CQC?

Ever hear of Motosada Mori? You probably have if you play Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He's the brains behind the fighting system called CQC showcased in the video game. What's CQC? I'm glad you asked. It's a unique system of armed close quarter combat in which the operator uses a drawn pistol and knife at the same time. Still never heard of it? (Man, you really don't play video games...) I don't blame you. It seems no martial artist or operator (LEO, special agent, or other warrior of your choice) in the US has seen much of anything about this "revolutionary" system outside the video game.
The obvious question is, "Does it work?" Beats me. It seems to work in the video game, but that's no test. Everything works according to script. (Certainly you don't believe Keanu Reeves can take on a room of kung fu fighters, do you?) While the techniques are suppossedly based on proven jujutsu and other Japanese budo styles, who knows if the new system works?
Well, Motosada Mori should know. His credentials beyond video games are that he has trained SWAT-type teams in Japan. So what? (I mean that respectfully, but truly.) Proof is in the doing. With all the hype for "reality-based" fighting arts in the US (with rabid consumers in the martial arts, local, state, and federal agencies, and the military), and the blurring line between empty-hand martial arts, and the use of guns and knives, you'd think this CQC system would've taken off somewhere here. But I've heard zip. No buzz outside a few videogamers posting on the web who seem to have a hard time telling the difference between fantasy and reality.

So is it legit? Again, I don't know. It sure looks interesting, though I have a hard time imagining exactly why I would play with both my knife and pistol at the same time. (One application I could see is for *ahem* "specialists" working in a crowded airframe, but then again...) Wouldn't it be better to have a free hand for utility work? (Opening doors, transitioning to a flashlight, picking your nose...) Until someone brings this guy over for a seminar and proves the system over time, I guess we'll never know. Still, interesting thought.