Grappling - ruleset preferences and issues (Basic, Pyramid, MA, TG etc.)

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Icelander

I'm referring to current grappling rules, i.e. GURPS Technical Grappling. While it provides new mechanisms for actual one-handed grappling, I didn't find anything about using the crook of the arm while holding a knife.

I think it's a bit of an overstatement to call TG the 'current' rules, just like it would be an overstatement to say that Ritual Path Magic are the 'current' rules of Magic/Thaumatology. More like, a different variant/branch of rules. Just like there's the Basic treatment of languages, the Speaking in Tongues treatment of languages, and the Colourless Ideas Sleep Furiously treatment of languages.
While TG is good, its existence is not a reason to pretend that MA was never published or that everything found in MA is now to be erased from the consciousness of GMs all over the world and to be never again included in figuring how a given martial-artsy action is to be resolved.