Hand-to-Hand Combat

Hand-to-Hand Combat is a form of combat focusing on fighting a tribute with one's own body, mostly there bare hands. It can be an extremely effective combat tactic, especially when weapons are scarce.

The Form
Unarmed Combat relies on strikes from a user's hands, feet, elbows, knees, and sometimes head. It can go from striking, to wrestling, where holds and chokes are common. Many tributes use hand-to-hand combat, even if they aren't trained in it, and they don't even know it.

Hand-to-Hand Combat can also be a nonlethal way to decide leadership to an alliance, though this is very rare. It may also be used to beat someone into submission for capture.

Non-Lethal Moves
These are moves that aren't lethal, but can still cause quiet some injury.
 * Most punches.
 * Most kicks.
 * Strangulation until tribute passes out.
 * Submission holds.
 * Most scratching attacks.
 * Most biting attacks.
 * Joint dislocation moves.
 * Muscle tearing moves.
 * Eye gouging.

Lethal Moves
These are moves that are normally used to kill tributes.
 * Cumulitive punches or kicks, especially ones to the head.
 * Strangulation long after tribute passes out.
 * Ripping the throat out with a biting attack.
 * Throwing tributes from high places.
 * Hard chop to the throat.

Characters who have used Hand-to-Hand Combat

 * Abigail Tride

Characters killed by Hand-to-Hand Combat

 * Leslie Lyons (beaten to death by a many kicking attacks)