Fort Bliss Monitor

William Beaumont crowns combatives champion

Maj. Todd S. Nicolson
Special to The Monitor

The mental environment for the Army is full combat mode. Proof of this is in the modern army combatives training happening throughout Army training sites. March 3, Spc. Raymond Pintor, WBAMC, was crowned class champion for class 06-10. Pintor, a quiet young man, is hard pressed to be stressed. He fully understands that to win in a man-to-man contact situation, you must maintain control and relax. Relax?

Yes, relax. MAC is based on the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu form of martial arts made popular by the Gracie Family. Jiu Jitsu translates into “Gentle Technique” with the primary tenant being suppleness. Suppleness requires a person to be relaxed. Many of the MAC techniques can only be applied when the practitioner is relaxed, allowing his opponent to put himself into a position that allows MAC trained Soldiers to ‘Finish the Fight’! Spc. Pintor epitomizes this through his ability to close the distance, gain dominant body position and take out his adversary.

Pintor uses his intelligence to assess his opponents and plans his course of attack. During the class championship, the culminating event for the MAC Level I Instructor Certification Course, Pintor faced controlled combat four times. In his first match, Pintor worked methodically to gain a dominant body position before ending the match with the cross collar choke technique.

In his second bout, he worked very hard to achieve the mount position before slapping on the straight arm bar. His third match was very interesting as Pintor worked feverously for the bend arm bar only to discover his opponent was double jointed at his elbow joint, negating Pintor’s technique.

Although Pintor tried several times, his ability to control his opponent earned him the victory. Pintor entered the class championship match against Spc. Joe Vendetti, who was taller and outweighed Pintor by 25 pounds. Not to be deterred, Pintor worked diligently to achieve the rear mount. The rear mount is the most dominant body position and the most difficult position to achieve in combatives. Vendetti moved his body, allowing him not to get caught in the infamous rear naked choke but allowing Pintor to achieve the mount. The two warriors maneuvered, applied, slipped and moved for five minutes until the buzzer sounded.

At the end of five minutes, both competitors hugged and shook hands, which is a show of sportsmanship. The final result had Pintor earn the class championship by points. Both competitors worked very hard, demonstrating their abilities to apply the techniques acquired from the MAC training. The class received a certificate of training showing their new prowess along with their bright red Level I Combatives Instructor T-shirts, signifying their instructor status. With smiles, aches and pains, another class of MAC Level I instructors graduates and begin nursing their wounds until they return to work after a much needed, deserved and earned rest.

Pintor was also the Fort Bliss Combatives Champion at his weight class in January. He enjoys training in Jiu Jitsu and has vowed to help the combatives program for WBAMC continue to achieve its outstanding results. Pintor said, “I learned a lot and am very happy that this week is over but I work on Sunday night so [this] rest period will be short.” Staff Sgt. Mark Dominik, primary instructor for MAC Class 06-10 stated, “Pintor is a talented guy with a lot of experience. William Beaumont is lucky to have him as a Soldier and trainer.”



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	April 6, 2006

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