Modern Army Combatives: Battle-Proven Techniques and Training Methods

In battlefield situations where soldiers are forced to fight enemies in close contact, superior hand-to-hand combat skills can mean the difference not only between victory and defeat, but also between life and death. This authoritative manual addresses close-combat fundamentals from their history to their current role in modern warfare, and illustrates basic techniques and training methods with detailed photo sequences. The training program discussed in this book--a program specifically developed for and used by the United States Army--draws from many divergent branches of the martial arts and sports worlds from wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to traditional martial arts and Ultimate Fighting. Additionally, it features anecdotes from troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan who used some of these hand-to-hand techniques in combat as well as lessons learned from the battlefield.