I doubt Obama's done a single day of anything approaching self-defense, probably not even boxing.
Putin, on the other hand, is a seasoned wrestler. In addition to being hachidan in judo (8th degree black belt), he's got a fair bit of sambo and a systema derivative in his repertoire. The TKD stuff is meaningless though.
Not really a comparison IMO.
You want a presidential badass? Abe Lincoln. Guy had the strength of an orangutan, was as tough as a coffin nail, and was an experienced wrestler and bare knuckle boxer. Everyone thinks he was just a funny looking beanpole but the guy was actually quite the beast.
From
http://abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/...n-the-athlete/
But once Lincoln had to use his strength against his own men when they threatened to kill an old Indian who came into their camp. Captain Lincoln bravely blocked them. Longtime friend William G. Greene remembered: Lincoln stood between the Indian & the vengeance of the outraged soldiers – brave, good & true.” When the challenges continued, Mr. Lincoln said “if any man thinks I am a coward let him test it.” The mob backed down when Lincoln challenged his antagonists to “choose your weapon.”16
Mr. Lincoln’s strength was legendary. “Physically, Mr. Lincoln was the strongest man I ever knew,” recalled Daniel Green Burner, “That is saying a good deal. Let me tell you what I saw him do. He took a full barrel of whisky, containing forty-four gallons, gripping each end with one hand, raised it deliberately to his face and drank from the bunghole. In doing this he won a $10 hat from Bill Green. In the grocery I have often seen him pick up a barrel of whisky, place it on the counter, and then lower it on the other side.”17
Joseph Gillespie wrote that “Physically, Mr. Lincoln was a Hercules. I first saw him in 1832, while he was engaged in a wrestling-match with one [Lorenzo Dow] Thompson, who was a champion, in that line, of the southern portion of Illinois, while Lincoln occupied that position as to what was then the northern portion. It was a terrible tussle, but Lincoln was too much for him.” 18 William G. Greene recalled: “We Sangamon county boys believed Mr. Lincoln could throw any one, and the Union county boys knew no one could throw Thompson; so we staked all slick and well-worn quarters and empty bottles on the wrestle. The first fall was clearly in Thompson’s favor, but Lincoln’s backers claimed that it was what, in those days, was called a ‘dog-fall.’ Thompson’s backers claimed the stakes, while we demurred, and it really looked, for some time, as though there would be at least a hundred fights as a result. Mr. Lincoln, after getting up and brushing the dust and dirt off of his jean pants, said: ‘Boys, give up your bet; if he has not throw me fairly, he could.’ Every bet was at once surrendered, and peace and order were restored in a minute.”19