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- Combatives is a course for the Army,

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Army Reserve, Army National Guard.

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^And it's a hand-to-hand combat course to prepare soldiers

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^for combat situations and basically being able to defend

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themselves by other than their primary or secondary weapons.

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We'll start with our stretches and our mat drills.

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And as throughout the day, they'll go through

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all the materials and techniques to learn that they all have

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to be able to teach at the end of the week.

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And then towards the end, we do what we call

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our lab training which is all the techniques

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that the soldiers learn throughout the day,

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we'll try to put them in a situation where students

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are participating against each other but there's resistance.

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When you teach combative,

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a lot of it is building soldier's confidence.

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I think it's a great class if you're not certified.

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I think everyone in the Army National Guard, Army Reserve,

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active duty should at least be level one certified.