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September 15, 2009: Designer's Note: GURPS Martial Arts The biggest thing that comes to my mind about GURPS Martial Arts is reality checking. Not only did I research martial arts and interview stylists; I also trained in as many different forms as I could for the book. Two of them led to very direct reality testing. I competed in my first kendo tournament and fought in my first few MMA matches as a direct result of research for this book! Check out enough styles in person and you might end up reality-checking yourself. The Grab-and-Smash! rules reflected my experience learning to clinch-and-knee. The Clinch perk was added to reflect striking-only styles that taught such moves. Biting Mastery came out of learning details of a whole body of biting techniques at yet another school. The Special Setup rules came out of training in kung fu. Those are just a few examples. The rules in GURPS Martial Arts were not only based on books and movies purchased with money, but on the blood and sweat and bruises of testing them. Personally. So help an author pay for his bandages and bruises, and check out GURPS Martial Arts! -- Peter Dell'Orto
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