It's Friday night and I need a fight so let's talk about the three times Vic Sage fought Lady Shiva in Question v1 by O'Neil and @DenysCowan.
While I'm by no means a huge martial arts scholar, it's interesting to analyze the themes running through them as much as their styles.

The first fight goes down in the closing pages of #1 and is by far the shortest. This is it. One page, nine panels. In terms of forms there's a lot of grappling early on leading to that crazy flip in panel 3. Then three panels of elbows and hands, a sweep and that's all she wrote

Again, not a subject I'm super knowledgeable about, but there seems to be a lot of Judo/Jiu-Jitsu or even Aikido in those first panels. Lots of Japanese styles, which makes sense since O'Neil studied Karate and Cowan did Judo and different Kenpo styles (along with some Taekwondo)

On a purely thematical level, what I like about this fight is how Shiva is always coming at Vic from different angles, different sides, with different attacks. She keeps moving -almost floating- around him, and as a result, Vic can't get a single blow in. He can't handle her.

Earlier in the issue you get a good look at Vic's fighting style. He's very much a brawler, a two-fisted street fighter who fights in a very straight line with narrow-minded focus. Which is why he can't touch Shiva. She fights and exists beyond his understanding.

Through their fight, we can see that Shiva is something Vic has never encountered before, something that he can't wrap his head around, something that moves outside this narrow corridor that is his existence, and ultimately beats him to an inch of his life.

The second time they fight is on issue 2, a year since their first meeting. Vic has spent most of that time training with Richard Dragon and it shows. He still can't beat Shiva or even touch her, but he's learned enough patience and stillness to be more defensive. He tries to...

... actually watch Shiva, to read her, and thanks to that manages to get as close as he's ever going to get to hitting her. Which Shiva finds delightful going by panel 2. In the end, however, she continues to prove too elusive for him, hitting Vic from some really weird angles.

Style-wise there's a lot more strikes in this one, with much more kicking in particular but also more solid forms. Vic especially has a much more open stance and is now actually moving to the sides, doing away with his narrow mindset. But it's probably telling that...

... he seems to have some difficulty opening those big strong manly fists of his.

Personal note: The Art of War separates action between Cheng (direct, straightforward, expected) and Chi (extraordinary, creative, unexpected). The idea being to do several Cheng actions to...

... lure the enemy in before surprising him with a demolishing Chi action.

And brother, Shiva does not fuck around with her Chi actions.

Their third and last bout happens in issue 29 and by now things have gotten rough for our boy Vic. His city's going to Hell more than usual, the love of his life has just woken up from a coma after being shot by her drunk husband during her mayor inauguration speech... it's bad.

And this is important to note because when thrown into chaotic situations that are slipping out of control, Vic tends to fall back on some bad old habits. Which is a huge part of what makes him such a human character. So how does he fare against Shiva this time?

He gets blown the fuck up right from the opening bell. This one's their longest fight but not because Vic has gotten better. It's simply because this time it's Shiva who's studying Vic. Now she's watching him, measuring how he has evolved since she last saw him.

Through this fight Vic is constantly trying to go on the offensive. He doesn't care about reading Shiva or figuring her out. He just wants to get through her. Maybe because he's got other things in mind, or he's angry, or he's reverted back to his brutish ways. Maybe all of them.

But in the end, all that earns him is getting yeet'd into a literal trash heap. And to make it even better, the throw Shiva uses is very similar to the one she busted out during their very first fight. After all this time, they're back to square one.

But is it really any surprise? Vic literally tries the exact same roundhouse kick twice in this fight. The one punch he throws is completely linear, narrow and easily dodged. And when he tries something resembling a martial art (prompted by Dragon's mention), Shiva denies it.

It's very interesting to compare the art on this fight to the previous one. While the 2nd match had a lot of full or nearly full body shots, this one's got a lot of close-ups, giving it a tighter, more claustrophobic feel. This is no sparring. This is Shiva doing business.

Fights in any form of fiction should be more than cool action beats. They should provide insight into the people involved in it -- their mindsets going in, their general worldviews, their emotions during the melee and their personal development. The beauty of...

... these three fights is that we get to see exactly how Vic grows and changes over time. From a single-minded brawler to a curious martial artist to a troubled man trying to force the world to make sense, we can chart it all in a fascinating and enjoyable (for us, at least) way.

Also, I feel like the biggest clue as to what styles O'Neil and Cowan studied is the fact that Shiva and Vic bow in a more Japanese way than the usual Chinese salute.
Just like them, I'm gonna bow out now, but feel free to enjoy some Chamber Music on me: