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angrenwen · 7 months ago

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The Horn of Erebor | ISOLATED AUDIO | The Hobbit

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angrenwen · 1 year ago

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angrenwen · 9 months ago

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angrenwen · 11 months ago

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"My apologies to all of you who will have your eyes assaulted by the figure of a semi naked dwarf, but that was necessary in order to explore the subtleties of their anatomy and I always wanted to expand on this old idea of mine that dwarves would be splendid wrestlers. You know, beautiful in all sizes kinda thing, and this is just what peak performance looks like.

The Dwarves' short and dense bodies would be out of reach for taller foes to be able to apply leverage against, and conversely they would be in great advantage due to their low centre of gravity and weight. On top of that, astonishing strength, endurance, toughness and willpower, coupled with a handgrip of iron and a skull as thick as a Ram's, all adds up to the dwarves being born wrestlers.

Their style would be much more brutal and intense than what humans would practice for example, due to their incredible body toughness and prodigious stamina. It would involve strikes in certain situations, somewhat like how fighting in hockey is almost a semi-legal thing as far as I understand it. They would also head butt each other like rams if the occasion allows for it, just like those initial charges in Sumo.

Two separate styles would develop, one being geared towards dwarf agains dwarf and one focused on fighting taller opponents. Both of those styles would have to cover armed and unarmed wrestling. It would also focus on throws and takedowns, because that would be very advantageous in a mountainous or rocky terrain and also because taking down a larger opponent would take away their advantages over the short bastards.

The need for practicing with tall folks would lead to -a pretty damn badass situation if you ask me- exchange with humans, where they would learn and practice wrestling under the dwarven masters in exchange for simply providing them with a high level challenge and experience against taller foes. How cool would it be to see a human "blackbelt" sitting just under the grand dwarven master and outranking many younger dwarves and a bunch of really tough fellow humans?

The dwarven style would also employ a large variety of chokes and joint locks, all focused on real combat and therefore perfected to a science over the generations. My main inspiration for their style is mix of Sumo, BJJ, Judo, Greco-Roman, Indian Pehlwani, Turkish oil wrestling and Mongol wrestling. If you ever wondered why wrestlers always fight as close to naked as possible (with the exception of the Japanese arts) it is because most garments would just get caught all the time and/or ripped to pieces in seconds. Also because they provide tons of opportunities to use the garment against the wearer, changing the game completely. I imagine they would surely cover that too, considering they would have centuries to hone their skills and art. I wonder what taboos and rules would revolve around the beard and the way it certainly gets in the way all the time and would inevitably be tugged or grabbed (or else disrespected in some other way) by accident or not. Maybe it would be the same as we treat nut shots- it is expected to happen by accident from time to time and the victim will need time to recover (mentally in the dwarves' case)- but would warrant a penalty if intentional. Probably a serious one, because grabbing and pulling would certainly be a giant no no.

I would love to hear your ideas about that as well. That's it for today, I hope you guys enjoy it and that you are all well and kicking ass. Cheers"

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angrenwen · 4 months ago

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