User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/RWBY Episode 12... wow.../@comment-82.33.101.54-20131005080854/@comment-3146930-20131006235414

You also have to consider that Jaune doesn't even know the basics of combat. He didn't even know what Aura was until Pyrrha told him and apparently Beacon has Scrolls that can show Aura levels like a life bar, so Aura isn't a big secret. It is like the only thought in Jaune's mind is he wants to be a hero.

However he has no training, no knowledge of any form of combat (melee, Dust, or Aura), and no real skill to speak of besides being a good tactician (I'll give him that). However to go through your entire life wanting to be a hero and not even knowing the basics of the basics shows that he really didn't take any kind of initiative growing up. He said he wanted to be a hero like his ancestors, but was never good enough. It is like it was a childhood dream he had and one day he stumbled upon a chance to make his dream come true after giving up on it for most of his life. Except he is going from Step 1 to Step 11, skipping everything that is important.