A new form of competitive grappling comes out of Brazil. Named Tactical Unarmed Combat, this new Brazilian submission grappling martial art oganzies events in which public safety officers compete in hand-to-hand combat for the somewhat unusual prize of a firearm.
Brazili surprised the entire world with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu so why stop there? In fact, there are many other grappling and no-holds-barred combat martial art forms coming out of Brazil, like Luta Livre and Shootbboxing, but non of them really caught on as BJJ. Will this latest form of braizlian submission grappling be able to replcate the global success of Jiu-Jitsu?
Tactical Unarmed Combat (Combate Tático Desarmado) mimics realistic conditions by having competitors fight in tactical gear and on a mud-covered surface.
The first competitive event in this new Brazilian submission grappling “sport” took place on October 23, 2021. The competitors faced off on a 10 x 10 meter mat space, which was covered in clay to bring an “element of reality” to it.
The Tactical Unarmed Combat competitors were public safety operators, who had to wear tactical gear (Rashguard or T-shirt, tactical cargo pants or jeans, boots or sneakers, etc). The format of the tournament is in grand-Prix style, fighting for the main prize which is not a gold medal – it is a firearm.
According to the official Tactical Unarmed Combat website, this Brazilian submission grappling form is:
“A Jiu-Jitsu competition that rewards the champions of each category with a firearm, a unique and realistic experience focused on police self-defense, which aims to train and test bravery. and will to win of the participants.”
Unlike regular Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or grappling tournaments, though, the focus here is on making public safety y operators more comfortable and efficient in grappling situations without the need to rely on their firearms:
“The public security operator needs to neutralize an aggressor in hand-to-hand combat.
And with this fact exposed, the Unarmed Tactical Combat event aims to show the level of training of public security operators and their unarmed combat techniques.”
Would you consider competing in such a setting?
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