Hand-to-hand fight as mean of protection and an attack is known from origin of a human society. In the Ancient world there appeared first military theorists, and the works described military art of armies and ways of training of armies appeared together with them. So, Vegetius - the Roman historian (4-5th centuries c.e.) has published work «Summaries of military science» in which he has described the content of military-applied physical training of armies. He paid a big attention to the characteristic of techniques of hand-to-hand fight. Besides regular training of manipulation with the weapon, the following activities were also wide practiced: running, wrestling, fisticuffing, swimming without clothes and then in all equipment. Constant struggle of Slavs against Byzantines, Kipchaks, Tatars, Germans, and Sw ... Read more »

It is very hard to overcome a physically strong, trained opponent in hand-to-hand to fight, much easier, not entering with him in fatal opposition, to cripple him with unexpected, hardly perceptible, but very effective techniques. In hand-to-hand fight not all is solved with physical strength, that’s why from the first training, alongside with physical and technical training, the psychological training is provided to remove complexes and attitudes, destructive for hand-to-hand fight. The program of training includes also studying of medical complexes for rehabilitation after hard trainings and for development of flexibility, leg-splits, flexibility of joints. There are training of striking elements, training of body hits acceptance without harm for health, ways of psyhoemotional str ... Read more »