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to Missouri National Guardsmen competed

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in a mixed martial arts competition at

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the Saint Charles family Arena on

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Veterans Day . Sergeant Jeremiah Cooper ,

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a Missouri National Guard competitor ,

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says basic training sparked his

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interest in modern army combatants . I

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first got introduced to it and basic

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training . I never even heard about

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this stuff and they start out with

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fujitsu and just got me really

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interested . So I started training my

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off time outside of the army . From

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outside the octagon . Combative appears

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to be an individual sport , although

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Staff Sergeant Jason Powell , another

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Missouri National Guard competitor ,

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says winning and combative is a team

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effort . This is a team sport just as

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much as playing baseball or playing

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football because you can't hold mitts

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by yourself , you can't you can't stop

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it , take down if you don't , if you

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don't have a training partner can that

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can perform takedowns so you've got to

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have good training partner is only as

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good as your training partners in your

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team . Staff Sergeant Powell also said ,

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combative teaches discipline and

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dedication on and off the mat ,

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reporting for the Missouri National

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Guard Public Affairs Office . I'm a

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specialist adam Winters