French Foreign Legion Combatives: Phase 7

A former member of the 2nd parachute regiment in the French Foreign Legion, Nick Hughes has built his combatives curriculum on his extensive martial arts background, including ju-jitsu, tae kwon do, and zen do kai. During his five years with the Legion, Hughes sharpened his skills and learned combatives from some of the toughest instructors on earth. Later on, working in an executive protection detail, Hughes refined his curriculum into one of the world's most unique combatives systems.

The first six phases of the French Foreign Legion Combatives series laid the foundation for Hughes' curriculum, reflecting how a fight progresses. With the next four phases, Hughes presents a more in-depth perspective of how a fight can be resolved quickly and effectively with the use of dirty fighting techniques, impact weapons, improvised weapons, or advanced gun combatives.

In Phase VII: Gutter Fighting, Hughes provides instruction in an integral part of combatives. Gutter fighting is designed for one thing: to end fights. The best option is always a preemptive strike, but what if yours is ineffective? What if you find yourself in the middle of a road-rage incident? What are your defensive choices when the fight has already started? Hughes covers the whole gamut of available techniques, for both orthodox and southpaw fighters, with inside and outside moves, closing the gaps with kicks and punches, creating the gaps with punches followed by kicks, and options for extreme close-quarters. In today's world there is no honor in a street fight. If you want to be fully prepared for the predatory mindset, you must know how to fight with no rules and respond to fire with fire. Hughes takes you through a crash course in gutter fighting.

Have you always been intrigued by the French Foreign Legion? This is your chance to learn its fighting secrets without signing up for five years!

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