Murphy training

Q: The martial art practiced by Murphy in the books, what is it based on exactly? I recognize both Aikido and Jiu-Jitsu in the descriptions. It's very interesting to read.
A: Murphy's base training is in Aikido, but at a given point in training, being in the same school or style stops being as useful for learning more. Also, the folks who take the trade of violence seriously tend to value adaptation and breadth of experience, and seek out people with much different experience than their own in order to exchange knowledge.
Murphy's been aware of monsters since she was a beat cop. She's taken the violent skills seriously. She's learned a lot of stuff from whoever was willing to teach it, and some of her teachers have been soldiers with thousands of years of experience. She's good at a LOT of facets of hand-to-hand. She could probably go compete in a TKD tournament just fine, and practice respectable TKD, even if she didn't win the competition.
But Murphy has the attitude that all real fighters have--the best art is the one that gets you through the situation right in front of you, so have one for every situation you mean to be in.

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