[Jeff Chandler]

My FIL was a drill sergeant in the Army. He told about how after the recruits received hand-to-hand combat training they would go into town and get their butts kicked by the locals.

[Bonemaker]

“...in a parking lot between Avenida Granada and Avenida Victoria,...”

Umm, wrong neighborhood? The MLK avenue of the barrio?

[xrmusn]

FIRST lesson in ‘Life as a Marine’ -
for the real lucky ones -

is when a couple of them go to the Greyhound Bus Station with all their Bravado & Swagger and decide to use their ‘newfound’ manness on the Old Boatswain or Gunner that sneers at them and finds out they CAN’T beat the world with one hand behind their back.

Usually when over, that old E5 with the 3 or 4 hashmarks will take the BNPVT/PFC out for a drink and have a ‘friend’ forever..

That was then, this is now...<: <:

[katana]

My nephew was an Army Ranger who had spent a lot of time in middle and high school in Tae Kwon Do. My older brother once asked him if that proved useful in his Ranger training. He sort of laughed and said “Not really”. TKD is a sport. In the Rangers he was taught to disable and kill people as quickly and efficiently as possible. Confronted with a knife I expect he’d at least have pulled his own and dispatched the guy in a couple seconds, or just shot the MF if making noise wasn’t an issue. I doubt even the Marines go much beyond the very basics in hand to hand and, especially if they’re a bit or beyond drunk, are going to be surprised and over confident in a street fight. It takes years, not weeks, of training and practice for instinct and muscle memory to kick in in high stress situations. Very glad all three of these guys are alive and able to learn from the experience.

[RightGeek]

I can't remember where I read it and it may be all wrong, but I once saw that the hand to hand combat training for Navy Seals was to start hitting and fast and not stop until the opponent was down.

No fancy footwork, no clever moves. Just hit em fast and hard.

My favorite example:

[mountainlion]

I think this writer needs to go back to school. It does not make sense to me.

[Leaning Right]

Question: Who would win a fight between a professional boxer and the town drunk?
Answer: The one who has the element of surprise.

[fidelis]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” (Mike Tyson)

[Jack Hammer]

Shoulda been three dead perps.

Shameful.