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Marine Corps Martial Arts Documentary Part 1of 5
Added: 13th April 2009
Posted By: mick
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Though martial arts--including bayonet and sword thrusts and unarmed close combat techniques--have been employed by members of the U.S. Marine Corps since its inception during the Revolutionary War period, a new era began in 2000, with the creation of the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program...

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Marine Corps Martial Arts Documentary Part 2 of 5
Added: 13th April 2009
Posted By: mick
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Shortly after General James L. Jones, commandant of the Marine Corps, took office in the summer of 1999, he ordered a study done on the possibility of having all Marines train in a martial art such as Aikido or Taekwondo. During his service in the Vietnam War, Jones had seen Korean Marines...

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Marine Corps Martial Arts Documentary Part 3 of 5
Added: 13th April 2009
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After the study ran in the spring of 2000 at Camp Pendleton, California, the MCMAP was established, with its headquarters at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. According to Marine Corps Order 1500.54, which established the MCMAP, the program was a synergy of mental, character, and...

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Marine Corps Martial Arts Documentary Part 4 of 5
Added: 13th April 2009
Posted By: mick
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As part of their training, MCMAP fighters are required to study history\\\'s great warrior cultures--the Spartans, the Apaches and the Zulus. Though the MCMAP system combines aspects of many different martial arts, it focuses less on the traditional movements and more on techniques...

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Marine Corps Martial Arts Documentary Part 5 of 5
Added: 13th April 2009
Posted By: mick
Views: 1364
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Though martial arts--including bayonet and sword thrusts and unarmed close combat techniques--have been employed by members of the U.S. Marine Corps since its inception during the Revolutionary War period, a new era began in 2000, with the creation of the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program...

Tags: marine corps documentary