Martial arts

Much attention in the book is paid to martial arts - both classical hand-to-hand combat or fencing, and related fictional techniques.

Often the main character has outstanding abilities in some kind of martial art - both natural and acquired through long training. And if in ordinary works these abilities are only a method to achieve a goal, then in books about martial arts their development and further improvement often becomes one of the foundations of the plot.

More often than not, the author of such books has at least basic (and often quite advanced) knowledge of what he is trying to describe. This allows you to pay great attention to the description of battles, techniques used, tactics and even battle strategy. This diversifies the combat and makes it possible to explain the hero’s victories not only thanks to abnormal strength, abilities that others do not have, or the help of higher powers, but also to his own skills and their competent use.

In addition, an author with sufficient knowledge of the subject does not make gross mistakes in describing the actions of the hero. Often, techniques written “out of the blue” only cause surprise among experienced people, who understand that many things are simply physiologically impossible or will not give the result that the author is trying to describe.

On the other hand, if the reader is not interested in hand-to-hand combat, he is not always interested in the description of each technique, the reasons for its use and the long training process.

If the author manages to maintain a balance between martial arts and the main plot, then the book is only enriched by vivid descriptions of battles and an additional factor in the development of the hero.

If too much attention is paid to martial arts, then the book becomes interesting only to a narrow circle of readers who are interested specifically in this martial art.