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Military Training Program

American Combatives/C.Q.C. Survival Training Course

FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL

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John Kary

Col. Rex Applegate

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Purpose: To teach special Military and Security Personnel

techniques of unarmed combatives which support non-use of

firearms when operating in an hostile environment.

Description: The techniques in this course are currently in use

by several Military and Government, Agencies to increase

personal survival when the use of firearms is, for whatever

purpose, not available.

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The course information is beneficial to all personnel regardless of

billet and is designed to enhance an individuals ability to protect

themselves in sudden, unexpected violent confrontations.

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Methodology: The ACI Combative Skills Course is broken down

into two sections: unarmed combatives and edged weapons

assault. The first section will be dedicated to unarmed combative

skill training. The second section will be dedicated to knife

defense and the use of edged weapons .

The first section is dedicated to unarmed combatives

demonstration and execution of the impact strikes of close

quarter combat. These strikes are taught to be executed from

various body positions and distances. They are placed in working

sequences so the individual can develop flow of execution . The

constant repetition of striking sequences enhance the

personnel’s ability to counter attack instinctively when faced

with a violent encounter.

The second section focuses on knife defense and use of the edged

weapons, utilizing the strikes of section one. The counter knife

section focuses on demonstration and execution of realistic knife

assaults. This part of training emphasizes the importance of

awareness, distancing, and positioning. Once the individual is

familiar with knife assaults, methods of countering those

assaults is covered.

Goal: The goal of this ACI Combative Skills Course is to bring the

individual’s C.Q.C. tactics to a level of competence to efficiently

and instinctively neutralize a sudden unexpected violent assault.

TRAINING AND TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY

UNARMED COMBAT

1. MILITARY VALUE

1. Object

It inculcates that spirit of self-confidence, initiative and

determination so necessary to the soldier. By those qualities,

allied to a sound knowledge of the art, a man is enabled to

acquit himself as a soldier even although he finds himself in the

most desperate of situations.

2. Use in defense and offense

Unarmed combat has hitherto been considered mainly as a

means of defense in close-quarter fighting, when no weapons are

at hand. Its use as a method of attack, however, must not be

overlooked, particularly on such occasions as those when

weapons cannot be conveniently used, as for example, when the

question of noise is involved, with its consequent betrayal of

position. Furthermore, by teaching a man to attack on every

possible occasion, one develops that fighting spirit so vital to the

soldier. Attack is often the best means of defense, for the

initiative always lies with the attacker.

No attack will prove successful if performed in a half-hearted

manner. Hence, every endeavor will be made to cultivate a real

fighting spirit in the soldier, so that when an attack is made it

will be carried out with the utmost vigor and perfect timing and

control.

The soldier must be taught to close with his opponent, whether

the latter is armed or otherwise, and immediately attack the

most vulnerable point open to him. The location of this will, of

course, depend upon the opponent’s dress and equipment, as

well as upon his position, i.e. whether he is standing, kneeling,

facing or with his back to the attacker.

The vigor and suddenness of this action will probably catch even

an armed opponent at a disadvantage, for it is unlikely that he

will anticipate an attack from an unarmed man.

In war, your attack can have only two possible objects; either to

kill your opponent or to capture him alive. It must be

emphasized that whichever of the two objects is in view, it

should be attained with the minimum number of moves.

In the description of the defenses and releases given here, a

number of following-up offensive movements is suggested. It is

essential to appreciate that these are only suggestions and that

the quickest available means to the end should be used.

The use of unarmed combat in defenses is equally as effective as

in offense, and whilst the same skill is required for its successful

application, the defender should always bear in mind the fact

that at the first available opportunity he must assume the role of

attacker. There is nothing more disconcerting for an armed

opponent than to find that an apparently unarmed man is ready

and willing to take the initiative. It argues supreme confidence or

possibly concealed weapons and is bound to make the attacker

more cautious and hence less sure of himself. Therefore, from

the start, the defender should endeavor to make the attacker

conform to his movements, and this valuable seizing of the

initiative may even enable the original defender to deliver an

attacker before his armed opponent. This will not always be

possible, however, and if forced on the defensive, the defender

must use every means to deceive his opponent. Then, with the

accurate timing of a champion boxer, he should parry his

opponent’s attack and assume the role of attacker.

