FINE POINTS

of
HAND TO HAND COMBAT

BCT COMMITEE GROUP

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 The
ADVENTURES
of a
SOLDIER

/ In
HAND
to
HAND
COMBAT

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 INTRODUCTION
This pamphlet is distributed to each basic
trainee in the hope that he wi 11 spend some
time ot nioht or on weekends thumbino thru
its paoes, studyino the movements involved
in hand to hand combat. The movements illus·
trated in this pamphlet are correct and wil i
aid you tremendously in your study of hand
to hand combat .

HAND TO HAND
COMBAT COMMITTEE

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 Five Fundamentals
of a Hand to Hand Fighter
I . Use of available and natural weapons
A . Available Weapons- Any object with which you can
inflict injury or death upon your opponent.
8. Natural Weapons - Any port of your body that you
con use to inflict injury or death upon your opponent.

2. Maximum strengf h aoainst vulnerable points

If your opponent hos one of his vulnerable points
within your reach, strike it as quickly as possible
with al I your strenoth.

3. Balance
A. Physical- Keep yours-cause your opponent to
lose his.
II
B. Mental - Sound off with a loud "Kee -Yoh just before
you deliver a blow. This destroys your opponent's
mental balance.

4. Momentum
Use your opponent's momentum to your advantaoe.
Do not attempt to stop him if he is comino at you,
but step out of his way and kick or trip him as he
passes.

5. Trainino
Throuoh training you wil I develop the speed and
accuracy necessary to quickly kill your opponent.

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 VULNERABLE POINTS
of the
HUMAN BODY

~,_;,..:,,.._- EYES
- - NOSE

NECK
ARM JOINTS

GROIN

INSTEP

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 STANDING GUARD POSITIONS

I . Head and eyes over I. Head and eyes over left

rioht shoulder
2. Rioht forearm at a 45°
anole to the oround
3. Fingers and thumbs of
both hands extended and
joined
4. Left forearm across chest
5. Knees unlocked
6 . Feet shoulders' width
apart
7. Weioht rested over
trailino foot
shoulder
2. Left forearm at a 4~ 0
anole to the oround
3. Finoers and thumbs of
both hands extended and
joined
4. Rioht forearm across chest
5. Knees unlocked
6. Feet shoulders' width
apart
7. Weioht rested over
trailing foot

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 BACKWARD ROLL

His opponent catches him by

surprise, knocking him off his
feet , or he just fol I to
the ground. He must
regain a guard
position .

He tucks his chin into his

chest and squats down.

He then rolls onto his bock,

throwing his feet over his
head, and his palms
down beneath his
shoulders.

Hi momentum will carry him ~

onto his feet which will
allow him to come into a
standing guard position.

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 Ground Fi ght er's Po si t ion
His opponent knocks him
to the oround and he does
not have time to oet up.

He points the heel of

his boot at his opponent
and brinos his rioht arm
across his neck and chest,
extendino and joinino the
finoers of his hand. He
rests his weioht on his
left elbow.

When his opponent

moves in close enough
to him, he kicks out
from the knee into
either his opponent's
oroin or leodino knee

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 SIDE KICK
His opponent confronts
him, facino him squarely .
He snaps into a ouard
position quickly and sounds
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off with a "Kee - Yah'.

He shifts his weioht to his

trailino foot, lifts his lead­
ino leo up flexed at the
knee, turns his toe down
and points his leo at his
opponent.

Then he kicks out from the

knee into his opponent's
oroin with violent force.
He then passes thru the
flexed- leo position and
back to the ouard position.

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 PIVOT KICK
His opponent confronts him
and comes into a corres -
ponding guard position .
He then kicks his opponent
in the kidneys with the toe of
that trailing boot, using all
. the strength he con muster .
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He drops both fists in front
d his groin, shifts his weight
to his leading foot, cocks up
his trailino leg, cocked at the
knee , and turns his toe out.
Keeping his trailing leg cock­
ed and flexed at the knee, he
pivots 180 degrees to his front.
Next he returns his leg to the
flexed position, and then sets
it down shoulder's width apart.
He then assumes the opposite
guard position.
 HEEL
STOMP

He has kicked his opponent

to the oround, momentarily
renderino him helpless.

