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[A:TLA/LoK] Most, if not all, bending forms are based in martial arts styles. Are benders actually good at martial arts?

Watching them, they seem to act like students in a dojo practicing forms,  rarely actually using their styles for hand to hand combat.  If for some reason a bender couldn't bend, would they be able to adapt their forms to actual hand to hand combat and be proficient, or do their particular skills not translate like that?
gpt
Let's take a person from our world that's really good at shooting a gun.  Now let's take the gun out of their hand and have them try to shoot.  What's gonna happen?  Fuck all.  Now, the comparison isn't perfect, but it's good.  Bending shares a lot with regular martial arts, and a skilled bender would definitely have a leg up in learning hand to hand combat, but they don't know it by default.