Believed to have its origin in the Latin American country of Mexico, the martial art Lucha Libre is said (by their own practitioners) to be “the most beautiful and entertaining art among martial arts.”
It's a martial art that encourages its users to use the Battlefield (Ring) to their own advantage. One example, is when Rachel Stanley can throw Kōgyoku Dō to the ring’s ropes, taking advantage of its bouncing properties to make Dou’s body involuntary return to her with the latter being unable to stop it and ending receiving a powerful lariat. Later, Rachel used the ring’s edge platform to perfectly perform an aerial attack on her opponent, which is generally considered unsuitable in real combat.
This martial art makes use of the attention of those watching it, encouraging its users to being the spotlight of the moment, to show off and receive everyone’s attention, even during fights. This is in order to use the public attention to their advantage, either to increase their Moral or decrease their opponents, using words as a weapon to shake the opponent’s heart. Apparently, however, it’s users do not receive it very well when someone else is “showing off” or “stealing the spotlight”, doing anything necessary to get them out of it, and then get it back themselves even if it means inflecting damage onto themselves or getting naked on purpose.
As a martial art itself, Lucha libre has only two real weaknesses. First of all, its use of large, unnecessary and exaggerated moves, which are purposely used to create openings to invite the opponent to attack its user; these with the purpose, to prolong the battle and make it more entertaining for the audience, or those watching it. Second of all, the fact that its users are known to shout what they are about to do or the technique they are about to use in order to attract everyone’s attention to themselves, thus granting them the spotlight. Nonetheless, should there not be anyone to appreciate the fight or for the users to entertain, the martial artists of Lucha libre can become really dangerous, as without the purpose to entertain someone, they can solely focus to defeat their enemy; stopping creating openings for their opponents to attack and using more concentrated and deceive attacks, no longer searching to prolong the battle, but to ended it as fast as possible.
List of Techniques[]
Pro-Wrestling[]
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Lucha Libre[]
- Diego Tick Driver: Diego grabs his opponent in midair and pile drives him into the ground.
- Diego Tika Body Press: Diego flies down on his opponent and body slams him.
- Diego Tick Cross Guillotine:Diego crosses his arms across the opponent's neck in manner to a guillotine.
- Diego Bunshin: Diego moves at an incredibly high amount of speed and through this process, creates several clones of himself to surround the opponent.
- Diego Tick Down Burst: Diego grabs his opponent while down and prepares to drive them through the ground and cruch them.
- Rachel Crash: Rachel strikes her opponents all around with arms and legs while in the air.
- Romero Special: A very showy grappling technique, Rachel grabs her opponents' arms and locks them, then proceeds to grab their arms from behind then falls to the ground, finishing this move off by locking her legs with her opponent's then elevating them up into submission to prevent them from escaping.
- Rachel Suplex: Rachel stands behind her opponent and puts her head under the arm of the opponent. She then lifts the opponent up using both of her arms wrapped around the torso of the opponent. The wrestler finally falls backward and drops the opponent flat on his back.
- Rachel Bunshin: Rachel's version of Diego Bunshin, Rachel creates several clones of herself while moving at a high speed.
- Kyūgeki Issatsu (Nine Strikes One Kill): Like Kenichi's Strongest Combos, Kyu Geki Issatsu (Nine Strikes One Kill) can vary in all attacks and sequences but uses one attack for each of the 10 martial art styles including Lucha Libre. The key to this move is such that the nine strikes can vary in any order while the last move is always the Ichiei's.
- Seidō Gōitsu Kyūgeki Issatsu: much Like the original technique, Kyu Geki Issatsu, Seido Goi Kyu Geki Issatsu can vary in all attacks and sequences but uses one attack for each of the 10 different martial arts styles. The key to this move is such that the nine strikes can vary in order while the last move is always the Ichiei's. The main difference between this technique and the original is the use of Seidou Goui, to enhance the overall power and destructiveness of the technique and to overwhelm the opponent to the brink of death. Because of the use of Seidou Goui, this technique can be fatal to the user if overused.
- Diego Tick Stiener: Rachel grabs her opponent around the head with her legs and spins vertically fast and slams them into the ground.
- Castor Drop Kick: Rachel lunges at her opponent from above and kicks them with both legs while dropping down.
- Los Trucos Sin Nombre: Rachel attacks her opponents with a barrage of basic, but powerful strikes in order to overwhelm her opponent. It was noted by Renka Ma, that for this technique Rachel doesn't waste her energies on showing off but rather employs her full power for a simple offensive barrage. Rachel herself even stated when using this technique that "these techniques are so boring", showing that she rarely uses this technique at all.
- Tornado Drop Kick: Rachel lunges at her opponent from above and kicks them with both legs dropping down while spinning in mid-air to increase the amount of damage done.
- Rope Bounce: The rope bounce is a special tactic that's used mostly in pro-wrestling. The user grabs the opponent and throws them towards the rope of the wrestling ring, in order to make them bounce back, then proceeds to attack them during the recoil. The rope bounce is a technique that is normally not used in a serious fight, even during wrestling matches it is not used mostly because of the fact that the rope will not bounce them back enough for the move to be effective. Experienced wrestlers like Rachel Stanley can supplement this weakness by throwing the opponent with enough power to make them bounce back on their own by sheer force alone.
- Lariat: Rachel rushes to her opponent and proceeds to strike them with her arms in order to knock them down to the ground with the full force and strength of her body.
External Links[]
- Lucha Libre - A Wikipedia article about Lucha Libre.