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Fighting Techniques

FIGHTING TECHNIQUES

Back kick- Explosive surprise move to catch opponent from behind. Judge opponent's distance from you carefully; then lash out with your back legs, taking your weight on your front paws. 

Belly rake- A fight-stopper. Slide with unsheathed claws across soft flesh of opponent's belly. If you're pinned down, the belly rake quickly puts you back in control. 

Front paw blow- Frontal attack. Bring your front paw down hard on your opponent's head. Claws sheathed. 

Front paw strike- Frontal attack. Slice downward with your front paw at the body or face of your opponent. Claws unsheathed. 

Killing bite- A death blow to the back of the neck. Quick and silent and sometimes considered dishonorable. Used only as a last resort. 

Leap-and-hold- Ideal for a small cat facing a large opponent. Spring onto opponent's back and grip with unsheathed claws. Now you are beyond the range of your opponent's paws and in position to inflict severe body wounds. A group of apprentices can defeat a large and dangerous warrior in this way. It was deployed to great effect against BloodClan's deputy, Bone. Watch for the drop-and-roll countermove, and try to jump free before you get squashed. 

Partner fighting- Warriors who have trained and fought together will often instinctively fall into a paired defensive position, each protecting the other's back while fending off an opponent on either side. Slashing, clawing, and leaping together, battle pairs can be a whirlwind of danger for attackers. 

Play dead- Effective in a tight situation, such as when you are pinned. Stop struggling and go limp. When your opponent relaxes his grip, thinking you are defeated, push yourself up explosively. This will throw off an unwary opponent and put you in an attacking position. 

Scruff shake- Secure a strong teeth grip in the scruff of your opponent's neck; then shake violently until he or she is too rattled to fight back. Most effective against rats, which are small enough to throw. A strong throw will stun or kill them. 

Teeth grip- Target your opponent's extremities- the legs, tail, scruff, or ears- and sink in your teeth and hold. This move is similar to the leap-and-hold except your claws remain free to fight. 

Upright lock- Final, crushing move on already weakened opponent. Rear up on back legs and bring full weight down on opponent. If opponent does same, wrestle and flip him under you. This move makes you vulnerable to the belly rake, so requires great strength and speed. 

NEW BATTLE TECHNIQUES ( Not In The Books; Made By Me. )

Leap-and-cover- Ideal for making your opponent feel much pain, leap onto your opponent's back and put your paws over their eyes. For the moment the opponent is blinded, sink your claws into the soft skin around their eyes. If your opponent doesn't run away, take advantage of their temporary blindness and perform leap-and-hold.

Double death bite- Seems dishonorable and is only used against very evil cats. A partner and you take on one cat. Once you've got a hold of your opponent, your partner helps hold down enemy cat, and you both bite hard down on enemy cat's throat. Two pairs of jaws will cut off airway and the cat will choke to death. Like I said, it's considered dishonorable and would only be used as a last resort, or on evil cats.

Dizzy dance- Can only be preformed by a extremely small and quick cat against a larger and at least somewhat slower cat. The cat charges head on, then swiftly leaps sideways, ducking under the cat. Then, as soon as the cat preforming this attack is out from under the other cat, it spins and leaps over it. Then once more it spins, but rams the side then jumps under the cat and rams the other side then lands one final blow by leaping onto the cat's back and grabbing the scruff with teeth and using your free paws to batter the cat's head. This attack should, in the end, result in a dizzy or confused enemy.

Back rake- A bit like Belly rake. If you're a SkyClan cat, this move works best. If you're fighting a cat from the front, jump over the cats head and score your claws down their back.

(Un)balancing act- If a cat is going to bring down all its weight on you while rearing on its back legs, roll towards your opponents hind legs to unbalance him.

Dizzy tackle- A great move for swift young warriors facing older, larger warriors. You run in circles around them at top speed until their to dizzy or tired ( if they were chasing you ) to keep up. Then you tackle them. While they are down, attack. Caution, standing directly over them makes you vulnerable to the Belly Rake. This is a one-on-one move and is not recommended in a place with many foes. 

Making sure- You never know if a opponent is actually dead. They could be using Play dead. When an opponent goes limp, they become vunerable, so make sure they are really dead. Bite and slash. Claws unsheathed. When you think they have gone to StarClan, pray and leave.