Martial Arts Basketball is an esoteric style of martial arts.
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Martial Arts Basketball is a combat form designed primarily for competitions. The rules of an official Martial Arts Basketball match are simple. It's just like regular basketball except, that each player gets his own ball. Players all make a mad dash to the other side of the court, and try to score points by landing the ball into special hoops that are not only a lot longer than normal, but have the bottoms tied shut as well. Because each player tries to score by himself, defense is quick and clean. Players attack and try to disable their opponents as they pass by to shoot their own points. Any time a ball is knocked out of an opponent's hand, players who have already scored points or lost their own starting ball can pick it up and try for more points. Rules like fouls and boundary limits do not apply, but the player will still need one hand to dribble. The game ends when there are no more balls in play, or when one entire team is rendered unconscious. At that point, the total number of balls in each teams' basket is tallied, and the one with the most wins, regardless of whose team was knocked out.
In combat the art focuses on footwork as the main method of defense. The player is coordinated, fast, dexterous, and always incredibly relaxed, capable of dodging many attacks, countering with great speed, and constant movement. They depend on feints and dodges and the like to aid in battle, rather than sheer force.
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