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Fight Write, Round Two Index

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On: June 16, 2025 | By: FightWrite

In the process of formatting Fight Write, Round Two, some pages shifted automatically. As a result, some page numbers in the index are off. Here is the corrected index. Any books sold after June 20 should reflect that change. For everyone else, here is the corrected index. My apologies.  And thank you so much for being so kind about it. You complete me.

 

I will make it a link as well as just post it here.

Fight Write, Round Two Edited Index

 

Fight Write, Round Two – Edited Index

Adrenaline

         Impact on Injuries …20, 21, 22, 105, 178, 180

                  on dialogue … 65

                  on the sensory experience … 76

                  on Emotions … 75, 76

         Fighting and … 186, 187, 226, 227

Amygdala …150 – 153, 296

Animals

         Feeding … 136, 234

         Horse(s)… 109 – 111, 119, 121 – 123, 135, 136, 142

         As Multitools …237, 238

         Symbolism and … 238

         In Battle … 237, 238

Approach and coercion … 289

Archer stakes … 121

Area denial weapons … 121

Arming Sword … 116

Armor

         Codpiece… 106

         Cost … 104

         Dragons and … 113

         Helmet horror … 107, 108

         Jousting … 109, 110

         Mobility in … 105

         Pieces of … 106, 107

         Rust and … 132

         Sounds of … 108

The Art of War … 45, 46, 140, 146

Autopsy

         Cost of … 358

         Report … 361, 362

         Steps of … 359, 360

         Types of … 358

Axes … 117, 118

Baggage train … 122, 135, 136

Ballista … 119, 120

Battering ram … 120

         Tortoise (ram-tortoise) … 145

Battle, medieval

         Defensive tactics… 146

         Formation … 145

Bec de corbin … 118

Behavior

         Baseline … 284, 287, 291 307, 318

         Incongruent … 302

         Pacifying … 301

Billmen … 121

Blood

         Amount … 23, 29

         Behavior, fluid … 273, 274

         Character response to … 31

         Match to genre … 27

         Stain versus spatter … 273

         Time period … 31, 32

Body language

         Around the world … 314, 315

         Facial expressions … 309

         Limbic system and … 300

         Mirroring … 307

         Parts of the body … 311 – 313

         Timing and clusters … 306

Bow

         Bowmen … 119

         Drawing … 119

         Longbow … 119

         Shortbow … 119

Boxing wraps … 200

Bullet … 21, 266

         Ballistics … 268, 280

         Fingerprint of … 280

Buckler … 116

Cadaveric spasm … 344

Caltrop … 121

Campaign season … 132

Castles

         Dungeons … 128

         Elements of … 126

         Latrine … 127

         Stairs … 127

         Types of … 125, 126

         Wall, breaching … 142, 143

Catapult … 120, 141

Cauliflower ear … 198, 226

Cause of death … 275, 355, 358, 362

Cavalry … 121, 122

         Charge … 117

Chain of custody … 348

Character

         Development … 6

         Size … 15

         Skill … 17

         Strength … 16

Chemical/germ warfare … 142

Chevauchee … 134

Choke hold … 214, 256

Claymore … 116

Clinch … 211

Coercion … 289

Combat sports

         Amateur fight … 204

         Gym member types … 203, 204

         Smoker … 205

         Training gear … 200, 201

Concussion … 217, 226

Coup de main … 134

Crime scene

         Cleaners, clothing … 367

         Establishing … 340

         Parameter … 340

         Photographer … 341

         Seven step protocol … 339

         Sketch … 341

         Staged … 342

         Witnesses … 340

Crime scene investigators

         Clothing … 269, 341

Criminal profile, creating … 348

         Disorganized offenders … 351

         Organized offenders … 349

Crossbow … 118

         Bolt … 118

         Crossbowmen … 122

CSI effect

         Definition … 263

         Impact on jurors … 264, 265

                  on writers … 265, 266

Cut-man … 220, 223

Dagger … 116

Deadly force … 255

Deception … 360, 361

         Deceptive language … 320 – 324

         Uncovering … 325

Decomposition … 360, 361

         Blood-borne pathogens … 366

         Gases … 366

         Smell of … 367

Dialogue in fight scene examples … 66, 69

Disassociation … 76, 156

Double- leg takedown … 212  (Ben, on page 212, under steps of double-leg #3, line 1, change “hand” to “hands”)

 

