Marine Corps Martial Arts Training

The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is a combat system developed by the U.S. Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand to hand combat and close quarters (CQC) techniques with morale and strengthening the functions of the team and teaching in the Marine Corps calls the "Warrior Ethos". The program, which began in 2001, trains Marines (and U.S. Navy personnel attached to Marine Units) in unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques. It also stresses mental and character development, including the responsible use of force, leadership and teamwork. The MCMAP has several nicknames, including "semper fu (a play on the theme Marine Corps Semper fi and Kung Fu), MCSlap, and new MCNinja Bushido.

Many ex-Marines have participated at the highest level of combat in melee outside the battlefield, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Notable competitors include Marine Brian Stann and Steve Byrnes. In addition, the UFC has staged demonstrations in several Marine bases.

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The program uses an advancement system of colored belts similar to that of most martial arts. The different levels of belts are:

Tan Belt

Gray Belt

Green zone

Brown

-Black Belt (May 2 to 6 degrees to be earned)

. Physical discipline is composed of physical discipline techniques, unarmed combat, and combined forces in the fitness program and USMC is the lifeblood of every sailor should be ready to run to find, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and movement or repel his assault by fire and close combat. Formation, which is oriented toward the battlefield and on the basis of combat equipment, developing a Navy capability make the right decisions while overcoming the difficulties and physical barriers in all weather conditions. The system of unarmed combat is an aggregation of carefully developed skills selected from over a dozen combat disciplines. These armed and unarmed techniques have been systematically designed to allow Marines to fight in various situations and environments across the conflict spectrum, high intensity war of maneuver force against force for stability and support functions.