Aug 08
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Not too long ago, GI Joe, a real American soldier involved in life-or-death combat in Iraq, brought down his attacker with a mixed martial arts technique and captured him. It wasn't too long ago that his only choice would have been to shoot - and kill - him.
"Instead of using my weapon, I choked him out and we were able to capture and interrogate him," the soldier said. Mixed martial arts (MMA) has come a long way since 1995, when John McCain, the former Navy pilot now running for president, called the Ultimate Fighting Championship "human cock fighting." "MMA training is the hardest training I do," said Major R.J. Hughes, who works out with Thompson at Ft. Bragg and at his Reality of Combat Gym. "I wrestled in high school and at U.S. Military Academy we were required to take a semester of boxing. Each of those sports requires its own level of conditioning. But MMA combines both of them. You have to train in a much broader way."|
MMA combatives training a hit in military
Newsday, NY - 3 hours ago
BY ROBERT CASSIDY | Special to Newsday FAYETTEVILLE, NC - Not too long ago, GI Joe, a real American soldier involved in life-or-death combat in Iraq, ... |
