Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170108170343/@comment-25936766-20170114014050

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: What I am saying is that basic combat training would probably include hand-to-hand. Doubt they would give them weapons without giving them at least some experience in combat without weapons.

Well....consider 1 thing: They may be given knowledge and some teaching, but practice is what makes perfect. Ruby's fighting style is 100% focused on her scythe and nothing else.

So Qrow or whoever may have taught her Hand-to-Hand, but since she never uses it, never had to, never practiced it, preferring to use Crescent Rose and focus on it.....well, she ended up a noob at it anyway.