The general skill Unarmed Combat has a number of concentrations and specializations. Each concentration is a distinct martial arts style (or "art".) Every style has a series of techniques that it allows. A character can choose a specialization in one of the techniques allowed by the style.
 

Example: Sasser has Unarmed Combat (6). She wants to spend her Good Karma to buy a concentration in Hard Kung Fu (7). This allows her the techniques Block, Kick, Strike, Jump Kick, and Knee Strike. Now, whenever she attacks using any of those techniques, she can roll her Hard Kung Fu Skill Rating (7) instead of Unarmed Combat (6). Since Sasser has some more Karma to burn, she then buys Strike (8) as a specialization of Hard Kung Fu. With this Specialization, she gets to roll 8 dice whenever using a Hard Kung Fu Strike.

    The techniques themselves are listed and described in Section IV. The styles, and the techniques allowed by each of them, are in Section V. Note that just because a particular technique is not listed under a style, that doesn't mean that the style doesn't teach the technique at all. The listed techniques are simply the ones that are emphasized by each style.
 

    Example: Fenris has Unarmed Combat (5). He has two concentrations in that general skill: Hapkido (6) and Tae Kwon Do (7). Hapkido allows him the techniques Strike, Kick, Takedown, Escape Hold, Total Disable and Lock. Tae Kwon Do allows him the techniques Strike, Block, Kick, Jump Kick, and Spinning Jump Kick.

    Under this system, whenever two characters are engaged in unarmed combat, one character (the one whose action it is) is the attacker and the other is the defender/counter attacker. Both the attacker and defender must choose which technique they are going to attempt. The character with the lower initiative total should declare his technique first.

    The chosen technique determines the base target number (TN), reach, damage, and any special effects that may result if the technique is successful. All the techniques are listed and explained in Section IV.

    Once the technique is chosen, each character rolls the appropriate skill. If the technique happens to be one of that character's specializations, he may roll the rating in the specialization. If the technique is allowed by a style that a character has a concentration in, he may roll the rating of the appropriate concentration. If not, he must roll the general skill Unarmed Combat. (as an optional rule, the GM may allow the character to roll his highest unarmed combat concentration, but with a +2 to the TN, as if the character were defaulting to something one dot away on the skill web.) If a technique falls under more than one of the character's concentrations, he must choose which style he's using.
 

    Example: Fenris and Sasser are sparring. It's Sasser's turn, so she is the attacker, and Fenris is the defender. However, Fenris has a higher initiative total so he is able to wait for Sasser to declare a technique and then he can choose his reply. For a technique, Sasser chooses a Strike, and Fenris then chooses a Kick. Sasser uses her Hard Kung Fu specialization in Strike (8), so she would roll 8 dice. Fenris must decide whether to use his concentration in Hapkido (6) or in Tae Kwon Do (7) (since both allow the Kick technique). He chooses Tae Kwon Do, and thus rolls seven dice.

Special Bonuses
    Every style has a special bonus, as explained in Section I. Such bonuses apply only when using a technique from the appropriate style. In other words, although a character with a concentration in Hard Kung Fu receives a +1 to the power of all attacks, the bonus only applies when using one of his Hard Kung Fu techniques (Kick, Strike, Jump Kick, Knee Strike) and would not apply if he attempted a Sweep or a Lock or some other technique.

    If a technique falls under more than one of the character's concentrations, he must choose which style he's using. The chosen style determines which special bonus will apply.
 

    Example: In the previous example, Fenris was attempting a Kick. He had to choose whether to use his concentration in Hapkido or Tae Kwon Do. Tae Kwon Do's special bonus is a +1 to the speed of kicking techniques. Since Fenris chose to use Tae Kwon Do in the previous example, he will receive a +1 to the speed of his kick. On the other hand, Sasser was using a Hard Kung Fu strike. Her special bonus is a +1 to the power of her attack.

Killing Hands
    It is very easy to convert the physical adept power "Killing Hands" for use with these rules. First of all, the damage becomes physical instead of stun, as written in the main rules. (By the way, we have a house rule that states that phys-ads may attempt to do stun damage with their Killing Hands strike by taking a +4 TN modifier). Secondly, the damage code of the attack is changed according to the level of the phys-ad power, as shown on the table below:
 

    If the character has Light Killing Hands, and the damage code of the technique he was attempting was Light, then the character simply must use two of his net successes to stage it up to Light. From there, stage the damage normally.

    It should also be noted that Killing Hands applies to feet as well, so a Kick recieves the same damage modifiers.

Guns In Melee
    Both the gunman and the wrestler roll unarmed combat. The wrestler may choose a technique normally. The gunman uses the following technique (he may roll his highest unarmed combat concentration, whatever it may be) :

Gun In Melee
TN: 5*
D: as gun**
R: see table
S: +2

*can be modified by laser sights and smartgun links as usual.
**the gunman can attempt to fire a burst if his weapon allows.

    Reach is determined by the size of the gunman's weapon (Yes, it is the size that counts). The bigger the gun, the harder it is to bring it to bear on the wrestler when he's up close and personal.
 

    The gunman can either use two simple actions (taking two shots, either single shots or three-round bursts) or one complex action (shooting a full auto burst). If he chooses to take two simple actions, the first one is resolved as described (unarmed combat vs. unarmed combat). However, if the gunman succeeds on the first action, he may take his second simple action without being opposed by the wrestler (who had his chance to get the gun away and failed). On this second shot, the gunman should roll Firearms instead of unarmed combat.

Melee Modifiers:
 

    This section deals with optional rules about the speed of various techniques. Certain attacks are naturally faster than others, and so they are easier to get in before the opponent can land his own attack. To simulate this, each technique is given a speed modifier (also, certain styles receive bonuses to the speeds of their techniques). The speed rules add another level of complexity to unarmed combat, so most GMs will probably choose not to use them, but they are included here for completeness.

    Speed works similar to Reach. A higher speed modifier means a faster move. Compare the speeds of each combatant's chosen technique (plus any modifiers from a style's special bonus). Subtract the difference from the TN of the character with the higher speed. Note that the character with the lower speed takes no penalty, which differs from SRII Reach modifier rules.
 

    Example: Oak attacks Fenris. Oak has Coppo (7) and is attempting a Strike. Fenris has Tae Kwon Do (7) and is attempting a Spinning Jump Kick. Oak's Base TN is a 4, and Fenris' is an 8. The Strike has +0 reach, but Oak is a troll and so he always gets a +1 bonus to reach, giving him a total reach of +1. The Spinning Jump Kick also has a +1 Reach. Since both combatants have +1 reach, the modifiers cancel. Now comes the speed modifiers. Oak's strike has a +1 speed. Fenris' kick has a -1 speed (-2 for the technique, but he gets a +1 for Tae Kwon Do's special bonus). Subtracting the speeds gives a difference of 2. (+1 - (-1) = +2) Since Oak's technique was faster, he gets to subtract 2 from his TN. Unlike with Reach, Fenris' target number is unaffected. So the end result is that Oak rolls his skill against a TN of 2, and Fenris rolls his dice against a TN of 8. Bad news for Fenris.