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No shit. I used to have major issues with social skills. That's made a 180 degree turn. Still have issues with motivation and persistence, in many contexts. Seems to be weirdly connected with my anger issues (persistence is often bred by annoyance, annoyance feeds anger...)

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if you use anger as a primary energy source and stop being angry, it can lead to issues. (This is, in fact, one of my major issues right now.)

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Yeah, but in my case I think it's rather the instinctive avoidance of anger. I get annoyed -> this should prompt a commitment or action of some kind -> my self-reg shortcuts the potential anger trigger and I bum around instead.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jul 7, 2018

Oh yes. In fact I've practiced two already - or well, one combat sport (Judo) and one revivification (medieval martial arts, i.e. swords). Hard to find a good group around here, though. Harder still to find one where English is useful. One of many local quality of life issues.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jul 7, 2018

Judo, I was too young to say. Swords, definitely. Getting to whack someone with a longsword is a nice way to satisfy some frustration. It also makes your arms fucking strong. I've found there are several outdoors training areas around here, so I plan to try some calisthenics.

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In fact, assuming it isn't pure esoterism, bad translations or esoterism (unlikely that it's *only* that), the longsword manuals from the 14th/15th century seem to suggest people were far stronger. Some of those techniques require an absurd amount of strength to pull off well.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

The brute force going into some of the techniques is just unbelievable. You have one where you defend and counterattack against an overhead strike by seeming to go into a high horizontal guard, then deflecting off the attacker's blade to deliver a chop to the head. In a second.

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So you have to: - Correctly deflect the blow without breaking your wrists or simply dying to the descending sword. - Sidestep while maintaining balance. - Correctly utilize the kinetic energy of your opponent's blow to start your own strike. - Chop the now-exposed head. Heavy!

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Others, and I'm sure me as well, had a tendency to go through the choreographed part without much regard to the force. Turns out a determined, strong opponent can still kill you even if you counter their technique, simply by smashing through. Meaning, it's even heavier.