Military Combatives Combat Course
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This is the US Military field manual of combatives. This field manual contains information and guidance pertaining to rifle–bayonet fighting and hand–to–hand combat. This manual serves as a guide for instructors, trainers, and soldiers in the art of instinctive rifle–bayonet fighting.
This is the definitive guide to combatives. No other publication surpasses it for skope and detail of combatives training.
1. Objective: The objective of the Individual Combat Course is to develop the individual through a process of physical conditioning and individual combat to his fullest potentialities as a fighter.
2. Composition: This Individual Combat Course is composed of 5 phases:
1. Bayonet Fighting (Marine Method)
2. Knife and Club
3. Judo
4. Hip Level quick firing
5. Combat Conditioning Exercises
1. Bayonet Fighting: This type of bayonet fighting uses a continuous slashing attack. Recent additions to this system are night fighting and group assault tactics for combinations of two and three bayonet fighters. The recently perfected system of Marine bayonet training uses no dummies or protective equipment. The man-against-man training is designed to condition fighting reflexes and to develop maximum speed and combat timing.
2. Knife and Club: Knife and club tactics are similar in basic movements and are employed as weapons of attack. Governed by the principles of bayonet fighting, knife and club tactics include mixed combat against club, knife, unarmed opponent, and fixed bayonet.
3. Judo: This phase includes shock dispersion, tumbling, judo and disarming. Movements have been carefully selected for effectiveness, speed and simplicity. Techniques were selected from many hand to hand combat sciences including jiu-jitsu, boxing, judo, wrestling, and savate. All are essentially assault movements.
4. Hip level quick firing: This is a method of firing quickly from hip level in close combat. First shots are fired in less than one second effective to a range of 20 yards. This type of firing is intended to supplement the standard aiming methods in close-in fighting situations where speed in getting off first shots is vital.
5. Combat conditioning exercises: This is a system of exercises new in the armed services but long used in college football training for the rapid development of agility, speed, strength, and endurance. Included are fast conditioning marches, alternately trotting and walking at the rate of 5-7 miles an hour for 1 to 2 hour periods. The faster marching rate provides more intensive conditioning and saves training time, in addition to the tactical advantage of developing troops that cover ground at exceptional speed. This conditioning provides much of the physical basis for proficiency in the various modes of individual combat.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
1-1. Definition of Combatives
1-2. Purposes of Combative Training
1-3. Basic Principles
1-4. Safety
CHAPTER 2.
TRAINING
Section I.
Train-the-Trainer
2-1. Responsibilities of Trainers
2-2. Safety Precautions
Section II.
Unit Training
2-3. Basic or One-Station Unit Training
2-4. Unit Sustainment Training Program
Section III.
Training Areas
2-5. Training Formations
2-6. Matted Room
2-7. Pit Construction
2-8. Bayonet Assault Course
Section IV.
Teaching Techniques
2-9. Warm-Ups and Stretches
2-10. Crawl, Walk, and Run
2-11. Demonstrations
2-12. Execution by the Numbers
2-13. Execution at Combat Speed
2-14. Drills
2-15. Training Pads and Other Protective Equipment
CHAPTER 3.
BASIC GROUND-FIGHTING TECHNIQUES
Section I.
Dominant Body Position
3-1. Back Mount
3-2. Front Mount
3-3. Guard
3-4. Side Control
Section II.
Basic Techniques
3-5. Body Positioning Moves
3-6. Finishing Moves
3-7. Drills
3-8. Defense Against Headlocks
CHAPTER 4.
ADVANCED GROUND-FIGHTING TECHNIQUES
Section I.
Advanced Attacks
4-1. Advanced Body Positions
4-2. Pass the Guard
4-3. Attacks from the Mount
4-4. Attacks from the Back Mount
4-5. Attacks from the Guard
4-6. Knee Mount
4-7. Leg Attacks
Section II.
Strikes
4-8. Pass the Guard
4-9. Striking from Side Control
4-10. Defending Against Strikes in the Guard
CHAPTER 5.
TAKEDOWNS AND THROWS
5-1. Breakfalls
5-2. Closing the Distance and Achieving the Clinch
5-3. Throw and Takedown Techniques
5-4. Defending Against Headlocks
5-5. Takedowns from Against a Wall
5-6. Double Leg Attack
5-7. Single Leg Attacks
5-8. Attacks from the Rear
CHAPTER 6.
STRIKES
6-1. Arm Strikes
6-2. Punching Combinations
6-3. Kicks
6-4. Transition Between Ranges
CHAPTER 7.
HANDHELD WEAPONS
Section I.
Offensive Techniques
7-1. Angles of Attack
7-2. Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
7-3. Bayonet/Knife
7-4. Knife-Against-Rifle Sequence
7-5. Advanced Weapons Techniques and Training
Section II.
Field-Expedient Weapons
7-6. Entrenching Tool
7-7. Three-Foot Stick
7-8. Six-Foot Pole
CHAPTER 8.
STANDING DEFENSE
Section I.
Unarmed Opponent
8-1. Defense Against Chokes
8-2. Defense Against Bear Hugs
Section II.
Armed Opponent
8-3. Defense Against Armed Opponent
8-4. Defense Against a Knife
8-5. Unarmed Defense Against a Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
CHAPTER 9.
GROUP TACTICS
Section I.
Lethal Force Scenarios
9-1. Range
9-2. Control
9-3. Finishing
Section II.
Restrictive Force Scenarios
9-4. Two Against One
9-5. Three Against Two
9-6. Parity
9-7. One Against Two
9-8. Two Against Three
APPENDIX A.
SITUATIONAL TRAINING
APPENDIX B.
COMPETITIONS
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
AUTHENTICATION