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Do you even need to be proficient at a martial art to be an effective fighter? Many traditional martial art weapons began as farm or work implements used by pheasants. To defend themselves against attackers, they learned to use the implements as weapons, for example the nunchaku and tonfa. Pick any type of modern profession that uses a lot of physical effort and you will find a fighting style amongst the workers that uses the movements or tools of that profession. Farmers who use shovels, hoes, pitch forks, etc. developed a style of fighting with those implements. Railroad workers, mechanics, truckers—no matter the profession—they all have a style of fighting that uses the motions and tools that they use on the job every day. When you work at something every day you become good at using the motions and tools of your job.

While in the Navy, I lived in Iceland for four years. The Icelandic economy revolves around fishing and sheep products. Icelandic fishermen work everyday for months at a time fishing in the North Atlantic, pulling nets, lines, etc. Some do not look physically threatening, but they are still very powerful and hard as rocks. Every time I responded to fight in a club that involved sailors and Icelandics, I found the sailors had gotten their butts whipped by the Icelandics. I played Judo with Icelandics many times. Their arms were similar to steel pipes. Even with the inexperienced players, it was impossible to get an arm bar on one of them. I trained an hour or two a day five days a week, while they had been pulling nets and lines 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for months.

Bottom line

The bottom line is—any fighting style is better than no fighting style, and a fighter who is good at his or her fighting style is better than one who is an average fighter in his or her style.

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