3. Ruthlessness

War is a matter of life and death, even where unarmed combat is

concerned, hence there must be no scruple or compunction over

the methods employed. Complete ruthlessness is necessary in

order to gain the mastery over one’s opponent, and it must be

used without a tremor.

4. Essentials of success

Surprise, speed and smoothness of execution and, perhaps most

important of all, the gaining and retention of the initiative, are all

essential if success is to be achieved. These cannot be attained

without a thorough knowledge of the art, allied to constant

practice with a variety of partners and under different

conditions, as for example, in the matter of dress, when one is

tired as well as when fresh, and even occasionally at night when

it is dark.

No two opponents will attack in precisely the same manner, but

the skilled exponent of unarmed combat will by virtue of his

continual practice under all conditions, have a variety of moves

at his command and be able to apply that most suitable to the

occasion.

Although the initiative of an attack may appear to be with the

combatant who is armed, for example, with a rifle and bayonet,

the unarmed man can, and should, by a skillfully-timed offensive

action seize the initiative, disarm his opponent and thus secure

the upper hand.

5. Avoidance of injuries

Great care must be taken during practice to avoid injuries for a

bone might easily be broken or a joint dislocated, hence the

speed of a movement may have to be made as realistic as

possible. In an actual combat do not be misled by the false cries

of an artful opponent.

6. Dress

In the early stages, unarmed combat may be practiced in P.T.

kit. Later, however, it should be practiced in uniform, gradually

working up to battle dress and full equipment.

SURVIVING URBAN COMBAT:

IS THE Military PREPARED?

"For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,

and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."

Rudyard Kipling

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The most likely battlefields in the future will be located within

the rapidly urbanizing world. Combat in an urban environment

will not be the open fields of fire of 50 to 200 yard ranges.

Instead, it will be vicious up-close eyeball-to-eyeball combat. It

will often require hand-to-hand combat skills for the soldier’s or

marine’s survival. U.S. forces lack effective hand-to hand combat

skills and needless deaths will result if these skills aren’t

developed and incorporated into current infantry training.

However, it is well to keep uppermost in our minds that the

political and social organization, as well as the culture, of the

people determines the way in which its army and marines fight.

Its system of hand-to-hand combat to be truly effective must

recognize and reflect those attributes.

BACKGROUND

At the dawn of the Third Millennium, there will be 414 cities in

the world with more than a million population, 264 of those in

the Third World. A World Bank study predicts that at least 26 of

these cities will be megalopolises, each having more than 10

million people. All of these cities run the risk of being

dysfunctional centers of mass poverty and social collapse.

Economic discontent will vie, or combine with, disease and

malnutrition to provide a continual source of societal

breakdown. Conflict, instability and violence will be the order of

the day as the law of the jungle replaces the rule of law in the

growing new world disorder.

These "Urban Jungles" and future potential battle sites for U.S.

forces are extremely volatile. In such an environment, defeating

future foes will be extremely difficult as well as costly in both

blood and treasure. In this future combat zone, what the Marine

Corps terms a "three block war," foes will not face each other

from the relatively open environment of most Twentieth Century

warfare, for which U.S. forces are superbly trained. In the "three

block war" likely future urban battlefields, the law of the jungle

will replace the laws of war. The enemy will likely be as close as

your fingertips or as distant as across the room. In this battle

zone, the ultimate issue of life or death will often depend upon

the outcome of hand-to-hand combat. U.S. forces are woefully

unprepared for this down and dirty world of eyeball-to-eyeball,

hand-to-hand combat. These skills must be developed in order

for our forces to be able to operate with confidence and efficiency

on the future urban battlefields. These skills must be both

effective and easy to learn.

AN EFFECTIVE PROVEN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT SYSTEM

Presently, training in Close Quarter Combat (CQB), or hand-to-

hand combat in the U.S. military (including special operations

units) is marginally effective at best. Due to technological

advancements and severe time constraints on training, CQB

training is at the bottom of the training priority list, and is most

cases it is nonexistent. The CQB systems currently taught within

the U.S. military are based on traditional Asian martial arts.

These systems reflect those unique cultures, whose

presuppositions are different than ours. Transposing these

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