Martial Arts Shogi

Martial Arts Shogi is a fighting style that only appears in the anime continuity of Ranma 1/2, appearing only in the episode Shogi Showdown. It is also known by the alternative name of Battle Shogi.

Base Concept
At its core, Martial Arts Shogi combines a shogi variant of Human Chess with basic pugilism. Matches consist of two teams, with each team assigning its members ranks to equate to the pieces of a shogi side. The designated "King" is the commander of the team, and a match ends only once the King of a given team has been rendered unconscious or otherwise surrenders.

Battles take place on an arena stylized after a shogi board; combatants are only allowed to move and attack as per the rules of the shogi piece whose rank they are emulating - other shogi rules are also applied, such as the concept of "promotion" for its pieces. Defeated members of one team are considered "captured"; if the King of the opposing team decrees it, they must fight on their capturing team's behalf.

The most dedicated practitioners of Martial Arts Shogi will actually wear shogi piece costumes, which also provide an easy way to identify a given fighter's abilities.

Shogi Pieces

 * 1 king
 * 1 rook
 * 1 bishop
 * 2 gold generals
 * 2 silver generals
 * 2 knights
 * 2 lances
 * 9 pawns

Known Practitioners

 * Uragishi Sankichi

Known Special Techniques
For the most part, Martial Arts Shogi relies on basic fisticuffs, combined with the chaos that ensues from having so many fighters on the field at once. The only known special technique is Uragishi's Grandmaster Slam, where his team of devoted underlings leap into the air to perform a diving bodyslam on his opponent, piling themselves atop him or her until the opponent is crushed into submission.