On Bladed Combatives: A Program for Modern Army Knife Fighting Paperback – January 1, 2026

The Army’s Combatives program is a great resource for soldiers and civilians looking to learn about fighting in confined spaces. The course does its best to condense a ton of information into the one week, two-week or four-week courses depending on your level of training. One of the aspects that receives limited attention is the use of blades in civilian attire, military uniform and in confined spaces. Written as an unofficial addition to the Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP), "On Bladed Combatives: A Program for Modern Army Knife Fighting" is a deep dive into blade work for our service members and/or civilians built by researching blade work done in the civilian sector. The methodology of the book is assembled through techniques taught in Tiga Tactics, Medusa, Shivworks, Libre Knife Fighting, Western Piper Methods, Dynamis Alliance, Filipino Martial Arts, Dynamic Fighting Arts and more. The book does not cover material from the MACP program but rather uses civilian taught techniques to improve blade work as a self-defense option for those looking to expand that portion of their skill. The concepts are laid out using the Xiphos Bladed Hierarchy Pyramid creating tiered goals from everything for pure Combatives to improving weapons handling and all the way up to attempting to master a bladed art. This 300+ page resource is the deepest dive into bladed combat and systems you'll be able to find. Assembled over five years using concepts developed from a Special Forces combat veteran who obsessively studied knife crime, knife violence and bladed systems in an effort to make good people more dangerous. It is part of Pammachon Combatives, which is covered extensively in the book The Combatives Blueprint. If you have an interest in blades, self-defense or simply want to use blades to improve skills in other ranges of combat, this is the book for you.Forward by legendary knife expert Bryan CannataMilitary, veterans, law enforcement and martial arts instructors contact the author for discounted pricing. Read more