The cross-arm guard, referred to in combatives circles as the O’Neill Cover is often credited to Pat O’Neill. Dermot Pat O’Neill was the legendary hand to hand combat instructor for the FSSF First Special Service Force the precursor…
“Kajukenbo is the first of its kind of all origins in mixed martial arts. Prior to its known existence in 1947, the history of Kajukenbo began when the USA was in war with Japan. Before it became worldly…
SSGT Robert Carlin described Combat Judo as an advanced method of fighting. It was originally developed to address the needs of military personnel facing new hand-to-hand combat challenges as a way to ensure a streamlined, tested, and effective…
DEPLOYMENT Blade deployment is probably the most neglected aspect of knife training. Deployment is defined as the time and distance it will take you to pull your knife out AND be ready for combat. You want to have…
REVERSE HIP THROW (Neck and Arm variation) (1) From a fighting position push of the right foot and step in with the left foot. At the same time STRIKE your opponent hard on his right shoulder with the…
In his second published work, Combat Judo to Kajukenbo: The Evolution of Martial Arts Systems in the Military 1943-1970, Barron Shepherd covers and uncovers the WWII era Restricted Judo course, long thought to have been developed by Dermot…
Cumulatively, there is a list of 25 throws that I have compiled from the various US military field training manuals from the WWI era to present. A substantial amount of those throws being variations of only 4 basic…
A sweeping hip throw is particularly effective when your opponent is moving forward or pushing on you or if he widens his stance in an attempt to prevent you from executing the hip throw. The sweeping hip throw…
There are several variations of the Cross-hock takedown and many ways to execute this technique under different circumstances and conditions and attack scenarios. The variations of the throws and takedowns are also meant to give the practitioner a…
There probably isn’t a scarier scenario than being unarmed and facing someone with a knife. Whether civilian or law enforcement or military, I think it is safe to say that if you find yourself in this situation something…