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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 322326" data-attributes="member: 5400">The cultural circumstances in which Far Eastern martial arts developed can be duplicated in every fantasy setting. Maybe halflings are an oppressed minority and are forbidden to wield weapons, so they develop open hand styles.The elves have huge amounts of time and patience and so by watching and mimicking the natural world they have developed Crane, Monkey, Dog and Tiger styles of fighting.THe dwarves love contests of brute force and endurance, developing a more muscular form of sumo or just judo.Some thoughts.Plus, sailors are famous for knowing fighting styles from all around the world. French savate is thought to have developed some of its maneuvres from Dutch sailors who had travelled to the Phillipines. The US Marine Corps officers are awarded the Marmaluke (sp?) sword, from a time when some marines saved the life of a middle eastern ruler in the 19th century.History is a funny beast. There are all sorts of ways for things like fighting styles to move across cultures and geography. After all, Americans mainly learned about karate after they occupied Japan following WWII.</blockquote>