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** ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' brings this up in a similar way as Tony and Steve have a disagreement over the march of technology. Steve insisting that remembering the mundane ways are useful... it leads to boxing, with exactly the result you expect. Hulk, Wasp, and Hawkeye in the audience watching Steve Rodgers punch Tony Stark in the face and floor him with a single shot. ...Tony complains in his armor he would know every move Steve would make before he makes them.

* In a cold open of ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', it is revealed that Batman taught Dr. Fate how to box in case his helmet was ever removed.

** ''AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' brings this up in a similar way as Tony and Steve have a disagreement over the march of technology. Steve insisting that remembering the mundane ways are useful... it leads to boxing, with exactly the result you expect. Hulk, Wasp, and Hawkeye in the audience watching Steve Rodgers punch Tony Stark in the face and floor him with a single shot. ...Tony complains in his armor he would know every move Steve would make before he makes them.

*** He also got all Beasts medical knowledge telepatically implanted into his mind.

* One of [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]´s '''many''' [[TookALevelInBadass levels in badass]] involves him learning basic martial arts and quarterstaff fighting from Murphy, as well as running periodically so he has options other than blasting things in the face.

* In ''YoungJustice'', after being humiliated by Black Canary with a judo toss, Superboy begrudgingly takes private fighting lessons. The results start showing less than two episodes after.

* Pewter-burners in the {{Mistborn}} books burn their metal to gain inhuman levels of strength, speed and stamina. However, this only lasts as long as the metal supply, and the power works independently of the burner's body - as in, they don't suddenly sprout muscles. Pewter-burners like Hammond instruct the main character, Vin, of the benefits of honing one's body without pewter to increase one's strength while using it, developing fighting skill alongside these abilities, and using pewter tactically for powerful strikes instead of turning it on all the time in a fight and flailing your limbs.

** Elixir from ''New X-Men'', studied biology because his powers allowed him to alter organic tissue at will.

* Discussed but not used in ''IronManArmoredAdventures''. When Tony has trouble with an agile villain, Rhodey suggests he might need to lean kung fu. Tony complains that he already has a highly-expensive suit of PoweredArmor.

* In a cold open of ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', it is revealed that Batman taught Dr. Fate how to box in case his helmet was ever removed.

* In ''OnePiece'', several Straw Hat pirates spend the timeskip studying their less battle oriented skills. Nami, whose weapons can control the weather and spent the timeskip studying mundane metereology to perfect it. Chopper studies medicine. Brook works on his musical skill and becomes a rock legend. Sanji also fights to obtain local recipes that can help improve physical condition.

* During ''PlanetHulk'', TheHulk becomes a gladiator in a planet with beings who approach him in sheer physical might, so he slowly but surely becomes a craftier fighter, using his strength in more ingenious ways instead of merely relying on it exclusively. The other Marvel heroes were in for a ''rude'' awakening during ''WorldWarHulk''.

* In ''DragonBall'', Goku lives for some amount of time with a colony of monkeys. The reason for this is because they use their tails for almost everything they do, and Goku's tail was his biggest weakness. By the time he returned to his friends, he was just as strong with his tail as with the rest of him.

* Very liberally used in TheKarateKid, where Mr Miyagi teaches the titular character several mundane skills such as waxing his car, painting a fence etc etc in order to teach him martial arts concepts. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It pays off.]]

* In ''WearingTheCape'', Hope Corrigan gains the Atlas-type power set, enabling her to outfly jets, bench-press buses, and take direct hits from military ordinance. So the first thing she does is go into intensive, fight-club style training so she has a chance against all the '''other''' Atlas-types out there.

* In ''WearingTheCape'' [[WearingTheCape]], Hope Corrigan gains the Atlas-type power set, enabling her to outfly jets, bench-press buses, and take direct hits from military ordinance. So the first thing she does is go into intensive, fight-club style training so she has a chance against all the '''other''' Atlas-types out there.

* In [[WearingTheCape]], Hope Corrigan gains the Atlas-type power set, enabling her to outfly jets, bench-press buses, and take direct hits from military ordinance. So the first thing she does is go into intensive, fight-club style training so she has a chance against all the '''other''' Atlas-types out there.

* Pewter-burners in the {{Mistborn}} books burn their metal to gain inhuman levels of strength, speed and stamina. However, this only lasts as long as the metal supply, and the power works independently of the burner's body - as in, they don't suddenly sprout muscles. Pewter-burners like Hammond instruct the main character, Vin, of the benefits of honing one's body without pewter to increase one's strength while using it, developing fighting skill alongside these abilities, and using pewter tactically for powerful strikes instead of turning it on all the time in a fight and flailing your limbs.