http://www.midway.com/futuretense_cs/flash/mkda/index.html
The new mortal kombat game uses real fighting styles
I was a bit upset not to see praying mantis (northern or southern) as one of the styles 
hopefully one of the secret characters will have it
some of the chinese styles in the game :
wingchun, eagle claw, crane, snake, dragon
totally cool 
my mistake, there is a style named “mantis”
it looks primarily northern mantis
i dont think theres anything like southern mantis in there
anyway, go to the characters section, and click on hand to hand
and you can read up on some weird styles
unfortunately the guy who does wing chun doesnt even look like hes doing anything remotely close from the screen shots 
this is the best fighting game made since tekken tag hands down. excluding tekken tag, this is the best fighting game made since tekken 3 hands down.
there’s a shuai chiao guy in the game also.
I’ve only seen one game that actually whiose fighters actually look like they are using the style that they claim, and that’s virtua fighter.
Actually, I take that back. If I remember right, Street Fighter III had some semblances too, but still nothing like the virtua fighter series.
i thought virual fighter 4 sucked but im a tekken fanboy. i was really excited about vf4, but then i played it and it was exactly like doa3 … a beautiful button masher. i just cant dig the button mashers no matter how pretty the eye candy is.
I´d like to see that hapkido.
Impressive. I’d definitely want to play that game.
By the way, I think this thread should belong somewhere else. 
Originally posted by GunnedDownAtrocity
i thought virual fighter 4 sucked but im a tekken fanboy. i was really excited about vf4, but then i played it and it was exactly like doa3 … a beautiful button masher. i just cant dig the button mashers no matter how pretty the eye candy is.
Yeah, my favorite is VF3. I’m not talking about gameplay though, just the realism of the styles. I don’t think there’s a fighting game out there other than the VF series whose fighters actually look like they are fighting with the specified style completely.
Actually TJD, while I agree with you based on the screen shots I have seen I also have it on good authority that the WC is pretty good over all with a few obvious problems but a friend of mine was especially impressed with the chain punching special move and a few others
seven … i can agree with you on the realism of vf3 and 4. i really did think vf4 was a very graphically impressive game i just didnt like the controls at all.
of course people dont fly up in the air when you kick thier legs out from under them like they do in tekken, but so far i think its the game that takes the most skill and offers the most to learn.
mantis yes
just to let ya know, there is a mantis style fighter in there. guy in white outfit…lei wu. We got the game now for a few days and its pretty bad ass. each character has 3 styles. its nice that something is at least 'trying" to imitate as close as they can to martial arts. they have basicly all the popular styles of fighting.
later guys
sal
.,some part of me is confused…should i be embaressed respond with knowing this .heh
chain punching special move LOL
dawood