S.C.A.R.S. (military)

S.C.A.R.S. (military)

Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary Systems or S.C.A.R.S. is a fighting system created by Jerry L. Peterson from the science of Autokinematics developed by Peterson after serving two tours in the US Army 173rd Airborne "Charlie Company" Vietnam War.Fact|date=November 2007

Currently marketed through private seminars and videotape, SCARS was initial presentated to the Department of the Navy in 1988Fact|date=October 2008While the "SCARS Institute of Combat Sciences" has developed training courses for branches of the Army, Air Force as well as foreign governments and various law enforcement agencies.Fact|date=October 2008

Cancellation of the SCARS course was approved on April 17, 1998 by the Naval Special Warfare Commander, G.M. Moy, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations. (FOIA document 1500 Ser N32/0293 17 Apr 98)Fact|date=October 2008

Criticisms

Within the martial arts community, Peterson and SCARS have been subject to controversy. Accusations have also been levelled at Peterson about sensationalistic and misleading advertising about SCARS, often involving cliams of how widely the system has been taught in the Navy. The system has defenders such as Navy SEAL LCDR Mark D. Divine, [ [http://navyseals.com/seal-training NavySEALs.com] ]

References

ee also

* Marine Corps LINE combat system
* Combatives

External links

* [http://www.scars.com/SCARS/dacMain.jsp S.C.A.R.S. Institute of Combat Sciences]
* [e Official Naval Special Warfare Command Documents]
* [http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2775.html Online thread discussing history of SCARS program]


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