Watch Russian marines playfight on the beach

Logan Nye
Jun 25, 2018
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We’ll admit it. Russian marines are pretty badass. Like, that’s not sarcastic. Recent reports show them fighting in Aleppo, Syr…

We'll admit it. Russian marines are pretty badass. Like, that's not sarcastic. Recent reports show them fighting in Aleppo, Syria, and they have a pretty decent combat record dating back to 1705.


But that's part of what makes it so great that they made a combatives video where they telegraph their punches like they're the Russian bad guys in a Steven Seagal movie.

(GIF: YouTube/Max Kalinin)

But you can kind of forgive a military unit for rehearsing the combat moves and telling their dudes to lean in when it includes a legit drop kick:

Yeah, there's no way to stage a drop kick to the chest where it doesn't hurt. (GIF: YouTube/Max Kalinin)

Plus, you pretty much have to stage the combat once you start letting guys swing entrenching tools at one another:

He flipped that dude hard enough that the E-tool gets airtime. (GIF: YouTube/ Max Kalinin)

For more Russian Kung Foo action, check out the full video below:

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