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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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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