British Military Combatives in the Queen's Service

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Icelander

... given that supernatural creatures may be vulnerable to being cut or stabbed by certain materials, knifework is very important.

FCCT has a fair amount of knife work, and was widely known; there are probably still practitioners.

Originally Posted by aesir23

... taught to the PCs by a grizzled old veteran of the SAS or a Gurkha regiment of Her Majesties Army.

Does anyone know anything about Gurkha martial arts? There's nothing in GURPS Martial Arts, and while Stealth + Knife is clearly the core, there must be more.

A minor point, but it's the British Army, not the Royal Army, Her Majesty's Army, or anything like that. Its roots as an organisation are in the Parliamentary Army of the English Civil War.