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== [[Real Life]] ==
* U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]] was attacked by a man wielding two flintlock pistols. When both bullets turned out to be duds it was not his retinue, but the President himself, who jumped the attacker. Some contemporary accounts describe the President, who had been a somewhat violent military man in his youth, ''needing to be pulled off of his attacker''. [[wikipedia:Andrew Jackson#
* It is not uncommon for boxers, actors specializing in martial arts, MMA fighters, etc. to have bodyguards. Mainly it's the standard "protect the celebrity from crazy fans" sort of thing, but there's a few caveats. A bodyguard trained in crowd control might be better at handling an overzealous fan than a MMA fighter who might end up hurting someone really badly. Similarly, a lot of martial arts actors don't necessarily have combat applicable skill in an art—there are many arts whose sole purpose is to ''look nice'' and not necessarily be practical in combat, and while they may give the impression they can fight they are really not all that different from, say, dancers.
* Military leaders, even today where Generals can safely conduct wars in a secured bunker, tend to have guards. Even historic badasses like Guan Yu of China, [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] of Macedonia, [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] of France, etc. tend to be surrounded by guards. This is because in the past, leaders would be on the battlefield directing the fight or even leading the charge, and death of an army's general could lead to the whole force disintegrating. Today, with the chain of command, its not such a big problem but having to bring a new guy up to speed might be a costly inconvenience.
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