Combat or Fight Logic (or ‘eskirmologics’) is a phrase gaining acceptance amongst scholars and academics to refer to the natural underlying logical structure and pattern of strategies, tactics and techniques of combative encounters. The term is applied as a homogenous noun referring to the entire range of components which make up combat and fighting, in all it’s manifestations including human (anthropomorphic) and animal (zoomorphic).

The term references the users’ belief that combat depends upon rules which define the event itself, from the social to technical dimensions; and that such rules may be studied. The representative noun for those who study Combat Logic is ‘Eskirmologist’; defined as ‘one who studies Eskirmology’.

The basis of Combat Logic is founded upon a Risk Model (‘The Incremental Combat Model’ ICM), itself derived from an epistemological hypothesis that fighting is a physical manifestation of competition amongst biological organisms. Because competition in this manner involves the exertion of ‘Force’ by all parties involved, a certain amount of Control is sought.