Abstract
Throughout time, people have had to use their own body to defend themselves from an attack when weapons were not available, close combat being the oldest form of combat known to man. As the human being evolved, a series of accumulations took place in everyday life, the techniques and methods of struggle enriching their content and reaching near perfection. The paper presents a series of opinions regarding the contribution of close combat techniques in the training of the Land Forces soldiers because, through the particularly complex demands they exert on the human body, they lead to obtaining positive, multiple and unique effects, creating the conditions for a training exceptional for the purpose of adapting the fighter to the demands of the battlefield at the beginning of this century.