Okay. So from what I've gathered I'm going to do some heavy research on different styles, moves, techniques and kinds of martial arts.
So I can work out my characters fighting history and styles.
I think I'm also going to bug a friend of mine endlessly, I can't remember right now which one it was but he is learning martial arts.
For characters who are like me and have no idea how to fight, they will either try to talk or flee (or pee their pants ).
Or they will be like the guys in my class relying purely on their height and strength advantage. Because when they beat each other up, it's not about style or technique it's just aiming for the face or throwing their body against their opponent to make them fall.
**Just one last thing I would like to know.**
Is there something a person who has learned martial arts would not do / only do reluctant, but a person who didn't learn it and behaves more like a street thug would do without hesitation.
Like something that is ingrained. I don't know, I could imagine that someone who knows what they are doing wouldn't injure someone dangerously if there's a less harmful way. Or they wouldn't just suddenly take out a knife to try stabbing someone.