It seems very kenichi esque to me. lol it's interesting though. So I'll do it. 

Will it be straight up normal martial arts or will the use of ki or other forms of inner energy play a role? 
This is an important question for any martial arts story. I don't mean like dragon ball ki just so you know. I mean more like um... I don't know if you know the manwha, "The Breaker" or Kenichi for that matter... I'll find references though of what I mean later.