Blocking attacks against another character.

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Neroange

That there's what you call a RULES HOLE!
I don't have MA but did get PU2, and I almost missed it, since it is not listed as combat perk, but a skill perk, and is not called Off-Hand Weapons Training, but called Off-Hand Training. It also refers you to p. B14, not p. B232.
It should apply only to non-combat skills.

No, it's fully intended that it applies to combat skills. The technique from the Basic Set is deprecated in favor of the perk.

Originally Posted by Neroange

And again it is a learned skill something you can pick up during a campaign, as a general rule perks should chosen a character creation.

Perks not being acquired after character creation is not any sort of established rule.