Is there a hidden hand to hand combat manual to be found within the bible?

Explanation: I was reading my bible randomly and I found this scripture ...

Psalm 144: 1 (kjv) [blueletterbible.org]

Psa 144:1 ¶ [[[A Psalm] of David.]] Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:

... and it made me wonder "Is there a hidden hand to hand combat manual to be found within the bible?"

If this interests you and you have the time ... could you please help find any scriptures that detail explicitly any hand to hand combat methods and post them here!

Persoanl Disclosure: Just for fun ...

reply to post by OmegaLogos

Hope it helps.

reply to post by OmegaLogos

It sure as hell teaches you to slaughter people

A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)

reply to post by OmegaLogos


Really? That hardly counts as a "hand to hand combat manual"
I mean I dont mean to be rude but.....Really?

Besides, the bible is more like a book of murder, upon murder, upon murder.
Second line if needed.

reply to post by AllUrChips


Don't forget rape. And murder again...lol

reply to post by webpirate


Thanks! I knew I forgot something

And the women made statues in shape of men and laid with them
But don't eat Bacon or lobster, cuz you have to be difrent,
So sayeth the LORD

Originally posted by OmegaLogos
... and it made me wonder "Is there a hidden hand to hand combat manual to be found within the bible?"

It teaches you what to do with the bodies...
After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
Exodus 2:12

Thou shalt administer the armbar, and then counter it with a farmboy chokehold, until he tappeth out.

reply to post by OmegaLogos


I've read the Bible for better than 20 years. Let's see... kill the men, children, women, goats, sheep.... Hmm... Tons of info on EXACTLY how to dress, behave, walk, talk, eat, and go to the bathroom, but no specifics on how to get all that killing done. The only tip I gathered is that you really need a sword, lots of "putting to the edge of the sword." and similar what not.

Matthew 5:39
New International Version (©1984)
But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

reply to post by AllUrChips


Thou shalt lay hands upon them suddenly. Smite them upon the loins, take up thy buckler, and dash their brains upon the ground to feed the beasts of the field. II Opinions 6:3

Jacob supposedly wrestle with none other than God himself and beat him! It seems that the Bible encloses the secret to the ultimate "Camel Clutch".

Originally posted by Snoopy1978
Jacob supposedly wrestle with none other than God himself and beat him! It seems that the Bible encloses the secret to the ultimate "Camel Clutch".

According to the bible NO ONE has seen god at any time right?

reply to post by AllUrChips


Moses was permitted to see God's butt.

I'm not sure what this has to do with hand to hand combat, though.

reply to post by AllUrChips


God appears as a mysterious stranger to Jacob, then proceeds to challenge him to a wrestling match. Jacob camel clutches yaweh, the end. Also, Moses does get to see God. Im pretty sure that's when Charlston Heston's hair turns all white and his beard goes epic.

reply to post by Snoopy1978


The last time I spoke to god she told me to take the trash out. Hmm... I have noticed I have been getting greyer lately.

Yahweh threw the match with Jacob. I mean C'mon God knew his next move 10,000 years before tried it. That would be like a comedian doing stand up for God. The whole act would just be:
"Did you hear the one about the-"
"Heard it."
"Well what about-"
"I made that one up."

Makes me think of a scene from the movie "The Princess Bride" where the hero is fighting Fezik(Andre the Giant) and accuses him of toying with him, and Fezik says "I just want you to feel as though you are doing well."

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reply to post by LightSpeedDriver


"Tis but a flesh wound"
2nd line