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Sgt. Ian Ferro, training non-commissioned officer with the Marine Forces Reserve S-3, participates in the MARFORRES King of the Ring tournament held at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Nov. 30, 2018. The tournament included knife fighting, grappling and baton fighting to promote unit combat readiness and morale. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Faeth E. Webb)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base Smedley D. Butler complete their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program culminating event Dec. 14, 2018 on Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan. The Marines completed the culminating event as part of their curriculum in attaining a higher level Marine Corps Martial Arts belt. MCMAP emphasizes the complete development of a professional warrior, and is a key component of the ethical warrior concept. MCMAP is designed to improve the warfighting capabilities of individual Marines and units, enhance Marines' self-confidence and esprit de corps, and foster the warrior ethos of the Corps. The program features a wide-variety of martial arts techniques from various disciplines including hand to hand combat, knife and bayonet techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Nicole Rogge)

U.S. Marines and Amateur Mixed Martial Artists compete in the annual Fight Night at Del Valle Field, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. on October 12, 2018. Marine Corps Community Services hosts the event annually to boost the morale aboard the Combat Center. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Carley Vedro)

U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor trainers with the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence visit Mallard Creek High School and Piedmont High School, in North Carolina, to demonstrate MCMAP to students during Marine Week Charlotte, Sept. 5, 2018. Marine Week Charlotte is an opportunity to connect with the people of the greater Charlotte area, and showcase the Corps’ capabilities and missions as America’s expeditionary force in readiness. (Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales)

Sgt. Katie Wissmann, a martial arts instructor with Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, discusses the importance of close quarter combat and bayonet fighting skills taught during recruit training on Parris Island, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, August 6, 2018. Pugil sticks represent bayonets in a sparring match that is required for recruits to earn the first belt in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which one of seven graduation requirements to graduate recruit training. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 18, 2018) - U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor course aboard the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, May 18, 2018. Oak Hill, home ported in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the 26th MEU are conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Sylvia L. Tapia/Released)

Sgt. Luna is one of the few Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan. He works hard to teach the Marines under him how to better themselves while also improving their techniques.

III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines take part in the culminating event of a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructors Course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan on March 30, 2018.

U.S. Marines conduct sustainment integration drills during a Martial Arts Instructor course on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 21, 2018. The Marital Arts Instructor course is a three-week course designed to prepare Marines to teach and instruct the fundamentals of hand-to-hand combat. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Eric Tso)