Jester Kenpo/Prestige

Prestige
Prestige is typically the first attacking style learned by Jester Kenpo practicioners, and is the most commonly seen form. Prestige is unconventional and counterintuitive in it's execution, and is one of the more unique aspects of Jester Kenpo. The principle of Prestige is suprise and sudden movement, relying on catching the opponent off guard by attacking without warning, from such a position that attacking would seem unlikely, or in some cases not even possible. Normal fighting practice is put asside, or even outright defied, in favour of unpredictable action. defenses and counterattacks are much less effective against such an approach, firstly because the defender may let their guard down if the attacker's stance does not seem to indicate an attack, and secondly because most defensive methods only account for conventional attack patterns, and can have very obscure loopholes that are not normally exploitable.

Oddly, the secondary principle of prestige is to place heavy emphasis on an attack once it has been launched, and exagerate the action as much as possible. This draws the attention of the opponent very strongly towards the attacking movment, both to further add to the suprise of the action and in some circumstances to serve as a distraction from other movements.

The main weakness of prestige is that many of the possible unlikely attacks  available present large openings or weaknesses that can be exploited if an opponent is not preoccupied by the defence. Without considerable experience attacking becomes a gamble that can backfire, at the expense of the user.