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[Canuk]

I have always been interested to know, what the common grunt solider was taught the Japanese army in terms of hand to hand. Everything would go to shit on the battlefield.

[Hock]

You know years ago, somehere, I saw stuff about that. It's been a long time. But I think it looked a lot like the WW II combatives stuff.

Hock

[Kentbob]

Lineage. Here's the problem with some of that. If the people in the beginning taught crap, and the next umpteen generations taught crap, and they teach crap today, it's just a long line of crap. Which can now be gotten for free at any gathering of the Occupy wall Street group of fucking idiots.

I didn't say it was a good idea.  I said I'd seen it before.

Kent

[JimH]

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"I have always been interested to know, what the common grunt solider was taught the Japanese army in terms of hand to hand. Everything would go to shit on the battlefield. "

The Japanese had training in Sumo,Judo,Kendo.
Sumo was surprisingly the more popular.
Judo had been taught in school.
Kano was against the use and or teaching of Judo for War.
Kendo was taught as a sort of return to the way of the Samurai.
Most of these were learned by the Japanese as youths ,prior to official entry into the military.

Jukendo ,the art of Bayonet training was emphasized in the actual military training.

Short clip of Japanese training 1943:
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675052999_Japanese-soldiers_soldiers-drilling_scheduled-life_undergoing-training_soldiers-prepared-for-war