Neue-Stil Handgemenge

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Neue-Stil Handgemenge is a fictional martial art practiced by several characters in David Weber's Honor Harrington series of science fiction novels, most notably Helen Zilwicki.

Like Karate or Coup de vitesse, Neue-Stil Handgemenge is an offensive, hard style of unarmed combat.

Coup de Vitesse is another fictional martial art from the series and is much more frequently mentioned. It is unclear which of the two arts is more broadly studied outside of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, but both are taught at the Saganami Naval Academy. Neue-Stil Handgemenge appears to be more formal and with deeper formal roots in real-world oriental martial arts, and appears to be more common in the Solarian League than in Manticore.