Combatives is a principle/concept driven method of dealing with potentially life-threatening violence. The origin of such was developed and utilised by security and armed personnel during early to mid 1900s.

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Urban Combatives (UC), established in 1999 by Lee Morrison, teaches methods of counter violence geared towards dealing with a street assault. Training is predominately focused on civilian safety particularly those facing a real and extreme threat to life situation i.e  multiple assailants, weapons , size disparity etc