MCMAP demo helps instructors advance
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (April 7, 2006) -- A Marine Corps Martial Art Instructor from the Mobile Training Team in Quantico, Va. visited the depot this week to teach depot martial art instructors advanced techniques and training.
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The five-day course is an emphasis on combat engagement patterns, which includes knife and bayonet tactics, maintaining a combat mindset and in-depth knowledge on combat movement.
“I’m thoroughly enjoying this course,” said Staff Sgt. Brent A. Smith, staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Martial Arts Facility. “The instructors have maintained a comfortable pace without making the work monotonous. The depot is very lucky to get this training, and it will help those who participated to stand out among their peers.”
The techniques in the course are a prerequisite to earning a 2nd degree MCMAP black belt, and they help Marines maintain a continuous combat mindset when engaging the enemy, according to Capt. Matt Murray, commanding officer, Instruction Training Company.
The instructors also helped to remind the students of the moral and ethical parts of MCMAP and the key points of character development.
“These exercises re-instill all of the principals that MCMAP has had since it has started – honor, integrity and good ethics,” said Hunter “Chip” Armstrong, martial arts expert to the military. “That is the difference between the Marine Corps’ martial arts and other services and nations.”
The Marines who spent the week poking, prying and stabbing one another walked away with more knowledge and experience to share with other Marines.