What Kind of Martial Arts Are Involved With Military Self Defense

The idea of learning military self defense has become much more popular over the past few years. Before you choose what type of class to take or video to buy, it is important to know what you will be getting into. Every branch of the military trains in different styles of martial arts and some of them are very different from each other. To give a better idea of what to expect, here is a quick look at the different styles you would learn from the Marine Corp, Air Force, and Navy SEALs.

The Marine Corp internally designed their own program of martial arts in 2001, known as MCMAP (Marine Corp Martial Arts Program). The purpose of this program was to provide a more versatile set of non-lethal options for controlling hostiles because of the increased number of urban and police-peacekeeping missions. This includes a variety of different martial art forms including: boxing, jujitsu (opponent weight transfer), wrestling (ground grappling), and chok! es. MCMAP focuses on dealing with people who, while hostile, are unarmed. The Marines program is considered to be a completely independent style of self defense in which moves and techniques are borrowed from a variety of different places.

The Air Force is most well-known for utilizing two styles of martial arts: Tae Kwon Do and Judo. However, more and more bases are adding Ju Jit Su classes as well. Members of the Ravens Security Force has added Ju Jit Su as part of their standard training. Military self defense has been a part of the Air Force dating back to the 1960's. It was originally added because the risk of aircraft being shot down in places like Vietnam and other enemy territories was much higher than it is today.



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