Close Quarters Combat

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"CQC" redirects here. For other uses, see CQC (disambiguation).

[edit] Military Usage

Close Quarters Combat, or CQC, is used to describe an up-close military hand-to-hand fighting system, also known as combatives.

Close Quarter Combat teaches a person to use any part of their body as a weapon in any environment and how to use any modern day weapon as a tool of self defence. Weapon systems used include improvised, knives, batons, firearms etc. There are many different Close Quarter Combat systems available world wide.

Some specializing in the older style close quarter combat from world war 1 and 2 right through to the modern day close quarter combat systems that have adapted and changed with the times. Some of the more recognized close quarter combat instructors around the world include Glenn Zwiers, W.Hock Hochheim, Steve Krystek, Jim Wagner, Moni Aizik to name a few.

Similar up-close fighting with weapons is known as CQB or Close Quarters Battle. For example, Ernest Emerson has a line of knives with the name CQC in them.

[edit] In Pop Culture

In the video games Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and the Metal Gear spin-off Metal Gear Acid and Metal Gear Acid 2, CQC was told to be created by The Boss and Naked Snake as a mean of eliminating enemies in proximity encounters. In that game, Snake uses a handgun in his right hand, and a knife in his left. Using this combination, the aforementioned person should be able to engage and defeat any enemy in either close-range or medium to long range. Real CQC methods are similar, not relying on just unarmed moves but also making use of knives or guns in decisive combat with little time to think. It is also supposed to make a comeback in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

In video games Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection newcomer Sergei Dragunov uses combat sambo as his unique martial art but since he has a very close resemblance to Naked Snake, fans refer to his martial arts as CQC.

[edit] References

• CQC History: The Source, by Peter Robins.
• Close Quarter Combat Training: Glenn Zwiers
• Hocks CQC Course