U.S. Marines Close Combat Manual

Product Description

This exclusive new manual contains the most current close combat methods being taught to U.S. Marines for use on today's battlefield. It outlines the Marine Corps' latest lethal and non-lethal weapons techniques, use of knives and sticks and the full spectrum of unarmed tactics. For academic study only.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #128408 in Books
* Published on: 2000-03-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 116 pages

Customer Reviews

Basics Work!3
The basics work. In a street fight or an unarmed combat situation your not going to be kicking five feet in the air and doing spinning heel kicks to the temple. Basics work thats why the marines use them. The street fighter has the upper hand on the marital artist, I've seen black belts get there ass kicked by experianced street fighters. Martial artist are used to rules and regulations, a street fighter does what he has to do and he knows what works in a real fight. When your rage'n with adrenaline and the animal in you takes over. TECNIQUE GOES OUT THE F*CKIN' WINDOW. If you don't beileve me go to a local fight club or talk to your local tough guy.
good book. good stuff. good luck fighting.

The Basics4
I am going to write an open and honest review. This book is excellent. It teaches the basics and thats what works. The wrist locks are from aikido and jujitsu, two time proven arts. Sure they are not kill techniques, but still practical and useful. The throws and strikes are very simple to understand, which is good. How many times have you heard... this is the best way? Then it takes 6 months to learn that one technique. The throws and ground fighting are good, despite what some have written on the net(trying to sell their product over this one). What you need to remember is the illustrations are single example movements. No one knows what is really going to happen in a street fight. One recommendation. If you are looking for martial art styles... look into hsing i, wing chun or krava maga. STAY AWAY FROM MODERN WU SHU!

Details an innefective fighting system.1
I am a Marine Corps Infantryman, and I can say that this book details very accurately the method of close combat taught to every Marine, starting in basic training. However, the system itself leaves much to be desired. I know a certified instructor of this system that agrees with me. (He is a black belt instructor-trainer; the highest certification available. He also has more than 20 years of experience in various traditional martial arts and military and police hand to hand systems.) The knife defenses in particular are very likely to get you killed in a real life situation. Also, there is too much emphasis on ground fighting technique, and not enough emphasis on the "dirty tricks" that will keep you alive in combat. In addition, there is too much focus on non-lethal control techniques like come-alongs and arm-bars. Though I don't think these should be ignored, they are stressed at the expense of killing techniques. In combat, not knowing how to kill your enemy quickly can be fatal.

The Marine Corps is currently billing this system as the "Marine Corps Martial Arts Program". If you want martial arts, go to a dojo. If you want a good military hand to hand combat book, you can do much better than this. My suggestion would be to start with the works of Rex Applegate, W. E. Fairbairn, and John Styers. Their books are quite good, even though slightly dated. In my opinion, this book is at the bottom of the heap.