FINE POINTS of

HAND TO HAND COMBAT

BCT COMMITEE GROUP

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The ADVENTURES

of a SOLDIER

/ In HAND to HAND COMBAT

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INTRODUCTION This pamphlet is distributed to each basic

trainee in the hope that he wi 11 spend some

time ot nioht or on weekends thumbino thru

its paoes, studyino the movements involved

in hand to hand combat. The movements illus·

trated in this pamphlet are correct and wil i

aid you tremendously in your study of hand to hand combat .

HAND TO HAND COMBAT COMMITTEE

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Five Fundamentals of a Hand to Hand Fighter

I . Use of available and natural weapons A . Available Weapons- Any object with which you can

inflict injury or death upon your opponent. 8. Natural Weapons - Any port of your body that you

con use to inflict injury or death upon your opponent.

2. Maximum strengfh aoainst vulnerable points If your opponent hos one of his vulnerable points within your reach, strike it as quickly as possible with al I your strenoth.

3. Balance A. Physical- Keep yours-cause your opponent to

lose his. B. Mental - Sound off with a loud "Kee -Yoh

II just before

you deliver a blow. This destroys your opponent's mental balance.

4. Momentum Use your opponent's momentum to your advantaoe. Do not attempt to stop him if he is comino at you, but step out of his way and kick or trip him as he passes.

5. Trainino Throuoh training you wil I develop the speed and accuracy necessary to quickly kill your opponent.

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VULNERABLE POINTS of the

HUMAN BODY

~,_;,..:,,.._- EYES

-- NOSE

NECK

ARM JOINTS

GROIN

INSTEP

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STANDING GUARD POSITIONS

I . Head and eyes over rioht shoulder

2. Rioht forearm at a 45° anole to the oround

3. Fingers and thumbs of both hands extended and joined

4. Left forearm across chest 5. Knees unlocked 6 . Feet shoulders' width

apart 7. Weioht rested over

trailino foot

I. Head and eyes over left shoulder

2. Left forearm at a 4~0

anole to the oround 3. Finoers and thumbs of

both hands extended and joined

4. Rioht forearm across chest 5. Knees unlocked 6. Feet shoulders' width

apart 7. Weioht rested over

trailing foot

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BACKWARD ROLL

His opponent catches him by surprise, knocking him off his feet , or he just fol I to the ground. He must regain a guard position .

He tucks his chin into his chest and squats down.

He then rolls onto his bock, throwing his feet over his head, and his palms down beneath his

shoulders.

Hi momentum will carry him ~ onto his feet which will allow him to come into a standing guard position.

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Gro u n d Fi ght er's Po s i t i o n His opponent knocks him to the oround and he does not have time to oet up.

He points the heel of his boot at his opponent and brinos his rioht arm across his neck and chest, extendino and joinino the finoers of his hand. He rests his weioht on his left elbow.

When his opponent moves in close enough to him, he kicks out from the knee into either his opponent's oroin or leodino knee

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SIDE KICK His opponent confronts him, facino him squarely . He snaps into a ouard position quickly and sounds off with a "Kee - Yah'.

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He shifts his weioht to his trailino foot, lifts his lead­ino leo up flexed at the knee, turns his toe down and points his leo at his opponent.

Then he kicks out from the knee into his opponent's oroin with violent force. He then passes thru the flexed- leo position and back to the ouard position.

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PIVOT KICK

His opponent confronts him and comes into a corres -ponding guard position .

He then kicks his opponent in the kidneys with the toe of that trailing boot, using all

. the strength he con muster .

He drops both fists in front d his groin, shifts his weight to his leading foot, cocks up his trailino leg, cocked at the knee , and turns his toe out. Keeping his trailing leg cock­ed and flexed at the knee, he pivots 180 degrees to his front.

Next he returns his leg to the flexed position, and then sets it down shoulder's width apart. He then assumes the opposite guard position.

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HEEL STOMP

He has kicked his opponent to the oround, momentarily renderino him helpless.

He quickly moves within three or four inches of his opponent . He then cocks up either leo and turns his toe up and the cuttino edoe of his heel down .

Forcefully he drives the cut­tino edge of his heel into one of the vulnerable points of his opponent. He then reflexes his leo, bringing it straioht up and then bock down to a ouard position of the feet.

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REAR STRANGLE TAKEDOWN

To silence o sentry, he quietly sneaks up behind him. He strikes him in the kidneys with his left fist . At the some time, he chops him across the Adam's apple with the bony port of his r ight wr ist .

He pu II s to the rear and steps backward, pullino the sentry toward the ground. He keeps his chin over his opponent's left shoulder and rioht wrist across his Adam's oppl .

He then falls to the ground on his stomach. Keepino his left arm under his opponent's back, he pushes for­ward with his rioht shoulder, and pull,

back with his rioht wrist, lockino it under his own chin. He keeps his feet spread apart to ~revent his opponent from turning over .

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Finger Jab To The Eyes

His opponent oets too close to him and he must oet away from him. Soundino off with o "Kee­Yoh :• he snaps into o ouord position.

In o sinole quick forward movement, he snaps out his leodino arm, lockino it at the elbow, and, with palm down, he violently jobs his opponent's eyes.

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Check Blow To The Groin

Having sneaked up behind

him, his opponent pins his arms to his sides. He must react quickly.

First, he flexes six to eight inches at the knees, at the same .time throwinQ his but­tocks to the rear and his arms to the front . This breaks his opponent's hold.

Then he looks under his right armpit while making a fist of his rioht hand. He shifts his weioht to the let t, moves his hips out of the way, and swings down, bock, and up into his op ­ponent's groin with vigorous force. The elbow could also be driven into his opponent's stomach or solar plexus.

