Sino-Atlantic martial arts - Page 5

whswhs · 12-04-2011, 10:21 PM

I've settled on the campaigns for my next cycle, and one will be something I've wanted to do for quite a while: A campaign set in Ming-3, the Chinese-dominated alternate history in GURPS Alternate Earths 2. Specifically, I plan to have it be a fairly swashbuckling campaign, taking place during a time of troubles. But that means I need to deal with martial arts. The brief account in the sourcebook mentions the Irish art of si lei li, but there are a lot of other sources for traditions of swordplay and other forms of combat. So what would be some possible arts? Which of the ones in Martial Arts would fit, and what other arts might have been invented? Any of you who know the subject better than I do are invited to speculate. . . .

Bill Stoddard

12-04-2011, 10:21 PM	#1
whswhs Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS	Sino-Atlantic martial arts I've settled on the campaigns for my next cycle, and one will be something I've wanted to do for quite a while: A campaign set in Ming-3, the Chinese-dominated alternate history in GURPS Alternate Earths 2. Specifically, I plan to have it be a fairly swashbuckling campaign, taking place during a time of troubles. But that means I need to deal with martial arts. The brief account in the sourcebook mentions the Irish art of si lei li, but there are a lot of other sources for traditions of swordplay and other forms of combat. So what would be some possible arts? Which of the ones in Martial Arts would fit, and what other arts might have been invented? Any of you who know the subject better than I do are invited to speculate. . . . Bill Stoddard