Which form of martial arts are they taught in the military?

If traditional martial arts are so great I%26#039;d assume they%26#039;re taught in the military, since they have to actually use the stuff in real life situations.|||i can answer for the european military forces...


basic army (grunts) are taught shotokan karate (only useful moves), basic judo and some ju jitsu... Average army members training in martial arts is very poor (same goes for USA military)


As for special forces I trained with and I know of, they are taught kepap, lothar, kempo tactical and modernized traditional karate from Okinawa (THAT IS NOT SHOTOKAN!), small circle ju jitsu, modern arnis (elements of escrima, kali etc), plus some elements of other systems and sports (like kicking Muay Thai etc..) ... as you can see here there are no pure traditional martial arts trained there, only modified and modernized military martial arts... as stated by others army does not teach specific arts only useful moves from different arts...|||First, the military are not taught martial arts. They are taught aspects from varying arts that are simplified to be incorporated into military style combat.





Now, that being said, many military people supplement their H2H training with real martial arts courses such as Judo, Karate and Jujitsu to name a few.





The Marines and Army both have combative courses with only the Marines trying to %26quot;make%26quot; it like a martial art with belts...which is ridiculous. I have been fortunate enough to train with the Marines and Army programs in the past as a consultant and each time I was very impressed with their choices for techniques and applications, but I always pointed out I thought it was kind of ludicrous for them to award belts for something that is not a real martial art...but then again many people in the USA open schools, promote black belts and talk about martial arts that have no idea what they are doing.|||%26quot;combatives%26quot;





they are all pretty similar...lotar, krav maga, us army combatives, marine corps mcmap (marine corps martial arts program) ...etc. there are only so many ways to kick someones *ss.





most of them are greatly based on jujutsu, both japanese jujutsu/judo...and brazilian jujutsu.





search %26quot;us army combatives%26quot; or %26quot;fort benning%26quot;





in the us army they start with basic brazilian jujutsu. not because its more effective..or because you%26#039;ll end up on the ground. but because its easier to learn and teach a beginner with no experience.





then they progress to the throws and takedowns of judo/jujutsu and wrestling. and the strikes from muay thai and boxing.





they also practice eskrima/filipino arts. and western arts ..ie...bayonet training and pugil stick.





seriously, they%26#039;re all pretty similar.





and they are very %26#039;REAL%26#039; martial arts...go pick a fight with a marine and then say they shouldn%26#039;e award belts.





however a soldier will quickly tell you that the winner of a hand to hand situation is the guy whos buddy shows up first with a gun. and that you dont win wars by being better hand to hand fighters. but the attributes it takes to be good at one, are the same as for the other.





US...army combatives, marine mcmap


ISREAL ..krav maga, lotar, kapap, etc


RUSSIA...combat sambo, systema.





|||I am in the military and we are taught (or at least I was never taught) a certain form of martial arts. In basic training we were taught a basic grappling form of combatives, just enough to hold off an enemy long enough for someone to come assist us. No real title, but we call it Combatives Level I, II, III and so forth. I am not sure how many levels there are. I have known people up to level 4.|||The soldiers are only taught the basic so that they can hold an enemy off long enough until a friend comes with a gun. They do not have the time to learn traditional martial arts. A martial artist usually is a by far better fighter than a soldier.|||my friend was stationed at west point and the taught shotokan, judo and tkd there at the time.


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