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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: chris on 09/06/2017 15:51:43

Title: What combat technique would be best in a microgravity boxing ring?
Post by: chris on 09/06/2017 15:51:43: Donald has written to say:

In the 2118 Olympics held in space, what combat technique would be the most effective in a weightless ring (?sphere). Personally, I would bet on an octopus...

What do you think?
Title: Re: What combat technique would be best in a microgravity boxing ring?
Post by: alancalverd on 09/06/2017 16:37:26: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. This is true aerial combat.
Title: Re: What combat technique would be best in a microgravity boxing ring?
Post by: PmbPhy on 09/06/2017 22:08:13: Quote from: chris on 09/06/2017 15:51:43
Donald has written to say:

In the 2118 Olympics held in space, what combat technique would be the most effective in a weightless ring (?sphere). Personally, I would bet on an octopus...

What do you think?
The combatants would be tethered together. Their fighting skills would be developed to work within those restraints. Their motion would then be determined in part by the motion of their enemy combatant.
Title: Re: What combat technique would be best in a microgravity boxing ring?
Post by: chiralSPO on 09/06/2017 22:38:44: I would imagine the sport would resemble wrestling or jujitsu more than boxing or kickboxing for the simple reason that there would be no ground to push off of to deliver punches and kicks. One could imagine a 3-D network of ropes or poles that the opponents could grasp and maneuver with as they fight, or as PmbPhy suggests, just tie them together!
Title: Re: What combat technique would be best in a microgravity boxing ring?
Post by: evan_au on 10/06/2017 06:45:16: If there were a large, air-filled volume with microgravity, I expect they would wear wings, and fight it out like eagles on Earth.