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Jim Bowie Jim Bowie June/July 2000 KILLSHOT STICK FIGHTING THE KNIFE WHY COPS FIGHT OF SHOOT JIM SURVIVING OWIE DOG B ATTACKS By Dwight McLemore, Plus . Lt. Col. (Ret.) Knife Carry Laws The Ordeal of Sgt. Wilklow Night Club Stabbing Battle Infections that Kill and more! SubscribeToday! CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT MAGAZINE JUNE / JULY 2000 FEATURE ARTICLES Publisher W. Hock Hochheim Why Cops Shoot . .8 Managing Editor By W. Hock Hochheim Jane Eden The Knife Fight of Jim Bowie . .13 Graphic Designer By Dwight McLemore David Edwards Surviving Dog Attacks . .16 Photographer Keith Dempsey By Jane Eden Contributing Writers . .18 Killshot Stick Fighting Sharon Adams, John Bednarski, By W. Hock Hochheim Dennis Davidson, Mike Gillette, Dwight McLemore, Buffalo BRIEFINGS Nichels, Joseph Reyes, Jr., Trent Suzuki, Jerry VanCook The Squad Room The Police Blotter . .22 Visit CQCMag on the World Wide Web Site True Cop Stories: Them Bones . .24 www.HocksCQC.com Weapon Retention . .26 E-mail us at: By Police Chief Mike Gillette [email protected] The Bouncer: Night Club Stabbing . .29 LAURIC PRESS By Bouncer/Bodyguard Joseph Reyes, Jr. P.O. Box 5372, Military Briefing Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 Battlefield Diary: The Ordeal of Sgt. Charles Wilklow . .30 Phone: 423-400-9458 Fax: 706-866-2657 What Is “It”? . .32 By Buffalo Nichels Close Quarter Combat Magazine is published bimonthly by Lauric Press. Single copies may be pur- 33 chased for $10 in the U.S.A., $12 in Canada and $15 World Watch . International. Back issues available upon request. Annual subscription fees run $30 U.S.; $50 Canada The Arena and $70 International. Manuscript submissions must be submitted on disk by mail, or by e-mail. Mailed sub- Back Cut! The Burton Mystique . .34 missions must be accompanied by SASE. The pub- lisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited materi- By John Bednarski al. Copyright by Lauric Press. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written con- Battle Infections that Kill! . .35 sent is strictly prohibited. Printed in the United States. By Sharon Adams Get Physical: Chin-up . .36 By Trent Suzuki Fighter’s Notebook: A Fist Full of Punches! . .37 By Police Lt. Dennis Davidson The VanCook View: Right to Carry . .38 By Jerry VanCook On the cover: Dwight McLemore Headquarters Memo “TOO DAMN CLOSE” The What and Where of Close Quarter Combat By Publisher W. Hock Hochheim on’t fire until you see the “Close quarter combat is the art of whites of their eyes!” is a unarmed and armed techniques, executed in legendary infantry fight- close proximity to another individual, that ing order raising the vis- comprise both lethal and non-lethal ends, age of combat at its most across a spectrum of violence within a con- basic,“D where every man could smell or touch tinuum of force.” his opponent. Police officers talk up the concept that North American Army Major Robert if you must point-shoot a man (that is quick- Rogers told his Indian fighters, the now leg- ly point and fire without using your gun endary “Rogers’ Rangers” back in the mid- sights to aim) that is the beginning range of 18th Century, “Don’t stand up when the close quarter combat. If you take careful enemy’s coming against you. Kneel down, lie aim to hit him, and have time to take aim, down, or hide behind a tree. Let the enemy then that is not close quarters. For example, come till he’s almost close enough to touch. a sniper at work is not engaged in close Then let him have it and jump out and finish quarter combat. In common handgun com- him with your hatchet.” bat there exists a dictum — “The Rule of Depending upon whom you ask, close quarter combat can Three.” Most gunfights rarely last three seconds; fire no more mean many different things. Ask a kick boxer, and he or she will than three rounds, and most occur within a three yard radius. think everything they do is close quarter fighting. Ask a Wing Generally, gunfighters conclude that pistol shootings actually Chun, Kung Fu man, and he will likely tell you close quarter bat- occur within an average radius of seven feet. tle is when he and an opponent are forearm to forearm. To Length of a bayonet. Close proximity. Whites of their eyes. them, kickboxing wouldn’t qualify and would be considered Forearm to forearm. The rule of three. Too damn close. I think long-range fighting. Quiz Filipino stylists, and most would agree you get the picture. with the Kung Fu fighter. They, like so many different systems, A lot of gun fighting, hand-to-hand, knife and stick/impact have precise measurements of exactly what fits where. To sum- weapon combat can happen inside that “too damn close” bound- marize overall