A soldier's ultimate challenge isn't hitting the enemy with every bullet fired, but rather engaging him up-close-and-personal with hand-to-hand combat skills. In this fascinating and graphic manual, Professor Leonard Holifield, the U.S. Army's top hand-to-hand combat instructor and member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, demonstrates the merciless techniques he has developed through years of busting skulls and breaking bones.

A combat veteran of the Gulf War who personally (and painfully) made one of the war's first captures by taking down an Iraqi infiltator, Professor Holifield teaches the fighter a system that will make him a dangerous force to be reckoned with. Let there be no mistake-this book is intended to do one thing and one thing only: turn soldiers into lethal fighting machines with no qualms about maiming and mangling the enemy with battle-tested techniques few combatants ever hear of, much less master. Close-Quarter Combat takes the warrior there and brings him back victorious.

Contents

Chapter One The military and the martial arts
Chapter Two The natural weapons of the body
Chapter Three Vital points of the body
Chapter Four Physical training
Chapter Five Stances: The foundation of balance
Chapter Six Blocking drills
Chapter Seven Kicking drills
Chapter Eight Striking drills
Chapter Nine Combat psychology and mental conditioning
Chapter Ten Strategy
Chpter Eleven Defense against punches
Chapter Twelve Offensive knife-fighting tactics
Chapter Thirteen defense against knife attacks
Chapter Fourteeen Choking techniques
Chapter Fifteen Breakfalls
Chapter Sixteen Throwing technquess
Chapter Seventeen Defense against holds
Chapter Eighteen Defense against handguns
Chapter Nineteen Ground-fighting techniques
Chapter Twenty Rifle/bayonet tactics
Chapter Twenty-one A final word about safety and training