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{{quote|'''Renly:''' Not everyone can be such a gifted swordsman.
'''Ser Loras:''' It's not a gift. No one gave it to me. I'm good because I worked at it. Every day of my life since I could hold a stick.
|''[[Game of Thrones]]''}}
The human body is a lot more resilient than some people give it credit for. Pound for pound, human bone is around three times as strong as concrete—but we don't allow our bodies to use the full strength inherent in their makeup, because to do so would result in damage. The vast bulk of any martial arts curriculum is actually body-hardening exercises designed to overcome these unconscious limiters ("Are you ''afraid'' of the board?!"), allowing the student to strike with more force.
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** To be fair, Othar Tryggvassen ([[Gentleman Adventurer]]!) is also a Spark. Who knows what kinds of mad science he's got up his sleeves. A better example might be [[Hot Amazon|Zeetha]], who happily goes toe-to-toe with [[Super Soldier|Jaegermonsters]] and usually wins, with no known mad science assistance.
* O-Chul of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', exemplified [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0542.html here.] Hands bound, dumped into a pool of acid (while being dumped, knocks a goblin into the pool with his feet), lands on a pit of spikes, uses the spikes to cut through the bonds on his wrists, is attacked by an acid-breathing shark, punches it, breaking multiple teeth, gets to the surface. Finding himself unable to get out of the pool, owing to high walls, taunts the shark to attack him, uses the momentum from the shark jumping and biting him to get out of the pool, falls a fair distance to the floor, still covered in acid. Still conscious, he rushes the [[Big Bad]] Epic Level Lich Sorcerer, intending to take him down with his bare hands.
* Subverted in an early ''[[Dresden Codak]]'' strip -- all the 'ninety-pound weakling' has to do to [[Three Degrees of Murder#Higher-degree_Murder|triumph]] over the '[[Asshole Victim|bully]]' is 'be a zebra' (and buy a gun).
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the blog-novel ''[[Flyover City]]!'', when the Hero / [[The Load|Load]] decides to pursue a career in crimefighting after his beloved 1975 Vespa is stolen.
* Journeyman of the [[Whateley Universe]] is a baseline but incredibly well trained in martial arts to the point that he can take on superpowered characters like Bladedancer, ki mistress Chaka, and [[Person of Mass Destruction]] Tennyo. He once sparred with all three at the same time. And won.
== Western Animation ==
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