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Using the examples of nutcrackers, bronco stomps, etc. In the end how many times will a soldier get to train a bronco stomp or fingers to the throat at 100% before it really matters in combat?
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On a training partner, no. But that is the beauty of them - it doesn't take a lot of practice to jump up in the air and come down on a head with both feet. And it will work the very first time you do it. The rest of them can be practiced on a sandbag.
I have no idea to whom you refer when you say, "knife fighting expert".
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My point is that the ability to train at 100% is a powerful tool, both physical and mental. Is a soldier going to pass the guard of Haji and then armbar him? Of course not. But, if a soldier gets tackled entering a short room and his buddies are tied up, it would be a good thing to know to get to a dominant position to finish the fight.
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I find this very interesting. Train 100% at what? How are you training 100% "weapons transitions" and beating someone to death?
Yes, the soldier will pass the guard and put him in an armbar - if that is what he has been trained to do. What are Haji's friends doing while we are assuming the dominant position?
You see this as a two stage deal apparently - getting into a dominant position and then trying to win. I don't. I couldn't care less about "getting into position". I see it as a "Win NOW or die!" proposition. And in order to win, you have to stomp the other guy to death. Helmet, entrenching tool, whatever.
Are you saying you used this program in combat in Iraq?
I can no longer avail myself of your offer, unfortunately. But I do appareciate it. My criticism is not directed at you personally, but rather at those that once again insist on re-inventing a perfectly round wheel (I hear we've discovered that the .45 is the appropriate caliber for a service pistol - again). And those that call a sport "combatives". I enjoy watching UFC/MMA on television as much as the next guy. But it has about as much to do with combatives as IDPA shooting has to do with CQB in my opinion. And that's all it is - my opinion. I think it is a great sport, undoubtedly great physical training and I would much rather watch them fight in a ring than watch the All Army B-ball Championships. But what I saw on those videos was not combatives - it was MMA.
It is the difference between submission and a red wet spot on the ground. Somebody needs to be teaching these kids mayhem, not tap outs. They need SGM Jake and his manhole covers, not Royce Gracie.
As far as them not wanting to participate - they are soldiers. They will By God do what they are told. Just like I did.
I will leave you with this:
"They are not designed to compete with the boxer or Judo expert; they are for pulling yourself out of a jam. When you're caught, you're down, and you're a goner if you don't ATTACK. . . And keep in mind, it's 'Gutterfighting': any means, fair or foul, to save your life".
W.E. Fairbairn