Here is the post (and part of another from the same thread just for summary).
Superman was a Golden Gloves champ, has gotten some tips from Bruce (teaching him pressure points and various human fighting styles),
trained with Diana, fought alongside warriors (including Diana) for
1,000 years (in battles that he couldn't just punch his way through),
was trained by Mongul Jr, was a gladiator, mastered Kryptonian martial
arts (physical and astral), has beaten the junk outta of Kobra (who is
considered to be (by Batman, no less) one of the most dangerous martial
artists in the world) without powers, had "internal"/"spiritual"
training under one of Bruce's old teachers, trained with Japanese
uber-Samurai, and has the mandatory combat training that everyone in
the JLA gets. Extra info: Kal's also a natural acrobat and has
flipped around, etc without his powers (his Kryptonian physiology gives
him greater balance and flexibility) but it's not something that has
really been explored.And yeah, most writers don't know any of that, but it's still there. His fighting ability exists, even if it isn't used much.
He's a master of an alien fighting system, he's a champion boxer, he trains with one of the foremost fighters on his planet and
has trained with some of the guys who trained him, he's beaten someone
who is considered one of the best fighters ever (and has beaten
Batman), he's battled for a thousand years straight (not just that he's
been fighting for thousands of years, but for a thousand years he was
fighting enemies almost every moment he was awake), and more.
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Here is the post (and part of another from the same thread just for summary).
Superman was a Golden Gloves champ, has gotten some tips from Bruce (teaching him pressure points and various human fighting styles),
trained with Diana, fought alongside warriors (including Diana) for
1,000 years (in battles that he couldn't just punch his way through),
was trained by Mongul Jr, was a gladiator, mastered Kryptonian martial
arts (physical and astral), has beaten the junk outta of Kobra (who is
considered to be (by Batman, no less) one of the most dangerous martial
artists in the world) without powers, had "internal"/"spiritual"
training under one of Bruce's old teachers, trained with Japanese
uber-Samurai, and has the mandatory combat training that everyone in
the JLA gets. Extra info: Kal's also a natural acrobat and has
flipped around, etc without his powers (his Kryptonian physiology gives
him greater balance and flexibility) but it's not something that has
really been explored.And yeah, most writers don't know any of that, but it's still there. His fighting ability exists, even if it isn't used much.
He's a master of an alien fighting system, he's a champion boxer, he trains with one of the foremost fighters on his planet and
has trained with some of the guys who trained him, he's beaten someone
who is considered one of the best fighters ever (and has beaten
Batman), he's battled for a thousand years straight (not just that he's
been fighting for thousands of years, but for a thousand years he was
fighting enemies almost every moment he was awake), and more.
