Travel to Shang Simla, China, to master martial arts techniques. There are several possibilities for acquiring the talent for the first time there. I do not recommend the skill book, which can be purchased from a Chinese market book dealer. The Phoenix Martial Arts Academy is an excellent location to begin. You will need to spend some simoleons to attend classes there, but it's well worth it. Martial arts skills can be improved through practice. Doing so will increase your combat ability rating (CAR). There are five categories of combat ability ratings: basic, advanced, expert, master, and grandmaster. As you fight more battles, your CAR will rise accordingly. Your Sim can also gain experience points by helping other players in battle or by performing tasks for them. These experience points can then be used to advance their skills in certain categories. There are 14 different types of martial arts skills that can be learned. They include basics such as punching, kicking, and blocking; weapons skills such as sword fighting and gun handling; attack skills like karate chops and tiger punches; and defense skills like shuriken block and taekwondo headbutt. Each type of skill can be further divided into sub-types. For example, there are weapon skills that use swords, guns, axes, knives, and claws as well as skills that use objects such as shurikens, boomerangs, and bones.