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I Great . The

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purpose of the MAFC is to train martial

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arts instructor trainers and to be the

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program of instruction holders for the

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McMa program , the Marine Corps martial

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arts program , as well as the For

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fitness instructor program . The MAC's

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role in the symposium this week is to

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bring instructors from across the

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Marine Corps , both martial arts

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instructors and martial arts instructor

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trainers , to show them some of the

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upcoming changes to the Marine Corps

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martial arts program as well as to just

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touch base with the Fleet Marine Force

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as a whole . The symposium helps us

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with the lethality for the entire

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Marine Corps because the more that we

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can bring instructors up to date and

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get them here to learn the things that

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we're currently doing with a bigger

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focus on combatants for war fighting by

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sports fighting , the more lethal that

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we can make a Marine Corps that's set

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to win our nation's battles . So the

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Marine Corps martial arts program

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follows the Marine Corps' values of

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honor , courage , commitment . We also

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have the three disciplines of McMapp

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the physical , character , and mental

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disciplines , and we teach that to

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these students throughout our physical

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conditioning , our free sparring events ,

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as well as talking to the students

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about their instructorship and trying

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to make them better decision makers and

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better humans overall through

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developing their character with with

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some guided discussions . McMath is

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important for the Marine Corps because

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we're a war fighting organization . So

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in order to be a war fighting , a true

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war fighting organization , you have to

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have a foundation in martial arts being

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war fighting arts . You have to be able

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to . Conduct hand to hand combat or

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combat with a rifle , a knife , a

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pistol , and that's what the McMat

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program offers for the Marine Corps to

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increase our lethality overall . I

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think the symposium is awesome for the

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Marine Corps and a great opportunity

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for martial arts instructors , martial

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arts instructor trainers . To come out

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here and to network with each other and

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to learn from the mathC so that way

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they can bring these lessons back to

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their unit and their unit becomes

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better because they chose to send a uh

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marine here so I think it's a great

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opportunity that more units should take

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advantage of .