martial arts approaches, you would see a gener- ary. It is a broad category with a lot of strategies, tactics and ic range list that reads: techniques. Within this boundary of possibilities I would like to apply yet another gunfighter’s phrase — seamless application. • Martial Arts Weapon Range For an example of seamless application of tactics, look at • Long Range how I teach the ubiquitous front snap kick. Practice the kick equally while standing, while knee-high, on your back and your • Medium Range side. Practice it solo from these three heights while empty- • Close Range handed, holding a pistol, a stick, a long gun and/or a knife. Practice all of these possibilities in extreme close quarters • Ground Fighting again with opponents gripping each other. Ask our resident retired war vet Buffalo Nichels for his defi- The modern warrior must not only possess these seamless nition, and he quickly quips that close quarter combat is when any skills, but the hard-earned wisdom from all the aforementioned enemy gets… “Too damn close.” Buffalo shot a man running down disciplines to maximize his or her survival. I call this bridging a small, leafy grade at him. “He jumped out of some brush. He was the gap, and it forms the foundation of this magazine and all my about 30 feet away, running at me. His rifle was about chest high, training courses. and he was shooting at the three of us. I fired two bursts as I Military Historian Roger Ford sums close quarter combat dropped down to a knee, and we blew him over at about 20 feet up quite well: “Whatever the reasons responsible for bringing a away. He was too damn close and closing too damn fast.” fighter onto the battlefield, once close quarter combat begins, U.S. Army Major Chuck Melson writes, “Close quarter com- all soldiers experience the same rush of emotions — exhilara- bat occurs at a distance of a bayoneted rifle.” Marine MSgt. Cardo tion, fear and stress, and regardless of how sophisticated their Urso, the Director of the Corps Close Quarter Combat Instructors weapons are, when they see the whites of their enemy’s eyes, Trainer School gave me the official U.S.M.C. manual definition… the action is ugly, brutal and usually short.” ✪ 4 • Close Quarter Combat Magazine June/July 2000 State of the Union Scientific Fighting Congress Member News Fairfax/Washington DC: Northern NJ: SFC swinging a stick or a knife. All at least once every 15 May 5, Hock appeared in-stu- Instructor Joe Reyes AKA “The prissy patterns and stances go months to be listed as an dio as a guest on the G. Bouncer” and his Combat straight to dog-hell. instructor. You must also Gordon Liddy radio talk show. Arnis Congress Arnisadors Seminars: Hock suggests maintain current member- Discussed before millions of continue to win and/or place that when you plan to attend a ship. If your membership listeners were Hock’s new high in his region’s stick and seminar, you pack the following: expires, or if you do not book Military Knife Combat knife fighting tournaments. • Two focus mitts train with Hock at least and CQCMAG. The G-Man Joe also started his new line • One Thai-style pad once every 15 months, your and Hock-Man “hit it off” of extremely durable “Safe • Eye protection name will not be given out immediately, and the produc- Sticks.” Meanwhile SFC • Helmet-hockey, fencing or as a potential instructor. It’s ers want Hock to return as Instructor Rick Sikora will con- even football style important for you to be soon as possible. The 30- duct a block of DMS training at • Padded gloves with open active and present at train- minute segment will run again the American Association of fingers ing to learn about the evo- in “The Best of Liddy” when Law Enforcement Trainers • Replica pistol (holster and lutions, innovations and the G-Man leaves for vacation. (ASLET) Conference in Florida belt would also be great) updates if you want to qual- Bosnia: Our brother of this summer. Rick stays busy • Replica rifle or long gun ify as a SFC instructor. It’s the blade Bob Kasper, who is with his regular North with sling important for people seek- the one and only regular, main- Arlington SPARTEN Academy • Filipino stick or DMS stick: ing SFC training to work stream, knife magazine voice classes and teaches area law 30 or so inches with people who are up-to- on knife combatives in a sea of enforcement officers the DMS • Padded training stick date and working in the “whittle and skin” catalog/ program. Bill Pavlik’s two top • First-aid kit system. magazines, told Hock he was students, Scott Kinney and We sometimes sell these items 4) If you wish to be listed, you off to conduct dignitary pro- Greg McClure, took and passed or stock loaners, but a serious must contact the SFC.
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