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Jerry Peterson

American Vietnam War veteran and creator of the SCARS combat system, publicly unveiled in 1987 and taught to U.S. special forces units.

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Country of OriginUnited StatesUnited States
OccupationSoldier

Biography

Jerry Peterson, full name Jerry L. Peterson, is the American creator of the SCARS (Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary System) combat system. During the Vietnam War he served two tours with the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the U.S. Army, and created the system after his military service based on this experience. We have not been able to verify the date and place of his birth or his teachers in the sources.

He built SCARS on findings from psychology, physiology, body movement and research into the nervous system. Unlike traditional martial arts, he did not include spiritual elements and grounded it in geometry, physiology and physics.

He unveiled it publicly in 1987 and demonstrated it to the U.S. Department of the Navy in 1988. He then taught it to various branches of the army, to police, such as the Arizona State Police, and to security units. For the first seven years SCARS remained restricted to U.S. special forces. In 1993 his company began producing video programs for the public, which earned about a million dollars within nine months. By April 1998 the Naval Special Warfare Command had discontinued the SCARS course because of its time demands.

Associated Martial Arts

SCARS (Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary System)Founder→

American commercial close combat system by Jerry L. Peterson. Navy special forces used it in the nineties, but the extent of that use is disputed.

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