10 Facts About Combatives

Combatives is the term for hand-to-hand combat training and techniques within the Army branch of the United States military.

The Modern Army Combatives Program was adopted as the basis for the Air Force Combatives Program in January 2008.

Combatives was asked by the 11th Infantry Regiment to develop a training course for their cadre.

Advocacy for the Combatives doctrine was transferred to the 11th Infantry Regiment to follow him.

One of the fundamental aspects of Modern Army Combatives training is the use of competitions as a tool to motivate soldiers to train.

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Combatives was determined that all of his flying personnel would have a working knowledge of hand-to-hand combat to aid in escape and evasion.

Combatives tasked the Air Education and Training Command to form a study committee to plan a way forward.

Combatives courses have been taught by the United States Military Academy for its entire history.

The Virginia Military Institute has full-time civilian instructors for Level 1 Combatives that is offered to all students in addition to their mandatory boxing class.

In 2005 the Modern Army Combatives Program began to spread to academia with its adoption at Kansas State University, where there are courses specifically tailored to military personnel and university athletes, in addition to those available to the general student body.