Post by Kira~ on Jan 14, 2012 15:03:59 GMT -5
Mist Village CQC (Close Quarters Combat)
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History:
Mist Village Close Quarters Combat was a system of fighting conceived by Zukuchi Jikumoshi and developed by his son, the Mizukage Zukuchi Hiroki.
When it was conceived by Jikumoshi, it wasn’t actually a fighting style yet, rather it was a method of fighting that Jikumoshi applied to his fighting. In one of the Zukuchi Enlightenment Scrolls, which were all compiled by Jikumoshi, the method was described as a last resort, for it called for many deadly techniques and it advocated fighting to survive by any means necessary.
Hiroki was reading his father’s scrolls and found the train of thought Jikumoshi penned for it. It is believed that Hiroki created CQC from Jikumoshi’s many works on Aikido, however this belief is contradicted by the fact that the fighting style taught practitioners to strike first, seize the initiative before the opponent knows who their up against.
The differences between this system and Aikido can be quite obvious. In Aikido, the practitioner is taught to wait for the opponent to strike first, then counter them using complex techniques that were only slightly painful at most. Aikido taught that the idea wasn’t to hurt the opponent, but to counter them with these complex techniques that do as little damage to the opponent as possible.
Hiroki tested out many of the techniques in CQC, commenting that the style was influenced by certain Aikido principles. Hiroki wrote his own scroll about CQC, and it was all recorded into the Mist ninja’s field manuals for war. It was definitely a change for the better for the Mist Village’s soldiers, the fighting style turning raw recruits into deadly weapons in their own right.
As world peace dawned on the world, the military found no use for it and gradually it faded out into history. As the military became something of the past, the only people who still practiced CQC were certain members of the Zukuchi clan.
In the last decade the fighting style was brought up again with the coming of the Mizukage. Now in this day the few surviving Zukuchi clan members practice this style, for the military it has become an optional choice to learn.
Characteristics:
All of the jutsus in this fighting style follow one specific formula of operations;
1. Address the immediate threat
2. Use the appropriate method of defense
3. Neutralize the opponent quickly and efficiently
This fighting style assumes you are on the battlefield, thus all methods of defense and neutralizing the opponent involve quick, simple and deadly jutsus suited best to move on to the next opponent.
The mentality taught in this style for on the battlefield is to constantly stay true to the formula and use stress to your advantage. It becomes sort of like a constant mathematical process and practitioners are taught to think of it that way; to show no emotion, especially fear, feel no emotion, and be present to the situation as if your life depended on it.
This moral ambiguity goes further by the instructors encouraging and stressing constantly to fight dirty, as in; groin shots, eye gouging, throat strikes, etc. The point is, neutralize the opponent by any means necessary.
By “neutralize the opponent”, this means render them incapable of fighting, killing if necessary. It is highly stressed that practitioners seize the initiative and attack first before the opponent can even make a move. By rendering opponents incapable of fighting, you are making it so that they are no longer a threat to you or your comrades.
Principles:
1. Mist Village Close Quarters Combat is NOT a martial art. Martial arts are fighting styles with rigid customs and traditions, and strict rules that are adapted to make them sport-like. CQC cannot be practiced as a sport because it was made specifically for the battlefield, with the option of killing opponents if necessary and there are no rules, save for the basic formula of operations. It is dynamic in the sense that no two practitioners are the exact same, for everybody has a different way of responding to threats and stress. That being said, there are no traditions or ceremonies in CQC, and the variety of jutsus performed are many.
2. One does not necessarily have to follow the basic formula of operations, but it is essential that the practitioner does because this fighting style was created with the practitioner’s survival in mind. A select few have deviated away from the basic formula of operations, all of them ended up dying from exhaustion and wounds caused by prolonged combat with a single foe or many foes.
3. All jutsus must be made to meet the following prerequisites in order to be efficient; the jutsu must have both a defensive and offensive maneuver; the offensive maneuver must be quick, efficient and be composed of as little movements as possible. (The exception to the defensive maneuver is the Combative Measure jutsus)
4. Use stress to your advantage and act upon it in an efficient, defensive way.
5. Follow your instincts, go with your gut, because out of almost all cases your instincts are right when it comes to your own survival on a battlefield.
