Batman lacks skill displayed in first movie

Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2009)

One thing that was great in the first Batman movie, "Batman Begins", was the use of martial arts (ok the Hollywood view of that). He was a Ninja, that was one of the secrets to his effectiveness combating crime.
Alas, in the sequel, "The Dark Knight", Batman lost the Ninja skills and became a brawler. The only "ninja" thing he still does is the little disappearing thing when someone turns away for a moment.
A case in point is the battle at the Taiwan skyscraper. I've seen those moves in WWF and the fisticuffs punching was used in the 1960s cowboy movies. Would a ninja hold an opponent up with one hand then draw the other arm way back to give a rockum sockem kaplow? Note that he was under attack by many foes at the time. Maybe I missed something and that was a homage to the 1960s Batman TV show.
Other then this and the silly large wheels on the car, (won't they be very vulnerable?), the movie was not too bad.
-- Me