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Are the Para's trained in 'hand to had'/ unarmed combat? if so is it a specific martial arts?

Not as far as i know!! the only close combat you do is Bayonet training.

We did a bit of it but it was not not any thing like the Martial Arts, it was mainly survial stuff.

basically this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ruyfbT6dEM

haha sounds about right!

There is no such thing as unarmed combat in the military as you will always be armed with something, but if you're lucky you might get taught a few things while in training by yours truly

Chris129 wrote:Not as far as i know!! the only close combat you do is Bayonet training.

So milling isn't "close combat", why are you giving out inaccurate advice on something you know NOTHING about.

ok, will look forward to

do they still do it on the pti's course sandy??? i did a little bit for a demo for the recruitment team in sheffield was crap at it wouldnt in anyway rely on it in an actuall scrap if somone was running at me with a knife i wouldnt be stood there trying to knock it out of his hand

The little stuff they actually do on the PTI course is about as much good as tits on a fish, i was on a refesher course earlier this year and showed them how useless it was and the things they are showing will get people hurt. And the recruiting team does a well rehearsed SHOW things that look good to try and catch the publics attention.

yeah thats exactly what is was it was aload of pish

When I was in we did knife fighting, how to disarm a person with a loaded weapon, some easy ways to kill a person also we spent time kicking sand bags to death amongst some other things. Then there disarming a person with a rifle and bayonet, how kick a person knee cap off and few other choice items, all handy in civviy street.

All this loaded weapon disarming is nonsense 99.99% times you will end getting shot before you get anywhere near the weapon

Sandy we were taught this in the Regiment, back in the 1950's.

SandyTheGuvnor wrote:There is no such thing as unarmed combat in the military as you will always be armed with something, but if you're lucky you might get taught a few things while in training by yours truly

Chris129 wrote:Not as far as i know!! the only close combat you do is Bayonet training.

So milling isn't "close combat", why are you giving out inaccurate advice on something you know NOTHING about.

Since when is Milling taught?! The question was 'are you trained' in Close Combat and Milling isnt taught as far as i know.

Chris129 wrote:

SandyTheGuvnor wrote:There is no such thing as unarmed combat in the military as you will always be armed with something, but if you're lucky you might get taught a few things while in training by yours truly

Chris129 wrote:Not as far as i know!! the only close combat you do is Bayonet training.

So milling isn't "close combat", why are you giving out inaccurate advice on something you know NOTHING about.

Since when is Milling taught?! The question was 'are you trained' in Close Combat and Milling isnt taught as far as i know.

lol @ as far you know, that why i said you know nothing about PARA recruit training because you obviously do not.

Milling is taught because i wrote the lesson plan for it, and when i take part in the lesson it raises a few eyebrows