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Most memorable hand-to-hand combat scenes (pics welcome)

Flying Spaghetti Monster

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Star Trek has had it's fair share of memorable fights, between characters (and memorable doesn't have to be good). In particular, Shatner had moves that everyone everyone remembered.Maybe pick one or two scenes from each series that you remember off the top of your head.

TOS. I find that the "Let's jump into the wall and see if that works" bit in the fight between Kirk and the Fake Andorian/Orion dude to be hilarious. And of Course there's the K-7 brawl!

TNG: Picard tries to fight a female terrorist in "Starship Mine" but loses. But my most memorable is the fight "Sarek." It's good to see an all-out brawl happen on TNG. There's a tiny petite blonde girl who certainly dishes out the beatings against a poor dude.
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DS9: Yes, I can't ever forget when Kira (someone known for fighting) get's beat up by a woman in "Invasive Procedures" What I find funny is that Kira surprised and attacked her before being punched repeatedly. It looked like the woman knocked her out cold before she even hit the ground. Also liked how the woman rubbed salt in the wound later by asking if she was okay and telling her not to try that again.
The best Deep Space Nine fight was the whole Kllingons board the station in "Way of the Warrior." Awesome sauce.

VOY: Yeah, Tskunte was kind of cool, once you get past how bad the idea is!

ENT: It was fun seeing Archer get beat up. Bakula seemed to enjoy it. I could pick any of those, but my favorite was "The Andorian Incident." Loved the story about math equations.

I also remember the fight where a MACO soldier is beat up by a girl in her underwear. But the girl seemed to be a strong and capable fighter. It didn't seem as fake as some of fighting Persis did in "Cold Station 12"

Speaking of which, the opening of "Borderland" is fantastic.
 
My favourite has to be Khan vs. Ragemonster Spock in Into Darkness. The best bit was when Khan had Spock in his skullcrusher, and Spock countered with a mind meld, pouring all his grief, fury and pain into Khan. Vulcan dirty fighting tactics! I practically cheered in the theatre.

Enterprise had a memorable scene at the start of their Augment trilogy, where the Augments effortlessly whup a bunch of Klingons and take their ship, with all kinds of over-the-top disruptor bolt dodging and flipping, and an epic heart punch that sends a Klingon flying up a corridor.

Kirk vs. the Gorn is, of course, all-time king of camp fight scenes.
 
A memorable scene for me was when Worf snapped Weyoun's neck in Strange Bedfellows. I knew he'd be back but I cheered all the same.
 
Kira beating up a Klingon after being stabbed in the side.

Kira taking out several deputies whilst heavily pregnant.

Kira beating the crap out of Damar.

Basically any Kira fight, since she is Trek's best fighter.
 
Beardo-Spock versus everybody in MIRROR, MIRROR. Even though it's four against one, you still tend to think it's an unfair fight for Kirk, Scott, Uhura and McCoy.

Heck yea! :techman: Especially when it was him versus Kirk :evil:. Love that episode.
 
Malcolm Reed Vs. Major Hayes. The choreography and just sheer exhaustion make it fun, but i also love that nothing cosmic is at stake -- nobody's going to die, no world needs to be saved, the ship isn't going to blow up; it's just a good ol' fashioned knock down drag out fight that was several episodes' worth of character development in the making.

I also like the string of fights that Worf had to go through in that Dominion prison camp. For once, he finally lives up to his reputation as a fearless, skilled, determined warrior with on-screen evidence to prove it.
 
Kira beating up a Klingon after being stabbed in the side...

After I saw that scene, I took Kira as a higher tiered fighter. When I think of heavy hitters, I think of Worf, Spock, Tuvok, even Kirk's Kirk-fu, but after seeing Kira take a stab to the side and then knock out a Klingon, I understood she was a different class of tough.
 
Malcolm Reed Vs. Major Hayes. The choreography and just sheer exhaustion make it fun, but i also love that nothing cosmic is at stake -- nobody's going to die, no world needs to be saved, the ship isn't going to blow up; it's just a good ol' fashioned knock down drag out fight that was several episodes' worth of character development in the making.
The only thing missing from that fight was the two of them making out at the end :drool:

But Mareel beat her up pretty easily!
I never said she was infallible, just bad ass!
 
The barfight in Trouble with Tribbles. Maybe it was played largely for laughs, but I sure do remember it. In many ways, it seems to symbolize the fun attitude that Star Trek has always had at its best episodes.

Kirk and Spock in Amok Time. The drama of these two best friends fighting "to the death" was real and remarkable. At that point in Star Trek, perhaps the most emotionally powerful fight scene.

Kirk vs. Finnegan in Shore Leave. Two really likable characters (yes, as big a bore as Finnegan is, he was likable) going at it, and both enjoying it.
 
Beardo-Spock versus everybody in MIRROR, MIRROR. Even though it's four against one, you still tend to think it's an unfair fight for Kirk, Scott, Uhura and McCoy.

Hey, that wasn't even Spock. It was some curly haired big dude. ;)
 
Kirk fighting Kruge as Genesis comes apart around them is memorable for me, as it's the first fight sequence I remember seeing in a Star Trek movie.
 
The barfight in Trouble with Tribbles. Maybe it was played largely for laughs, but I sure do remember it. In many ways, it seems to symbolize the fun attitude that Star Trek has always had at its best episodes.

That reminds me, I also like the same fight from the perspective of Trials and Tribbleations. It was nice to see 1960s vs. modern day Trek fighting styles (Worf!) juxtaposed together. And of course, it's merely a companion piece that doesn't override the original fight.
 
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