gpatmac

I like it. Like everything in the Army, there are negatives and positives.

Positives (over old combatives): If a soldier works hard at it, it's a martial art that allows a smaller guy a more even ground against a bigger guy, so long as the bigger guy doesn't know Ju Jitsu as well.

It is an awesome workout, where if done right, should result in few real injuries.

It should build up confidence in soldiers who aren't that good with his fists, although...see the negatives.

It gives a soldier a lot of tools if he's battling someone, especially in a less-than to-the-death type of fight.

The negatives can pretty much be summed up in one statement: it's not going to be enough to make a soldier in a hand-to-hand killer.

If a company or platoon has a boxer or any other type of martial artist who's good enough to teach punching, kicking, and manual weapons, it should somehow be integrated along with the BJJ.