ok so in basic the drill sergeants teach "army combatives" which is basically tak'em down and chok'em out or break their arm. I hardly see how I'd do all that with 50 lbs of gear on but anyway, there was an amateur boxer in my room in basic and whenever we had personal time we'd have a scrap or two. I'm into tkd a bit though I like elbows and takedowns and lowkicks. The other dude is a shorter-than-me (I'm 5'7") hispanic dude with a 10-0-0 rec (at least he says) but I began to believe him when he threw that jab out. I could see his shoulder twitch but my right hand which I keep forward cant block it so I stay outta range and side snap his left side with my forward foot a couple times. He can't block that worth a crudd and resorts to a very unboxinglike takedown. I'm more trained in that area than him so I easily get on his back though he, with his short legs, still gets his feet under himself enough to stand up and slam me down which doesn't hurt all that much, but stuns me enough for him to slip the back guard and get me in a half guard. Which we stay in till I get tired and he brings his other arm over in a pseudo-half-guard-mount and presses his forearm into my neck. I get both feet free enough to do a kind of windmill which puts me on his back again in a flash. Not wasting time, I sink a hard rear naked and I win.
Of course this is non-lethal barracks fighting and I think he could have (should have) got inside my kick and threw those super quick fists. If this guy came at me on "the street" I think he'd have pounded me, what with my bad reflexes.
Dudes were always grappling and choking each other out in the barracks. Some very athletic dudes got choked out, and I remember one college wrestler from Iran got his leg twisted (didn't tap out) and went to the hospital. He was up against a high school OT.
90 percent of fights end up on the ground cuz 90 percent of people don't have KO striking power, so their strikes will, at best, knock the opponent to the dirt and the most reliable way to finish them is an arm bar or a rear naked. That's the way the Army teaches soldiers to fight.
I punched the amateur boxer in the chest while he was wearing the Interceptor bulletproof vest. No weak punch either, fully committed lunge punch. That HURT and my right middle knuckle is a little bigger cuz of it.
Of course this is non-lethal barracks fighting and I think he could have (should have) got inside my kick and threw those super quick fists. If this guy came at me on "the street" I think he'd have pounded me, what with my bad reflexes.
Dudes were always grappling and choking each other out in the barracks. Some very athletic dudes got choked out, and I remember one college wrestler from Iran got his leg twisted (didn't tap out) and went to the hospital. He was up against a high school OT.
90 percent of fights end up on the ground cuz 90 percent of people don't have KO striking power, so their strikes will, at best, knock the opponent to the dirt and the most reliable way to finish them is an arm bar or a rear naked. That's the way the Army teaches soldiers to fight.
I punched the amateur boxer in the chest while he was wearing the Interceptor bulletproof vest. No weak punch either, fully committed lunge punch. That HURT and my right middle knuckle is a little bigger cuz of it.
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