Originally Posted by
DochaDocha
Superman II (any version) was pretty sloppy with the details, but you could distill its conclusion to Superman couldn't fight and beat three super-powered Kryptonians, so he had to outsmart them. In Man of Steel, once Zod learned to deal with sensory overload and soaked in enough solar energy, he should've had a clear advantage over Kal, but somehow lost. Supes had a punchers chance so winning wasn't out of the question, but he had no power advantage and was at a skill disadvantage, but still somehow won.
In short, fighting skill has been made irrelevant in the movies. Thoughts?
EDIT: Superman should have a fighting style unique to his own. I like to think someone trained in the martial arts would beat a depowered (I know I just railed against this) Superman, but if instead you gave some black belt or trained warrior or whatever Kryptonian powers, then Superman's going to win. As a human, we study martial arts to control our bodies to inflict damage, but Superman's body doesn't work like ours. For instance, if we were floating in outer space and tried to punch someone, it wouldn't work so well, but Superman can hit just as hard in almost any environment.
Maybe you can all it Kal Kent Do or something, the Way of the Superman's Fist.