What kind of martial arts do Navy Seals Practice?

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I personally take ninjutsu, and one of the students told me that the Navy Seals use ninjutsu to defend themselves (not necessarily trained in the whole art of ninjutsu, but use techniques from it). I know they probably take various things from different arts, but I just want to know if ninjutsu is effective enough to be used in special combat.

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S.C.A.R.S. or Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary Systems is a mixed martial arts fighting system created by Jerry L. Peterson, based in part on his background in San Soo kung fu and from his personal experiences in the Vietnam War.

Currently marketed through private seminars and videotape, a version is also taught to prospective U.S. Navy SEALs. Initial presentation of SCARS to the Department of the Navy in 1988 led to its adoption into military use. From 1989-94 Mr. Peterson personally headed up the development and training of the SCARS programs as part of a BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) candidate course.

Though there is little differance between the military and the publicly available training course; no military approved SCARS instructor can teach the SCARS program outside of the military.

Criticisms
With in the martial arts community, Peterson and SCARS have been subject to no small amount controversey, having been variously accused of being unreliable, unrealistic, a hodgepodge, or simply a stripped-down version of San Soo. Accusations have also been leveled at Peterson about sensationalistic and misleading advertising about SCARS, often involving how widely the system is and has been taught in the Navy. Yet there are many who defend Peterson and his system.

Answer 2

Navy Seal Martial Arts

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What kind of martial arts do Navy Seals Practice?
I personally take ninjutsu, and one of the students told me that the Navy Seals use ninjutsu to defend themselves (not necessarily trained in the whole art of ninjutsu, but use techniques from it). I know they probably take various things from different arts, but I just want to know if ninjutsu is...

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Their style is a hode podge combination of CQC (Close Quarter Combat) and CQB (Close Quarter Battle) moves that provide both efficiency and lethality. The form is mostly derived from Mauy Thai, Krav Maga, and COMBAT Juijitsu. Mauy Thai received world wide recognition/exposure from the John Claude VanDamme movies, and is the science of eight limbs. It concentrates on the hard surfaces of the hands, elbows, knees and shins to optimize damaging blows to an opponent. Krav Maga is great for street fighting with multiple attackers, and provides Seals a big advantage in brawl situations. It also extends the training of Mauy Thai, by studying the vulnerable ares of the body like the throat and stomach, but concentrates more on use of elbows and fists. Traditional Juijitsu is about self defense, Combat Juijitsu is about instigating an attack from an opponent, and then reprising the attack with lethal force. Ninjitsu is the old style of Juijitsu that was the staple of Ninja training and included extensive old world weaponry and stealthing techniques.

Answer 5

Having had experiences with former Seals, I can tell you that they use techniques from a variety of martial arts including both Japaness and Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Judo, western boxing, wrestling, and a number of slose quarter combat techniques based on those as other martial arts styles (Kung Fu, TKD and one or two others.) The aresnal they are taught depends on where they are statined. Some trainers use more techniuea from styles than others, or at least they did from what those former members I had contact with explained after our training sessions. So it is likely that things have changed since I haven't had any contact with anyone associated with them that was in after 1985. But none of the ones I worked with ever mentioned "ninjitsu".

Answer 6

ninjutsu? Ok... I would leave that instructor if i was you. It's a dead art. It don't really exist anymore.

Navy Seals use CQC (Close Quarter Combat). CQC DON'T have any ninjutsu involve. CQC is a very simple and straightforward and in your face fight style, often with knife and pistol CQC is basically jiu jutsu, judo, and boxing. Over year few styles such as brazilian jiu jutsu, Muay Thai, Kyokushin karate, shotokan karate, and other styles has been added to the arnsel. However trust me they doesn't take it seriously. They perfer to shoot you in the chest twice instead of trying to be some fantsany super hero. Those guys don't fvck around so they're not gonna to bother with martial arts in most case, let lone a dead art.

Answer 7

I am not sure. I was alway under the impression they took a little of everything and made them more effective fighting. Most martial arts have their good and bad moves, so maybe they took the best of them all ?

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I practice Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Arts from the Paul Vunak Executive Progressive Fighting Systems lineage (not old school JKD). Paul has taught the Navy SEALS (military elite). Jeet Kune Do is a mix of techniques from various Asian and European systems. JKD is not just about self defense but self preservation. It has dirty trick fighting and is as realistic as it gets. It is the science of fighting. In training it has 4 ranges of combat punches, kicks, trapping, grappling. Stick & knife fighting, eye gouges, biting and trapping from Kali, elbows, knees and headbutts from Muay Thai/Lethwei, punches from western boxing & kung fu, kicks from kung fu, ear slapping and trapping from kung fu, kicks from muay thai & savate. Grappling from Small Circle Jiu-jitsu and judo, turnovers from Brazilian Jiujitsu and Russian Sambo. Be careful about sport oriented arts though: Tae Kwon Do (70% kicks 30% hand techniques, high kicks look cool but lack power) Muay Thai (focuses too much time on shin conditioning, loses sight of gaining other physical attributes, kicks are too wide and easy for a counter attack and can be seen coming a mile away) Brazilian Jiujitsu (exposes your back too much, what if someone comes up behind you?) Sambo (Sidekick can pull you off balance by someone stronger than you). If not JKD then try Krav Maga, Modern Arnis or Small Circle Jiu-jitsu. Traditional Arts: Their weapons are outdated (with the exception of Kali/Arnis/Escrima). When was the last time you went out and saw someone carrying a katana or tonfa? Also there was once a karate black belt who was getting mugged...he took away the mugger's gun and then the black belt got shot!...Why? Because the Karate man gave the mugger back his gun! Why?...Because that's how they train in the dojos. Also Katas/Hyung/Sets are useless. To quote 3 martial artist about it..."You cannot teach with katas, in all the chaos/chaotica. Absolute non-sense! But why they teach a helluva lot of katas in the dojos? Because the hours go by and the money comes in...that's all." Jon Bluming 10th Dan Kyokushin Karate, 10th Dan Judo. "Your opponent doesn't wait for formalities. Your opponent is fluid and alive!" Bruce Lee creator of Jeet Kune Do. "They teach katas because it helps with brain memory...but anything can help with that. Even one on one sparring or shadowboxing which is more practical!" Sifu Eric Wnek, Jeet Kune Do.

Answer 9

They probably use Bullshitsu and use whatever the hell is best to defend themselves haha... They are all trained to defend themselves physically and technical mode which is the use of guns. SEALs never operate alone, only in pairs or in a team of 8 max. Now if one is being attacked and has to fight to ward off an attacker, don't you think the other buddies will help provide the firepower to take care of business quicker? All of them are trained in the third phase of BUD/S training hand to hand combat but there is no particular form of martial art that is taught. Assuming that "almost all" forms of martial arts is based on the same idea which is to self protect ones own body physically and mentally, whether it be karate, kung-fu, tae kwon do, jujitsu, your ninjutsu, yoga/pelates haha, k1 kick boxing techiniques, or ultimate whoop/kick your *** without giving a **** what form of martial arts your using the US military does not have a preference. I 'm not here to brag but all forms of self defense practices all seem to be the same to me kick, punch, slap, block, jump, twist, flip, grab, ect... They'll do whatever the hell it takes to bring down the son of a ***** and the ultimate form of take down is from a little piece of lead that packs a punch traveling near or more than 330 ft. per second: a bullet. Just my 2 cents :)

Answer 10

I dont think they take any other than a hype there tuff there basic training is not enough. I usaly get along with them but once I came across a meat eater he was to easly put down lousy training.