Fairbairn's Unarmed Combat Training, WWII

[Andhaira]

This is good, but again it contains lots of chops which is basically Shoto Garai in Jujutsu, aka the Knife Hand. It also doesn't seem to have any defence against high kicks, which are taught in Jujutsu. Furthermore, and much more importantly, it has no defence against the Jujutsu Nagewaza takedowns, aka Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

On the plus side, this seems much faster to learn, and doesn't contain much of the Kata/demonstration forms bullshit that plague Japenese Martial Arts.

[Konicava]

Not a gentle way...

[incdogrobber]

if I knew this durin' my formative years, it would've brought a lot of trash-talkin' & "because I can" garbage to a grindin' halt.

[djeq721]

Everything that is shown is in Japanese Ju Jitsu basically, it's not the most complete system ever but would get the job done none the less, especially back then when less people knew anything to do with hand to hand fighting.

[98vanguard]

why would your enemy try to bear hug you in war when they have there knife, there helmet, there shovel, there pistol, and of course there primary gun (unless they lost it), and lets not forget our fist and legs, they can even use there canteen if needed, or even there pack! ( if they carry alot of stuff in it). plus it would take a long time to kill someone with a bear hug plus it looks wierd.

[TheShubnigurath]

one final one from the Fairbairn method

[Wargoat6]

@hans421 Indeed. Would you rather hit someone with a tightly cinched bag of chess pieces or with a lead pipe?

[Quicksilver903]

This is what me grandpa was taught in WWII

[infokemp]

Jujitsu plus boxing plus natural English aggression = winning combination!

[djeq721]

@infokemp

These are the two arts I study and they are PERFECT. Contain everything you could possibly need to look after yourself.

[11Kralle]

What do you do, if a german soldier is going to hug you? Fairbain knew the answer... I wonder if theres a german video: `How to hug your enemy/Wie man den Feind umarmt.´

[zhetya]

oh man i can't see a thing!

it's like watching an over bright and 8 bit movie

[mkhovila]

What's the word that he uses when he refers to attacking the guy's groin? Sounds like "thok" or something. He uses it at around 0:06, 0:54 and 1:13. Some kind of British slang?

[Falandorn]

@mkhovila I think hes saying fork, meaning fork in the body between the torso and where the legs 'fork out', its a natural guide into the groin.

[Wavemaninawe]

@Falandorn

So I wasn't imagining things?

I'll try to remember that for next weeks MA training. "Next, I counter by hitting you in the fork"... sounds even wackier in Swedish.

[Falandorn]

@Wavemaninawe lol vad är det i svenska? Its a bit unusual, its probably a term only used around that time, we certainly wouldnt use that term now, we would just say groin i think :)

[Wavemaninawe]

@Falandorn

Hold on... you're asking me in Swedish what the word is in Swedish?

Btw, it's "vad är det på svenska". :-)

[Falandorn]

@Wavemaninawe jag studera svenska och tack för det. I always mix up 'i' and 'på', the direct translation from english never works there does it, sounds like 'what is it on swedish'. :)

[Wavemaninawe]

@Falandorn

Nope it doesn't,. Because there isn't really much logic to Swedish grammar. -_-

Fork is "gaffel", which wouldn't make sense in describing low blows... since it only refers to the cutlery.

[RogueBrit]

Take that u Bosh !!!

[Grungadin]

Wow if someone ever tries to hug me now I know what to do.

[TheGree123]

This is a WWI training vidio lol

[joiless]

Fairbairn had a way with words - "the cure is complete" and "the gentle art of murder" being two of my favorites.

[abscrete]

Great im just reading the get tough book this video comes really handy to understand better the movements thanks for posting!!!!

[ballygeale1]

cant see it

[anycush]

come at me with a piece of fruit

[dezmodium]

Hot damn I love that old timey voice. That needs to make a comeback. Seriously.

[12pona]

That was a useful vid, thanks for the upload!

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[BusterBoy5555]

this guy is a legend and these are lethal techniques, i just rented online a couple of carl cestri videos from goldstarvideo and they are good. i also notice they have some damian ross stuff . you may want to buy it instead of renting because it is worth it , money is just a little tight for me

[Klayperson]

this is from the '40s :O

[MidnighWolf]

Fairbairn's book 'Get Tough' is also worth a read!

[shane220222]

my dad was a mercenary for the cia in vietnam and alot of those moves are the real deal trust me ive used em... screw the kidney chop and an eye gouge is the best simple thing you can do but unless you there trying to kill you dont do to hard or you gonna be spending time in prison for blinding them

[subdivisions416]

@shane220222 Hmm... it seems everyone on Youtube watching these videos has a dad or brother or friend in the Seals, SAS, or was something like "a mercenary for the cia."

In case you're slow, I'm calling bullshit.

[shane220222]

wtf ever a little nerd loser.. i ran into this vid not by looking for it i seen it all done is a usa style variant just tought i was telling people its not bs and as for you... your a bitch and cant fight for shit or else you would know those move would kill the fuck out u.. oh and did i say ur a little bitch

[subdivisions416]

@shane220222 Yeah, I know those moves would "kill the fuck out of u," you dumbass redneck.

