Deepak Rao Explained

Deepak Rao is an Indian military trainer and author. He has helped train the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force as well as police forces of major cities and states, for more than 17 years without compensation. For his service in modernization of close quarter battle training,^{[1] [2] [3]} he was awarded commission as Honorary Major of the Indian Territorial Army in 2011.^{[4] [5] [6]} He is acting as a Brand Ambassadors of the Indian Army.

Rao has been a trainer for the Indian Army since 1994. He specializes in close-quarters combat,^{[7] [8]} and along with his wife, Seema Rao, invented a new form of reflex shooting, named the Rao System of Reflex Fire, for the Indian Army.^[9] Rao is a qualified physician who practices sports medicine.

According to Rao's instructor Richard Bustillo, an original student of Bruce Lee, Rao is one of the few instructors in India who teach Bruce Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do correctly.^[10]

Rao has co-authored two books with his wife—A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism and The Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Operations; the latter was distributed to the Police and Paramilitary for free by the Home Ministry.

Books

!Title!ISBN

Commando Manual of Unarmed Combat	978-81-907765-9-2^[11]
Forces Handbook of World Terrorism	978-81-907765-8-5^[12] ^[13]
Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Ops - Advanced Commando Combat System	978-81-907765-0-9^[14]
Balidan: Essential Commando Skills for Counter Terror Ops	978-81-938895-1-0^[15]
Strike to Kill: Army Battle Combatives	978-81-938895-0-3^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Territorial Army citation.
2. Web site: August 23, 2010 . Prachi. Rege. Nishat. Bari. Mitali. Patel . The unstoppables . 2022-03-16 . India Today . en.
3. Web site: September 27, 2009 . Nitasha . Natu. This couple tackles terror together. 2022-03-16 . The Times of India . en.
4. Web site: 2011-11-02 . Army honour for close combat warfare expert . 2022-03-16 . The Indian Express . en.
5. Web site: Ms Dhoni, Abhinav Bindra and Dr Deepak Rao Granted Honorary Rank in Territorial Army . 2022-03-16 . pib.gov.in.
6. Web site: November 30, 1999. Facts about Indian Territorial Army: 5 Terriers India is proud to have . 2022-03-16 . India Today . en.
7. Web site: October 12, 2009. Combat couple . 2022-03-16 . India Today . en.
8. Web site: May 19, 2020. Men in uniform get a shot in the arm from combat couple Mumbai News - Times of India . 2022-03-16 . The Times of India . en.
9. Web site: Dr Seema Rao: India's First Female Combat Trainer, Fighting Stereotypes . 2022-06-30 . Forbes India . en.
10. Web site: PTI. Jan 1, 2012 . Bruce Lee's legacy is being abused: Bustillo More sports News - Times of India . 2022-06-30 . The Times of India . en.
11. Book: Rao . Deepak . Commando: manual of unarmed combat . Rao . Seema . 2010 . UCCA Publication . 978-81-907765-9-2 . Limited . Mumbai.
12. Book: Rao . Seema . Forces handbook of world terrorism . Rao . Deepak . 2010 . UCCA . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Mumbai . English.
13. Book: Sīmārāvu . Forces handbook of world terrorism . Rāvu . Dipāk . 2010 . UCCA Publication . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Gurgaon(Mumbai).
14. Book: Rao . Deepak . Encyclopedia of close combat OPS : advanced commando combat system . Rao . Seema . 2010 . UCCA . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Mumbai . English.
15. Book: Rao, Deepak . Balidan . 2019 . Unarmed Commando Combat Academy . 978-81-938895-1-0.
16. Book: Rao, Deepak . Strike to kill: army battle combatives course: the ABC method of unarmed combat: a 24 period field manual of UAC . 2018 . UCCA Publication . Unarmed Commando Combat Academy . 978-81-938895-0-3 . s.l..