Fairbairn's Unarmed Combat Training, WWII

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It was at this top secret Scottish location that Col. Rex Applegate of the U.S. Army studied under Fairbairn. Through Col. Applegate and other Instructors such as Col. Anthony Biddle, these highly effective skills were taught to U.S. Troops including US Marines and Rangers as well as OSS operatives and later to the FBI and CIA as the foundation

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[dezmodium]

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

[rangerchallengebravo]

@hans421

Actually, this fighting system was designed to teach people how to to defeat opponents that are skilled in martial arts. Fairbairn developed this system based on his experience taking down criminals that knew martial arts when he was on the Shanghai police force. Also, these moves were taught to US Marine Raiders who were sent to fight the Japanese, who were primarily trained in Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, if I remember correctly. Fairbairn's system was said to be very effective.

[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]

@infokemp

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

[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