# The deadly art of butt-stroking **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082 "2014-02-11T20:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MetroGnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/1 "2014-02-11T20:22:54Z")
So I was just reading the Wikipedia entry on pistol-whipping and felt I just had to share the last sentence with you guys: _“Pistol-whipping should not be confused with [butt-stroking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttstroke), a close combat military discipline.”_ The link then takes you to the “Buttstroke” page which politely informs you: _“‘Butt stroking’ redirects here. For touching or fondling another person’s buttocks in a sexual way, see groping.”_ My new goal in life now is to work my way up the military system as THE authority in this discipline and insist on being addressed as Master Butt-stroker. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/2 "2014-02-11T20:28:48Z")
I would have thought that butt-stroking was the major avenue for promotion in the military (as it is in most hierarchical systems). ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/3 "2014-02-11T20:32:13Z")
I’m impressed how the Navy instructs you to close with and successfully carry out a well-executed butt-stroke on a target who is retreating or otherwise deflecting your advances. I wish you the best in your studies. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/4 "2014-02-11T20:41:29Z")
Is this similar in any way to grabassing? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/5 "2014-02-11T20:45:59Z")
Now everbody… have you heard? If you’re in the Corps, “buttstroke”'s the word… ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/6 "2014-02-11T20:59:22Z")
> [@MetroGnome](#): > > My new goal in life now is to work my way up the military system as THE authority in this discipline and insist on being addressed as Master Butt-stroker. How about “MetroGnome - senior butt-stroking expert.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/7 "2014-02-12T10:30:31Z")
The buttocks can be an _extremely_ erogenous zone. No, you may not ask me how I know that. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/8 "2014-02-13T21:14:13Z")
“Sir, every time we advance on the enemy they unleash an awesome barrage of butt stroking that turns our men’s knees to jelly!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/9 "2014-02-13T22:11:53Z")
It’s not so much that butt-stroking is a form of close combat. But it can lead to close combat if you misread the situation. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/10 "2014-02-13T22:23:00Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I’m impressed how the Navy instructs you to close with and successfully carry out a well-executed butt-stroke on a target who is retreating or otherwise deflecting your advances. > > I wish you the best in your studies. I imagine the navy offers instruction in the breaststroke, too. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/11 "2014-02-14T00:21:57Z")
I guess they don’t row much in the navy these days. There would have been a time when it was important to please the cox with your stroke. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/12 "2014-02-14T01:28:03Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I imagine the navy offers instruction in the breaststroke, too. Tail-hook is more their cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/13 "2014-02-14T01:40:05Z")
While horizontal buttstroking might sound good to some, it’s unlikely that many people would want to be the recipient of it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SiBGxi9Hhp4/hqdefault.jpg "Human Weapon - Marine Martial Arts - Horizontal ButtStroke") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiBGxi9Hhp4) ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/14 "2014-02-14T03:03:37Z")
I somehow acquired a version of the USMC close combat manual from back in the “sweep and stomp” days. Every time it recommends an open handed slap to the enemy’s groin it includes “grab, squeeze, and twist IN A VIOLENT AND FORCEFUL MANNER.” It makes you wonder, the all caps thing, were too many guys grabbing, squeezing and twisting in a gentle and sensual manner? This close combat stuff seems very complicated. I’m going to stick to plumbing. I almost have that ballcock sorted out. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082/15 "2014-02-14T05:46:23Z")
I always figured any combat that required me mounting my bayonet to my 16 was just too damned close.