The Japanese martial art of tameshiwari involves breaking bricks or wooden planks. South Korean special forces do it with heavy rocks.
While Chinese SWATs do it with their heads.
The Iran Basjii militia is a voluntary force, but their martial art training is gruesome nonetheless.
Other parts of the training might include knife fighting.
Or sliding across an iron rope, like in this case.
Psychological training is very important for many military forces. Here, Chinese policemen learn to cope with anxiety in a psychological drill.
Yoga is another psychological training technique. These Indian soldiers practice it on a very foggy day.
Covering themselves with snow helps soldiers to strengthen both physical power and psychological fortitude.
Taiwanese marines have to crawl through a rocky pathway in front of their fellow recruits to finish their training course.
Jumping through a ring of fire is another part of training.
This military exercise is not very sophisticated, but it is brutal: stand up or get beaten.
These special forces in Belarus are training for chemical warfare.
Colombian policemen train in camouflage in the jungle, and prepare for fighting against the FARC, one of the most fearsome guerrilla forces in the world.
Elite forces from Nicaragua train for jungle fighting too.
Learning to fight in a jungle is part of what is called hostile environment training. Alpine warfare falls under this category. Believe it or not, this is Israel.
Thai Navy sailors are trained to survive in the tropical jungle. In a joint military exercise in 2013, they taught US Marines to drink cobra blood.
As well as cobra blood, you might be required to eat bugs from a bamboo stick if you join the Thai Navy. Or the US Marines in a joint camp in this case.
Australia North West Mobile Force employs Aboriginal skills to patrol the desert of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. For this reason, its soldiers learn survival skills like spear fishing.
Maintaining posture and balance is another part of a soldier's formation. These Philippines recruits have to hold a banana on their heads while eating lunch. If the banana falls, they have to eat it. Peel included.
A similar drill involves marching with a cross tied to your back. It is all part of reaching a military posture.
Another Belarusian special force member tests his balance walking over smoke bombs and fires.
Often soldiers are asked to train with animals. These Dutch gendarmes ride their horses through smoke bombs.
In this case, a US soldier jumps from an airplane with his dog Cara, breaking the record for "highest man/dog parachute deployment." They jumped 9,174 metres.
German special forces have to be able to mount a gun underwater. Holding their breath.
BONUS: Military training is not always so daring. These Lebanese soldiers use a virtual reality game to practice their shooting skills without the risk of getting injured.
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