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    All-in Fighting
    All-in Fighting
    All-in Fighting
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    All-in Fighting

    By W. E. Fairbairn

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    The author of this concise guide to unarmed combat and self-defence is a legend. W. E. Fairbairn (1885-1960) spent over thirty years in the tough environment of the Riot Squads of China's Shanghai Municipal Police. In order to lower levels of Police mortality at the hands of Chinese Tongs, he studied ancient Chinese and Japanese martial arts, including Ju-jitsu, and was the first foreigner to be awarded a black belt in the discipline. He developed his own system which he called 'Defendu'. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was recruited by Britain's Special Operations Executive as an Instructor in unarmed combat and expounded the deadly mysteries of attack and defence to scores of trainee agents about to be dropped into occupied Europe. His methods were approved and officially adopted throughout the British army. Fairbairn also developed weapons and defence aids such as bullet proof vests. He is best known as the co-inventor of the famous Sykes-Fairbairn knife. In this book he expounds his distilled experience of unarmed combat. Fully illustrated, it shows how to deliver deadly blows with hand, fist, knee and boot; wrist, bear- and strangle holds (and how to break them); how to throw an enemy, and how to break their backs; how to disarm a pistol-wielding attacker; and securing a prisoner. The book also contains a chapter on the use of the rifle in close combat by Captain P. N. Walbridge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaval and Military Press
    Release dateFeb 15, 2018
    ISBN9781781519745
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    All-in Fighting - W. E. Fairbairn

    All-in Fighting

    by Captain W. E. Fairbairn

    Late Assistant Commissioner

    Shanghai Municipal Police

    RIFLE SECTION

    by Captain P. N. Walbridge

    Diagrams by ‘Hary’

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    The Library & Archives Department at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, specialises in the history and development of armour and weapons from earliest times to the present day. Material relating to the development of artillery and modern fortifications is held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Fort Nelson.

    For further information contact:

    Royal Armouries Museum, Library, Armouries Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 1LT

    Royal Armouries, Library, Fort Nelson, Down End Road, Fareham PO17 6AN

    Or visit the Museum’s website at

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    Captain W. E. Fairbairn, in addition to having made a study of practically every known method of attack and defence, spent over thirty years in the Shanghai Municipal Police, where he was the founder and, up to 1940, in charge of their famous Riot Squads. He was their Chief Instructor in self-defence, and includes amongst his pupils royalty and several of the highest jiu-jitsu experts of Japan. He is the first foreigner living outside Japan to be awarded the Black Belt Degree by the Kodokan Jiu-Jitsu University, Tokio, and was further honoured in 1931 by being promoted to Black Belt 2nd Degree. He also studied under Tsai Ching Tung, who at one time was employed at the Imperial Palace, Peking, as instructor in Chinese ‘boxing’ to retainers of the late Dowanger Empress.

    From July 1940 the author has been Captain Instructor in Close Combat at the Special Training Centre. His methods have been approved and adopted as the standard instructions for the British Army.

    In order to make the illustrations as clear and concise as possible, in many cases soldiers have been shown not wearing army packs, pouches, etc., but is should be understood that all the methods shown can be carried out with full equipment.

    Captain P. N. Walbridge, Weapon Training Officer at the Special Training Centre, the author of the section in this book on the use of the rifle in close combat, is well known for his prowess with the rifle, both at slow and rapid fire. He was a member of the Army VIII Shooting Team from 1935 to 1939, while, in addition, he has been the winner of the following:

    1935 - Elkington Grand Aggregate. Shot at Bisley National Meeting at 900 and 1,000 yards.

    1937 - ‘The Army 100 Cup’.

    1938 - ‘The Army 100 Cup’.

    1938 - His Majesty the King’s Medal and Championship of the Regular Army.

    Preface

    by Lieut.-Colonel J. P. O’Brien Twohig

    There seems little doubt that one of the causes of our failures during this war comes from the cricket (or baseball) mentality. It was the French equivalent of this which, in the case of the French nation when confronted with total war, caused it to close its eyes in horror and give up the struggle.

    Unlike the war of 1914–1918 the proportion of individual fighting in this struggle is large, and it is not enough for front-line soldiers to be skilled in arms and determined; every soldier, sailor, airman, and in many cases every man and woman, may be called on to defend their lives in sudden emergencies. This defence can only be achieved by killing or disabling the enemy.

    To conquer our ingrained repugnance to killing at close quarters is essential, and no better means of doing this has been discovered than by following the training methods given in Captain Fairbairn’s book.

    To the civilian without a weapon or the soldier surprised without his or deprived of it, it gives the necessary confidence, determination and ruthlessness to gain victory.

    It will soon be found that the principal value of the trainings lies not so much in the actual physical holds or breaks, but in the psychological reaction which engenders and fosters the necessary attitude of mind which refuses to admit defeat and is determined to achieve victory.

    Introduction

    This book is based upon earlier works issued under the titles of Défendu, which was written for the police forces of the Far East, and Scientific Self-Defence, published by D. Appleton, of New York. Every method shown in these books has stood the criticism of police from practically every country in the world, including the Far East, which is the recognized home of jiu-jitsu (judo). A more expert community for criticizing works on self-defence it would be impossible to find.

    The majority of the methods shown are drastic in the extreme. In contrast to judo, they recognize no accepted rules. They are not intended to provide amusement for all-in wrestling spectators, but for use in these dangerous times as part of the national preparedness against our enemies.

    The question may well be asked,

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