U.S. Marine and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force scout snipers use vegetation to camouflage themselves during exercise Forest Light, at Somagahara, Japan, March 8, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bilateral training opportunities conducted by JGSDF and deployed U.S. Marine forces to demonstrate both countries’ enduring commitment to peace, stability, and security across the region. […]
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Brutal Training and Body Conditioning
Brutal training, flogging, body conditioning and modifications are everywhere in old school martial arts. I myself went through some body conditioning of the Japanese flavor and hand & leg conditioning through my Thai Boxing days. It is nothing relegated to any one system or group. There are elements of it in physical rights of passages […]