Bureau of Aeronautics

from dust jacket Sprots are used as a training device in the physical training program for Naval Aviation just as mathematics and physics are taught in the academic course and ordnance and gunnery are employed in the military education of cadets. Physical training was made an integral part of the training plan and is continued progressively thoughout the entire training of aviation cadets. Successful coaches were commisisioned so that the Navy might have the best instruction available. Each sport has definite objectives of its own, and in addition, contrubutes to the over-all aims and purposes of Naval Aviation training. In such a program it is natural that tat times, expericne may show better means of achieving the desired objectives. Initially, syllabus were prepared by the newly commissioned athletic officers to serve as guides in conducting the various sports and activites. While adhering closely to the original plans, the experience gained in the teaching thousands of cadets in varying circumstances, has been a valuable supplement to the physical training program. The basic features of the original program, plus the results of a year of training, are now published in this series, The Naval Aviation Physical training Manuals. These manuals have been prepared by and for the officers in charge of the physical training of Naval Aviation personnel. In any considerations of the use of these manuals it is important that in the Naval Aviation program, sports are not used for their own sake or for recreational purposes. The competitive sports embodied in this program were selected for what they contribute to the development of desirable charachteristics in the aviation cadet. It is for this reason that the books are unlike other sports publications. The manuals consider sports in the miilitary training sense, in their conditining values, both mental and physical. The daily story of the war emphasizes again and again the fact that we are facing an enemy which is careless of life because they are so steeped in a fanatical nationalism. The common rules of war mean nothing to a desperate enemy. It is our duty to train the cadets to be superior to that enemy, mentally and physically. Rigorous, tough, competitive sports offer an excellent medium to fulfill this mission. Records have proven that mental improvement of the cadets go hand in hand with better physical condition. It is the duty of each athletic officer, through observation and through the study of these manuals, to familiarize himself with all the sports and activities in this training program. At anytime he may be assigned to instruct in any sport of he may be designated to administer a complete physical training program. This manual has been prepared by the officers in charge of the instuction in Hand-toHand Combat in Naval Aviation. Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1 History Chapter 2 Safety precautions Chapter 3 Facilities and equipment Chapter 4 Vulnerable areas Chapter 5 Findamentals a stance b hand as weapon c elbow as weapon d head as weapon e knee as weapon f foot as weapon g nerve shock as weapon h fingerlocks i handlock j wristlocks k elbowlocks l hammerlocks m shoulderlock n necklock o hiplocks p leglocks q flying mare Chapter 6 Frontal attack a rushing b pushing and striking c grasping d strangling e bodylocking Chapter 7 Kicking maneuvers a upright b from the deck Chapter 8 Rear attack a striiking or pushing b grasping c strangling d bodylocking Chapter 9 Searching and techniques for control and leading of prisoners a methods of search b controlling and leading Chapter 10 Disarming a pistol b rifle c club knives Chapter 11 Offensive methods of liquidating an enemy a attack from rear b wire or cord strangle c knife d club e opponent on deck f frontal attack g offensive use of firearms Appendix Index… (mehr)