I caught a few minutes of a show the other day (the making of a marine) in which they showed recruits going through Parris Island.
One interesting part was where they were trained in the Marine Corp Martial Art style, which they said was a collection of moves from dozens of "traditional" styles.
This got me to wondering why we don't simply use the fighting techiques developed by our military instead of what some might consider the more esoteric stuff like Kung Fu. I mean to say, the MMA was developed to be taught fast to people with little or know previous experience, and to end a fight as quickly as possible.
Admittedly, I don't know anything more about it than what I saw on that program, but the principle is sound. All of our fighting forces have developed systems of hand combat that seem, to my untrained eye, very good and very simple to learn. What's wrong with studying SEAL H2H or Green Beret Empty Hand or Marine Corp Martial.... ? Is it just that there aren't any schools around to teach it like there are for the oriental arts? Are the military styles less than they seem?
I'm curious.
One interesting part was where they were trained in the Marine Corp Martial Art style, which they said was a collection of moves from dozens of "traditional" styles.
This got me to wondering why we don't simply use the fighting techiques developed by our military instead of what some might consider the more esoteric stuff like Kung Fu. I mean to say, the MMA was developed to be taught fast to people with little or know previous experience, and to end a fight as quickly as possible.
Admittedly, I don't know anything more about it than what I saw on that program, but the principle is sound. All of our fighting forces have developed systems of hand combat that seem, to my untrained eye, very good and very simple to learn. What's wrong with studying SEAL H2H or Green Beret Empty Hand or Marine Corp Martial.... ? Is it just that there aren't any schools around to teach it like there are for the oriental arts? Are the military styles less than they seem?
I'm curious.