Exhibition Rifle Drill Solo - 2006
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2013
- This clip is a solo performance by Miah Merriman in December 2005 that took place in the town of Beresford, SD, USA.
The routine is performed with Springfield 1903-A3 Rifles tipped with 10-inch bayonets. - บันเทิง
"Somebody promote that boy" 😂😂💀
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Thanks all for the kind words! So nice to hear!
Are you still in the Army?
+Niesha McCoy. No, no longer in the Army. This performance actually took place about 9 months before I left...after 6 years of military service.
+Jeremiah Merriman (Miah) ok.
you make that rifle look so light, I have trouble doing 1 handers with a 8lb rifle 😂
Jeremiah Merriman
Thank you for your service! Incredible rifle twirlsmanship.
lady: that's a bayonet
me: nah really I thought it was a toothpick
Ricardo Milos you are always inspiring us with your wisdom master.
*Imposter*
It actually is a toothpick, a dummy Springfield rifle replica, designed and balanced specifically for drilling and drill teams. Only the Marine Corps silent drill team uses real 12# M-1 rifles and bayonets in their drill exhibitions. Real vs fake.
Yes, the knife on the end is called a Bayonet. This particular one is an M1 Bayonet and is about 10 inches long with chrome plating to make it nice and shiny.
Was it real?
Banditino e no
The bayonet is, in fact, real, albeit chrome-plated to match the barrel and make it more eye-catching in general.
@@JeremiahMerriman this is insane
@@JeremiahMerrimanwas it sharp enough to cut you? If so, i dont think id be ballsy enough to try some of those moves
DEFINITELY one of the cleanest and smoothest routines I have ever seen
Thank you. Cleanliness is definitely one of the things I worked hardest on. I believe a flashy routine is sabotaged by sloppy movements. Best to find a good balance.
it's humbling that this was the video that made me pick up a rifle 1 year ago. After all this time I've develop and I've grown. Now I'm watching it and think how simple yet effective his drill is.
When you just learned how to do the wrist breaker.
which one'/?
...bruh...you did a double wrist breaker... People should've been screaming at that and your palm spin. Those were just ridiculous.
It has to be a fake rifle bro
Fisher 101 it’s a drill rifle that’s meant for that
It is a drill rifle, but the U.S. Army Drill Team uses decommissioned 1903A3 Springfield Rifles from the World Wars that they converted for their needs. They weight about 10lbd with the bayonet, also decommissioned and actually used by the military.
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@@JeremiahMerriman any tips for jrotc? It's like my 2nd day and I took like a week of training in the summer
Now this guy is a real drill team member. Precision. Not all the slamming the butt of the rifle in the floor for noise. Those John J Squad X kids should take notes from this guy. He would be right at home on the Marine Silent Driil team. That helicopter spin brings back memories. Excellent job Sir!
It's not that they do it just to make noise. It's mostly like a rhythm or cadence
The noise has nothing to do how rifle drill is performed, every team has their own way to do it, and comes out just as great
@@rookie693 this guy doesnt know what he is talking about
@@brandonl7110 Imo real military drill teams are great and all but are so boring to watch
Wow, nice spinning; definitely a sharp soldier. Not a very military audience, though haha
For reals tho shut up and let the man consentrate!! Hes got a FUCKING BAYONET @THE END OF IT
#REALMEN
@@Player-cb8qg I honestly kinda like their energy
@@theburgernoder2441 The energy is nice, but usually during military drill, you don't clap or cheer until the end of the routine or a transition because the soldier must have extreme focus to preform the routine.
As a former MCJROTC drill team member, this routine was simply badass amazing. It it hard enough with the rifly. But to add a bayonet, that was off the chain! Great job!
Are jrotc programs allowed to have bayonets on drill rifles? Or they can but it’s just too dangerous
@@Ep4368I don't know if they're allowed, we never used bayonets. We did use swords on occasion.
bayonets aint authorized for jrotc's@@dixiecup6668
What precision! That’s the finest rifle drill I’ve ever seen 🇺🇸🦅
Did anybody notice he had a bayonet on his rifle!? He could've been stabbed at any given time!!!
It's not sharp just like the honor guards swords if you actually went at some body with it yeah but it would have to be a piercing movement
Insane monkey Zipzap, they are “dull” blades but fairly pointy. The rifle itself ways about 10 lbs. which, while spinning, would easily stab or cut your flesh. My brother in law had to have 13 stitches from a bad throw while practicing. He got hella shit for it though. 😂
SimplyGrover I’m in CAP, although we do rifle drill, we don’t use bayonets because the color guard regulations state CAP forbids any armed guards.
Came here from Cadet Kelly's Drill Show , it was nothing compared to this handsome talented guy's amazing skills 😍
Incredible attention to detail. You make us all proud. Thank you for your service. Army Strong!
