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I noticed in the Army Electronic Library that the hand to hand combat information is pretty much Tae Kwon Do done in Khaki.
I don't want to flame TKD, since there are some who can actually fight (they have to learn to keep their hands up and throw proper punches and leg kicks) but given that it is an art that has so little street credibility and limited full contact fighting credibility is there any movement to teach a more practical and functional hand to hand combat system?
I can offer up a few suggestions: Krav Magna, R.A.T. (simplified Jeet Kune Do) SPEARS (Tony Blauer)
Learning effective long range, clinch, and grappling strategy seems like a better use of training time then what is offered in the CF manual. I have seen news reports of CF members getting ready to deploy for peace keeping missions and them getting hand to hand combat training. They were standing in line doing downward blocks!!!!!ARRRGH!!! How to get your A## beat in one simple move!
Again I don't mean to put down or insult those who choose the recrational martial arts, I am just interested in hearing what you folks have to say on the subject.
I don't want to flame TKD, since there are some who can actually fight (they have to learn to keep their hands up and throw proper punches and leg kicks) but given that it is an art that has so little street credibility and limited full contact fighting credibility is there any movement to teach a more practical and functional hand to hand combat system?
I can offer up a few suggestions: Krav Magna, R.A.T. (simplified Jeet Kune Do) SPEARS (Tony Blauer)
Learning effective long range, clinch, and grappling strategy seems like a better use of training time then what is offered in the CF manual. I have seen news reports of CF members getting ready to deploy for peace keeping missions and them getting hand to hand combat training. They were standing in line doing downward blocks!!!!!ARRRGH!!! How to get your A## beat in one simple move!
Again I don't mean to put down or insult those who choose the recrational martial arts, I am just interested in hearing what you folks have to say on the subject.