US Army Combatives
- 1-01 Definition of Combatives
- 1-02 Purposes of Combatives Training
- 1-03 Basic Principles
- 1-04 Safety
- 2-01 Responsibilities of Trainers
- 2-02 Safety Precautions
- 2-03 Basic or One Station Unit Training
- 2-04 Unit Sustainment Training Program
- 2-05 Training Formations
- 2-06 Matted Room
- 2-07 Pit Construction
- 2-08 Bayonet Assault Course
- 2-09 Warm Ups and Stretches
- 2-10 Crawl, Walk and Run
- 2-11 Demostrations
- 2-12 Execution by the Numbers
- 2-13 Execution at Combat Speed
- 2-14 Drills
- 2-15 Training Pads and Other Protective Equipment
3 – Basic Ground Fighting Techniques
- 3-01 Back Mount
- 3-02 Front Mount
- 3-03 Guard
- 3-04 Side Control
- 3-05 Body Positioning Moves
- 3-06 Finishing Moves
- 3-07 Drills
- 3-08 Defense Against Headlocks
4 – Advanced Ground Fighting Techniques
- 4-01 Advanced Body Positions
- 4-02 Pass the Guard
- 4-03 Attacks from the Mount
- 4-04 Attacks from the Back Mount
- 4-05 Attacks from the Guard
- 4-06 Knee Mount
- 4-07 Leg Attacks
- 4-08 Pass the Guard with Strikes
- 4-09 Striking from the Side Control
- 5-01 Breakfalls
- 5-02 Closing the Distance and Achieving the Clinch
- 5-03 Throws and Takedowns
- 5-04 Defending Against Headlocks
- 5-05 Takedowns from Against a Wall
- 5-06 Double Leg Attacks
- 5-07 Single Leg Attacks
- 5-08 Attack from the Rear
- 7-01 Angles of Attack
- 7-02 Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
- 7-03 Bayonet/Knife
- 7-04 Knife Against Knife Sequence
- 7-05 Advanced Weapons Techniques and Training
- 7-06 Entrenching Tools
- 7-07 Three Foot Stick
- 7-08 Six Foot Pole
- 8-01 Defense Against Chokes
- 8-02 Defense Against Bear Hugs
- 8-03 Defense Against an Armed Opponent
- 8-04 Defense Against a Knife
- 8-05 Unarmed Defense Against a Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
- 9-01 Range
- 9-02 Control
- 9-03 Finishing
- 9-04 Two Against One
- 9-05 Three Against Two
- 9-06 Parity
- 9-07 One Against Two
- 9-08 Two Against Three
Appendix & Other Information
- Appendix A – Situational Training
- Appendix B – Competitions
- Glossary
- US Army Combatives
- About Combatives
- About Hand-to-Hand Combat
- The Father of Modern Combatives
September 6th, 2012 on 2:36 am
I was trying to get a hold of somebody that could help me with a certificate of training or memorandum noting that I have completed combatives level 1. Who do I need to contact and what information do you need?
-SGT Koepke
March 14th, 2013 on 2:46 pm
You can contact the school house at Benning. They have records of everyone that has been certified (as long as the instructor sent it in like he is supposed to).
January 4th, 2013 on 11:28 pm
I’d like a copy of the background image please. It’s a photo of me taken during USMC Recruit Training in April of 2005, I was a choke demo for the instructor. I’m curious to know where you found the photo in the first place; the last place I saw it was in the Recruit paper almost 8 years ago.
V/R
SGT W KING, USMC
January 15th, 2013 on 6:27 am
I’m on deployment right now and trying to find where it says in the FM or any Military training manuel where it states how many hours and if the days trained have to be consecutive or if we can spread out the class and still certify.
December 30th, 2014 on 9:55 am
Currently the Ops and training NCO of a deployed Engineer unit. I have a lvl 3 certified combatives instructor that is running a class for lvl 2’s. My question is; is there exceptions for lvl 3’s to certify lvl 2’s? Or does it have to be a lvl 4 to sign off on cert’s for lvl 2’s?
January 13th, 2015 on 2:29 am
SFC Wasie, they must be signed by a Level 4 instructor or Combatives Master Trainer, which is replacing both Level 3 and 4.
April 1st, 2015 on 1:08 am
Sfc Wasie,
Hopefully you found a question to your answer but as per
FM 3-25.150 lvl 3 instructors can only certified all other soldiers in lvl 1. Only a lvl 4 can certify lvl 1 and 2.
April 1st, 2015 on 4:50 pm
Guess I should have proof read my message sorry for the horrible answer lol.
February 9th, 2017 on 7:22 pm
I am trying to create a budget for a new fight house, what are the specs for the mats that are required?