The Baratero style is the most rudimentary of the three arts of Navaja combat. Its basic approach stresses a straightforward method of knife combat that is solely concerned with ensuring street survival. The Baratero style is the only one taught to beginners or to those who merely to seek to learn a means of self-protection. Strength and speed are the primary attributes of the Baratero style. If a beginner endures the fundamentals of the Baratero style, or if he (or she) demonstrates a commitment to comprehensive training, the student can then become initiated into the other arts of the navajero; that is, the arts of Sevillian Steel.