He quickly moves within three

or four inches of his opponent .
He then cocks up either leo and
turns his toe up and the cuttino
edoe of his heel down .

Forcefully he drives the cut­

tino edge of his heel into one
of the vulnerable points of his
opponent. He then reflexes
his leo, bringing it straioht up
and then bock down to a ouard
position of the feet.

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REAR STRANGLE
TAKEDOWN
To silence o sentry, he quietly
sneaks up behind him. He strikes
him in the kidneys with his left
fist . At the some time, he chops
him across the Adam's apple
with the bony port of his
r ight wr ist .

He pu II s to the rear and

steps backward, pullino
the sentry toward the
ground. He keeps his
chin over his opponent's
left shoulder and rioht
wrist across his Adam's
oppl .

He then falls to the ground on

his stomach. Keepino his left
arm under his opponent's
back, he pushes for­
ward with his rioht
shoulder, and pull,
back with his rioht wrist, lockino it under his own chin.
He keeps his feet spread apart to ~revent his opponent
from turning over .
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 Finger Jab To The Eyes
His opponent oets too close
to him and he must oet away from
him. Soundino off with o "Kee­
Yoh :• he snaps into o ouord
position.

In o sinole quick forward

movement, he snaps out his
leodino arm, lockino it at
the elbow, and, with palm
down, he violently jobs his
opponent's eyes.

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 Check Blow To The Groin

First, he flexes six to eight

Having sneaked up behind inches at the knees, at the
him, his opponent pins his same .time throwinQ his but­
arms to his sides. He must tocks to the rear and his
react quickly. arms to the front . This
breaks his opponent's hold.

Then he looks under his right

armpit while making a fist of
his rioht hand. He shifts his
weioht to the let t, moves his
hips out of the way, and swings
down, bock, and up into his op ­
ponent's groin with vigorous
force. The elbow could also
be driven into his opponent's
stomach or solar plexus.

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 Check Blow To The Head

His opponent sneaks up First, he ·orasps his oppo­

behind him and orabs him, nent's right wrist with his
leavino his arm free . His left hand and pushes down,
opponent's rioht wrist breaking the hold . Then he
is on top. f Iexes six. to eioht inches
at the knees, bends for­
ward at the waist, cocks
his rioht arm at the elbow
and makes a fist of his
'
rioht hand . At the ame
time, he pulls his opponent
forward and off balance,
twistino his rioht elbow
toward his left boot.

Then he straightens up at the

waist and pulls his opponent's
right arm away from him . Using
his opponent's arm a a guide, ·
he drives his elbow into his oppo­
nent's head, knockino him to the ground .

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 Counter To The Rear Strangle

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Forming a V with the thumb
Havino approached him from and forefinger of his left
the rear, his opponent tries hand, he then places his hand
to st,anole him by usino his between his opponent's arm
right hand and arm. and his own neck, enabling
him to grasp his opponent's
wrist and pull his arm down
to allow himself breath . He
then flexes six to eight in­
ches at the knees, bends
forward at the waist, cocks
his right e Ibow, and twists
his right shoulder toward his
left boot.
Straightening up, he throws his
opponent's rioht arm out from
his body with his left arm . Using
his opponent's right arm as a
guide, he comes bock with on
(right) elbow to the armpit.
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 HEAD TWIST TAKE DOWN

He makes a "v" with

the thumb and forefinger
of his rioht hand and
His opponent orabs him orasps his opponent'• jaw,
from the front, leavlno pushing it up and back.
his arms free . At the same time, he
grasps the back of hta
1
opponent 1 head with
his left hand and twists
it back, throwing his
opponent to the ground.

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 Front Check Blow To The Groin

His opponent grabs him

from the front, pinning
his arms to his sides.

Immediately he thrusts his

buttocks to the rear . Then
he smashes his opponent's
groin with the knuckles of
both fists.

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 Counter To The Side Or Pivot Kick

His opponent, knowing a

little of hand to hand combat,
assumes a correspondin<J
ouard position.

Then he tries to kick him

with a side or pivot kick.

