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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5989550" data-attributes="member: 3424">The approach I take is that there are many ways to skin a cat - and to create any particular effect. Apparently, there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kodokan_Judo_techniques" target="_blank">67 ways to throw an opponent</a> that are officially recognized by the Kodokan Institute (the headquarters of the worldwide judo community). Having received only very superficial martial arts training when I was younger, I can't be absolutely certain, but I'm fairly sure that not all of them would use the same set of muscles, or strain them to the same degree. So, in a fantasy world, I have no problem with the idea that a martial character may only be able to create a specific effect once per day, but a similar (presumably less powerful) effect multiple times per day. Presumably, the former requires a great deal of effort from certain muscles in order to pull off, but the latter requires less effort or different muscles (but is also not as effective).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 5989550, member: 3424"] The approach I take is that there are many ways to skin a cat - and to create any particular effect. Apparently, there are [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kodokan_Judo_techniques"]67 ways to throw an opponent[/URL] that are officially recognized by the Kodokan Institute (the headquarters of the worldwide judo community). Having received only very superficial martial arts training when I was younger, I can't be absolutely certain, but I'm fairly sure that not all of them would use the same set of muscles, or strain them to the same degree. So, in a fantasy world, I have no problem with the idea that a martial character may only be able to create a specific effect once per day, but a similar (presumably less powerful) effect multiple times per day. Presumably, the former requires a great deal of effort from certain muscles in order to pull off, but the latter requires less effort or different muscles (but is also not as effective). [/QUOTE]

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