[quote=@webboysurf]
Basically, that one friend who is talented not because he's super magical, but because he can just think his way through a fight. Read moves, anticipate, find a counter. So nerdy in a fight? Still working out the kinks.
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So like, whereas Kai might be the kind of "naturally talented" athlete who can do an unassisted no hands backflip without even warming up, your guy would be the one who can watch a technique be executed, and figure out like, the body mechanics, or how it ties into a combination of techniques, or how to counter it?

And if someone were to ask either of them, "How do I do this move?" your guy would be able to say "Lower your hips, and pivot on your lead foot," and work them through it, whereas Kai would just gesticulate wildly with his hands and tell them "First it's like, [i]shaa![/i] And then you do it like, BAM! And if you did it right, it'll be like Ka-tiiing!" and then smiles while they look at him in abject defeat.