Snips from:
US Marine Corps - Close Combat Manual
as found at:
http://www.combatical.com/p/marine-corps-martial-arts-program.html
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is a combat system developed by the United States Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand-to-hand and close quarters combat (CQC) techniques with morale and team-building functions and instruction in the Warrior Ethos. The program, which began in 2001, trains Marines (and U.S. Navy personnel attached to Marine units) in unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques. It also stresses mental and character development, including the responsible use of force, leadership, and teamwork.
MCMAP Belts
The program uses an advancement system of colored belts similar to that of most martial arts. The different levels of belts are:
Tan belt, the lowest color belt and conducted during entry level training, signifies the basic understanding of the mental, physical, and character disciplines.
It is the minimum requirement of all Marines with a training time of 27.5 hours and has no prerequisites. Recruits receive these belts after completion of a practical application test on all of the basic techniques of the Tan Belt.
Gray belt is the second belt attained after 46 hours of training. It
signifies an intermediate understanding of the basic disciplines. The Marine must complete the "Leading Marines" course from the Marine Corps Institute, and most instructors will require a report be completed on the Marine Raiders.
Green belt is the third belt, requiring 55 hours of training. This belt signifies understanding of the intermediate fundamentals of the different disciplines. This is the first belt level in which one can become an instructor, which allows him or her to teach tan and grey belt techniques with the power to award the appropriate belt.
The prerequisites for this belt include a recommendation from reporting senior, and to be an instructor requires the Marine to be a Corporal or higher.
*See link above for more levels, etc...*
http://www.combatical.com/p/6-chokes-and-holds.html
CHOKES AND HOLDS
WARNING
During training, never execute a choke at full force or full speed and never hold a choke for more than 5 seconds.
When Marines correctly perform a choke, they render an opponent unconscious in as little as 8 to 13 seconds.
Chokes are easily performed regardless of size or gender.
Marines must know how to apply chokes and how to counter a choke or a hold executed by an opponent.
1. Types of Chokes
There are two types of chokes: an air choke and
a blood choke. (snip).
A blood choke cuts off the blood flow to the brain.
Both types
can result in unconsciousness and eventual death for an opponent.
Blood Choke
A blood choke is performed on the opponent’s carotid artery, which carries oxygen-enriched blood from the heart to the brain. The carotid artery is located on both sides of the neck. If Marines execute a blood choke properly, the opponent will lose consciousness within 8 to 13 seconds. The blood choke is the preferred choke because its intended effect (i.e., the opponent losing consciousness) can be executed quickly, ending the fight.
*See link above for more info*
http://www.combatical.com/p/4-strikes.html
STRIKES
Principles of Punches
Muscle Relaxation
Muscle relaxation is crucial when executing punches. The natural tendency in a fight is to tense up, which results in rapid fatigue and decreased power generation. Marines who remain relaxed during a close combat situation generate greater speed, which results in greater generation of power. Relaxing the forearms generates speed and improves reaction time. At the point of impact, Marines clench the fist to cause damage to the opponent and avoid injury to the wrist and hand.
Rapid Retraction
When Marines deliver a punch, rapid retraction of the fist is important. Once the hand has made contact with the target, Marines quickly return to the basic warrior stance. Rapid retraction... prevents the opponent from being able to grab the hand or arm.
Punches
Punches may be thrown during any hand-to-hand confrontation. Most people resort to punching because it is a natural reaction to a threat. The purpose of a punch is to stun the opponent or to set him up for a follow-up finishing technique. However, punches should only be executed to the soft tissue areas of an opponent. A correctly delivered punch maximizes the damage to an opponent while minimizing the risk of injury to Marines.
Punches are executed using the basic fist. To make the basic fist, the fingers are curled naturally into the palm of the hand and the thumb is placed across the index and middle fingers. Do not clench the fist until movement has begun. This reduces muscular tension in the forearm and
increases speed and reaction time. Just before impact, Marines exert muscular tension on the hand and forearm to maximize damage to the opponent and reduce their chances of injury. Contact should be made with the knuckles of the index and middle fingers. When striking with the basic fist, Marines must keep the hand straight, or in line, with the wrist to avoid injury to the wrist.
