Fight God Damnit!!

 I wrote this when i was stationed in Guam about 2 years ago when i first learned about other services and their own form of combatives programs. It was mostly written as a joke for friends and other co-workers to laugh at. I took alot of funny quotes and previous writings, applied the "K" method and made it my own (If you dont know what the "K" method is, One day you will). But on a serious note, later on i tried to research the reason why we dont have our own program in place. Its simple. Some super old and very important dude that sits behind a desk and gets paid a whole hell of alot more than i do, doesn't see the reason for the Coast Guard to have such means. Its sad that alot of policies and new training procedures are only then put in place after the fact that something has gone terribly wrong. Sometimes someone even loses their life. All of a sudden the light goes on and "hey we should do something to better train, educate and possibly mitigate the potential for this same thing happening again." No fucking shit.

  Oh well Fuck it. I guess ill wait till it happens then, at least i know ill be prepared. Theres three things that im a firm believer in, the reasons why i can potentially lose my life in a fight or have to lose the life of a fellow warrior or family member. My Fitness, My Training, and My Environment. I can control two outta those three. I control how hard i push myself in conditioning to have my body be ready for conflict. I control how well i learn and retain the skill set taught to me to be succesful in battle. And every once in a while your in an environment that you have no control over. You can Adapt to your sourroundings, and you should always have that self confidence, knowing that you wont be too tired or exhausted to fight or you dont know what to do cause of your lack of training. Fuck that noise. When life gives you lemons, Kick it in the balls. Read on. Peace.

Close Quarter Combat: Hand to Hand Combat Tips/Thoughts

by Brandonn Kealiinohomoku

When you think of hand to hand combat, do you think of grappling? Does your imaginary encounter end with both you and your attacker tumbling to the ground in a kids pool of Vaseline? Not this guy.

You see God and the Dhali Lama has Blessed me with a set of pretty special Talents, A Ground Game like a Mongoose, a Cock like a Burmese Python, and a mind of a Fucking Scientist.

On a serious note Grappling techniques aren't necessarily the most effective for close combat. When you are at close quarters, you often don't have the luxury of lots of room to shoot to take your subject down. Also, you may not want to tumble with a gargantuan male Samoan wrestler.

Remember, don't grapple with a grappler (Samoan, Horse&Cow Bouncer, etc) ... especially if you, yourself, aren't a grappler. Get it?

So, how do you avoid being taken to the ground like a bitch ass in a fight?

Start Hitting Early

My idols Bruce Lee and ME1 Chuck Norris had advice for hand to hand combat -- they struck out with Their closest weapon to the attacker's closest target. They often kicked with their lead leg to the knee or head, for example. I call this the foot to motherfucking face technique.

If you hit, or kick, early -- before your attacker reaches you, then you may be able to end the encounter without having to tumble to the ground.

Strike Until You Can Lock

Assuming that your attacker makes it past your initial counter-offensive ... you still have to stop the attack. If you are a striker, you'll probably keep striking, until you gain control with a joint lock, ball grab or thai clinch. You need wrist control, or an arm drag, or even a foot lock, to prevent a follow-up from your opponent.

If you can't think of an appropriate wrist or joint lock or you doubt that you could make your locks work in a close combat situation, then you should take a look on youtube or get in a fucking self defense gym.

Taking A Grab

What do you do if your attacker grabs you?

Easy. Go straight into a Sub... unless you want to soften your opponent up with a few hits/distractions and kicks beforehand. Your choice (Be aware of legal ramifications.) My favorite technique is when your opponent tries to grab either your neck or collar from the front with both arms, you then do a text book Lock&Drag, and proceed afterwards to use his head to block your knee.

Grabs are actually pretty cool whether your pitching or catching(dont think Prison). If the grab has a lot of force behind it, then you might want to look to an art that deals with the redirection of force...(Aikido, JiuJitsu, Judo, etc.). The same principle applies if you want to be the aggressor and punish this dude and his mom maybe even claiming his girlfriend as your prize.

But if the grab is not taking you off balance, then this could be the perfect time to try a joint lock. Think about it:

While your attacker is grabbing you, he (or she) is not hitting you. Hits are fast, grabs are slow, easier to deal with

A grab often exposes a hand for finger locks, knuckle damage, etc.

You can wrist lock or arm bar at any point in your counter -- before,

during or after your hits.

Like on of the greatest self defense trainers in the world once quoted "We can actually hip throw him to the side, he goes to the ground, we choke him out, and then once he's choked out we can do games like 'pull the pants down and hide the spice bottle'; it's a fun thing to do! And it will get a lot of laugh out of a lot of people!" -Bas “El Guapo” Rutten

As Coast Guard law Enforcement officers, we should definitely practice joint lock techniques and hand to hand in our defensive tactics training. They aren't the ultimate Officer Safety techniques, but they do have their place in a complete self defense system.