Dragon … 113, 240

Duper’s delight … 310

Dysentery … 18, 104, 137

Escalade … 143

Evidence

         Ballistics … 280

         Blood … 268

                  Pattern analysis … 270, 272

                  Blue light … 270

         Cell phone … 269

         Direct … 346

         DNA … 277, 278, 264, 265

         Fingerprints … 278, 279

         Gathering … 348

         Indirect … 347, 348

         IP address … 270

         Polygraph … 272

         Postmortem … 275

         Searching for … 344

Facial expression … 305, 309

         Asymmetrical/contradicting … 309

         Duper’s delight … 310

         Microexpressions … 310

         Universal … 309

Falchion … 116

Fight

         Definition of … 3, 4

         Why … 14

         Location … 14, 15

         Who … 15, 17

Fighting

         Men and women, differences … 246

         Men … 250

         Movie tropes … 254, 255

         Women … 251

         Two against one … 256

Fight camp … 206

Fight/flight … 296

         Freeze … 243, 297

         Flight … 248, 298

         Fight … 246, 248, 296 – 299

Fight promoter … 204, 205

Fingerprint, types … 278, 279

         IAFIS … 279

         Stolen … 280

Fire, attacking with … 140, 141

Forensic science

         Definition … 263

         Myths … 266 – 270

Flail … 118

Glaive … 116

Gloves, combat sports … 200

Gore … 27, 28, 32

Grappling … 213

         Back mount … 213

         Back mount escape … 214

         Figure four … 213

         Guard pass … 213

         Mount … 213

         Rear naked choke … 214

         Tap, snap, nap … 215

Great sword … 116

Gym rules … 199, 200

Halberd … 117

Halo effect … 324

Head gear, combat sports … 200

Injuries

         Adrenaline and … 20, 21

         Blood, 22, 23, 29

         Bloody nose … 30, 180

         Concussion/TBI … 22, 23, 189, 201, 217, 226

         Different body parts … 30, 31

         Healing time … 20, 22

         Long term effects … 23

         MMA fight … 226

         Sparring … 189

Infantry … 122

Insect activity, decomposition … 360, 361

Interview, criminal … 283

         Closed questions … 287

         Open questions … 283

         Preparing for … 289, 290

         Techniques for … 290 – 293

Isopraxism … 297

Joust … 109, 110

         Dangers of … 111

         Horse … 110

         Rules of … 112

Knight … 103, 105, 109, 116, 121, 122, 123

Knock out … 216

         Duration of … 217

Ladders … 120, 143, 144

Land holdings … 128, 130

Leg strikes

         Assisted knee … 211, 212

         Round kick … 211

Level change … 210, 212

Limbic language … 300

Lie

         Detector test … 272

         Flight response … 298

         Half-truth … 288

         Versus deception … 317

Life recall … 10

Luminol … 275

Mace … 116

Machicolations/murder hole … 127

Medical examiner … 344, 356, 357, 360 – 362

         Autopsy report … 361

         Versus coroner … 356

Medieval encampment … 137, 138, 153

Medieval tournament … 108, 109

Mercenaries … 122, 133

Mind virus … 285

Miranda rights … 286

Mirror neurons … 7, 8

         Impact on reader … 11

         Impact on story … 8, 9

         Impact on writer … 7, 8

MMA, history … 198

Moat … 126, 127, 142, 143

Monsters

         Classic … 229

         Fighting against … 230, 231

         Making your own … 230

Mouth guard … 200

Murder versus homicide … 276

Oppositional energy … 175, 187

Outworks … 134, 135

Pacing

         Examples …56 – 59

         Finding your style … 59

Perp nap, criminal … 308

Personality disorders … 328, 329

         Antisocial … 335, 336

         Borderline … 331, 332

         Narcissistic … 333, 334

         Paranoid … 329, 330

Pinocchio effect … 318

Pioneers … 122

Point of view … 75, 232, 242

Polearm … 116, 117

Pre-fight ritual … 222

Psychopath versus sociopath … 327, 337

Punch

         Cross … 210

         Jab … 210

         Haymaker … 250

         Overhand … 210

         Physics of … 16

Purification rituals … 151

Question, types

         Bait … 286

         Character response to … 320 – 324

         Compound … 287

         Presumptive … 283

         Vague … 288

         What-else … 285

Quicklime … 120

Rigor mortis … 343, 344

Ripening the fruit … 134

Sappers … 122, 143, 146

Sensory details

         Five things exercise … 77

Sickness

         Camp … 137

         Syphilis … 137

Shin guards … 200

Siege machines … 118, 119, 138

Engineer/gynour … 122, 142, 144

Siege tower … 120, 144

Smiths … 123

Sparring versus drilling … 185, 186

Spear … 117

         Spearmen … 122

Spies … 146, 147

Sprawl … 213

Survival mode (fight/flight) … 150, 151

         Behavior in … 247, 248

         Body language and … 295

Sword

         Blood groove … 177

         Drilling techniques … 176

         Footwork … 169, 170, 174

         Gripping … 162

         Ready position/stance … 163, 167

         Sparring … 167, 168

         Strike pattern … 170 – 173

         Swordsmen … 123

Time of death … 441 – 343 356, 359, 376

         Insect activity … 360

         Lividity … 343, 360

Toxicology … 276, 356

Trauma … 4, 147 – 153, 246, 307, 335

Trebuchet … 120

Troop movement … 131

Undermine … 143, 145

Warhammer … 118

Weaponry

         Edged weapons, common … 116

         Impact … 117

         Melee … 115, 116

         Missiles … 118

Weigh-ins … 206, 219

Weight cut … 204, 206

         Purpose … 206

 

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