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Fairchild Air Force Base

Martial Arts

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airmen 1st Class Eddie Fore(left) and Jacob Chambers, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists, take part Wednesday in a leg kick-high kick partner drill that practices the technique of how to take a low kick and cover up to block a high kick. The two airmen attend a Mixed Martial Arts class that meets three times each week at the SERE gym. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Larry Carpenter)

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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airman 1st Class Eddie Fore, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, completes 50 24-inch box jumps Wednesday before Mixed Martial Arts training at the SERE gym. The exercise is part of a warm-up routine called “the 300,” which also includes pull-ups, push-ups, Russian throws, windshield wipers and deadlifts. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Larry Carpenter)

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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airman 1st Class Justin Reiter, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape resistance training instructor, holds down Airman 1st Class Jacob Chambers, SERE specialist, both with the 22nd Training Squadron, during Mixed Martial Arts training Wednesday at the SERE gymnasium. The two are taking part in 30-second ground-and-pound burners, in which the person on the ground is in the guard or defensive position while the other tries to pound away. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Larry Carpenter)

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Martial Arts

Published March 1, 2007