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Military History · Oct 14, 2026

Navy SEALs: A Brief History

From underwater demolition teams in the Pacific to the modern special operations community, the SEAL lineage explains why their hand-to-hand training looks so different from the rest of the military.

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02Fighting TechniquesOct 11, 2026Why Choose Army Fighting Techniques?Military combatives were built for exhaustion, bad footing and no referee. That is exactly why they transfer so well to the messy reality of a street confrontation.By Dale Foster6 min readOpen

03Self-DefenseOct 8, 2026Military Combat Techniques You Can Use on the StreetNot every battlefield skill belongs in a parking lot. These are the unglamorous fundamentals that survive the transfer from the training area to civilian life.By Nadia Kessler8 min readOpen

04Self-DefenseOct 4, 2026The Benefits of Self-Defense CoursesA good course does more than teach a wrist escape. It changes how you stand, how you scan a room and how quickly you decide that a situation is not worth staying in.By Iris Delgado5 min readOpen

05Fighting TechniquesSep 30, 2026Core Army Hand-to-Hand Combat TechniquesThe army curriculum is short on flash and long on repeatability. Here is the actual skeleton of a modern combatives block, from the clinch to the finish.By Marcus Hale9 min readOpen

06Martial ArtsSep 26, 2026Training Methods in Military Martial ArtsCircuits, partner drills and pressure testing: how military instructors compress years of martial arts into a compressed training cycle without losing the parts that matter.By Dale Foster7 min readOpen

07Fighting TechniquesSep 21, 2026How Soldiers Build Close-Quarters Combat SkillsClose-quarters skill is not a single talent. It is the product of repetition, footwork discipline and the willingness to be corrected in front of your peers.By Nadia Kessler8 min readOpen

08Military HistorySep 17, 2026The Roots of Modern Military CombativesDefendu, combat judo and the wartime manuals that turned street fighting into a teachable system. A short history of how the modern curriculum was written.By Marcus Hale9 min readOpen

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