I've trained in martial arts for 4 decades. I consider wrestling to be a martial art.
Once we get past the basics it becomes a mental skill ... situational awareness and maneuvering your adversary into making mistakes without them even knowing it. After that it's easy.
These mental skills carry over into any profession that requires dealing with people. Politics is the ultimate people profession.
Wrestling has absolutely nothing to do with "standing up to jerks".
Carry on ...