JimH writes...
"No one is using the term WWII Combatives,to denote their teachings.
Most have included more than the Fairbairn,Sykes,Applegate,O'Neil materials of basic Jujitsu/Combat Judo techniques employed by the UK and US Commandos of WWII.
Mr Sporman teaches Mr Cestari's complete program which includes specifics of WWII combatives,Jujitsu,street,cane,sticks and other weapons,so it is not only WWII combatives.
Mr Spiegel teaches Charles Nelson Self Defense,so unless one knew that Mr Nelson 's materials were based on the teachings of O'Neil and others they would not know what was taught until they went to training or spoke to Mr Spiegel.
Mr Kary's people do still teach his American Combatives.
Mr Perkins includes WWII Combatives into his System ,so it is not stand alone,but as I mentioned he is coming out with a book on WWII combatives so it may have a more independent role in his teachings.(but I do not know that for sure yet)
Mr McCann teaches it as his form of Combatives,but does not call it WWII combatives.
So unless one knew where to look or who to look for they would not immediately find WWII Combatives instructors.
The majority of those listed who teach it today learned what they teach from Mr Nelson and or Mr Cestari
Mr Cestari,Mr Grasso,Mr Kasper,Mr Steiner,Mr Spiegel were students of Mr Nelson.
Mr Cestari,Mr Grasso and Mr Spiegel are Instructors under Mr Nelson.
Mr Sporman ,Mr Grasso and Mr Kasper were friends and students of Mr Cestari,with Mr Sporman being the Head of Mr Cestari's art.
Mr Kary and Mr Perkins trained with Mr Cestari.
Mr McCann was a student/friend of Mr Kasper.
If one searches Carl Cestari on you tube ,one will see Mr Cestari materials,Mr Sporman teaching and Mr Cestari teaching Mr Kary.
WWII combatives was/is a NO NONSENSE approach to H2H combat on the Battlefield.
There was nothing taught that was not meant to Kill or Incapacitate the enemy and prevent them from fighting on.
It was based on a small set of techniques and took hours to teach,for the FAS type materials.
We had others like the US Navy V5 program that was a system with a lot more techniques and a mix of Boxing,Judo,wrestling.
This is,sorry to say,Not what is taught today in many US Military branches,though the USMC MCMAP comes close.(for some reason they,the USMC, are also employing the sport based art of MMA now to generate competitiveness ?)
US Army Special Forces and Rangers still include the training of combat judo/WWII Combatives type training in their Courses and in their teachings.
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