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Post by lordroel on Feb 2, 2018 8:20:17 GMT
Looking at the plausibility for a second. Define Martial Arts. They are any fighting style so something like Greco-Roman wrestling or boxing wouldn't be unlikely. So, John Wilkes-Booth has a misfire in his pistol, the primer cap goes off but not the main charge so the gun doesn't fire but the crack from the primer alerts Lincoln. Henry Rathbone attempts to subdue Wilkes-Both, but he breaks free, and pulling his knife dives towards the now alerted President. Calling on his boxing prowess, he delivers a perfectly timed uppercut to the jaw of John Wilkes-Booth who drops like a sack of flour. Wilkes-Booth is arrested and taken away, after a short trial is hung. Sorry Patrick, I hate to say this but your premise is not that implausible. If you've spent your life chopping wood manually, you're going to have a pretty good swing and solid muscles. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that punch to be honest. I would suspect that the Uppercut punch would be renamed the Lincoln Punch though. Well maybe we can have Lincoln be the Lincoln from the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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Post by Dan on Feb 2, 2018 9:45:28 GMT
Now that would be ASB. And a lot of fun. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by lordroel on Feb 2, 2018 9:48:46 GMT
Now that would be ASB. And a lot of fun. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) But is John Wilkes Booth being beaten the crap out by President Abraham Lincoln not also already something that belongs in the ASB genre.
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Post by Dan on Feb 2, 2018 12:25:41 GMT
I would say probably not as it's something that is plausible without the intervention of an outside force/supernatural/deity intervention. Vampires on the otherhand, (to the best of our knowledge), would require ASB intervention to exist I suspect.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 2, 2018 13:01:48 GMT
I would say probably not as it's something that is plausible without the intervention of an outside force/supernatural/deity intervention. Vampires on the otherhand, (to the best of our knowledge), would require ASB intervention to exist I suspect. Also whe must not forget, as far as i can recall the presidential suite at Ford theater was not on the same level as the podium, i doubt we see Lincoln jumping to the ground so he can kick ass. ![](https://i0.wp.com/boles.com/called/10/fords-theatre8.jpg?w=760)
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Post by Dan on Feb 2, 2018 13:04:46 GMT
True. I always thought that Booth had entered Lincoln's box at the theatre. In that respect, ninja style parcour leaping from the box to the stage is pretty ASB. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by lordroel on Feb 2, 2018 13:08:43 GMT
True. I always thought that Booth had entered Lincoln's box at the theatre. In that respect, ninja style parcour leaping from the box to the stage is pretty ASB. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Think this will answer the question, seems i am wrong and he shot Lincoln in the back of his head. John Wilkes Booth’s Movements at Ford’s Theatre
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Post by carlosf19d on Sept 23, 2018 15:31:43 GMT
And there are many martial arts techniques with which to disarm someone in a similar situation. It one thing to shoot someone it another to stab them! There is a good chance that Lincoln would survive a stabbing leading to a better recovery after the war.
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