- Fighting Moves
Common Fighting Moves
Back kick:
Explosive surprise move to catch the opponent from behind. Judge opponent's distance from you carefully; then lash out with your back legs, taking your weight on your front paws.
Belly rake:
A fight-stopper. Slice with unsheathed claws across soft flesh of opponent's belly. If you're pinned down, the belly rake quickly puts you back in control.
Front paw blow:
Frontal attack. Bring your front paw down hard on your opponent's head. Claws sheathed.
Front paw strike:
Frontal attack. Slice downward with your front paw at the body or face of your opponent. Claws unsheathed.
Killing bite:
A death blow on the back of the neck. Quick and silent and sometimes considered dishonorable. Used only as a last resort.
Leap-and-hold:
Ideal for a small cat facing a large apponent. Spring onto opponent's back and grip with unsheathed claws. Now you are beyond range of your opponent's paws and in posistion to inflict severe body wounds. A group of apprentices can easily defeat a large and dangerous warrior in this way.
[Note: When the apprentices defeated Bone of BloodClan is an example] Watch for the drop-and-roll countermove, and try and jump free before you get squashed.
Partner fighting:
Warriors who have trained and faught together will often instinctively falled into a paired defensive posistion, each protecting the other's back while fending off an opponent on either side. Slashing, clawing, and leaping together, battle pairs can be a whirlwind of of danger for attackers.
Play dead:
Effectice in a tight situation, such as when you are pinned. Stop struggling and go limp. When your opponent relaxes his/her grip, thinking you are defeated, push yourself up exsplosively. This will throw off an unwary opponent and put you in a attacking posistion. [Note: Not all will think you are defeated! It is a risk!]
Scruff Shake:
Secure a strong teeth grip in the scruff of your opponent's neck; then shake violently until he or she is too rattled to fight back. Most effective against rats, which are small enough to throw. A strong throw will stun or kill them.
Teeth grip:
Target your opponent's extremities- the legs, tail, scruff, or ears- and sink in your teeth and hold. This is similar to the leap-and-hold except your claws remain free to fight.
Upright lock:
Final, crushing wound on already weakened opponent. Rear up on your back legs and bring full weight down on opponent. If opponent does same, wrestle and flip him under you. This move makes you vulnerable to the belly rake, so requires grat strength and speed.
