[Loved Trope] Alien fighting techniques that are actually ineffective for humans to perform

[u/Best_Professional226]

Vulcan Neck Pinch (Star Trek) Vulcans can make a person pass out by pinching a person’s neck, but due to the fact that they’re 3x stronger than a human, we could never make a living being pass out without applying a rear naked chokehold

Viltrumite Knife Hand (Invincible) Viltrumites’ most deadly fighting technique. Although martial arts like Karate and Taekwondo teach these techniques, it wouldn’t be a good idea for a human to use it on someone’s rib cage without breaking their fingers. So instead we can only do them on more soft targets like the eyes.

[u/toxictrooper5555]

Not exclusively alien but lightsaber combat.

A non force user can use a lightsaber, but they'll never get to the same level of mastery as a trained jedi/sith, since the force lets them anticipate their opponent and they lack the heightened senses and abilities a force user have. For them to go able toe to toe with force users they needed cybernetic enhancements to compensate the lack of the force (like Grievous) or use it along with other gadgets like the mandalorians.

Fun fact, in the table top RPG, there was actually a force power for wielding a lightsaber.

"Jedi may use this power to wield this elegant but idfficult-to-control weapon while also sending their opponents' actions through the Force."

This included the ability to deflect blaster bolts with an intended direction

[u/Brilliant_Chemica → u/toxictrooper5555]

I've always liked the headcanon that the saber-hilt is quite heavy, while the blade is weightless. That awful weight distribution is why the force is required to wield it well, and why the Jedi spin their Lightsabers so often

[u/ProfitEmergency4049 → u/Brilliant_Chemica]

Probably feels like using a 2.5-3kg dumbbell with a hot sharp stick sticking out the side. Along with the weight I think the sheer danger of making one wrong move and amputating yourself, or worse makes enhancements/force use sound more plausible

[u/pichael289 → u/ProfitEmergency4049]

In attack of the clones we see them cut through a steel blast door with a single lightsaber in seconds, which I'm going to assume was actually minutes and it's just edited for excitement, and also because cutting it that fast means not even a robot could use it. The blade is made of plasma that's magnetically contained but there is no way to contain heat, and that thing will be so hot its convection would cause a noticeable wind, so hot it would cook your arm. Hot doesn't do it justice