Close Quarters Combat and Martial Arts

[CQC]

Has anyone considered getting some CQC training in addition to their martial art?

 

I've taken Kung Fu (Hung Gar), Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu and Japanese Jujitsu classes and I honestly thought I was doing extremely well and would be ready for nearly any street fighting senario if it came down to it.

 

One night I was at a bar and got a gun pulled on me, and I honestly had no idea what to do to defend myself even though he was close to me. I know the first thing I tried to do was try and calm the person down, and do everything I could to get away from that person..but that didn't work out well. There's only so much speech can do when someone is extremely pissed off. The only weapon disarmament training I had was in Kung Fu, and that was with knives and sticks - a gun is a little more delicate in that type of situation, and the last thing I wanted to have to do was fight.

 

Cutting to the end, two of my Kung Fu buddies jumped the guy and took him down quickly.

 

After that incident I started thinking about some alternate training and heard of some self-defense classes that some army guy was putting on. Long story short, I signed up for some Close Quarters Combat classes and was off and running. Now, if it comes down to it, I can easily disarm someone with a gun or any other weapon. I've increased my martial art skill aswell, applying CQC techniques to Jujitsu and Kung Fu.

 

Just a little post I thought some might like to read, my buddy was asking me about it the other day so I figured some may wonder about the same thing!

[P.A.L]

Now, if it comes down to it, I can easily disarm someone with a gun or any other weapon

 

We hope so,

 

would you tell us a little bit more about it, i've seen this CQC but never actualy found a club.

[CQC]

Yeah, I only found one contact around here that offered it.

 

CQC is regarded as a high level tactic. The technique was originally developed for when one might encounter multiple enemies that are in close proxmity to you, and when you have no idea from which direction the attack may come from. CQC combines hand-to-hand combat, knife and gun fighting into a complete combat system, using/defending against each weapon according to the situation.

 

An example in steps:

 

1) Determine where the attack is coming from - shift the focus of the enemy attack off of you.

 

2) If the enemy comes punching at you, move to the right and dodge the enemy hand with your left hand.

 

3) Hook the serration of your knife onto the enemy's left arm and pull the enemy towards you.

 

4) Due to reflex, the enemy will pull back and try to stay in position.

 

5) Utilize the enemy's pulling back and you move forward. Hook your left leg onto the enemy's right leg and put the enemy off balance.

 

6) While using your natural force of your moving forward, stun the enemy by a blow in the enemy's chin.

 

Note: With the leg hooked, the enemy cannot pull back further. With his/her chin being pushed against by the defender, he/she cannot move forward. The enemy is off balance and also defenseless.

 

That's just one example of a potential defense if the defender is equipped with a knife.

[VinnieDaChin]

first things first with a gun- just do what they say.

 

with that said, the best thing to do (besides taking an army class) is know how guns work. for example, a semi-auto with its slide pushed back even the slightest bit (i.e. pushing on the barrel) it wont fire. yes, that means when you push it into someones back it wont fire. or you can grab it and put something in the way of the hammer- applicable for any semi auto with a hammer (though the trend is moving away from that) and for any revolver. its a good bet that the holder of the gun wont react in time to pull the trigger, especially if all you have to do is grab the barrel.

 

also, and this is a little police trick for if someone tries to take their gun- beretta pistols wont fire if you eject the clip, even if theres one in the chamber.

 

anyway id advise getting a rubber gun and practicing some moves, not unlike in the movie 'the recruit' (al pacino, colin farrel... man i hate to use a movie as an example, but oh well.)

[daeinwolf]

In the Budotaijutsu that I train in, we do CQC all the time. It involves knife, gun, and stick disarming. While it is learned at higher levels, it is still there.

 

It is nice to see someone else who trains in such a realistic way.

 

SiK---Joshua

[Shorinryu Sensei]

first things first with a gun- just do what they say.

 

Agreed.

 

But if you do have to defend yourself and take action, the main things to keep in mind is:

 

1. don't be where the gun is pointing, and

 

2. gain control of where it IS pointing!

 

3. Disarm and/or neutralize.

 

In other words, move, deflect and control.

 

We practice gun, knife and other weapon defenses frequently. I've never felt the need to take another class in it.

[Jbone1]

Seen it on Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater.

 

cool stuff I would like to learn this also.

[Cmon]

Is CQC not trapping?

[Master Jules]

CQC is very similar to the CQB Tactics (close quarter battle) that I practice.....very violent, but very effective.

[P.A.L]

Master Jules , how many techniques you have , how you categorize the techniques , is it like some MA with numbers or name?