Defendu Mastery

Defendu Mastery
Winter Soldier (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of defendu.

The power to be a master of defendu. Variation of Martial Arts Mastery and CQC Mastery.

Also Called

• Defendu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of defendu, a martial arts style that encourages its practitioner to end a confrontation as quickly as possible and is also designed to be able to be mastered in mere days due to the extremely compressed curriculum using only several pragmatic and powerful strikes in boxing, wrestling, Savate, Jujutsu, Judo, Kung Fu and street fighting. This martial art deals with "ungentlemanly" means by rapidly attacking vital spot area (such as the groin, throat, side of the neck, shin, eyes, ears, etc.)

Applications

• Boxing Mastery
• Brawling Mastery
• Judo Mastery
• Jujutsu Mastery
• Kung Fu Mastery
• Pressure Point Mastery
• Savate Mastery
• Wrestling Mastery

Associations

• CQC Mastery
• Mixed Martial Arts Mastery

Limitations

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

• Batman (DC Comics)
• Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)
• The Right Arm (Maze Runner; Trilogy)

Gallery

Captain America and the Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics) were both personally trained in Defendu by William Fairbairn, the creator of the style.

Thomas (Maze Runner; Trilogy) spent 6 months alongside the Right Arm, who are heavily trained in CQC which comfirms he learned defendu from them as he held his own against Newt becoming a Crank using judo techniques…

…and fought Janson with boxing strikes.