Soldier Keith Whelan chokes out his Sergeant – While on deployment in Iraq, these soldiers thought their sergeant needed his birthday spankings. When all of them couldn’t get it done, Keith decided to use his jiu-jitsu training and lock up a rear naked choke. It worked…too well.
Modern Army Combatives, just like any other system, teaches you tools… the way you apply those tools can be effective or ineffective, depending on your experience and on the given situation.
Blaming the system and judging it ineffective is unfair and a little ignorant. You are taught what a spoon and a fork is… it’s up to you to use them… or the knife (pun intended) properly and in the right situation if you want to succeed.
The mission of the U.S. Army Combatives School is to train Leaders and Soldiers in close quarters Combatives in order to instill the Warrior Ethos and prepare Soldiers to close with and defeat the enemy in hand to hand combat.
The Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP) started in 1995 with the 2nd Ranger Battalion and has spread at the grass roots around the Army.
It has been incorporated into the new TC 3-25.150 (AKO Account Required) and Basic Combatives is one of the Forty Warrior Core Tasks of the Warrior Ethos initiative.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. Brazilian jiu-jitsu was formed from Kodokan Judo ground fighting (newaza) fundamentals that were taught by a number of individuals including Takeo Yano, Mitsuyo Maeda and Soshihiro Satake.
Chokes and strangles (commonly referred to as “air chokes” and “blood chokes”) are common forms of submission. In BJJ, the chokes that are used put pressure on the carotid arteries, and may also apply pressure to the nerve baroreceptors in the neck. This kind of choke is very fast acting (if done properly) with victims typically losing consciousness in around 3–5 seconds.
