[MA] Decompressing Historical Martial arts styles - Page 2

aesir23 · 09-04-2015, 08:11 AM

In GURPS Martial Arts, historical western martial arts are clumped together in large groups: Italian Rapier, Longsword, Sword and Buckler Play, etc.... This makes a lot of sense, considering just how many individual masters and manuals there were.

Historically (and in many modern HEMA clubs), students will learn the style taught by a specific master or in a specific manual. This forum is a place where people can break up these generalized styles to represent styles as taught historically.

The upshot of this is that, if you're setting a campaign in 17th century Italy, not every character will have the same Style.

09-04-2015, 08:11 AM	#1
aesir23 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont	[MA] Decompressing Historical Martial arts styles In GURPS Martial Arts, historical western martial arts are clumped together in large groups: Italian Rapier, Longsword, Sword and Buckler Play, etc.... This makes a lot of sense, considering just how many individual masters and manuals there were. Historically (and in many modern HEMA clubs), students will learn the style taught by a specific master or in a specific manual. This forum is a place where people can break up these generalized styles to represent styles as taught historically. The upshot of this is that, if you're setting a campaign in 17th century Italy, not every character will have the same Style. __________________ My ongoing thread of GURPS versions of DC Comics characters.