Attack power to gloves?

[Antichrist_Online]

The adding of thin iron bands, increase the weight of the lower arms. meaning there is greater momentum in the persons technique, the flexiblity comes from learning how to stop the arm with the weight added.

Btw: Most of this is information coming from my Sensei, so it isn't first hand info. I use nuncucku, yaris, bos, kodachis, no-dachis and katanas not Dorangs as I fight in bracers and splint armour.

[Dragonslayer4ever]

You have to be really into your martial arts to know what we are talking about. Chi is an energy we can use. And learning to control it and build it up is what I study in my ninjitsu now. I used those Dorangs when I first started but now I have a costume made wieghted down outift to train n. ABout 100lbs of weight sewn into the sleeves shirt and pants of my Gi. In fact I think I will mention that to the clothing topic about making Gi's

What I am wanting out of this is some way to be able to do more damage without having to hae some actual weapon like sabre. Cause in some places IRL monks do not use weapons because they are a weapon themself.

Now I just recently noticed you can make bracers and I can ue those But maybe hand and fot wraps can be made as well. I don't know I think my charrie is wanting to look like the KArate kid.

[The Industriallist]

Right. Now, if you talk about energy that:
Cannot be detected by any known emperical means
Cannot be explained to the uninitiated
Can be channeled/controlled by a properly trained person

That could be almost definitional for mysticism/magic.
Which isn't surprising, if you consider that the theory dates from the extremely mystical era in which the martial arts were developed.

If a skill system is ever implemented, skills concerning unarmed combat should certainly be included.

[Pulpcatcher]

I have to back this arguement up here.The wearing of heavy items around ones limbs does make physical blows significantly more powerful.

Only the other day did I try to congratulate a friend by slapping him on the back. Alas I'd forgotten that I was wearing my solid steel cuff-links and what was intended as a gentle slap on the back actually caused a chi imbalance and he was hurled to the ground. Fortunately he was wearing a re-enforced corsett and so his injuries were only minor; but let this be a lesson to us all.

And since this is a suggestions forum: let's have chi enhanced cuff-links.

[NetherSpawn]

So... the net effect is that we would have a new weapon, made of iron, that makes a very limited amount of sense. Why do we have to add mysticism to such an item? Instead of getting into the apparent controversy overy Chi, we could just make Knuckledusters. Incidentally, those could be interesting if they were small enough to be concealable.
But if you're a martial artist, you can hurt people for more damage than a normal person can in Cantr, or there isn't much point in being a martial artist. Without a skill system, that's downright unfair and defies Cantrian physics. Hence you are not a martial artist. Non-martial artists generally prefer hard, heavy objects to be what connects with the other person, when they have the choice.
Finally, why implement more than one unarmed attack type? If kicks do more damage than punches, then punches are... outdated.

[kroner]

So... the net effect is that we would have a new weapon, made of iron, that makes a very limited amount of sense. Why do we have to add mysticism to such an item? Instead of getting into the apparent controversy overy Chi, we could just make Knuckledusters. Incidentally, those could be interesting if they were small enough to be concealable.
But if you're a martial artist, you can hurt people for more damage than a normal person can in Cantr, or there isn't much point in being a martial artist. Without a skill system, that's downright unfair and defies Cantrian physics. Hence you are not a martial artist. Non-martial artists generally prefer hard, heavy objects to be what connects with the other person, when they have the choice.
Finally, why implement more than one unarmed attack type? If kicks do more damage than punches, then punches are... outdated.

this person... speaks so much truth. it nearly brings a tear to my eye.