Combatives

2.SCOPE. This SOP is applicable to all combatives students, instructors, and punchers,involved with the “Drill” during the Basic Combatives Course.

3.REFERENCE. FM 3-25.150 Modern Army Combatives System

4.GENERAL. The Option Three Drill is conducted on the third day of the five days BasicCombatives Certification Course. The drill will be conducted following a briefing which describes the purpose of the drill, safety considerations, and the drill itself. The drill will be performed four times with each student. The student and the puncher will start the drill from each of the range controlling techniques of Post, Frame, and Hook in reverse order, starting with the hook and working outward to projectile weapons range for the fourth and final iteration. The student will then attempt to achieve the clinch and gain dominant clinch position on the puncher, while the puncher attempts to land strikes utilizing the “Universal Fight Plan”.

5.Purpose of the Drill. It is the overall intent that each student succeeds in the drill, andgains the personal confidence to close with the enemy. This means the puncher will usually have to allow the student to succeed. The Drill is not a right of passage!

a.Instill Warrior Ethos in student by giving them a taste of the physical and emotionaldemands of actual hand-to-hand combat in a controlled environment.

b.Teach the principle of dominating an opponent with the superior tactic of controllingrange.

c.Practical application exercise to help students gain confidence in the range controllingtechniques of Post Frame and Hook and their ability to achieve the clinch when necessary.

6.Training the Clinch prior to the Drill

a.Students must be trained on the range controlling techniques of Post, Frame, and Hookas well as the dominant clinch positions prior to conduct of the drill.

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SUBJECT: OPTION THREE DRILL STANDARD OPERATIONS PROCEDURE

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b.The four dominant clinch positions taught to each student for achieving the clinch...