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| U.S. Marines Close-Quarter Combat Manual | 
 enlarge | Author: U.s. Marine Corps
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
Buy New: $9.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 279315
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0873648897
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.548
EAN: 9780873648899
ASIN: 0873648897
Publication Date: May 1996
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Condition: Proistine condition.
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Product Description
The LINE (linear in-fighting neural-override engagement) is the most efficient and complete system of military close combat ever developed. This official USMC instruction manual provides comprehensive instruction in all aspects of this deadly system, including unarmed combat methods, knife and bayonet fighting and use of improvised weapons.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 Good for it's intended purpose September 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For what it is intended for, LINE is a good system, but to achieve the goals and purpose of the system there were trade-offs.
In order to train large groups of healthy, fit, young adults in lethal unarmed combat in a limited time, LINE is as good as it gets. Simple, internally consistent to simplify instruction, makes use of a relatively small set of movements and techniques, and student comprehension and proficency is easily evaluated.
Sacrifices were made to achieve these objectives.
Healthy, fit, young adults (Marine recruits); not everyone makes the grade... The techniques depend to a great degree on a combination of body mass, strength, and speed, and if any one of these elements is not present, the technique will be less effective or ineffective (especially the arm break that shows up in about a third of the techniques). Average to petit women and small men are at a serious disadvantage with this system.
Lethal unarmed combat; The emphasis is on killing, and for military personnel, this is entirely appropriate, but isn't the place to start kids, and would put off many people. Most of the techniques are unarmed, which makes sense given the restrictions in the modern civilian world, but if there was more time in the framework LINE was meant for, short sticks/batons and a one meter rope or even a heavy bandana are useful tools to learn about.
Limited time; An unarmed or close combat education can take a lifetime. Physiology, physics, psychology, neurolinguistics, cultural studies, languages, history, and art all have their place in a complete study of human combative behavior, but this is background material for thousands of repetitions of the hundreds of techniques of most martial arts. Judo is relatively simple with 97 "official" techniques, and it takes a up to decade to become a proficient practitioner, much more to truly master the art. LINE can be taught in less than a week. LINE makes efficient use of 40 training hours, but lacks the depth that interests many students of combatives.
For what it is, it is very good. It represents a good balance of trade-offs in planning combatives training for military personnel. But those trade-offs limit the audience for whom the system is practical and relevant.
 Close Combat? January 27, 2005
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
THE FIRST RULE OF UNARMED COMBAT IS NEVER BE UNARMED. People on battle fields don't fight unarmed.
This is a very primitive form of close combat. The tecniques described through out the book are repeative and very basic. Any one whos been in a street fight would know these tecniques. I feel sorry for Marines that bought into this system. If your looking for a form of unarmed combat check out Systema.
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Waste of Time May 20, 2003
20 out of 32 found this review helpful
First of all , I have studied Muay Thai , Fillipino Martial Arts , Brazilian Jiu Jitsu , San Shou and Kenpo Karate. I am highly experienced in REAL close quarters combat , and I was also in the Marines for 3 years. This book is ridiculous. It would look great in a Hollywood movie , but you will get yourself killed on the street trying to perform about 80% of this stuff. Especially if you only learned it from a book. Can some of this stuff be effective after years of practical application? Maybe. But only some. But it doesn't tell you that. If you want to learn effective technique , look to any special forces (Ranger , Green Beret , SEAL , etc...)handbooks on CQC , or any Fillipino Martial Art (especially for knife fighting). Do not waste your time. At the least you will be confused , and at the most you will be instilled with a false sense of confidence and get yourself hurt or even killed.
 Don't Bother September 28, 2002
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
I've been a student of Martial Arts and Hand to Hand Combat for coming on 8 years now.
Although I geared my training towards sport and fancy moves in the begining I soon learned that this was pointless and dangerous for the type of encounters I was facing on the streets. As a result I enthusiastically begain studying Military and Street fighting arts.I found with this book that the technigues found were out of date and unrealistic. There is also no mention of the mental aspect and effect of combat. The moves are far too complicated for a street encounter. If however you are interested in studying the history of Military Self Defence this book would give you some useful insight.
This Book WIll Get You Killed Or In Jail September 24, 2002
49 out of 59 found this review helpful
I am a former Marine and a black belt in Shotokan karate. I was taught and taught others the LINE system while in service and even then, i knew it was ineffective. The moves, punches, countermoves and holds are impractical and difficult to execute in combat. I, along with several others, while going along with the manual, finally boiled the system down to a dozen techniques and drilled with them. The Marines discontinued this system because of the same reasons that I mentioned.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.
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