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The Shire sent a Company of archers to fight for the King in the last defence of Arnor against the forces of Angmar. None returned. ( From the Tale of Years in the appendices to LoTR).
In peacetime, Hobbits maintained their martial skills through sport, especially in archery. (From the prologue to LoTR - Concerning Hobbits).
In The Hobbit, Bilbo demonstrates his skill with stones and sword against the spiders of Mirkwood.
The Hobbits of the Fellowship showed that they had some training in swordsmanship (or should that be swordshobbitship?) when they successfully defended themselves against orcs in Moria.
In the last chapters of LoTR we see that Hobbits in The Shire and in Bree could fight and win (and die) when pushed.
It seems that throughout their history, Hobbits practiced the arts of war and could use them when needed, though they had little liking for them and never fought amongst themselves.
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