Combatives level 1

[Squash]

Wish me luck, i start a 40 hour Combatives level 1 class tomorrow.
Pics to come...

[Chaplain4me]

That's so awesome.

I had no idea it was 40 hours of work. wow.

Have fun!!!

[Explosive Hazard]

Nice! Have fun. Three of my peers have attended level 1. Two of them cracked thier ribs during the course(ouch!).

[Squash]

Woohoo, done, done, & done. It's real hard at first, then tapers down. The first two days were all I could take. I was at my limit. Start of the third day, I told myself, gotta to make it to lunch. Still at my limit. Just come back from lunch. Just make it to the end of the day. Day four was the Achieve the Clinch drill, which was an easy day. Tough mentally, but easy physically. Day five was just the final test. Simple & easy. I was able to get some good video, but i'm not allowed to post it online. Level 2 coming up in January.

[Squash]

All Combatives info can be found at the Ft Benning Combatives page, here: https://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/197th/combatives/

[Polo08816]

This looks very exciting. There are a lot of Level 2 courses taught by NG RTIs, but I think the only Level 3 course out there is the one taught at Fort Benning.

[Squash]

Sir, Yes you are correct. Levels 1 & 2 are taught locally. Levels 3 & 4 are taught at Ft Benning.

SGT Juggernaut, Yes we had two students drop with rib problems. We started with eleven students; certified five.

[Explosive Hazard]

Sir, Yes you are correct. Levels 1 & 2 are taught locally. Levels 3 & 4 are taught at Ft Benning.

SGT Juggernaut, Yes we had two students drop with rib problems. We started with eleven students; certified five.

Wow thats quite the wash out rate! And thats only level 1. I **** at grappling, or any hand to hand for that matter. I suppose I should push to go through at least level 1, it could save my life some day.

[YesWeCan2008]

Wow thats quite the wash out rate! And thats only level 1. I **** at grappling, or any hand to hand for that matter. I suppose I should push to go through at least level 1, it could save my life some day.

Grappling is the best workout, and really comes in handy. The knowledge gap in between someone who knows nothing and someone who knows just a little bit is amazing. I've been able to make my smartass friends look silly at times.

I'd love to get into the combatives program, but I practice MA on the civilian side anyway.

[Polo08816]

Sir, Yes you are correct. Levels 1 & 2 are taught locally. Levels 3 & 4 are taught at Ft Benning.

SGT Juggernaut, Yes we had two students drop with rib problems. We started with eleven students; certified five.

Would you say that the programs at an RTI that are run many times throughout a year are a higher caliber than those that run maybe only once a year at an RTI? Of course we can always say...it's a certified course...blah..blah.

But it's like trying to compare "most" OCS programs through the RTI with something like Accelerated OCS.

[Explosive Hazard]

Grappling is the best workout, and really comes in handy. The knowledge gap in between someone who knows nothing and someone who knows just a little bit is amazing. I've been able to make my smartass friends look silly at times.

I'd love to get into the combatives program, but I practice MA on the civilian side anyway.

It is quite the workout. On sunday we did 4 hours of combatives training and ended the session with a round robin. I grappled with 5 different people for 3 minutes each, one right after the other. I was spent, and I'm a cardio maniac running marathons, free running, rock climbing, swimming with full ACU's and boots, and ruck marches. 15 minutes of grappling burnt me out and left me pretty sore the next day. Its a completely different way of exercising, and one thing it taught me was that I can't expect to out muscle or out last my opponent, form and technique will make all the difference in the world.

[Scout13]

Do you get to do level 2 and 3 in the Guard?
And what about lines?

[EOrsini]

Do you get to do level 2 and 3 in the Guard?
And what about lines?

I have to say, you are def in tune with the search bar, you have been bringing it back on the threads lol.

But here are your answers:
-Yes, you can get level 2 and 3. You have to pass the prior classes and test into level 3.
-What do you mean by lines?

[VICEROY06]

It is quite the workout. On sunday we did 4 hours of combatives training and ended the session with a round robin. I grappled with 5 different people for 3 minutes each, one right after the other. I was spent, and I'm a cardio maniac running marathons, free running, rock climbing, swimming with full ACU's and boots, and ruck marches. 15 minutes of grappling burnt me out and left me pretty sore the next day. Its a completely different way of exercising, and one thing it taught me was that I can't expect to out muscle or out last my opponent, form and technique will make all the difference in the world.

It's all about technique and leverage. Our DS was talking about his days going through and teaching combatives at Ft. Benning. The words straight from his mouth were: "You learn just enough in level one to get your a s s kicked, which is what will happen if you go out in the street and think you can win a fight in a bar with what you learned. Level two and three you learn how to take an a s s whooping. Level 4 is when you really learn something." Cracked me up.

Then he starts talking about how he got his teeth knocked out, then the younger DS's said: "They wear head gear now." He throws his hands up and says "What? Aaaaahhhh shiiiiiii.." We were all cracking up.

[Chief Kemosabe]

A couple of months ago, I went against a female and she was good.

The new movie Warrior looks like its going to be good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLmAUdP5bP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2klfIzTJw4

[Mroviezzo]

What kind of requirements are there for this?

[Mongoose772]

For taking Combatives? Well, you have to be in the service. Other than not being on a profile, that's about it. Sometimes training money can be tight, but we've sent entire platoons to Combatives 1 and in some cases 2.

[Mroviezzo]

thanks! wasn't sure if it was like hard to get into. prob cause im still trying to join haha. thanks for your answers

[Polo08816]

For taking Combatives? Well, you have to be in the service. Other than not being on a profile, that's about it. Sometimes training money can be tight, but we've sent entire platoons to Combatives 1 and in some cases 2.

We had some other companies in our BN send out of soldiers to Combatives Level 1 to "get in shape". And boy did they get in shape; they broke something on Day 1 of the course.

[WIBecky74]

They hold it at the armory I work out of daily. It is crazy with injuries! Each day of the last one held here, four fell out with pretty substatial injuries, three needing the ER. Our BDE Med Admin as well as two NCOs that split the BDE MED Admin work out of the same office I do and have all the medical training. They werent even supposed to work the class but it ended up being a full time job for them. We went and watched when they actually fight each other, thats when the majority of the more minor injuries happen. Lots of bloody noses, head banging, and fatigue! Its a 40 hour class that gets put into your iPERMS and SIDPERS, make sure your certificate gets to your S1 or Readiness because this class doesnt produce a 1059.

[ravenger]

The guys that get lucky and get stuck with certain training companies at Benning get Level 1 certified. Over the summer Bravo 1/50 certified around 80 of us out of the company. They told us it would be good for our careers later on in life.

[Polo08816]

They hold it at the armory I work out of daily. It is crazy with injuries! Each day of the last one held here, four fell out with pretty substatial injuries, three needing the ER. Our BDE Med Admin as well as two NCOs that split the BDE MED Admin work out of the same office I do and have all the medical training. They werent even supposed to work the class but it ended up being a full time job for them. We went and watched when they actually fight each other, thats when the majority of the more minor injuries happen. Lots of bloody noses, head banging, and fatigue! Its a 40 hour class that gets put into your iPERMS and SIDPERS, make sure your certificate gets to your S1 or Readiness because this class doesnt produce a 1059.

I would not go to a course like that without being on orders. You technically do not need to be on orders to attend the course at some places.