| On Friday February 23, 2007, a
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| | "Japanese strangle". The forefather of
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| 70-year-old man exemplified the motto of
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| | the sporting "rear naked choke" as seen
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| the Marine Corp League, "Once a Marine,
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| | in MMA competition today, this simplistic
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| Always a Marine." When three thugs
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| | and deadly old-school strangle was very
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| boarded a tourist bus in the Costa Rican
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| | popular among military trained martial
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| city of Limon armed with a gun and knives
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| | artists and pre-WWII Judo and Jujutsu
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| they must have thought the twelve senior
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| | practitioners.
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| citizens onboard were easy prey. They
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| | In seconds of his arms locking around the
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| were dead wrong. And I mean D-E-A-D.
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| | thug's esophagus and throat, the would be
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| After witnessing a 20 year old terrorist
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| | terrorist began to choke on his own spit
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| put a gun to a female passenger's head,
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| | and drop unconscious. This technique is
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| Allen Clady, a former Marine made his
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| | even more devastating if the person
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| move. The senior citizen grabbed a hold
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| | employing the technique is taller then
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| of the thug and strangled the much
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| | their opponent, because it takes little
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| younger thug with such force that he
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| | effort to take someone off their feet,
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| broke his collarbone and killed the man.
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| | thus making the strangle work that much
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| This prompted the other senior citizens
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| | quicker.
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| on the bus to begin fighting back and the
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| | Another good reason to strangle the thug
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| other two assailants run off the bus.
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| | from the rear like this was because the
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| So, how could a 70-year-old man could
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| | punk was armed. While the thug did fire
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| take on, and kill, a much younger armed
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| | two shots off into the air before the gun
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| opponent? The answer lies in his
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| | jammed, the moment Clady had his hands on
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| old-school Marine Corp training.
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| | the thug's throat he immediately had
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| The Marines recently introduced a new
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| | control of the situation. When the bus
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| system for close quarters combat called
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| | driver drove to a local Red Cross clinic,
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| the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
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| | the gun wielding maniac was declared
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| (MCMAP). This new sissy system is
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| | dead. Thanks to Clady's swift action,
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| supposedly for peacekeeping operations in
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| | only the gunman was injured and the tour
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| urban areas and theoretically allows for
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| | group returned to their cruise ship and
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| a wide variety of situations where a
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| | safety.
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| Marine needs to use non-lethal force.
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| | When asked if anyone on the bus would be
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| Prior to the development of this new crap
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| | charged with a crime. Local Police Chief
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| that will undoubtedly get more than one
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| | Luis Hernandez said, "They were in their
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| leather neck sent home in a body bag, the
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| | right to defend themselves." It is clear
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| Marines used more lethal techniques
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| | that the chief understand that the police
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| originally developed by Major Anthony
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| | cannot be everywhere, and that stopping a
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| Biddle.
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| | criminal is not a crime.
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| His techniques standardized close combat
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| | It takes an example like Allen Clady to
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| techniques for the Marines and were based
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| | remind everyone that with the right
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| on boxing, wrestling and fencing. In
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| | training anyone can fight back. What
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| addition, Captains W.M. Greene and Samuel
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| | happened on that tour bus was clearly a
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| B. Griffith shared what they learned
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| | life and death situation and Allen Clady
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| about martial arts from William Fairbairn
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| | chose life. Those animals did not care
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| while stationed in China.
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| | who they had to hurt to get what they
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| Being a former Marine, Allen Clady
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| | wanted and Mr. Clady attacked to prevent
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| learned the Corp's old (and real) style
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| | people from being hurt. This just goes to
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| of close combat that emphasizes taking
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| | show you that swift decisive action
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| down an opponent hard, fast, and
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| | combined with good solid training can
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| permanently. It is most likely that Clady
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| | save the day...regardless of age or
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| over took the thug from behind with a
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| | physical fitness.
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