Did youy drop out of the trailer park's homeschool literacy program or something, or were you born a clusterfuck? And I don't care how you found this video or if you've "seen it all done."

All I did was call bullshit on the whole "my dad was a cia mercenary," which you just decided to not defend.

So like I said, you're a bullshit phony.

[shane220222]

lol the reason i didn't defend it because i could care less if you u think im a phony lol i was just calling u out cus your a bitch who has daddy issues lol.. as for the trailer park you need to move your broke ass out your momma's house in your "subdivision"

[Howie262]

Fuk that, we do it German-Style and just choke slam that bitch.

[Grungadin]

Yeah cause Germans sure were brave in world war 2. I would call German-Style murdering innocent men, women and children by the millions, but whatever you say.

[Sozdar112]

AHW MY EYEBALLLSS IM BLIND

[MoJoThundRpants]

nobody strikes like that in a real fight

[RDCKM]

Obviously you have never seen anyone strike like that in a fight because you have never witnessed a fight on the battlefield.

[MoJoThundRpants]

No I have not, and thanks for putting me down and reminding me that I'm a good-for-nothing draft dodging civilian hippie. From the generation Who is too much of a coward to serve their own damb country these days to not even have the fuckin courtesy to do a fuckin favor by serving. Thank you

[Klayperson]

i guess those guys just don't like being hugged. :\

[GFUgirl]

I knew Colonel Applegate when I was a little girl. I remember being absolutely fascinated with him and his weapons collection whenever my father and I visited. I love that I could find this video on Youtube.

[scopeophile]

anyone else can see more than a few connections between this and 'Krav Maga' and none with the flowery crap many MA system inflicts upon it's students?

Just goes to show, there's nothing new in the realm of hand 2 hand combat - just ass holes who make it cool/ pretty to attract 'tough guys' and 'karate' moms to McDojos... Wasted months in classes like that - 'till I left that BS.

It is harsh and brutal, but hell it fucking works under pressure... and that's what counts, surely?

[kempobrad]

you're right, theres nothing new...even about this. its all been done before, its just rehashed.

[scopeophile]

well, 'nothing' new might be a bit of a blanket to be sure.... however, when you see these 'do unto others before they do it to you' style self defence DVD 'courses' you have to wonder how much danger would you need to be in before you have no choice but to resort to methods as extreme as demonstrated in this vid?... I mean sure this is for the battlefield and in that context would work perfectly well.. but on the streets, unless there's a danger to your life... legally its shaky ground

[kempobrad]

but if someone's coming at me with a baseball bat, and angry expression...i'm not going to wait. lol good point though, you can't just rip peoples arms off for calling you an asshole

[scopeophile]

exactly so! I've seen knife 'defense' vids that advocate, after you've disarmed your attacker it is shown as just fine to poceed to stab them with the weapon they where going to use... the use of letha force has some very specific and exact on what you can and cannot do on that score.

[hilltopcresent]

i would rather be alive on shaky ground than dead, put simply

[tengc]

Classic.

[SallyMyers1991]

I read in a book called From Lee to Li that Fairbairn had over 600 real-life fights while serving as a policeman in Shanghai.

[blutobelushi]

he was a real man.he never pulled that gracie jujutsu bs ie rickson's 500-0.but he was a beast.

[gillean2]

Thanks for posting this video! This is the basis for a very effective self defense system.

[bennythefox]

I tried the chin jab once, worked like a charm :)

i believe you can generate as much power using your palm, and its safer than a fist.

By the way does anyone know if Fairbairn made any knife defence techniques, or can reccomend any good ones?

[chushinryoku]

Their knife defence was a chair

I can recommend some good ones along a similar line of reasoning:

1. Use anything longer than the knife as a weapon

2. Run away

anything else and you will DIE

[devel155]

a swift kick to the happy sacks always does the trick

[cyberhit1]

Carl Cestari was certainly smaller as he got older, due to some health problems. However, Carl's top student stated that at his prime Carl walked around at about 225 pounds. You are right on about the open hand stuff. Though many people instinctively use a closed fist. That is why hand/body conditioning is so important.

[cyberhit1]

Carl Cestari was THE MAN! And as you know he was a certified black belt in several martial arts. He liked to use the term "F@ck'em Up Waza."

[1915fas]

I studied Taekwando for a while and the kicks are so difficult to execute fast enough so that you're not telegraphing them by leaning. It takes a lot of time to master and you should't be in your fifties. Wing Chung is good up close but the hand moves require considerable grace.

[MidnighWolf]

Fairbairn and Applegate where true pioneers,

the techniques they taught our troops where a true factor in helping us win the war.

I can also recomend Fairbairn's book 'Get Tough' to anyone watching this.

[cyberhit1]

Excellent post.

[Kevindtong]

You're going to win a lot of confrontations if you keep thinking that way.

[Kevindtong]

So in your opinion whats works for you better? Krav maga or Fairbairn's style?

[gekiryudojo]

well you would know. XD

[Primetome]

THis was the hardest course I ever did in the army! Heading back to the barracks to lick our wounds every night. Oh man we had some doing it hough. Have to say I was happy at the END:)

[Sheik06]

You were trained by these methods of self defense?

