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@pascalo
All the above in consideration, if you can delete self defense from your mind, then why not just train to have a steffi graf in whatever style appeals to you? I love Wing Chun, and I couldn't care less what the world thinks about it.
Where I train the people are cool, the whole money and franchise idea is not dominating, and people don't get brainwashed into believing they're deadly. Instead everyone knows that you need to train hard to get good, and that if you wanna be a force to be reckoned with, you'll have to condition properly, punch a lot, spar etc.
So there is good attitude, and I've seen people coming in timid and after 10 months grow into stronger people with a bit of an edge to them, having their lip split but just saying "nah, it's OK dude", whereas before they'd run to the bathroom to check the mirror ...