By the time Bruce Wayne is a greyed, broken down version of his younger self in DC's upcoming animated feature: The Dark Knight Returns part 1, he's had years upon years of combat experience and training. By this point near the end of his timeline though, Bruce is relying more on instinct and muscle memory than his dominating strength or surprise tactics of his younger days. Now don't get me wrong; Bruce Wayne was always a dude with impeccable technique, R'as al Ghul was a coach who would make Bruce train one move over and over until Bruce got it down. Then, and only then would R'as move on to the next Judo, Sambo or King Fu technique.

We knew Bruce had a killer RNC, but we never knew he was so adept at BJJ. Maybe it was something Bruce Wayne picked up in his later years as a way to stay in shape, like Ed O'Neil. Either way, it's nice to see this armbar that would make Ronda Rousey proud and a kneebar that has Paul Harris flexing proudly. Check it out

Cecil Peoples had it 30-27 - mutant.

Thanks to Steve McAwesome for the find.

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+37 # boo 2012-09-11 11:09

early stoppage IMO

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+13 # Guest 2012-09-11 11:15

man now i get my comic news from Middle Easy too.

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-4 # ThreeShoes 2012-09-11 11:23

When did the Batman cartoons get so violent?

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+8 # Will-Kill 2012-09-11 11:29

So glad this story is going to be in two movies, the story is too awesome to be one film.

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+12 # Gyopo 2012-09-11 12:00

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+21 # Gyopo 2012-09-11 12:06

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+7 # Guest 2012-09-11 12:01

Wasnt the first time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT-auh20f78

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-2 # Gyopo 2012-09-11 12:02

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+19 # Guest 2012-09-11 15:13

This is TRT Batman

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0 # Jonesy 2012-09-11 15:24

The Dark Knight Returns is sitting like five feet away from me...I don't remember any armbars...but at least I have an excuse for a reread!

And why does Batman sound like Bane?

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0 # ispitzhotfire 2012-09-11 16:14

He sounded kind of dumb in that. No armbars in the book sadly. But he does mash his face in.

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+2 # Jay 2012-09-11 16:28

Voiced by the original Robocop

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+3 # Guest 2012-09-11 17:42

why is this version of batman a roided up guido

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+2 # Will-Kill 2012-09-11 18:11

It's the way that comic book was drawn.

It's not all muscle, it's also fat.

A thin elderly batman less believable.

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+2 # Guest 2012-09-11 21:29

you got the juice now batman..

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-2 # Guest 2012-09-11 23:29

wat movie is that?

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+2 # Guest 2012-09-12 04:55

the fight choreography was better in this than the latest batman movie.

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