The hand to hand I got in basic was not as violent as the stuff the Wing Nut does in training. And Nick, it is pure violence, no rules, no bs, face smashing knee breaking stuff. Shifu was Chinese recon in '79. I am double his size and even with all my grappling training and the fact he is over 45 and lost most of one leg to a mine does not give me any chance of whipping his arse. Training consists of 1/3 "show and tell" and 2/3 "now beat each other" hehehe. Bruising is fun my
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I still remember senior drill one day laughing at another drill who was a black belt and teaching us hand to hand. He came over and quietly told our squad "Privates, I will tell you the secrets to hand to hand fighting so you will always win... Don't ever lose your weapon and never run out of ammo."