Can an average person who works a full time job become capable enough to rival a secret agent like James Bond or John Wick on their own ?

If so what kind of training they would have to go through ? By training I mean the spatial and situational awareness, combat skills (this is kinda unrealistic), enough knowledge to turn any situation to their advantage etc.

Just think of the person as your average joe who financially has nothing to spend on high tech gadgets or state of the art training equipment. And doesn’t even have any support from another human being. Basically one has to train from the ground up alone.

Don’t limit the answers to just James Bond and John wick, you can even consider any realistically possible superhero or supervillain (like batman or taskmaster) as well.

So what’s your take ?

Dalek_Thal,
@Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone avatar

This is for a friend, right?

rbesfe,

If John wick was a real human being with a regular human body he would be dead so quickly

gunpachi,
@gunpachi@lemmings.world avatar

He also had that bullet resistant suit on him which helped a ton. There’s a video by the Hacksmith to recreate the suit but obviously real world results were nowhere near John Wick’s suit.

shartworx,

Consider Bruce Lee. Dedicated his time to mastering multiple martial arts. Died of edema at 32 years old. No opponents. It’s possible he drank too much water.

Omega_Haxors,

I’m sorry, no mortal can withstand the sheer level of alcohol that 007 goes through on a day to day basis.

gunpachi,
@gunpachi@lemmings.world avatar

True. Too much martini can fuck up anyone that is not 007 himself.

Mambert,

Just work out after work, train on the weekends, and you’ll be better than a majority of people. And isn’t that enough most of the time?

lemmyseizethemeans,

The UK Version of The Office had a great scene where the weekend warrior office nerd opines ‘will there ever be a boy born… Who can swim faster than a shark’

el_abuelo,

You are referring to “The Office”

The US Version of “The Office” is the clone, so please do not denigrate the classic.

Note: I prefer the US version. This is not a comment on which one is preferred or better.

lemmyseizethemeans,

I am referring to the UK version as I have not seen the US version out of principle

TeaHands,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

It would probably help if their full time job was already secret agent.

I always find the bit that takes me out of those characters is that they seem to speak, like, every language. I know polyglots exist, but the time it would take on top of the time all their other skills would take? Not only to learn, but to maintain fluency? There’s literally not enough hours in the day.

sofiacarson,

If your tap tap shots skills are good, it is completely possible. Everything will be successful.

AMillionNames,

These have some implied requirements like being ivy league material and a certified patriot. They are also both essentially superprodigies who can only exist in fiction.

You can take a self-defense class, though. Get someone to train you with weapons and parkour, and you are all set to be an average person with self-defense, gun training, and some novice-level parkour abilities.

shinigamiookamiryuu,

No, there are very specialized aspects of their professions that people in other professions don’t get.

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