Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20151125184514/@comment-25396609-20151129033329

Sword dancing, it's a combat technique, extremely flashy designed around distraction. Effective if a bit on the showy side of things.

Having small similarities to characters is fine, in fact if they have a little piece of you in them it makes it easier to connect with them when writing, makes them feel real and helps the writer to add depth.