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“Self-defense. Take the word apart. Fence — from defendere, to strike the threat away. Self — same root as "same," whole, undivided. For thirty-five years I taught people to defend the usurper who'd seized the throne. Real self-defense isn't blocking a punch. It's handing the throne back.”
― Sensei Max, Drunk Without Wine: A New Self-Defense, All the Way Through