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Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary System

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S.C.A.R.S. or Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary Systems is a mixed martial arts fighting system created by Jerry L. Peterson, based in part on his background in San Soo kung fu and from his personal experiences in the Vietnam War.

Currently marketed through private seminars and videotape, a version is also taught to prospective U.S. Navy SEALs. Initial presentation of SCARS to the Department of the Navy in 1988 led to its adoption into military use. From 1989-94 Mr. Peterson personally headed up the development and training of the SCARS programs as part of a BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) candidate course.

Though there is little differance between the military and the publicly available training course; no military approved SCARS instructor can teach the SCARS program outside of the military.

Criticisms

With in the martial arts community, Peterson and SCARS have been subject to no small amount controversey, having been variously accused of being unreliable, unrealistic, a hodgepodge, or simply a stripped-down version of San Soo. Accusations have also been leveled at Peterson about sensationalistic and misleading advertising about SCARS, often involving how widely the system is and has been taught in the Navy. Yet there are many who defend Peterson and his system.

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