The knife hand is one of the most versatile and devastating strikes.
*See link above for more info*
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MOO
If it is true that within a lie, lies truth, then let us take a closer look at what was possible.
Let us suppose that to drag things out only leads to more chances for making mistakes and getting caught.
Let us suppose that everything could have been accomplished, lest one thing, by the time most people were getting off of work- 5pm. The obvious thing left to do, not that it COULD'NT be done before 5, but rather, was decidedly kept AROUND to do until it no longer held value, was disposing of the cellphone.
Let's start with his military training in mind, which emphasizes speed and efficiency in procuring 'situations,' even beyond the attack.
There are additional types of chokes that can render one unconscious in as little as 5 seconds but this represents Marine training that we could expect Jr to have.
I want to reiterate that when such a choke is applied after one loses consciousness, it can lead to a vegetative state, leaving no cadaver trail, or of course, death.
The punch and strike could debilitate an opponent quickly and efficiently, with little or no damage to the attacker.
Armed with the above training, it dispels the idea that Dale would have to have defensive wounds, and why there wouldn't necessarily need to be a struggle or even blood, and we haven't even touched on neck breaking, falling down stairs, or getting slammed with a door. Nor have we touched on the sad fact that he could have left her in a vegetative state when he abandoned her.
The time it would take for any one or combination of these things to happen, are seconds, not minutes. It would take longer making the call for help for dispensing of the evidence, if it was indeed spontaneous AND Jr was home alone AND he was truly at his parents house by 4:30.
If it was more like between 4:30 and 4:45, then he didn't even need to ask for help until he got to his parents house, because the only thing left to do would be moving the Hummer and it would remove the issue of who could have had the phone at Hoffner and Semoran at 4:26.
However, once we have to divide Dale as being at his parents BY 4:30, we MUST introduce assistance since it is impossible to get from Hoffner near Semeron to Rose in 4 minutes.
But, when given even just a few extra minutes, it could show Dale had possession of Michelle and the cellphone.
Could the eyewitness be just a few minutes off? Is it possible he arrived at his parents at 4:43? If not, then it would affirm he had assistance.
Five minutes was ample time to cause harm, load everyone up in the truck, and call for help if it was needed. The remaining hour and 7 minutes used to take care of the dirty work and arriving at mom and dad's BY 4:30. The party arriving from Rose, would interestingly enough, be able to arrive at the condo around 4 O'clock, a time we have heard. But it only takes about 6 minutes to get back to where the phone pings, so we have a lapse of about 20 minutes, allowing the accomplices ample time to remove the decal(s) and 'tidy up the SUV and the condo' before needing to leave in time to reach the proper ping location.
If 2 people came from mom and dad's to help, (not necessarily mom and dad, but from that address), they could easily arrive in time to get the ping back to the 4:26 area since the drive can be made in about a half hour (Rose, to condo, and back to Hoffner/Semoran). Add another 34 minutes from there for the accomplices to leave the Hummer at Walden, and they could be back to Rose by 5pm. The driver that came from Rose, could take the phone, and the passenger could take the Hummer and they could go in different directions, or they could keep the phone and Hummer together, in either case, meeting up at Walden, then heading back to Rose together.
It would be unlikely that Dale would hold onto something of such significance that he wished to dispose of anyway, any longer than necessary. It is unlikely he thought of her as a trophy any longer once it became apparent she would never be his 'trophy wife,' so he likely felt little need by that point to 'parade her around' any longer to show-off to anyone what he had done to her.
If Dale and Michelle left at the same time, as his attorney suggests, but they did not arrive at Rose together, AND if Dale is responsible for what happened, this would indicate she was in the truck (probably the bed) and she would have to be within an area not to exceed the limits of available time, thusly, limiting the possibilities of where she could be.
Since Dale suggests she stayed10 minutes and left, it is likely she is less than 15 minutes from the condo. That would narrow down the playing field.
This is possible. This is MOO.