CQD Archives - SOF News https://sof.news/tag/cqd/ Special Operations News From Around the World Wed, 16 Nov 2016 01:00:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://i0.wp.com/sof.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SOFNewsUpdateButtonImage.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CQD Archives - SOF News https://sof.news/tag/cqd/ 32 32 114793819 SEALs Debate Combatives Program https://sof.news/seals/seals-debate-combatives-program/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:16:47 +0000 http://www.sof.news/?p=46 The U.S. Navy SEALs are debating which type of combatives training prepares them for hand-to-hand combat. Some favor the Close Quarter Defense (CQD) while others embrace the mixed-martial-arts (MMA) style. In 2011 the Navy Special Warfare Command (NSW) dropped the [...]]]>

The U.S. Navy SEALs are debating which type of combatives training prepares them for hand-to-hand combat. Some favor the Close Quarter Defense (CQD) while others embrace the mixed-martial-arts (MMA) style. In 2011 the Navy Special Warfare Command (NSW) dropped the CQD program. Currently the SEALs train like UFC fighters in the MMA style. Read more in “Controversial MMA training causes rift in Navy SEALs program”Bloody Elbow, July 25, 2016.

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