MMA Techniques for Tactical Athletes | Articles Manifesto

These days it seems every martial arts ?expert? has some total system that contains everything anyone needs to know to make you complete on the battlefield. I would say that anyone who claims to have solved the problem of armed conflict with a few gee wiz moves if a fraud. In fact I was recently training at a school that will remain nameless and the instructor actually told us that he learned every martial art and got rid of all the stuff that didn?t work so what was left was some sort of hand slapping thing that was suppose to incapacitate the enemy. I have no intention of repeating that mistake so what I would like to say is here are a few moves that I have actually used in combat that I think can be learned with little practice, based on simple sport MMA, and can be incorporated into training.

The rear naked choke is probably the most recognizable MMA move that I feel can be very useful to the tactical athlete. The move is applied from behind an enemy and by placing the wind pipe in the angle of the elbow and by applying pressure a combatant can incapacitate an enemy. The choke works by cutting off the blood supply to the brain and because of this can work very quickly. In training this move can be applied slowly and adjusted until the opponent taps out or submits. One problem with this choke is it must be applied from behind an opponent so it must be coupled with movement techniques to be executed properly.

The arm-bar is a secondary move in my opinion because it does not in itself denies a combatant the ability to continue to fight. Though an enemy can fight after successful application of an arm bar I think it would be rare that this would not dramatically swing the fight to your favor or break the will of the combatant. One other problem of the arm bar is most application is done while ground fighting which is inferior in most combat situations. The arm bar is executed by trapping the head and body under the legs and trapping an arm between the legs. Once trapped downward pressure is applied against the elbow causing an uncomfortable hyper extension of the elbow joint that when applied strongly can cause a dislocation of the elbow and loss of use of the arm for a period of time. In a combat training session be sure to utilize the arm bar slowly and release pressure as soon as your opponent first feels uncomfortable from the hold.

Elbow strikes are an effective way to deliver concentrated force to an opponents vulnerabilities at extremely close range. In a combat training practice for a tactical athlete the elbow has such a tremendous force that until you and your partner have attained a high level of mastery you may be best served to practice on focus mitts and heavy bags. The elbow also allows the operator to continue holding objects in both hands during delivery making an elbow strike a good addition to your less than lethal arsenal.

A foot jab or straight kick is an excellent tool to be used in a combat environment. The straight kick can provide a debilitating blow to an attacker, it can help stop an assault and can be used to evade before breaking contact. The foot jab is delivered in the same manner that a door will be kicked in on entry and should be used against enemy fighters in the same way. A straight kick is also excellent because it allows a weight laden tactical athlete the ability to maintain a forward stance as well as control of a weapon system should the conflict elevate to a need for use of deadly force. Certainly this list is not complete and everyone has an opinion of which techniques should be trained in the little time proved to train for combat but I feel this is a good start to rev up combat training.

Abel Cossas is an Army Special Forces Operator and combat instructor, for more information on the Tactical Performance visit his blog. Be sure to go to the premier Army Training site on the net.

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