basskisser wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:32:33 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


On 11/21/2006 7:21 AM, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:25:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:11:47 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


US Navy, so must include boats.
Weapons control we can live with.
http://www.whc.net/rjones/USN/USN_team.html

Pfffhhhtt.....

Marine Corps Silent Drill Team is better.

Squids....

The Army's Old Guard puts them all to shame.

I don't understand the purpose of these displays. Are they part of
recruitment programs?

It's a demonstration of martial skill with a weapon. It takes a lot
of discipline, control, timing to handle weapons like that. It's like
a karate kata display only with heavy wooden rifles instead of
nun-chuka, swords, knifes, those tuning fork thingies, smashing blocks
with you're forehead - you know. :)


That's not REAL world karate. Just a display of karate, much like the
dancing with fake guns is just a display.

Ever watch the Ultimate Fighting Championships?
Even the guys with martial arts training usually punch like a boxer or
wrassle and try to submit their opponent with one hold or another.