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December 26

Martial Arts based on mathematical principles?

I am most interested in martial arts since my childhood. I just recently had an interesting thought: wouldn’t it be theoretically possible to create a martial art which is based upon the mathematically most effective and useful techniques and tactics? I am talking about a martial art which is rooted in mathematically probabilities and geometry. Let’s just say someone would make an analysis of all possible enemy moves and would create a fencing system which would take most or all of them into account. I don’t know if someone before me has ever thought about this subject, but I find it highly intriguing.--2A02:120B:C3E7:E650:A931:29B9:FE86:2516 (talk) 20:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A google search on "mathematics in martial arts" turns up a number of relevant links. I think what you're getting at specifically is game theory as applied to martial arts; a search on "game theory in martial arts" turns up more noise (e.g. the YouTube channel Game Theory (web show) shows up), but there still appears to be some useful information there. My thinking is that a mathematically based system would look very similar to an existing system since the goal is to achieve some kind of optimum. Whether you find that optimum via mathematics, intuition or trial and error, the end result will be about the same; the difference is how long it takes to get there. --RDBury (talk) 05:41, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Equilibrium did it first. « Aaron Rotenberg « Talk « 23:17, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]