Martial Arts Gambling

Martial Arts Gambling is an esoteric style of martial arts the practitioners of which are referred to as hustlers.

Philosophy
A card sharp is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at poker or other card games. Practitioners of Martial Arts Gambling are the same the style involves a great deal of mental and physical discipline, relying on tricks, sleight of hand in battle as both physical attacks and psychological tactics as well as logical prediction and move-reading. To Gamblers cards as useful tools, but Martial Arts Gambling goes one step beyond that. In the hands of a practitioner cards are turned into mortal edge weapons and projectiles. The motto of the style is that luck is for tourists and losers, winners cheat. Its main strength is the ability to observe opponents and gain deep insight into their psychology. Gambling as in martial arts is a mental game. A battle starts with knowing the opponent's moves and understanding his approach, and by comprehending the opponent's principles, one can see one or two steps ahead—but that's just the most basic of basics. There's opponent's physique of course, and how his personality affects his way of thinking in battle. How he uses his skills in every situation, his coordination patterns, the details of how his sight shifts and affects his movements, the opponent's breathing. By analyzing and scrutinizing all the data a practitioner can see how the fight ends before it even starts.

Trivia
The style is an amalgam of the various styles and techniques of Hisoka Morow, Byakuya Jougasaki, Gin Ichimaru, Mavis Vermilion, and Tubalcain Alhambra.