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I point this out because many masters pursue other lifestyles and careers than martial arts, an example is that Shaolin and Daoist martial artists historically were monk/priest like first and martial artists second. In those cases the martial arts related to their traditions, but the traditions came first, Shaolin is not a martial arts temple, it is a Buddhist temple.
Josh Young wrote:I know several men who are doormen/bouncers but are not martial artists, many of them do have a lot of fighting experience.
I know a few mercenaries... blackwater/Xe types, in the old days the positions they hold would have been held by martial artists.
As for clandestine work, hitmen/hired killers also used to be martial artists and in the prison system this is quite common still.
It reminds me that some friends of mine who did "private security work" (beat/kill/intimidate) for a gang in Los Vegas knew a man who they said was extremely skilled as a martial artist and they say that he never lost a fight...
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