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Drill Instructors and Martial Arts
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Company C drill instructors Staff Sgt. Jose M. Mariscal, left, and Sgt. Timothy Brown demonstrate counters and chokes. Both drill instructors have taken the Martial Arts Instructors Course.
Since August 2005, almost every drill instructor who has graduated from Drill Instructor School here has attended the Instructors? Course at the depot's Marine Corps Martial Arts Program facility.
The course is designed to give drill instructors more knowledge and experience with the materials taught in MCMAP before they teach it to the recruits.
Instructors courses are recommended for all drill instructors to make them more proficient in MCMAP to help the recruits out, said Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop, course instructor on the depot.
A minimum of a gray belt, the second of five belts that can be earned in MCMAP, is required to attend the class. If a Marine does not yet have his gray belt prioir to the class, he will first go through a week-long gray belt course before starting the instructors? class, said Vandentop.
The course is comprised of numerous fast-paced, but thorough, lessons. Instructors must ensure each Marine who leaves the class is proficient in the material he learns. Marines are tested on their knowledge of MCMAP before receiving their instructors tab, which allows them to teach other Marines martial arts so they can upgrade their belts as they excel through the belt system from tan through black.
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Company C recruits execute counters to rear chokes during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training session.
However, an instructor is not able to advance a belt user past his own belt. For example, a green belt instructor cannot certify a belt user higher than a green belt.
Because of the amount of time spent with each Marine, the material is understood and enjoyed by the students who attend the course.
It's a good course, said Staff Sgt. Jose M. Mariscal, Company C drill instructor, Platoon 1021. It took away the comfort zone by pushing us beyond the limits that we mentally set.
Although MCMAP is a martial arts-based program, a lot more is put into the making of a warrior than just physical training.
Aside from the physical discipline necessary in the Instructors? Course, Marines who attend the class are taught two other MCMAP disciplines.
We teach mental and character discipline as well, said Vandentop. The synergy of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is based on these three disciplines. They are the backbone of the program.
Drill Instructors and Martial Arts
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Company C drill instructors Staff Sgt. Jose M. Mariscal, left, and Sgt. Timothy Brown demonstrate counters and chokes. Both drill instructors have taken the Martial Arts Instructors Course.
Since August 2005, almost every drill instructor who has graduated from Drill Instructor School here has attended the Instructors? Course at the depot's Marine Corps Martial Arts Program facility.
The course is designed to give drill instructors more knowledge and experience with the materials taught in MCMAP before they teach it to the recruits.
Instructors courses are recommended for all drill instructors to make them more proficient in MCMAP to help the recruits out, said Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop, course instructor on the depot.
A minimum of a gray belt, the second of five belts that can be earned in MCMAP, is required to attend the class. If a Marine does not yet have his gray belt prioir to the class, he will first go through a week-long gray belt course before starting the instructors? class, said Vandentop.
The course is comprised of numerous fast-paced, but thorough, lessons. Instructors must ensure each Marine who leaves the class is proficient in the material he learns. Marines are tested on their knowledge of MCMAP before receiving their instructors tab, which allows them to teach other Marines martial arts so they can upgrade their belts as they excel through the belt system from tan through black.
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Company C recruits execute counters to rear chokes during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training session.
However, an instructor is not able to advance a belt user past his own belt. For example, a green belt instructor cannot certify a belt user higher than a green belt.
Because of the amount of time spent with each Marine, the material is understood and enjoyed by the students who attend the course.
It's a good course, said Staff Sgt. Jose M. Mariscal, Company C drill instructor, Platoon 1021. It took away the comfort zone by pushing us beyond the limits that we mentally set.
Although MCMAP is a martial arts-based program, a lot more is put into the making of a warrior than just physical training.
Aside from the physical discipline necessary in the Instructors? Course, Marines who attend the class are taught two other MCMAP disciplines.
We teach mental and character discipline as well, said Vandentop. The synergy of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is based on these three disciplines. They are the backbone of the program.