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Didnt really know what to call this thread... but its basically about the title... a specific soldier though.
Last night I was at a party and a kid who joined the army, and is now a "soldier"... was there... he was back from basic training I think... just to let everyone know this is the canadian army... save the jokes... we rock ass.
Or do we?...
I questioned a few things about his training, I like to see if I can sneak up on people or what not, and this guy was completely clueless, following him from behind in an open field, stalking him after he left the major part of the party to get something from his car, among other things, he never noticed me, and at points I was really close, dangerously close even.
Another thing was his knife defense, which reminded me horribly of Dale form king of the hills ba gua, where he tells bill to wrap his arms around him in a bearhug, and when he cant get out he says hold your arms like this.
The kid, demonstrating to another kid, says (im calling him a kid but hes my age) so he says... attack me like this.... which granted was a basic thrust at about the face/neck level. His technique, was to kinda step to the side, grab the fore arm, with a overhand, (think pullup, not chinup) grip, and then pull the guy forward while kneeling down and going to the side, he kinda ended up near the guys shoulder.
Jokingly the kid said but what if I did this, and made a little feint with the "knife" then proceeded to "knife" the kid in the ribs....
Dont you think the army should be teaching better things than this, I realize his first defense would be shoot the guy with the knife in the face, but what kind of hand to hand training are they getting. What kind of awareness training are they getting?....
I'm a bit shocked.... I expected more from a soldier I guess, I found so many things wrong with his knife defense and all that, granted no knife defense is flawless, but really....
Any thoughts/opinions , I know this is where I will get the most military/informed responses on the subject.... even if I do have to deal with getting a response from boarspear.
Haha just joking, I actually want to know what he thinks about this as well as others.
Last night I was at a party and a kid who joined the army, and is now a "soldier"... was there... he was back from basic training I think... just to let everyone know this is the canadian army... save the jokes... we rock ass.
Or do we?...
I questioned a few things about his training, I like to see if I can sneak up on people or what not, and this guy was completely clueless, following him from behind in an open field, stalking him after he left the major part of the party to get something from his car, among other things, he never noticed me, and at points I was really close, dangerously close even.
Another thing was his knife defense, which reminded me horribly of Dale form king of the hills ba gua, where he tells bill to wrap his arms around him in a bearhug, and when he cant get out he says hold your arms like this.
The kid, demonstrating to another kid, says (im calling him a kid but hes my age) so he says... attack me like this.... which granted was a basic thrust at about the face/neck level. His technique, was to kinda step to the side, grab the fore arm, with a overhand, (think pullup, not chinup) grip, and then pull the guy forward while kneeling down and going to the side, he kinda ended up near the guys shoulder.
Jokingly the kid said but what if I did this, and made a little feint with the "knife" then proceeded to "knife" the kid in the ribs....
Dont you think the army should be teaching better things than this, I realize his first defense would be shoot the guy with the knife in the face, but what kind of hand to hand training are they getting. What kind of awareness training are they getting?....
I'm a bit shocked.... I expected more from a soldier I guess, I found so many things wrong with his knife defense and all that, granted no knife defense is flawless, but really....
Any thoughts/opinions , I know this is where I will get the most military/informed responses on the subject.... even if I do have to deal with getting a response from boarspear.
Haha just joking, I actually want to know what he thinks about this as well as others.
to get boots on the ground.
i hope the men you prepare for battle (and life) realize how lucky they (and we) are to benifit from your insights into warriorship...thank you.
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