Yes, shes said she can street fight, and shes also admitted to almost breaking a girls nose in a bar fight. She hasn't had any formal martial arts training though, other than what she was taught on Buffy:
From 'The Globe':
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: Did you study martial arts when you were younger?
Eliza Dushku: No. But I grew up with three big brothers. We used to play tackle football. I was a tomboy til age 10, and still am kind of. That was my practice. Tai Bo is so great. I tell you!
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and from 'Another Universe'
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Though she lacked the martial arts training for which Gellar is renowned, Dushku says growing up fending off three older brothers made her "as tough as I got, I was sort of a tomboy growing up, tackle football and that kind of stuff. I do a little bit of Tae-Bo - it's like a mix between kick-boxing and tai kwon do without any physical contact - and I think it's great training for the show, it's basically the kind of fighting we do on the shows. We do roundhouse kicks and uppercuts and punches. You can enhance your speed through doing them, and the height of your kicks. I've gotten really into it, I like that fighting feel."
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