Last week, I put together a list of canon Street Fighter characters and their martial arts styles. Today, I'm doing the same thing from the opposite perspective. My basic question is something like this:
"What martial arts would I like to have available in a Street Fighter RPG campaign?"
My answer is a lot of them. The styles represented in the video games would be desirable, but they don't exhaust the list of even fairly well-known martial arts. Even Tae Kwon Do has only really been represented in a Street Fighter game since the release of Super Street Fighter IV. A number of other major styles are lacking as well, and in general the focus of the video game is (understandably) on characters rather than styles, leading to a proliferation of hybrid fighters who have essentially developed their own fighting styles.
As an aside, this strikes me as fairly realistic. It seems like every martial artist eventually opens a school, puts his name on a style, and calls it a unique martial art.
In any case, I have a draft list of martial arts for development for Street Fighter RPG play. I haven't prioritized these yet, but this is a current starting list. There's some overlap in the list, which is intentional. I have some ideas about overlapping styles that I may implement as part of developing these.
- Acrobat: Chun Li, Pullum, Skullomania
- Aikido:
- Ansatsuken: Gouken, Gouki, Ryu, Ken, Gen
- Bio/Cyber: Necro, Twelve
- Boxing: Mike, Mike Bison (Boxer), Dudley, C. Jack
- Bujutsu, Kanzuki-ryu: Karin Kanzuki
- Bujutsu, Old Style: Kairi, Hokuto, Nanase
- Bullfighting: Balrog (Claw)
- Capoeira: Elena
- Elemental Air:
- Elemental Earth:
- Elemental Fire: Gill
- Elemental Ice: Gill
- Elemental Water:
- Feng Shui Engine Power: Juri, Seth
- Gatka:
- Giant: Birdie, Sodom, Hugo, Zangief, T. Hawk, Sagat, Hakan
- Hapkido:
- Hwarang Do:
- Iaido: Sodom (Self-taught)
- Illuminati Martial Arts: Gill, Urien
- Jeet Kune Do:
- Judo: Abel, Ryu, Karin, Sodom (Self-taught), Dan (Self-promoted)
- Jujutsu:
- Kalari Payat:
- Karate: Ryu, Ken, Sakura, Dan, Sean, Gouken, Gouki, Sodom (Self-taught), Allen Snider
- Karate, Goju-ryu:
- Karate, Isshin-ryu:
- Karate, Kyokushinkai:
- Karate, Rindokan: Makoto
- Karate, Shorin-ryu:
- Karate, Shotokan:
- Karate, Uechi-ryu:
- Karate, Wado-ryu:
- Kendo: Sodom (Self-Taught)
- Kenjutsu: Hayate
- Kickboxing: Dee Jay, Ken, Allen Snider, Blair Dame
- Kobujutsu: Sodom (Self-taught)
- Kung Fu: Chun Li, Li, Yun, Yang, Rufus (Self-taught), Dan
- Kung Fu, Choi Li Fut:
- Kung Fu, Dragon:
- Kung Fu, Drunken Boxing:
- Kung Fu, Eagle Claw:
- Kung Fu, Eight Direction Fist: Karin Kanzuki
- Kung Fu, Eight Trigram Boxing (bagua):
- Kung Fu, Fujian White Crane:
- Kung Fu, Grand Ultimate Fist (taiqi): Chun Li
- Kung Fu, Hop Gar:
- Kung Fu, Hung Gar:
- Kung Fu, Labyrinthine Boxing (mizongyi):
- Kung Fu, Mind and Body Boxing (xingyi):
- Kung Fu, Monkey Boxing:
- Kung Fu, Seven Star Praying Mantis: Gen
- Kung Fu, Shaolin:
- Kung Fu, Shuai Jiao:
- Kung Fu, Snake Boxing:
- Kung Fu, Soaring Heavens (feitinkuen): Fei Long
- Kung Fu, Southern Mantis Boxing:
- Kung Fu, Tibetan White Crane: Gen
- Kung Fu, White Eyebrows:
- Kung Fu, Wing Chun:
- Kung Fu, Wudan:
- Martial Arts: Guile, Remy, Nash, Abel
- Muay Thai: Sagat, Adon
- Muki Boxing:
- Ninjutsu: Geki, Ibuki, Balrog (Claw)
- Ninjutsu, American: Sodom (Self-taught) (this is a bit… loose with canon, but...)
- Ninjutsu, Bushin-ryu: Guy, Maki
- Ninjutsu, Kanzuki-ryu: The Ganbaru Sakura manga introduces this style in a side story; no official video game characters use it, though Karion possibly would also count it among her many styles.
- Pankration:
- Psycho Power / Soul Power: Lord Vega (Dictator), Juni, July, Rose (Soul Power), Ingrid
- Saikyo-ryu: Dan
- Sambo: Karin Kanzuki
- Self-taught: Blanka, Sakura, Sodom
- Senjutsu: Oro
- Shorinji Kempo: Retsu
- Sonic: Guile, Nash, Dee Jay
- Special Agent Training: Crimson Viper, Sharon
- Special Forces Training: Guile, Nash, Alex, Abel, Rolento, D. Dark
- Special Forces, Shadoloo: Cammy, Juli, Juni
- Ssireum:
- Stick Fighting: Eagle
- Street Fighting: Birdie, Cody, Guy, Joe
- Sumo: E. Honda, Sodom
- Tae Kwon Do: Juri, Ryu, Dan (Self-promoted)
- Taikyon, Old Style:
- Tang Soo Do:
- Wrestling: T. Hawk, Zangief, El Fuerte, Hugo, Alex, R. Mika, Hakan, Darun
- Wrestling, Catch:
- Wrestling, Folkstyle (Thunderfoot): Thunder Hawk
- Wrestling, Freestyle:
- Wrestling, Greco-Roman:
- Wrestling, Kushti: Darun
- Wrestling, Lucha Libre: El Fuerte
- Wrestling, Mongolian (Bkyukl Bökh):
- Wrestling, Pro: Zangief, Alex, Hugo, R. Mika
- Wrestling, Turkish (Yagh Gures): Hakan
- Yoga: Dhalsim
- Yusul:
- ?: Q
A pdf copy of this list is available here.
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