Daaaaaamn, this performance was greattt! Im just starting in the JROTC in my school, and qualified for the drill team. Some day I wish to reach that level of greatness
great routine, I used to do stuff like that in NJROTC but no where near that precise. It looked like you were getting a little tired towards the end. Our cement bolt pieces were around 8.4 lbs I think. I remember when I started the drill team and my first day was catching a piece from a back throw.
You need to come back to the drill world, that was pretty clean.
Thanks Brother, I appreciate that...cleanliness and solid form had been two aspects I perhaps focused on the most in my drillin' days.
awesome !!! i was a bit scared for his safety when he spins that riffle.. just simply amazing... love love love
So hypnotizing...
I love the way he is so in control of his weapon. Instead of some of the younger kids who always look like they're fighting with their weapon the entire time.
Nicely done Sir! As well, nice to see some pride and admiration in some young folks.
Nicely executed.. I was a drill team commander in JROTC at Vigor High in Alabama and also at Ft Knox Kentucky.. I loved to stationary moves, but when you are good, do them while marching... throw yourself a suicide toss, on a rear march.. your wrist breaker is good.. we called it the helicopter... front, back and behind..while marching... 15 count manual arms, was designed for vigor March, every movement with the weapon was a half step, the left foot slide back to the right... then a double time. 1..2 1..2 1234.. I am 55 now, and a veteran, your performance has brought good memories back to me... I just don't see the WOW... don't get me wrong, I likd it... but if movement like your legs and rifle moving together. I would love it...
Mind Blown! definitely on another level. Way to represent Army brother.
Absolutely wonderful
wow performances have changed a lot since 2005, today they use the entire drill deck and he didnt take one step, but it was good.
Incredible! Thank you for posting!
Very beautiful rifle work! You have a very unique style. Please make more videos of you spinning. I watch your video every day just trying to learn new things while keeping my own style. Great work man (:
Thanks, Cody! I appreciate that. Maybe when I get some time, I see if I can put together more, but it's been quite a few years...
Jeremiah Merriman better to try then to not try at all. Maybe you still have your mojo! I wouldn't want to see talent and potential like that go to waste!
+Jeremiah Merriman (Miah) this was you? Then judging by the time and uniform that u were in the 3rd infantry regiment?
Good eye...3rd Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard. More specifically, I had been a part of the U.S. Army Drill Team.
nice, so you didnt walk the tomb then?
VERY IMPRESSIVE, Young Sir! You've got great things ahead of you!
funny how he can do one hands all day without breaking a sweat and im over hear with my little first year ass and can barely do 7 of them
A little dedication goes a long way! Keep at it and be amazed at how quickly the spins come to you!
+Jeremiah Merriman (Miah) thx man
+Ryan Thomas First year, can do stuff that many can't do. Just takes a lil practice, and dedication.
I'm a freshman and I'm already having 1 hand spin wars with my c.o.
@@dylanstone5239 last year when i was a freshman i learned really quickly and made it into the varsity drill team as a freshman with the seniors
Ultimate respect. This is great! Well done!
Fabulous. Excellent display of discipline.
I have never seen anything like this before. Absolutely spectacular! Handsome uniform too, not sure why he didn't have a cover on. I was on a Navy/Marine Corps silent drill team throughout my college years and we also drilled with 1903-A3 Springfield's. It's a beautifully balanced weapon, ideal for drill. I was surprised he had a bayonet. We were not allowed to use them, possibly because our drill team commander my senior year (he was a freshman during the event in 1974) stabbed himself during a drill meet. His rifle slipped after mounting the bayonet and as he recovered it, it pierced his forearm. This was all done blind folded of course. He said he was shocked when he took off his blind fold because he never felt it. There must have been blood all over other team members (tropical white uniforms) and the deck as well. It would have definitely been a sight to see.
SSG Merriman, given your outstanding rifle drill skills, were you a member of the US Army Silent Drill Team? Your superb performance certainly reflects many, many hours of practice and refinement. As a Soldier with 26 years of service myself, I thank you for your Army service to our Nation. "This We'll Defend".
alex villalva uhh you play with Legos you kid
Yes, this performance actually took place while a member of the US Army Silent Drill Team stationed out of Fort Myer, VA and part of the Army’s Honor Guard.
This Performance is absolutely amazing. Good luck young Soldier and I am sure you would defend your country any time. An old german Lady from Munich who lived in the States many years and loves your country and the Military.God bless America. Hilde Gotsmich
I wish we did rifle drill like this in the UK.
Marcus Trevor with the Lee Enfield or slr
We are better on the battlefield son, where it REALLY counts.
kempo899 History disagrees with that, my friend
British army used to get pokey drill which took some getting used to with a 9.5 lb FN FAL, don't know if they do it now.
Great work; super performance!
That was very nice, Flawless to anyone's eye can see.
Absolutely outstanding
The m1903 is by far the most balanced rifle in American service history.
It's like it was made for that reason.
