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CQC or Close Quarters Combat is used to describe an up-close military hand-to-hand fighting system.


Close Quarters Combat was, according to "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater", developed by The Boss and Naked Snake, as a means of eliminating multiple opponents. However, this is only for the in-game universe. In reality, CQC was created by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes who had worked in the British armed forces and helped teach the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP)[1] (http://www.americancombatives.com/cqchistory.htm:The_Source_By_Peter_Robins) a quick and effective and simple technique for fighting with or without weapons in melee situations. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... The Boss is also a nickname for American singer Bruce Springsteen The Boss is a fictional character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ... Naked Snake is a fictional character in the Metal Gear series and the main character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ...


In MGS3, Snake uses a handgun in his right hand, and a knife in his left. Using this combination, the aforementioned person should be able to engage and defeat any enemy in either close-range or medium to long range. Real CQC methods are similar, not relying on just unarmed moves but also making use of knives or guns in decisive combat with little time to think. A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ... traditional Scandinavian puukko knife A knife is a sharp-edged hand tool used for cutting. ...


References

The Source By Peter Robins. (http://www.americancombatives.com/cqchistory.htm)


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CQC in Brief-About CQC-CHINA QUALITY CERTIFICATION CENTRE (2656 words)
CQC with its branches established in the domestic and abroad is the body of earlier conducting quality certification activities and the more authoritative certification body in China.
CQC takes high quality service, strong technical capability and advanced managing level to ensure its development, and provides strong safeguard to successfully achieve the quality objective of CQC, and shape the brand of CQC as well-know certification body at home and abroad.
CQC has established 32 management system audit centers in China, engaging more than 2200 nationally registered auditors with multi-levels who can conduct audit and conformity assessment to the quality management system of the applicant, and its certification scope covering various fields of social and economic activities.
Close Quarters Combat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (285 words)
Close Quarters Combat, or CQC, is used to describe an up-close military hand-to-hand fighting system, also known as combatives.
For example, Ernest Emerson has a line of knives with the name CQC in them.
Real CQC methods are similar, not relying on just unarmed moves but also making use of knives or guns in decisive combat with little time to think.
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