11OCT
Fighting Techniques
Why Choose Army Fighting Techniques?
Military combatives were built for exhaustion, bad footing and no referee. That is exactly why they transfer so well to the messy reality of a street confrontation.
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Fighting techniques
Blunt, repeatable, and honest about failure
Army combatives do not try to be complete. They try to be reliable. The program is a short ladder: establish control, take the fight where you want it, finish the immediate threat, then get back to your feet and back to your equipment.
Each article here breaks down one rung of that ladder, including the positions where the technique stops working and what a soldier is taught to do instead.
What this section covers
- The clinch is the foundation of every close-quarters exchange
- A takedown is a decision, not an automatic goal
- Ground work is defensive first: escape, base, stand up
- Footwork and corridor awareness beat athleticism
- Escalation back to a weapon is part of the sequence
Fighting Techniques articles
3 published
30SEP
Fighting Techniques
Core Army Hand-to-Hand Combat Techniques
The army curriculum is short on flash and long on repeatability. Here is the actual skeleton of a modern combatives block, from the clinch to the finish.
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21SEP
Fighting Techniques
How Soldiers Build Close-Quarters Combat Skills
Close-quarters skill is not a single talent. It is the product of repetition, footwork discipline and the willingness to be corrected in front of your peers.
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