Close Combat and Hand to Hand Fighting
by U.S. Marine Corps, Pentagon
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Author: Pentagon, U.S. Marine CorpsEdition: Perfect Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-01
ISBN: 1601700008
Number of pages: 190
Publisher: Pentagon Publishing
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Book Review: Excellent Manual
Summary: 5 Stars
I train in martial arts and our system spends a lot of time working on self-defense. I had heard that the Marine Corps recently revamped their training and that a good chunk of it was available in this book. I read it and was impressed. I was even more impressed when we started working on the techniques with a partner. It looks like the Corps has really got something here.
The empty handed techniques are very well explained and the simple illustrations work well to show the high-points and details. The knife fighting techniques look very efficient. I've tried them out, within the limits of training with a partner that you want to live. They seem to work reasonably well. The bayonet material is not necessarily something I'll be using any time soon, but it could have application, with modification and a bit of imagination, to a walking stick or cane.
I also like the philosophy contained with the book. It's straight-forward and no-nonense.
You're not going to learn to fight like a Marine from this book (they offer a pretty intensive course, just sign up). If you do train and practice self-defense then this book will offer you additional tools to work with.
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