The martial arts / gym to far right pipeline is pretty strong and there is virtually no left wing alternative for it sadly. Maybe I should just start recruiting at my gym, idk.
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There are some queer gyms that teach self defense/martial arts
Liberation Martial Arts. Not sure how big they are but I used to follow them. They have entire online classes (most of which is free) that you could use for self-training and could bring to a gym.
They may be a whole clown roster from the circus, but I guess, so were the roster that led the Nazis
Arthur Kwon Lee, an artist and self-described “racist” who has repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, boasted that Hitler considered East Asians to be “honorary Aryans,” and referred to Black people as “m*nkeys” and Jews as “dem*ns.”
Just sad display, from a fellow Asian.
They are indeed clowns. As fun as MMA is, it's always better to learn how to use a gun.