The U.S. Marine Corps knows how to prepare its men for the physical rigors of combat. Here is the entire classic USMC combat conditioning course as taught at the Officer Candidate School. Besides the Marines' demanding PT program, it includes instruction in unarmed combat; use of knives, clubs and silent weapons; pistol disarming; bayonet drills and more.
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A Classic Fighting Manual!,
This review is from: Combat Conditioning: The Classic U.S. Marine Corps Physical Training And Hand-To-Hand Combat Course (Paperback)
As opposed to the other reviewers, I believe that this is a manual worth having, if you have an interest in "real" self-defense. This manual is a classic, and it provides the reader with some insight into the tactics actually used during WWII to neutralize enemy soldiers during close combat. You won't find any fancy katas, or other martial arts routines but you will get solid tactics that worked in the past and are still relevant in the present.The title includes the complete hardcore calisthentic exercise routine, commonly refered to as "combat conditioning" as well as the basics of "combat judo", stick / baton tactics, knife tactics, and bayonet tactics. Hardcore students of CQC won't be disappointed.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Old-School Self-Defense,
This review is from: Combat Conditioning: The Classic U.S. Marine Corps Physical Training And Hand-To-Hand Combat Course (Paperback)
This book covers the hand-to-hand combat curriculum as taught to the USMC during WWII. As such, it covers material which probably won't be of use to most people nowadays like bayonet fighting. The empty-hand portion is pure Fairbairn & Sykes although it isn't as stripped down as the curriculum in Get Tough and the SOE curriculum. Much of the material probably came from Marines who served as part of the international police force in China prior to WWII which may explain some of the come-along type holds which would later be eliminated during the course of the war. As such, the book probably gives a pretty good look at what the Shanghai Municipal Police were taught.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Standard Military CQC,
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This review is from: Combat Conditioning: The Classic U.S. Marine Corps Physical Training And Hand-To-Hand Combat Course (Paperback)
This book is standard military CQC based largely on judo. It is a "basic training" type program. Good, if somewhat over simplified system of upperbody throws with some open hand blows included.
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1. Definition.-Combat Conditioning is the physical and mental conditioning of the individual Marine for hand-to-hand combat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inboard ranks, group assault tactics, sawdust square, shift parry, crotch blow, straight parries, parry stick, shift parries, vertical buttstroke, platoon instructors, combat conditioning, disarming moves, front hand guard, bayonet fighter, squat guard, physical drill, thrust sequence, bayonet work, knife wrist, bayonet course, platoon areas, bayonet training, parry left, bayonet man, long thrust Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Combat Conditioning Section, Instructor's Note, Muscle Strumming, Hit Crotch, Marine Corps, Body Pickup, Elbow Break, Explanation None, Combat Conand, Drop Kick, Officer Candidates School, Side Straddle Hop, Parry Left-Part, Throw-Same Hand Wrist-Part, Disarming-Parry Left-Over, Hour of Judo, Arms Free-Wrist Lock-Part, Catch-Come Along-Part, Come-Along-Under Arm-Part, Flying Mare, Shake-Come Along-Part, Target Detail Description, Under Hand Stab New!
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1. Definition.-Combat Conditioning is the physical and mental conditioning of the individual Marine for hand-to-hand combat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inboard ranks, group assault tactics, sawdust square, shift parry, crotch blow, straight parries, parry stick, shift parries, vertical buttstroke, platoon instructors, combat conditioning, disarming moves, front hand guard, bayonet fighter, squat guard, physical drill, thrust sequence, bayonet work, knife wrist, bayonet course, platoon areas, bayonet training, parry left, bayonet man, long thrust Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Combat Conditioning Section, Instructor's Note, Muscle Strumming, Hit Crotch, Marine Corps, Body Pickup, Elbow Break, Explanation None, Combat Conand, Drop Kick, Officer Candidates School, Side Straddle Hop, Parry Left-Part, Throw-Same Hand Wrist-Part, Disarming-Parry Left-Over, Hour of Judo, Arms Free-Wrist Lock-Part, Catch-Come Along-Part, Come-Along-Under Arm-Part, Flying Mare, Shake-Come Along-Part, Target Detail Description, Under Hand Stab New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Close Combat by U.S. Marine Corps on 5 pages
- Cold Steel by John Styers in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Shooting To Live by W.E. Fairbairn in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Get Tough by W.E. Fairbairn in Front Matter
- The First Commando Knives by Kelly Yeaton in Front Matter
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