Jake McLaughlin Quotes

As combat infantrymen and special operators, we received thousands of hours of firearms training.

When I was doing 'Generation Kill' in Africa I worked with five really super-trained Navy SEALs who taught us all these moves like how to disarm people: if there's a bar fight and someone's got a chair or there's someone with a gun behind our head, how to disable them and take them down in a swift move.

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

I did not feel that I was designed for hand-to-hand combat.

I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.

People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them.

One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it.

I trained with an ex-Navy Seal. We shot a lot of guns. Real bullets... I underwent commando training.

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained!

I've been learning how to shoot a gun and properly handcuff people so that on the day I need to pull someone down to the ground, it looks and feels natural for me.

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

Before they deploy, they train for the specific operations, but there is a danger that the Army is not retaining the core of its full capabilities.

I'm studying Krav Maga, which is an Israeli form of self defense. It's very deadly and without rules.

One of my favorite courses to teach is when we go to the Air Force. We've done a few at Air Force bases. What's great about that is that it's a one-week course. It's five days and we work with them for about eight hours a day. We're not only teaching them self-defense, but we're also teaching them how to teach it on base to others.

Martial arts in general were not made for a tournament, for points system. Martial arts were made to defend yourself in the street fight situation, not to score points.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.

I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.

I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper.

I've got a height advantage over everyone but when they do get at me I can fight just as well inside.

I can do back fists, spinning kicks. I have more options, and I can show the better striking.