Top ten DC Martial Artist,

[Seibrix]

I recently had this discussion with my brother and I am at a loss. I can think of a top 5 but not a top 10. If this thread has come up before, feel free to link it.
(Pre-52 of course)
1.Bronze Tiger/Richard Dragon
2.Lady Shiva
3.Connor Hawke
4.Nightwing
5.Batman (Bruce)

I would put in Karate Kid as #1 but,he IS from the future and has exposure to more off world styles

Holla at me!

 

[Anubis]

1. Cassandra Cain
2. Lady Shiva
3. Bronze Tiger/Richard Dragon
4. Black Canary
5. Drakkon
6. Connor Hawke
7. Batman (Bruce Wayne)

 

[hippie_hunter]

1. Cassandra Cain
2. Black Canary
3. Lady Shiva
4. Richard Dragon/Bronze Tiger
5. Sensei
6. Natas
7. Constantine Drakon
8. Deathstroke
9. Connor Hawke
10. Batman

 

[Anubis]

Problem with coming up with a top ten is that there's all those seldom seen mofos that pop up and kick ass like nobodies business then you never see em again.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yeah, I could barely remember Natas and then remembered how Sensei totally kicked Batman's ass in the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul.

 

[Anubis]

I don't think Deathstroke counts due to the whole being super human thing.

And Conner probably doesn't even exist anymore.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I don't think Deathstroke counts due to the whole being super human thing.

Deathstroke totally counts IMO. Yeah, he's super human, but his martial arts skills are indeed natural as opposed to future boy Karate Kid and programmed Prometheus.

And Conner probably doesn't even exist anymore.

 

[Anubis]

What are you talkin' about? Karate Kid trained.

And I also wouldn't include Prometheus.

He's like Taskmaster, but it's all artificial.

 

[hippie_hunter]

What are you talkin' about? Karate Kid trained.

But he's from the future and knows all sorts of martial arts that haven't been invented yet and alien martial arts. It's sorta like cheating.

 

[Anubis]

I don't know about that. If everybody under him were in the future, they could learn it. They know at least 5 people with a time machine. It's not that hard.

I simply don't include him because he is in the future. If he were in the past, then he'd be the best Martial Artist in the DCU....Period.

 

[Mister J]

King Snake should probably get in there somewhere.

 

[Anubis]

That's Bane's father ain't it?

See? Random mofo's that show up, kick all kinds of ass, and then are rarely seen again.

 

[Mister J]

Yeah, he is. I wasn't really a fan of that reveal. At least there was no Maury Povich scenario.

...that I recall.