I used to work with youth and I guess I still have my Red Alert alarms running. In my job it was one of my duties to spot when a child or teen has a disconnect with reality. The disconnect with reality isn't bad so long as it is addressed. The biggest warning sign was when youth used fantasy to explain reality. I was originally going to just ignore this thread but since their are younger people on MT I thought I better say something in hopes that other teenagers don't make the same mistake that the OP has made in using fantasy to explain reality. It's never a good thing when fantasy becomes the reference point to how the real world works.
I've actually seen the entire series of the Anime Series that the OP is referring to so I can understand where and why he's getting stuff confused. Had he actually done some research on real life butcher then this would be a totally different conversation.
I went back to see if I could find my sources. I was able to find some of them.
The Relationship of Animal Abuse to Violence and Other Forms of Antisocial Behavior
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals chief says 'most' serial killers and people who engage in domestic violence start by abusing animals. Links to other studies here.
I just hope the next time the OP will use real life references the next time he has a question about what happens in real life. I'm pretty sure no one here would train under a martial arts teacher that uses the anime as a reference for how to fight and train.
You are aware that I was just using FUll Metal Alchemist because its the primary example of what I could think of so far as this topic goes.
I mean the fact me and my friends were yelling out "********!" years ago because a well-trained soldier such as Elric was getting overwhelmed by a civilian working a safe job. The notion of a "butcher" able to swing his blade ferociously to break defenses of someone trained in martial arts was incomprehensible to my 13 year old self as well as my other friends at the time.
However seeing that real life soldiers, police, and martial artists get killed quickly by people lacking formal training (but physically strong from manual labour and tough lifestyles and actually being part of more daily hands-on violence than most soldiers, cops, and martial arts practitioners) is what reminded me of Full Metal ALchemist.
I didn't even watch the show until I came across the AllExpert question Marc MAcYoung answered about violence professionals killed hit down by ghetto people in surprise attacks while being completely unaware is what reminded me of Full Metal Alchemist (and inspired me to rewatch it). Becuase reading the OP's description about SF dying while walking in the hoods despite having war experience and bouncers dying from sucker punches (despitely frequently putting drunks in a rearchocke from behind) sounded too ridiculous to be true.
However watching FMA and exploring Marc MacYOung's answers made me question many claims about violence professionals being superior to civilians that I and fellow classmates had back in Middle School. I mean looking back with some training I took on butchering and cullinery, its not that ridiculous that someone like Barry can almost kill a hardened soldier like Edward.
Back tot he main topic-my quesiton goes beyond just butchers.
I mean I literally seen RBSD instrucotrs mock the way baseball players swing their bats, saying its only for sport and it'll be ineffective for "real street fighting"
Uhhh most baseball players can hit balls going over 50 MPH and are known to hit so hard with bats that they damge both baseballs and bats and players have been measured has swinging with such force they can crack skulls in less than a second with a baseball bat.
Thats exactly what I'm going about. I'd honestly be more lovely scared of taking a MLB baseball player on than an RBSD instructor who claims he can teach you self defense with bats.