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Choosing a martial art from the internet produces months of reading and no training, because every discipline has advocates who will explain why the others are useless. Cut it short: draw one, find a beginner class within travelling distance, go once. An hour on the mat settles more than any amount of comparison. Thirty disciplines spanning striking, grappling, weapons and the softer internal forms. If the draw has no club near you, that is useful information and you draw again.
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