Hand-to-Hand Combat at the United States Naval Academy

The Naval Academy invited me to visit and teach a hand-to-hand combat seminar in Annapolis last week. What a great blessing! I met the Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps! And a couple of Generals, one that was in Nam the same time as me.

The Midshipmen were wonderful young people – respectful and eager to learn about fighting. I hope that they learned some gun and knife defense and how to properly defend against an enemy combatant.

They gave me a great mug and Academy jacket and a tour of Annapolis that every American should go see. I did not know that John Paul Jones tomb is under this incredible chapel. One of the Midshipmen that gave me the tour is on the Navy Tae Kwon Do team and sings in the choir in the chapel. He's from Georgia and his parents were both Marines. What a great Christian kid he was. It was an honor to teach him.

Another wonderful kid I met was a young woman from California. She asked me about my faith in Jesus and what role it played in my life in the military. She was in the Navigators club at the Academy. What a sweetheart and bold Christian. These kids and many others give me hope for our military and our country.  

Many thanks to Grandmaster John Park for setting it all up.

Been invited to teach a seminar at West Point in a few weeks. I will report in.

Semper Fi, Johnnie