This exclusive new manual contains the most current close combat methods being taught to U.S. Marines for use on today's battlefield. It outlines the Marine Corps' latest lethal and non-lethal weapons techniques, use of knives and sticks and the full spectrum of unarmed tactics. For academic study only.
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The Basics,
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This review is from: Close Combat (Paperback)
I am going to write an open and honest review. This book is excellent. It teaches the basics and thats what works. The wrist locks are from aikido and jujitsu, two time proven arts. Sure they are not kill techniques, but still practical and useful. The throws and strikes are very simple to understand, which is good. How many times have you heard... this is the best way? Then it takes 6 months to learn that one technique. The throws and ground fighting are good, despite what some have written on the net(trying to sell their product over this one). What you need to remember is the illustrations are single example movements. No one knows what is really going to happen in a street fight. One recommendation. If you are looking for martial art styles... look into hsing i, wing chun or krava maga. STAY AWAY FROM MODERN WU SHU!
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent!,
By Huntress Reviews (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Close Combat (Paperback)
This is an excellent reprint of the U.S. Marine Corps' most recent "Close Combat manual" Dated 18 Feb 1999. It's an excellent reference guide and "how to" manual for learning Hand to Hand fighting, disarming opponents, Bayonet techniques, knife fighting and many other areas that a Marine must be proficient with to win on the world's Battlefields! As bad as us Army people HATE to admit it, the Marines are no-nonsense fighters, every soldier is a rifleman, everyone fights. This is the manual that helps them stay alive!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Cut Above Similar Books on this Subject,
By Leftcoasterman (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Close Combat (Paperback)
Overall, I liked this book. There are some minor complaints. For example: The manual instructs you punch (with your fists) only "soft tissue areas" (I agree on this point by the way), then it proceeds to illustrate a Marine delivering an upper-cut to an opponent's jaw... since when is the jawbone or chin a "soft tissue area"?I'm glad to see the manual cover ground-fighting techniques; however, a lot of important details of the mount, the guard and some of the other key techniques are absent. This won't be a problem if you have a instructor who really knows his material - but I feel a manual of this sort should be more detailed, as soldiers ought to know the fine subtleties of techniques to make them 100% effective.
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The fundamentals of close combat include ranges, weapons of the body, target areas of the body, and pressure points of the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic warrior stance, woodland camouflage utilities, combative stick techniques, unarmed restraints, basic wristlock, baton perpendicular, horizontal buttstroke, desert camouflage utilities, riggers tape, rear hand punch, pugil stick training, close combat instructor, close combat techniques, lead hand punch, rotate the right hip, rear choke, bayonet techniques, slashing techniques, chin jab, close combat situation, diagonal strike, scoring blow, blood choke, front choke, vertical attack New!
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The fundamentals of close combat include ranges, weapons of the body, target areas of the body, and pressure points of the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic warrior stance, woodland camouflage utilities, combative stick techniques, unarmed restraints, basic wristlock, baton perpendicular, horizontal buttstroke, desert camouflage utilities, riggers tape, rear hand punch, pugil stick training, close combat instructor, close combat techniques, lead hand punch, rotate the right hip, rear choke, bayonet techniques, slashing techniques, chin jab, close combat situation, diagonal strike, scoring blow, blood choke, front choke, vertical attack New!
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- Combat Conditioning: The Classic U.S. Marine Corps Physical Training And Hand-To-Hand Combat Course by U.S.Marine Corps on 5 pages
- The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate by Rex Applegate on 5 pages
- Odor of War by Sergeant Andy Giambroni in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Line of Fire (The Corps, Book 5) by W. E. B. Griffin in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Colonels (Brotherhood of War, Book 4) by W.E.B. Griffin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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