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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 2111272" data-attributes="member: 20931">Let's not forget how most martail arts improved over time. Most saw the greatest and most rapid improvements after those with a higher education and monetary resources broke down the principles of the art. *Okinawan principles tended to stem from military applications that survived Japanese annexation.*Monisatries (both in europe and asia) held a considerable amount of knowledge. Monks were the few literate individuals in both cultures. Both types of monks were also among the few individuals to practice higher mathematics. The applications of this knowlegde greatly improved a monks martial prowess.*European fencing and other martial applications saw major improvements after the introduction of perspective and geometery. The construction of the Master's Cirle is heavily based on human anatomy and proportion.*Groups of ninja have there origins traced back to samurai loyal to their lord. Samurai = Noble birth (usually anyway)While many martial arts were not created or studied by the higher social classes (monks/nobles), those that made the greatest advances or had the greatest impact on history were improved by these same classes (how many stories of Japanese peasant pikeman do you read about?).Let's face it, your typical street fighter (practical experience) doesn't stand much of a chance against an experienced Spec Ops soldier (who's fighting style is the result of detailed record keeping, anatomical study, scientific break down, and just plain old experience in a number of lethal situations).Even in today's world, those books or resources that can truely aid a martial arts practitioner are not easily found, or cheap. Anatomical studies for chi' na experts cost in the hundreds of dollars per book. Old swordmanship manuals cost in the hundreds to thousands if they're sold at all, and you still have to translate them. None of these resources are available on the internet or the open market. Why would training in the past, where information was even harder to record and maintain, be any different?Did the peasantry learn to fight? YepDid they learn the tactics that could win a major battle on their own? Nope. There were generally (not always) someone with access to a greater amount of info and resources (military, books, etc).general rant over...As for the monk in D&D; agreed, it's heavily based on asian mythology and focus. Still, it's plausible that 'European' style charaters or cultures , provided that magic was viewed in the proper light, could have developed the same manner of magic use. Wizards (dependant on your take on the matter) are also the product of intense study and meditations. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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