6. Don’t fight if you don’t have to. On the battlefield is a situation where you have to fight, but if you are on the street and problems can be solved by reasoning, there is no need to fight. In Jikumoshi’s scrolls, he quoted a famous samurai, “It is very difficult to take back the stroke of a brush, even more difficult to take back the stroke of a sword.”
7. Use deception to your advantage. Confuse the opponent if you have to. Attack where the opponent least expects you to attack. That being said, know deception and use it to read your opponent’s moves.
8. All jutsus must address the immediate threat, should be based on natural instinct and must work from a position of disadvantage if applicable.
9. Never show fear towards your opponents, lest they should take advantage of it. Do not fear the opponent, respect him. No matter how much you know and no matter how weak the opponent may seem, both you and the opponent are no less capable of killing each other just because of seniority or experience. Never, under any circumstances, underestimate an opponent.
10. Unlike other fighting styles, this one has no distinct kata, forms, moves or syllabus that one has to learn, though examples that have been tested and proven to work are provided by instructors.
Training:
Breathing exercises are essential in staying calm and dealing with stress, one of the first training exercises will be learning to maintain a clear, emotionless mind and keep a constant breathing pattern that you can concentrate on.
1. Pathway:
Inhale through nose; exhale through mouth.
2. Leading:
Let breath slightly lead physical action in time.
3. Sufficiency:
Take as much breath as you need at the moment, for the action, not more not less.
4. Continuity:
Keep breathing, without interruption or holding, no matter what you are doing unless doing a special breath-hold training)
5. Pendulum:
Let every breath cycle complete itself and reverse naturally, as a pendulum swings and reverses naturally without interference. Allow, and experience, the reversal pause at the end of each cycle.
6. Independence:
No specific type of action is invariantly tied to any particular phase of breath cycle (i.e. you should be able to punch or roll as well on inhale as exhale).
7. No tension:
Keep your muscles and your body overall relaxed.
Stress Drills are made specifically to teach one how to react to the stress and anxiety of being in the middle of a war. Such drills include obstacle courses at night during cold weather, with kunais and shuriken being thrown not necessarily at you but around you, crawling through trenches adorned with razor wire, buckets of blood being spilled everywhere, explosive tags detonating on the ground, all of this is to simulate a real battle.
An example of one of these Stress drills would be an exercise where at least six “opponent” trainees surround one “protagonist” trainee, all attacking the “protagonist” two at a time while the others yell at him. The stress caused by all of these “opponents” is very intense and difficult to handle. Not only does the trainee have to deal with the stress of being attacked by multiple opponents but the yelling is a distraction.
This drill, though intense and very difficult to handle, teaches one to react appropriately to intense situations of stress with lots of distractions, honing in on the trainee’s concentration and forcing his mind to be present at the situation around him.
Physical Training is a vital part to this fighting style, one must have the endurance to keep fighting in a situation where there are countless hostilities, therefore trainees build their endurance with sit-ups or crunches and running laps around the military base with weight vests tied to their bodies, wrists and ankles.
Other aspects to this training are Speed Enhancement drills, an example of one would be a challenge to do at least 150 punches in one minute. An advanced version of this training would include the trainee doing 150 punches in one minute with weight bands tied to their wrists. Physical strength is important but very lightly emphasized compared to speed and endurance, therefore there aren’t many Strength Enhancement drills besides push-ups and pull-ups.
Trainees are taught psychological methods to quickly study an upcoming opponent so that they may read their moves and defend themselves accordingly. Reading an opponent’s moves is highly emphasized, for against a skilled opponent they will need to know exactly when the opponent plans to strike and what they might possibly throw at the trainee.
An example of Movement training would be when a trainee is wearing hand pads, shin and mouth guards against a single opponent. The objective of the opponent is to land 5 hits on the trainee’s torso or head. It is up to the trainee to study the opponent, read their moves and block those moves. A more advanced setting would be the same thing only with three to five other opponents.
Requirements:
Must Belong to the Mist Village.