>> Phil is really good at taking a lesson from one set of circumstances and transferring it to another. <<

Yes, he is.

*ponder* Some of the other Avengers are good at that too. Tony, Bruce, Clint, and Steve can all do it in some regards.

Thor on the other hand can barely manage to apply his main skills in their primary function but a different setting. He is so lost without Loki.

>> I wish more people in my life could do that so well. <<

Agreed.

>> Hm, you write martial arts quite well. Do you practice, yourself? <<

That depends on your perspective. I don't make a practice of it in this life. I do have some ulterior familiarity. I've had some workshops and such. I've done quite a bit of reading, and when I'm writing about something like this, I do the necessary research to get it as right as I can.

I definitely practice the art of "absorb what is useful."