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Self Defense/Combatives

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Marines participate in fight dispersion training.
Should You Intervene in a Fight?

There IS no real "right or wrong" when it comes to helping someone else out!

Senior airman demonstrates a self-defense tactic.
The 12-Inch, One-Punch Knockout

It's not how hard you hit; it's where you hit. That's particularly true when you're facing an attacker who is much larger and...

U.S. Marine Corps recruits, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, listen to periods of instruction about the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Leatherneck Square on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, July 11, 2018. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program helps to create the warrior ethos by utilizing armed and unarmed techniques from various styles of martial arts. (Yamil Casarreal/Marine Corps)
GI Jane Was a Fairy Tale: Fighting for Respect in the Marine Corps

"I need you to put on a flak jacket, ma'am."

Aug. 23, 2015, in Great Falls, Mont. (Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force)
Full-time Airman, Part-time MMA Fighter

Mixed martial arts fighting is not for the faint hearted.

California Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Peel, an avionics mechanic in Bravo Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, practices taekwondo kicks at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 2, 2016. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Ian Kummer)
Soldier Combines Lessons from Military Service, Martial Arts

The sun is setting over the horizon here as Army Sgt. Cassandra Peel practices one of her final kicks of the day.

Learning to protect yourself
Hard Target: Stay Safe When You're Alone

Attackers fear failure. That's why lions attack weak gazelles. Terrorists prefer defenseless targets. Rapists seek the...

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