Modern Army combatives outline
Title: Modern Army Combatives Program
GP: To inform
SP: To inform my audience about the modern Army combatives program
Thesis: How the Modern Army Combatives Program started and how it is implemented today.
Intro:
1. Attention grabber: Imagined scenario
a. A soldier infiltrating a terrorist stronghold loses his weapon when tackled
b. Luckily, the soldier is trained in a combatives program designed by the Army
i. The modern Army combatives program is designed to teach soldiers hand-to-hand combat.
2. The program has grown from the eye gouges and groin kicks in Field Manual (FM) 21-150 to the mixed martial arts system in FM 3-25.100.
a. I’ll go over the brief history of how the modern Army combatives program (MACP) was published into FM 3-25.100
3. As a lever two combatives instructor I can show and teach fight tactics and training strategy used to overcome the universal fight plan.
4. Finally, I will tell you the importance of competition in MACP.
Body:
1) First off, MACP has a brief history.
1. In 1995 the commander of the 2nd ranger battalion wanted a reboot of the combatives training within the battalion.
2. At the time the Army had a combatives manual, FM 21-150, but no program in which to produce qualified instructors.
a. For example, it’s hard to teach a proper eye gouge or groin kick without taking soldier safety into account.
3. The Ranger Commander appointed a committee headed by Matt Larson.
a. Larson put together a team of instructors with various backgrounds in martial arts
4. At the same time the ultimate fight challenge, the UFC, was gaining popularity.
a. Royce Gracie had been taking out his opponents with ease using his family’s form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
i. This prompted many rangers to train at the Gracie Jiu-jitsu Academy in Torrance, California. ii. The jiu-jitsu taught at the Academy fit many of the battalions needs. It was easy to learn, had a competitive form, and was proven effective in the mixed martial arts
GP: To inform
SP: To inform my audience about the modern Army combatives program
Thesis: How the Modern Army Combatives Program started and how it is implemented today.
Intro:
1. Attention grabber: Imagined scenario
a. A soldier infiltrating a terrorist stronghold loses his weapon when tackled
b. Luckily, the soldier is trained in a combatives program designed by the Army
i. The modern Army combatives program is designed to teach soldiers hand-to-hand combat.
2. The program has grown from the eye gouges and groin kicks in Field Manual (FM) 21-150 to the mixed martial arts system in FM 3-25.100.
a. I’ll go over the brief history of how the modern Army combatives program (MACP) was published into FM 3-25.100
3. As a lever two combatives instructor I can show and teach fight tactics and training strategy used to overcome the universal fight plan.
4. Finally, I will tell you the importance of competition in MACP.
Body:
1) First off, MACP has a brief history.
1. In 1995 the commander of the 2nd ranger battalion wanted a reboot of the combatives training within the battalion.
2. At the time the Army had a combatives manual, FM 21-150, but no program in which to produce qualified instructors.
a. For example, it’s hard to teach a proper eye gouge or groin kick without taking soldier safety into account.
3. The Ranger Commander appointed a committee headed by Matt Larson.
a. Larson put together a team of instructors with various backgrounds in martial arts
4. At the same time the ultimate fight challenge, the UFC, was gaining popularity.
a. Royce Gracie had been taking out his opponents with ease using his family’s form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
i. This prompted many rangers to train at the Gracie Jiu-jitsu Academy in Torrance, California. ii. The jiu-jitsu taught at the Academy fit many of the battalions needs. It was easy to learn, had a competitive form, and was proven effective in the mixed martial arts