• yevunedi@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    Pocket sand!

    Are you familiar with the teachings of Michael Hundt? He was a 17th century fencing master and some of his techniques included:

    • if your opponent is better than you, just throw your sword at him and run away
    • if someone wants to duell you, tell him you will only duell one of “them”, when he turns around to see who the supposed second person is you are talking about, stab him from behind
    • always carry a handgun with you and if your opponent is better than you, shoot him and:
    • pocket sand

    Honestly, I think Hundt was just a medieval troll and while he does have some genuine techniques, the dirty fighting ones are better known

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      1 day ago

      Honestly, I think Hundt was just a medieval troll and while he does have some genuine techniques, the dirty fighting ones are better known

      I rather think he did teach actual real world fighting skills and self defence that works, rather than some formalised and well regulated martial arts meant to be practiced as a recreational sport in a regulated environment.

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        13 hours ago

        Fair. I guess there’s a difference between “honourable fighting” and “wanting to survive” and Hundt prioritised the latter