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Western martial arts
Western Martial Arts (WMA) refers to the European based fighting techniques and skills as opposed to the Asian rooted systems, and are further differentiated by the lack of a spiritual component common to most of the Asian systems. Western Martial Arts have seen a resurgence of interest since the beginning of the early 1990's, centered mainly on the study, recreation and preservation of medieval and renaissance swordsmanship and combat skills developed during the 14th through 18th centuries, which one may consider the modern outgrowth or superset of Historical European Martial Arts.
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