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Originally Posted by Hugh R
I was in the USMC 40+ years ago. They don't teach you to box/fist fighting, they teach you how to kill.
It isn't about kicking the guys ass, its about killing him. Not much in Parris Island for boot camp or Camp Lejeune for advanced training on "fighting". It was all about killing. Hand-to-hand was a hit to the windpipe or gouging out an eye, if it had to come to that. It was more about a K-bar knife to the heart, kidneys, liver, spinal cord at the neck, etc.
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It's evolved a bit since then. I received
a tad bit of close combat training in the Corps, and was rather good at it, but it clearly wasn't as advanced as it it now. Check out MCMAP; my oldest son reached 4th degree black belt during his eight years and my middle son is also a black belt (forget which level). The Marine Corps recognized that most fights go to the ground within the first few seconds and designed MCMAP with that in mind. I can tell you first-hand: it wouldn't be fun to mix it up with either of my sons in anger. And that goes for a whole new generation of Marines ...