FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Combatives School has adopted a new teaching plan.
The Army is revamping the curriculum to take lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan and build more effective close-quarters fighters, said Matt Larsen, the school’s director. The goal is to push advanced techniques down to the small-unit level, including basic training.
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A good 30 minute view of the Martial Arts Programs of both the Army and the Marine Corps. I think it does a good job of giving an overview of both programs and highlights the differences in the methodologies. I am curious as to your thoughts on both methodologies.
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Don’t bring a Knife to a Gun fight! Make sure you understand the environment and conditions you will be fighting under. Adopting methodologies and training strategies that are appropriate to that environment and conditions are key to fighting success. This article talks about one of the biggest questions we face in Martial arts “How do I beat a fighter of “System A”, with “System B”.
The Wii Fit was one of the hotest selling items this Holiday Season. It is designed to provide feedback on your overall fitness as measured by BMI, Core Strength/Stability. Is it something that a Martial Artist can use in his or her training? Read this post to find out my initial impressions.
Of course we study martial arts for many different reasons. Many of us got involved for one reason, only to find out that our perspective evolved or priorities changed over time! Today, what is the ONE most compelling reason why you train? I know this might be a hard one, but pick one!
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In a fight you don’t have much time to react. Mushin or No mind are concepts we try to instill through hard repetitive training. How much control do we really have though? Hick’s Law states that the more choices we have, the slower our reaction time will be. This Post takes a look at how this might apply to fighting.
This is a little video we produced a few years ago at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), Hohenfels, Germany to match the script that was developed to introduce Level I Combatives and Martial Arts training to new students. The script was written and composed by Matt Larsen, director and founder of the [...]
An Article on Army Combatives Level II Class conducted at Fort Meade, MD. I was interviewed (Thanks Chuck Gordon!) and provided some of the content for the article. Got Matt Larsen a sound bite in there as well! By the Way! Happy New Year Everyone!
21st Signal Brigade upgrades to Combatives Level II
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(Media-Newswire.com) - BUTLERVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22, 2008 – Soldiers who deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan must be trained to engage in combat using the latest in lethal-weapons technology. But for soldiers preparing to deploy on a peacekeeping mission, nonlethal weapons instruction is an important part of their deployment training.
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