Greetings,
I don't think there is a causal relation between martial arts and bushcraft. It is just a matter of chance I guess!
If you ask all the practitionars of bushcraft to check in their profile whether they have a drivers license, you might be surprised how many have both bushcraft and "being able to drive a car" as a skill
As for me bushcraft and fighting represent opposites of my character. I feel a deep connection with my natural surroundings, almost spiritual. Bushcraft, or whatever you call it, is just a practical means for me to learn how to spent long periods of time in nature comfortably and in balance.
Fighting, don't prefer to call it an Martial art as i don't see it as an art...again is just a means to an end...this time not to fullfill an spiritual need, but just a means to get aggression out of my system.
I have practiced kung-fu for four years as a teenager, ju-jitsu for fours in college and now practice pancrase/free-fight. I love free-fight...no philosophy whatsoever....just get in the ring and get it on....no "talk" about what is the more complete "martial art"....it is all about who is the more complete fighter without the rules that plague most "arts". If you fight a kick-boxer,make sure you can take a hit and try to take him to the ground and finish it with an armbar leg-lock etc. If you fight a wrestler or skilled ju-jitsuka or other types of groundfighter try to stay on your feet and wear him out with lowkicks.....so fighting for me has a more obvious connection to let's say chess, both require some degree of strategy to defeat an opponant, than to bushcraft, which is more about balance and harmony.
Just my take on it! :wave:
Cheers,
G.