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26 Post author: katydee 26 April 2014 06:54AM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 27 April 2014 10:18:04AM 0 points [-]

I agree that self-defense martial arts is a better example of an anti-skill. And that aestetic martial arts (e.g. stange combat) have most advantages (e.g. health and signalling-wise) but few of the disadvantages. I did choose foil fencing for this reason - after getting the idea from Heinleins books (who was a fencer http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/history/annapolis.html ).

Comment author: katydee 27 April 2014 05:37:29PM 1 point [-]

Very funny-- my own choice for a fun-but-useless martial art was the épée!

Comment author: [deleted] 29 April 2014 04:53:37PM 0 points [-]

And which was the unfortunately-useful martial art you took before that?