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Love our channel? Support us on Patreon: Consider becoming a channel member This black & white training film is about hand to hand combat techniques, part 1 and 2 in a series. Copyright 1942. Part 3: Opening titles: U.S. Navy Training Film presents Hand to Hand Combat in Three Parts Part 1 (:06-:24). Four different sports shown on the screen at once (baseball, golf, skiing, etc). Men perform sports and box, wrestling, play basketball, etc. A man does hand to hand combat. The instructor speaks about hand to hand combat to the viewer (:25-1:50). Title: Stance for Counter-Attack. Instructor shows a group how to maintain a proper stance as a narrator explains. Instructor works with a man to perform basic moves. First up, certain points on the head and body to strike to give yourself an advantage (1:51-3:47). Title: Basic Handholds and Leverage. A wristlock. A hammerlock. Basic headlock. Leverage is explained and shown (3:48-5:11). Title: Breaking Grips - Hand Holds. Basic handholds. Title: Breaking Rear Stranglehold with Body Twist. A sudden twist will break the hold. Title: Breaking Rear Stranglehold with Thumb Lock. Apply grip and pain to the assailant's thumbs. Slow motion is shown. Title: Breaking Rear Stranglehold with Flying Mare. Man is placed in a stranglehold, he grabs arm, loosens strangle, over the shoulder toss. Slow motion breakdown (5:12-8:05). Title: Breaking Rear Bodylock with Leg Lift. Bend down and seize the ankle, this breaks move. Slow motion review. Title: Breaking Rear Bodylock with Standing Switch. Breakdown and then slow motion review. Title: Breaking Rear Bodylock with Hip Lock. Turn in as you're grabbed and step across, tossing him. Slow motion breakdown (8:06-10:37). Title: Breaking Front Strangle with Arm Wedge. Man being strangled, lunges upward and then pushes back with clasped hands. Slow motion breakdown. Title: Breaking Front Bodylock with Knee Lift or Foot Kicks. This is broken down and shown slow motion (10:38-12:32). Title: Breaking Front Bodylock with Hiplock. Man is hip tossed as a counter. Breakdown with slow motion. Title: Backward Flip - Foot to Stomach. Pull assailant towards you and do flip by holding clothes and using foot to stomach, breakdown in slow motion (12:33-14:10). End credits (14:11-14:16). Opening titles: U.S. Navy Training Film presents Hand to Hand Combat in Three Parts Part 2 (14:17-14:28). Title: Chancery Against Low Frontal Attack. Breakdown followed by slow motion of arm hook and knee lift. Title: Arm Drag. Quick arm drag takedown (14:29-16:16). Title: Leg Pickup. A man rushes another man and he picks him up and slams him to the ground. Breakdown with slow motion. Title: The Hiplock. Draw opponent in and lock his arm before pulling him over. Slow motion(16:17-18:14). Title: Reverse Hiplock. Man is tossed backwards to the floor. Title: Offensive Wrist Lock. One handed strangle turns into wristlock (18:15-20:24). Title: Reverse Wrist Lock. If someone grabs your clothing with one hand, grab the hand and twist downward. Slow motion breaks it down. Title: Double Wrist Lock. The lock turns into a twisting hammerlock, slow motion shows breakdown (20:25-22:04). Title: Standing Defense Against Kicks from Front with Leg Lift and Trip. You must move swiftly and clamp the leg. Grab leg and kick standing leg, slow motion breakdown. Title: Kneeling Defense Against Kicks from Side. This is more of a timed move which requires grabbing a leg and turning leg into toe hold. Slow motion shows breakdown (22:05-24:28). Title: Prone Defense Against Kicks - Knee Lock. As assailant moves towards you, you strike at the knee. Title: Prone Defense Against Kicks - Leg Scissors from Side. As assailant advances, swing your leg around his knees and strike with other leg to throw him. Breakdown and slow motion (24:29-26:19). Title: Defense Against Club. An assailant swings a club. Crossing your arms and going forward takes the blow so i doesn't strike your head. Then grab arm and twist - breakdown and slow motion. Title: Defense Against Knife - Downward Thrust. Grab the wrist which holds the weapon to block the knife. Slow motion breakdown (26:20-28:28). Title: Upward Thrust with Knife. Seize the wrist going low. Breakdown in slow motion. Title: Side Thrust with Knife. Seize the wrist going low, grab arm into hammerlock and twist down. Title Club Defense against Knife. Strike at the person's forearm with your club (28:29-30:57). End credits (30:58-31:07). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit
