[VIDEO NEWS] Police and military learn martial arts techniques from the Jason Bourne movies
2) “I am an international CQC (Close Quarter Combat) instructor.”
3) “My background is in SWAT operating. I got 18 years of experience in the United States,”
4) “And I travel around the world now teaching the United States and our ally countries,”
5) “operators of most countries, how to survive violent situations.”
6) “I teach a system that is based on the Filipino Kali.”
7) “and I combine everything from firearms to weapons, knives, batons and to empty hands.”
8) “I try and form it into a way that makes sense to your everyday military operator, or police officer or SWAT operator, so on and so forth.”
9) Jared Wihongi, who is famous for tactical Kali, held a seminar that lasted for two days and one night.
10) Around 20 military, police and law enforcement agents participated in the close combat seminar
11) and learned about Panantukan (Filipino boxing) and the use of knives.
12) Tactical Kali is a type of martial art that is effective in close combat, such as defense against sticks and knives or bare hand techniques,
13) and has appeared in fight scenes in Jason Bourne movies and the movie “The Man from Nowhere.”
14) Demonstration of tactical Kali: Responding to an attack during a VIP escort mission
15) “On scene, we want to subdue someone without hurting him rather than using a lot of force.” - Heo Yoon, a police officer at the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency
16) “[I learned] how and where to keep my knife to draw it more easily and how to use it quickly if [an opponent] grabs my gun.” - A military special operation agent
17) Demonstration of tactical Kali: Responding to an opponent grabbing your gun
18) “We usually keep our guns in our holsters, and [I learned] what to do [if] an opponent tries to take it.” - Lee Keun, a security officer at the U.S. State Department
19) Demonstration of tactical Kali: Responding to an opponent’s attempt to seize your gun
20) Demonstration of tactical Kali: Responding to an opponent with a knife
21) Demonstration of tactical Kali: Responding to an opponent with a rifle
22) “That’s my ultimate goal. It’s to help people do their jobs better and survive violent situations.” - Jared Wihongi, international CQC instructor
Video sourced from JoongAng Ilbo
Organized by Park Yong-han, Lee Chul-jae
Video Produced by Kong Seong-ryong
Translated by Kim Hyo-jung
Edited by Hoyeon Yoo
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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