[Primetome]

Yep. Same methods. I have to be honest I hated the course but was well worth it in the end.

[colinkadink]

Russian thinking (also now special forces dogma) is fist to bony surface=broken hand. Broken hand cannot draw sidearm

[lordscrub]

no quite the opposite I was replying to another guy's post that stated that i his dojo they learnt moves to counter everything seen here, so I was curious as to how you counter a gouged eye, or ruptured testicles

[TheAntiUTube]

yeah there was a fairbairn-sykes fighting knife, its on wikipedia lol. Even found a article written by fairbairn about knife fighting but i can't remember where to find it

[DeathSquadLegionaire]

Sweet! Fairbairn was so awesome!

[gekiryudojo]

Fair enough!

[gekiryudojo]

No it's not, I would still own you!

[cyberhit1]

Where is your honor? With three decades of martial arts study you should be well beyond having to make verbal cracks on the interntet.

[treist]

haha, I loved the kicks to the ribs after every takedown.

[ANZACJugger0]

No wonder the Germans lost the war hahahahaha they never had training videos or spam

[Padreiot]

Get this fact straight. In a lethal fight or flight situation, the number one hindrance to your defense ability - no matter how long or how complicated you trained, will be ADRENALIN! The stuff dulls thinking and will tend to freeze you up. The limbic system controlling reflex & instinct takes over. So, simple, broad and yet deadly defensive methods that have been deeply ingrained to muscle memory will save the day!

[doktorhook]

One other thing, Fairbairn & Sykes developed these techniques after having fighting contests to see what was truly effective. It was similar to the UFC only people died in the process. The result were no nonsense techniques that worked nearly everytime & were lethal.

[gekiryudojo]

On 18 February 1931, at forty-six years of age, Fairbairn received a Black Belt, 2nd Degree, certified by the famous Jogoro Kano, president of the Kodokan Jui-Jitsu Institution, Tokyo, Japan.(Kano Developed Judo) so for those guys who don't think that oriental Martial arts are any good, your barking up the wrong tree, This is oriental Martial Arts!

[gekiryudojo]

Also if you do you homework you will find that Fairbairn studied oriental Martial Arts "Chinese Boxing" and Jui jitsu when he was stationed in Hong Kong in the Shanghai Municipal Police.

[gillean2]

Yepand he obviously incorporated elements from those disciplines in this video as well.

[gekiryudojo]

This is good for the man down the pub but don't underestimate Martial Artists that have spent Decades perfecting their arts, The man you see defending would be a heap of broken bones in my hands and that's not Bragging, just a fact, As for Defendo it was good against the bosh when you had to teach the soldiers in a rush, There is nothing here that I haven't learned to deal with in my 32years of Martial arts.

[doktorhook]

I'm afraid you underestimate the effectiveness of these methods. This stuff was used successfully against highly skilled judoka & jiujitsuka MANY TIMES in life & death struggles. Those are the real facts.

[gekiryudojo]

Well that is easy to say, where is your qualifications to say that? there is nothing on your channel to suggest that know anything, (and for the guys that mark my comments down your so sad that this stuff can't take criticism) to you Nubes this stuff seems good but to my experience in Decades of real combat arts this is kinder garden stuff that is badly executed

[cyberhit1]

Correct.

[lordscrub]

LMAO.... Please tell me what you have learnt to deal with the effects of a multi strike to your groin, mandible and eyes, I'd love to know. your thinking about it in terms of you both squaring off getting ready to fight, but thats just not how violence happens, you martial artists still think or violence in terms of what goes on in the ring. I know its a scary thought that for all your years of training a single knee to the groin can start the process of your death but its the cold hard reality.

[catwhezal]

Remember this was wartime - Kick someone in the head or attack the neck and they could die and you go to jail. Fuck pride and just run away from any drunk fool wanting to start something up...

[Sheik06]

Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know this style is STILL TAUGHT to some British and US military units. Not just a effective combat method, but also easy to learn and easy to teach, perfect style for modern day wars where a soldier's training consist of very little time. I learned the basics of this method when I acquired Fairbairn's book "Get Tough!", and I also used some techniques defending myself at school one day... Can't believe it worked...

[StantheGunman]

These are gods in my universe!

[LemonDancer]

Fucking right...If it could be used on a Soldier with a gun who was trained to kill...it can be used on some jerk-off on the street

[SD78]

Sykes and Fairburne were some BAD mofos.

[Padreiot]

Wow! This is the no nonsense, no mumbo jumbo and definitely street effective self defense training. When fine muscle motor coordination is destroyed by the adrenalin dump, you may rely on WW2 commando training to save your life.

[lordscrub]

this is years ahead of the mess taught these days

[DEAallday]

A true pioneer in H2H combat

[YuJinLong]

Fairbairn, one of the true H2H masters.

[telmac899]

still very valid techniques for self protectiontoday....terrific. Thanks for posting it.

[thunderkarate]

Man, thats old school hand to hand fighting. Thanks for posting it.

[5thprofession47]

A great piece of close combat history. Thanks for posting this.