Awesome!

I have absolutely no idea what SCA is, Lady Ardaniel, but the axe-hurling beardy blokes sound pretty fun to train against. If escrima's what I think it is then there must be some -saucecore- fights against them, particularly with your jian. Which is lovely, by the way. Wish I could take photos as good as that.

Mister Spud, t'ai chi is something I've been meaning to take up. The calmness of the style appeals to me - I've seen some demonstrations at seminars and sparred against them in the jodo style (mine is a progressive sensei who is developing the free-fighting aspect far more than others), and the practitioners seem slow until you realise they've already hit you seven times in the stomach and everything's gone grey.

Master Wedge, firearm forms can be assimilated into martial arts extremely easily. An example of this is a chap I saw at a recent seminar in Blackpool, whose name completely escapes me. He had adapted the kyudo stances for use with a brace of sporting pistols and repeatedly holed people's small change. It was really what got me into kyudo.