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The Japanese martial arts survived because they limited the technological advancement of their civilization for centuries and because they linked their martial arts to religion. The Europeans martial arts mostly died out after the Renaissance, except for a few like sevate and fencing. The only fighting style tied to religion in the slightest was the knight, but the Europeans were not exactly sheltered from advances in warfighting technology, because they were the advances in warfighting technology.
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Work is the curse of the drinking class.
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