9. Handed Down and Improved Martial Arts in Our Time

近接格闘技(CQC)

   On the present age, martial arts are inherited all over the world in various forms. 近接格闘技(Close Quarters Combat) meet the original purpose of the martial arts. Close Quarters Combat: CQC is a fighting way currently trained as combat technology by the militant group. Unlike the general sport combative technique, CQC is a technique which a military man uses in a battle field, and it aims at an enemy's murder. It is contrive so that it can master for a short period, and systematized techniques consist of simple but effective work, are the feature common to this in general. The reason why such a common feature is seen is in an army, there is the necessity of heightening a member's fighting power in the limited training period. In a crack unit, the contents trained differ from a general unit in many cases. While advanced murder technology is trained in a crack unit, in many cases, a general unit remains only in formal basic work. So let’s see some typical examples.

  

  自衛隊格闘術(combat skills of the SDF)

 First, 自衛隊格闘術(combat skills of the SDF). It based on the Japanese Kempo, and it consists of contents which took in the throwing techniques of judo and sumo, and the arm barring techniques of aikido. It was changed into the thing of new contents from 2008. With the contents in which training of a martial art color in the SDF is strong, many of Self-Defense officials applied their unit's pride, and they were striving for combat skill of the SDF.

  

              アメリカ陸軍格闘術(Modern Army Combative)          

 Second, アメリカ陸軍格闘術(Modern Army Combative). This is a CQC currently trained by the general unit of the U.S. army. Since a change is made repeatedly until now, the contents change greatly with time. The present U.S. army combat skills are "Modern Army Combatives" adopted in 2002. This is a combat skills witch focused on 組技(kumiwaza) and Matt Larsen devised.

 

Systema

  Finally, Systema. This was founded by Mikhail Ryabko. In connection with Soviet breakup, the whole picture of many Russia martial arts once wrapped in the mystery was clarified one after another. One of them is Systema. Today, various organizations, such as Special Forces of Russia, and the Russian Federation National Security Board, have introduced Systema now. The race martial art in which existed from its Kiev grand duchy days serves as the origin of this. Many offensive and defensive technologies about weapons are incorporated.

   There are martial arts with increasing murder capability as it passes through a time. Is this a figure of the ideal of a martial art?

A list of reference: 世界　武道　格闘技大百科(Martial Arts and Fighting Skills from Around the World) クリス・クルデリ(written by Chris Curdelli)