This is really the key. When we talk about individual 'templates' we consider motivations and past experiences, as well as personal beliefs.
I am with Josann here in choosing a style well proven and respected the world over, such as Uechi, and then add what we individually perceive is needed.
In my view you will not find street tactics and strategies in most martial arts styles as they will at best provide us with 'tool boxes' _ read Rory's books and you will understand the reasons why.
My personal template, for example, is a combination of the extremely effective Uechi style, and the training and tactical concepts by Lethal Force trainers, from empty hands to weapons, the very best combination there is.
The deadly force trainers would also touch upon the sometimes contrary 'Hick's law' principle, in ways not usually perceived by people. I.e., Hick’s Law simply deals with the relationship between REACTION TIME and NUMBER OF CHOICES.
What is not much understood is _ that time, and emotional energy it takes to make a decision, increases as the number of indistinct alternatives increases.
There is a lot of emotional stress that comes when people are overwhelmed with too many choices. People can worry about making the wrong choice, worry about not understanding the differences of each choice or worry that they are spending far too much time figuring out what to choose.
And all this can happen subconsciously.
As to the 'tooling' Which I equate to styles…during the deadly force training, the instructors were clear on the type of weapon [tool] we brought with us, explaining that the particular weapon should, from then on, remain the only one to be relied upon for lethal force encounters … should we find ourselves in real need of one.
As to tactics, they were of the simplest kind, without too many choices in order to not add more confusion to the chaotic state of mind one would be in.