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Check Blow To The Head

First, he ·orasps his oppo­His opponent sneaks up nent's right wrist with hisbehind him and orabs him, left hand and pushes down, leavino his arm free . His breaking the hold . Then heopponent's rioht wrist f I exes six. to eioht inchesis on top. at the knees, bends for­ward at the waist, cocks his rioht arm at the elbow

' and makes a fist of his rioht hand . At the ame time, he pulls his opponent forward and off balance, twistino his rioht elbow toward his left boot.

Then he straightens up at the waist and pulls his opponent's right arm away from him . Using his opponent's arm a a guide, · he drives his elbow into his oppo­nent's head, knockino him to the ground .

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Counter To The Rear Strangle

Straightening up, he throws his opponent's rioht arm out from his body with his left arm . Using his opponent's right arm as a guide, he comes bock with on (right) elbow to the armpit.

Havino approached him from the rear, his opponent tries to st,anole him by usino his right hand and arm.

Forming a 11

V with the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, he then places his hand between his opponent's arm and his own neck, enabling him to grasp his opponent's wrist and pull his arm down to allow himself breath . He then flexes six to eight in­ches at the knees, bends forward at the waist, cocks his right e I bow, and twists his right shoulder toward his left boot.

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HEAD TWIST TAKE DOWN

His opponent orabs him from the front, leavlno his arms free .

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He makes a "v" with the thumb and forefinger of his rioht hand and orasps his opponent'• jaw, pushing it up and back. At the same time, he grasps the back of hta opponent 11 head with his left hand and twists it back, throwing his opponent to the ground.

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Front Check Blow To The Groin

His opponent grabs him from the front, pinning his arms to his sides.

Immediately he thrusts his buttocks to the rear . Then he smashes his opponent's groin with the knuckles of both fists.

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Counter To The

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Side Or Pivot Kick

His opponent, knowing a little of hand to hand combat, assumes a correspondin<J ouard position.

Then he tries to kick him with a side or pivot kick.

He immediately swings his leadino arm down, making a fist on that hand, and blocks the kick by strikino the lower port of his opponents leo with the back of his fist or forearm . This knocks his opponent off balance and spins him to the oround.

Block, Catch, And Fol low-Up

His opponent attempts to kick him from the opposite ouard position.

He makes a fist on his leadino arm and drops it across his chest. He then rotates his body to the front and blocks the kick with that forearm.

Next, he orosps the heel of his opponent's kickino boot with his trailing hand and starts his pivot kick.

Pivotino on the boll of his leadino foot, he kicks his opponent in the oroin with the toe of his trailing boot .

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Counter To The Conventional Kick

Your opponent is not a hand to hand fiohter and, facinQ you squarely, he attempts to kick you. What actions should you take?

First, he picks up his leadino foot and by placino the arch of that foot across his oppo­nent1s kicking leg just above the ankle, blocks the kick .

Then, with a down and out move­ment of his foot, he kicks his opponent's leo out of the way. Next, he flexes his leo at the knee and, without settino it down, side-kicks his opponent in the groin with violent force.

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High Parry And Follow-Up Action

His opponent attacks him in the upper port of his body with a lono thrust of his rifle and bayonet.

Then he makes a fist of his rioht hand, raises his arm cocked at the elbow, above the rifle so that his forearm is para I lel to the oround. As

·his opponent is recoverino from his rifle thrust, he then smashes him in the nose with

'his elbow.

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Bendino his rioht arm at the elbow, he raises his forearm to a position vertical to the oround and brinos it into con­tact with the small of the rifle barrel. Next, he pivots on the ball of his rioht foot 90 deorees to his left rear and re-establishes a standing guard position of the feet.

This knocks his opponent to the oround. Leavino his wea­pon alone, he quickly moves into position and renders a heel stomp to his opponent.

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Low Parry And Follow-Up Action

His opponent attacks him in the lower part of his body with a rifle and bayonet.

He then reaches up and over the tip of the bayonet with his left hand and orasps the smcil of the barrel. Simultaneously he makes a fist of his rioht hand and drops it in front of his groin.

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He extends his rioht arm at a 45 deoree anole, placing the Inside portion of his forearm aoainst the small of the barrel. He pivots on the ball of his rloht foot, picks up his left foot and turns to his left rear 90 deorees, then sets his foot down shoulder's width apart.

Next he pivots on the boll of his right foot and kicks his opponent in the

11 GROIN

11 reoion

with the toe of his left boot.

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THE NSOLDIER" iS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE

HE PAID ATTENTION TO HIS HAND TO

HAND COMBAT INSTRUCTION IN BASIC

TRAINING, AND THE MATERIAL SHOWN

IN THIS PAMPHLET.

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FIR AID TREAT E T

Beat E hauatlon: Remove pa ent to cool plac ; re­move outer clothing; leva f ; moY lep up and down or ma ge l ; ei e all the at. p ient ·11 drink; eive two It tablet.a or 14 tea poon!ul ult with ch cant en of water. medical 'd.

Beat troke: Carry pati nt to 1h dy place. Remov clothin ; sprinkl or ath patient with cold water

nd I n; mu age trunk, arma and I gs. SEEK AID OF MEDICAL Olt""FICER AT ONCE.

Beat Cramps: Remov patient to cool place and re­move outer clothing; give ater and salt I above; aend pati nt to hospital if crampa are severe.

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Heat KI , PROFU E SW , w kne , r pid pul e.

H at troke HOT DRY SKI . H d che, dizzin ss, w kne , and rapid breathing and pul e. evere ca s - uncon iou ne .

Heat ramp S v r er mps of the mu clea of ab. domen and 1 gs following overhe ting.

PREVE TION: Increa e aalt and at r con ump. tion durin hot weather. U o ealt tablet or ¾ teaspoon salt to e ch can en of wa er.

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