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“The wolf fights for the pack. The fox fights for the fun of the chase. Be the fox.”
Her tactical manual, “The Cunning Path” (self-published, 74 pages, illustrated with stick figures and real animal behavior notes), became a cult classic. In it, she writes: “A fox does not fight the wolf head-on. The fox lets the wolf chase a shadow while the henhouse door clicks open.”
Enter —a former veterinary assistant, amateur costume designer, and surprisingly sharp close-quarters combat tactician. Marlies proposed a radical new ruleset: “What if we fought with the cunning of a fox and the discipline of a soldier?”
By 2020, Foxycombat Marlies had chapters in nine countries. Annual tournaments like the drew hundreds of participants. Yet Marlies refused to commercialize. No sponsors. No streaming rights. The only prize for winning was a hand-painted wooden fox mask made by Marlies herself. The Schism and the Legacy In 2023, tensions arose. A splinter group, calling themselves “Tactical Hounds,” wanted to strip the aesthetic rules and add heavy armor and electronic hit counters. Marlies vetoed the change. The split was amicable but definitive. The Hounds became a separate, more conventional tactical sport, while Marlies doubled down on the original vision.