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Coup de vitesse is a fictional martial art that is practiced by Honor Harrington in the Honorverse, a series of books by David Weber. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Honorverse is the semi-official name for the setting of a military science fiction series of stories by David Weber featuring Honor Harrington, the Horatio Hornbloweresque heroine. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Honor Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... The Honorverse is the semi-official name for the setting of a military science fiction series of stories by David Weber featuring Honor Harrington, the Horatio Hornbloweresque heroine. ... David Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...

Coup de vitesse is a fusion of several western and oriental martial arts, developed primarily as a hard style where emphasis is placed on offense sometimes at the expense of defense, resulting in a very brutal and effective style.

Coup de vitesse lacks the elegance of judo or aikido. It is an offensive hard style which borrows from every martial art, from savate to t'ai chi, and distills them all down into sheer brutality. Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning harmony energy way, or with some poetic license, way of the harmonious spirit, is a gendai budo â€” a modern Japanese martial art. ... Savate (pronounced ), also known as boxe française (French boxing) or French kickboxing, is a French martial art which uses both the hands and feet as weapons and contains elements of western boxing, grappling and graceful kicking techniques (only foot kick, no knee, no tibia). ... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan ( Chinese: 太極拳; pinyin: ; literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi, Tai Chi, or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some...

Practitioners of Coup de vitesse use belts to indicate ranks. As of War of Honor, Honor Harrington is ranked 8th level black belt, (the highest rank is 9th) and often uses her skills to dispatch enemies that underestimate her. Those with 9th level black belts are often referred to as "Master". War of Honor is David Webers tenth Honor Harrington novel. ... Honor Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ...

Coup de vitesse can be roughly translated from french as speed hitting.