, "Whatever you do, don't even try to go hand to hand with those little bastards. Just pull your gun and shoot them." That was apparently because of the hand to hand training in the Korean military.
Yes I know you are right about training in a dojo or even a boxing gym versus the ways and seriousness whith which you'll be attacked real life. Even one of my instructors, who has been attacked real life twice and succesfully used his skills, admits that most students would not be able to do that. The question is, what is Wonder Woman's mentality? Is she a person used to using her fighting skills in real situations, not just in practice? Yes. Is she one of those people that won't panic and lose 50% of her skills when its for real? The way she's written, I'd say she won't panic and lose her skills.
Regarding aikido, it tends to go for methods that don't involve punching and kicking and goes for more passive methods. A bigger person definitely still had an advantage but, whenn there is a drastic diffeernce in skill levels with the far more skilled person being smaller, it really comes down to whether someone is a person who will use their skills and not let their instincts override them.