I am always glad, as a historian, to have known Campbell, for I think it was very much what the great English schools had been before Arnold. There were real fights at Campbell, with seconds, and (I think) betting, and a hundred or more roaring spectators.
— C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy
"He's tough as hell, but you don't see him doing any sort of fancy-pants martial arts or judo flips or anything. When somebody pisses him off, he just reaches back and slugs the guy in the face like a real man. None of that crazy acrobatic bullshit."
[An armed Mook squad finds Jacob]
Mook: You there—freeze!
Lola: Weapons down, all of you.
Mook: Ma'am, he's unarmed...
Lola: So? He's just being patient with you.
Mook: You there—freeze!
Lola: Weapons down, all of you.
Mook: Ma'am, he's unarmed...
Lola: So? He's just being patient with you.
"Now we can fight as warriors. Hand-to-hand, it is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon."
— Gray Fox, Metal Gear Solid
"Looks like we'll have to repel them the old-fashioned way. Setting my fists to stun and my kicks to kill!"
— Commander Jack Ransom, Star Trek: Lower Decks ("No Small Parts")
John Freeman got quiet then dropped wepon and said "I have to kill fast and bullets too slow" and started killing Combines with bear hands.
Kamijou Touma steps out of the stairwell, over the unconscious Russian. Past him I count five sprawled over men. All of them had guns. None of them were able to use them.
Perhaps the Network has underestimated the efficacy of punching.
Perhaps the Network has underestimated the efficacy of punching.