BALANCING THE RIFLE ON THE SHOE THAT TAKES LOTS OF PRACTICE
I'm so late but that was amazing I'm absolutely floored
Damn!!! I was on the drill team is high school.. love flipping the rifle...but I love it more shooting it...
Nice skill. Respect from Russia. Let God never set you uder artillery, air or missile strike. The spirit of old school Army shouldn't be lost.
Absolutely Fantastic
Outstanding! 😀
I’ve been watching this for a month straight lol
and I thought I made up the left handed rising sun and cross plane drag. ha was I wrong. this is goals right here. I love your rifle juggle. it makes mine look slower now.
Thanks! Though, I would say that if you started doing something you had never seen before, you invented it for yourself through your own creativity. Keep rockin!
Absolutely amazing 👌👌👌👌
I’m bias towards the Marine Corp Silent Drill Team…..and for good reason ( smile ) but this young man has made me say something that I wouldn’t under any other circumstances. He’s good with the rifle solo drill. A few little hick ups that only a military drills man would catch. But bravo
Yes Sir, excellent job
Excellent.
Excellent
Pure Perfection 💯
Amazing skill!
Ah yes, 2013, no TH-cam, you won't rec this to me. 2019, nearing the end. Oh thanks TH-cam.
Awesome skills!!!
That was amazing
Yoooooo this guy has mad skill bro I should’ve expected a scream
OUTSTANDING!
Great Job.. the year is 2021.. we did a lot of similar tricks in high school,, but never with a bayonet.. great job,, were just jealous.
Thanks, I appreciate that. This video was filmed in December 2005. I’m sure Exhibition Rifle Drill has seen some evolvement since, but I hold firm that if one cannot perform a maneuver with a controlled body, it looks sloppy, regardless of how many rotations are made or how higher the rifle flies.
Awesome!
Outstanding soldier!
😎👍🏼
Brilliant.
That blue chord thoughhh😍
Got the whole 9 yards Plus on that excellent job.
perfect
When your Gun Nut perk is 100%
Love it
I’m fairly certain I filmed this but I am positive I was here.
Travis Wood My man! Gotta say, you’re wrong on both counts; this was in my hometown over Dec. Leave.
Of course, you got to see me show off enough that it all probably seems familiar ;)
Ahhhhhh, this makes sense. I was around and watching the whole time you designed this particular performance. It is the one you used for the multi service “non competition” competition right?
Travis Wood yes. Modified slightly, but pretty much the same routine. Good memory!
So how do I get a Merriman phone number or how do I give you my new number. We haven’t had a conversation in far too long my friend.
I have a twitter handle. @vorthos85 that I can get direct messages on. And at some point I’m going to be putting up videos of me playing card games like magic and Pokémon so I can teach people to be better at those games.
*BEAST*
Give this man a lightsaber 😂
This guy is a Jedi 🇺🇸👏👏👏
am I the only one who waited the whole time thinking he would report in?
Damnnnnnnn so good
now that is a battalion commander
Clearly a ninja disguised as trooper
Amazing
bro knows how to sound double time , and do drop spins 🤚😳
Third Herd
GET SOME‼️🍻
very nice and well done i loved that hawiian punch but where is the bolt
Is awesome I am in my school in that team and the truth is wonderful
i really wanna join jrotc next year
i agree on how they are trained for that and with strict code i think it takes discipline and time to perfect the training that goes with only using arm strength and hand strength
A great deal of discipline is needed to excel at this, as with everything else. Remember, though, that technique plays a greater role than strength. Though strength allows one to “cheat” technique, one’s movements will never gain high levels of precision without good technique.
This was days before I was born
The salut in the end it apeared to me like fascisem...
“He doesn’t even look at it”😂😂😂
PRECISION 💯
Parabéns maravilha 🇧🇷
Insane
That boy's squared away!
Yo that's dope
Beautiful, Though I do have one question. Why is he not wearing a cover? he is under arms right? (I also could be totally wrong).
Great question! You are correct in that typically one would be wearing a cover under such circumstances. As a matter of added safety, for performances such as this with such high tosses, it was allowed to remove our covers temporarily. However, before and after such a solo routine, the cover is replaced (off-camera in this case).
@@JeremiahMerriman Thanks!
Uniform makes me think he's one the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier Sentinels
Great job, sir. Thank you for your service. How long did it take you to master the routine?
Dang I hope I can be as good as you one day. I'm in JROTC and I can spin but not like that
Go sergeant! Go sergeant!
More like....Staff Sergeant lol.
Woah... this gave me too much anxiety.... I'm being taught if you drop the rifle you get push ups with the rifle on your hands... also that bayonet gave me anxiety too lol
Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!
"somebody better promote that BOY"? he is not only a Man but also a warrior. remember that!
Very nice ...... Thats great! ....at my age (13) im so interested at rifle and sword exhibition i wish someone teach me how to use it