As a general rule, traits than can be bought in martial arts (with the exception of innate attacks) are valid. The extra options in chapter 4 of martial arts are in play (except for "matter of inches", limiting dodges, Harsh realism for unarmed fighters, and all of Realistic Injury except for new hit locations)

This fight has shown grappling by itself is not enough to win this competition...

...grappling struggles to overwhelm a foe quickly.

Each player will build a 200 point contender using the character templates from martial arts with a cinematic lens added.

You must of course, pick a style, and it will be an unarmed one.

As a general rule, traits than can be bought in martial arts (with the exception of innate attacks) are valid.

With the above in mind... what about the Optional Traits in a Style?  Are they considered appropriate Advantages buyable with Template Advantage points or can they only be picked up via the Style points?

Followup Question:  Can two styles be taken?  For instance Kachin Bando is often taken after learning Lethwei.

I check templates when approving characters. Everyone but Mu Kao and Pingbi were contender (cinematic). Pingbi was a Monk (cinematic).

Then I have to ask, where is Baogang picking up Combat Reflexes from?  It's not on Contender or it's Lenses.

Ugg. I always take less time checking reworks of previously approved characters, and it always bites me. People seem to struggle to follow a template when revising rather than building. And I must have been tired, because there are errors in several places.

I'm measuring from center to rim, and from center to center. What are these "Hexagons" you keep talking about?

I'm generally fond of allowing all "all-out" actions to have the option of a bonus. Sacrificing active defenses is kind of huge in GURPS, so it had better be worth the risk.

That said, I'd use +4 for that bonus only for DX-based feats in melee combat. I'd make the bonus +2 for things that "feel" more like use of force in melee combat (e.g., the +2 to ST-based rolls on p. 114 of Martial Arts), simply due to the fact that GURPS uses an implicit "each +2 to hit is worth +1 damage" ratio almost everywhere. And I'd used just +1 for things that "feel" like ranged attacks, which always get just +1 (examples include All-Out Concentrate to use psi abilities, on p. 34 of Dungeon Fantasy 14).

Kiai strikes me as being closest to use of force – not all force is ST – so I'd go with +2. For stuff like Push, say, I'd use the usual +4, because the skill is DX-based and the roll is an attack roll, to hit with the push.

Who is still in the competition? and who is waiting on the other guy to attack? Its january, and the holiday break should be over!

Made my post for the Baogang vs Lane fight just now. Sorry for dropping off the face of the Earth a bit.

Also question! If I have two attacks and my first is a committed attack, can I also make a Defensive Attack with my second to mitigate the penalty of the Committed Attack somewhat?

Okay. Can I still do a deceptive committed attack?