He immediately swings his

leadino arm down, making a
fist on that hand, and blocks
the kick by strikino the lower
port of his opponents leo
with the back of his fist or
forearm . This knocks his
opponent off balance and
spins him to the oround.

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 Block, Catch, And Fol low-Up

His opponent attempts to

kick him from the opposite
ouard position.

He makes a fist on his

leadino arm and drops
it across his chest. He
then rotates his body
to the front and blocks
the kick with that forearm.

Next, he orosps the heel of

his opponent's kickino boot
with his trailing hand and
starts his pivot kick.

Pivotino on the boll of his

leadino foot, he kicks his
opponent in the oroin with
the toe of his trailing boot .

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 Counter To The Conventional Kick

Your opponent is not a hand

to hand fiohter and, facinQ you
squarely, he attempts to kick
you. What actions should you
take?

First, he picks up his leadino

foot and by placino the arch
of that foot across his oppo­
nent1s kicking leg just above the
ankle, blocks the kick .

Then, with a down and out move­

ment of his foot, he kicks his
opponent's leo out of the way.
Next, he flexes his leo at the
knee and, without settino it down,
side-kicks his opponent in the
groin with violent force.

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 High Parry And Follow-Up Action
His opponent attacks him in
the upper port of his body
with a lono thrust of his rifle
and bayonet.
Then he makes a fist of his
rioht hand, raises his arm
cocked at the elbow, above
the rifle so that his forearm
is para I lel to the oround. As
·his opponent is recoverino
from his rifle thrust, he then
smashes him in the nose with
' his elbow.
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Bendino his rioht arm at the
elbow, he raises his forearm
to a position vertical to the
oround and brinos it into con­
tact with the small of the
rifle barrel. Next, he pivots
on the ball of his rioht foot
90 deorees to his left rear
and re-establishes a standing
guard position of the feet.
This knocks his opponent to
the oround. Leavino his wea­
pon alone, he quickly moves
into position and renders a
heel stomp to his opponent.
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 Low Parry And Follow-Up Action
His opponent attacks him in
the lower part of his body
with a rifle and bayonet.
He then reaches up and over
the tip of the bayonet with his
left hand and orasps the smcil
of the barrel. Simultaneously
he makes a fist of his rioht
hand and drops it in front of
his groin.
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He extends his rioht arm at a
45 deoree anole, placing the
Inside portion of his forearm
aoainst the small of the barrel.
He pivots on the ball of his
rloht foot, picks up his left
foot and turns to his left rear
90 deorees, then sets his foot
down shoulder's width apart.
Next he pivots on the boll of
his right foot and kicks his
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opponent in the GROIN reoion
with the toe of his left boot.
THE NSOLDIER" iS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE

HE PAID ATTENTION TO HIS HAND TO

HAND COMBAT INSTRUCTION IN BASIC

TRAINING, AND THE MATERIAL SHOWN

IN THIS PAMPHLET.

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 FIR AID TREAT E T
Beat E hauatlon: Remove pa ent to cool plac ; re­
move outer clothing; leva f ; moY lep up
and down or ma ge l ; ei e all the at.
p ient ·11 drink; eive two It tablet.a or 14
tea poon!ul ult with ch cant en of water.
medical 'd.
Beat troke: Carry pati nt to 1h dy place. Remov
clothin ; sprinkl or ath patient with cold water
nd I n; mu age trunk, arm a and I gs. SEEK
AID OF MEDICAL Olt""FICER AT ONCE.
Beat Cramps: Remov patient to cool place and re­
move outer clothing; give ater and salt I above;
aend pati nt to hospital if crampa are severe.
OVER FOR SYMPTOMS
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Heat KI , PROFU E
SW , w kne , r pid
pul e.
H at troke HOT DRY SKI . H d che, dizzin ss,
w kne , and rapid breathing and pul e. evere
ca s - uncon iou ne .
Heat ramp S v r er mps of the mu clea of ab.
domen and 1 gs following overhe ting.
PREVE TION: Increa e aalt and at r con ump.
tion durin hot weather. U o ealt tablet or
¾ teaspoon salt to e ch can en of wa er.
OVER FOR FIR T AID TRE TM T