Martial Arts & Tres Espadas

You may have noticed that Martial Arts is a common theme in our games. Over half the Game Arts Guild has full contact martial arts experience, and some of us have internal martial arts experience with Aikido and Tai Chi.  Lately some of our members have been involved in a full contact weapon sparring club called "Tres Espadas." Seth (The Serpent Lord) is thinner of the two fighters in this video:

• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/11/naginata-vs-glaive.html

I am the thinner of the two fighters in these videos:

• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/07/staff-vs-buckler-from-20100710.html
• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/07/knife-vs-knife-liver-kick.html  (knife vs. knife segment)

And the larger guy we are both up against in all three of those is a playtester mentioned in the acknowledgement section of the Squawk RPG book.  The guy in the black shirt in these two videos is a Game Arts Guild member:

• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/11/mace-vs-stick.html
• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/11/falchion-vs-cutlass.html

And last but not least, here's a battle between two Game Arts Guild members in the cold November rain:

• http://espadastres.blogspot.com/2010/11/weapons-upgrade.html

Notice that the footage above is not LARPing, but a martial arts exercise.