The father of modern hand-to-hand combat, Capt. W. E. Fairbairn, taught the famed British Commandos from this classic, long-out-of-print manual on unarmed combat. Known for his "get tough" attitude, Fairbairn designed these practical methods after years of training troops and watching ruffians, thugs, bandits and bullies. Now you can profit from his experience.
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W.E. Fairbairn taught unarmed combat to the famed British Commandos and the U.S. armed forces during World War II. Before the war he served as assistant commissioner of the Shanghai Police Force. He was the inventor of the Fairbairn Commando Knife and the author of the classics Get Tough and Shooting to Live.
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Deliver edge-of -the -hand blows with the inner (i.e., little-finger) edge of the hand, finger straight and close together, thumb extended; contact is made with the edge only, about half-way between the knuckle of the little finger and the wrist, as shown in Fig.1. Read the first page
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Deliver edge-of -the -hand blows with the inner (i.e., little-finger) edge of the hand, finger straight and close together, thumb extended; contact is made with the edge only, about half-way between the knuckle of the little finger and the wrist, as shown in Fig.1. Read the first page
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book for anyone wanting to learn WW2 combatives but please be warned it's exactly the same book as "All in fighting" but with a different introduction and the fighting with a rifle section removed so all thing considered the other book is a better buy.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
A very interesting book, as a self defence teacher I found that a number of the less lethal techniques are still taught today. There are only so many techniques and this little book manages to cover many of them. The art work is reminisant of WW2 comics, but apart from that a very good and informative read from the grandfather of police restraint and close combat techniques.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By C.BATES
Format:Paperback
As other comentators have noted you really need someone to explain some of the moves to make them clear. This sort of thing should not be undertaken lightly, the methods described will result in death if used. But it does make fascinating reading and is an important historical document.
I bought this book because I was part of a martial arts group run by a man, sadly now deceased, who worked for Fairbairn in WWII. His opening gambit to me was, "I only teach things I've used for real - that way I know they work. Now, this is how you kill someone silently..."
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Original and best
If you learnt this with a friend from cover to cover you'd be lethal! However, it is just a great piece of military training history. Great gift for any man. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Sean Henderson
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Great basic knowledge
Very simple to understand & illustrated, good basic grounding in unarmed WW2 commando attack techniques. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Rampant Rabbit
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One for the bookshelf
I was a bit disappointed as Fairburn is very much a hero of mine. Its a shame the he did not impart more knowledge and give more in-depth explanation in this book. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2008 by S. Jacobs
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The return of Jujitsu.
W.E.Fairbairn studied Kodokan Jujitsu which was absorbed into Kodokan judo.The techniques shown in this book are basically old style Jujitsu waza. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by Koga
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A good buy
Just the four stars, because the techniques in this book are,in some cases, tricky to learn without help. However, in spite of (because of? Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by James Drake
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Well its what some people want....
The book by Fairbairn "Get Tough" is a blessing for some, yet a let down for others. I found this book to cover the techniques execellently through the use of diagrams and simple... Read more
Published on 18 May 2005 by A. Baker
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Over rated
The author did a great thing back in the war. He designed an effective basic system that could be taught fairly quickly to young and fit men. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2004
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A good book to own
I have owned this book for many years and find it a useful and yet effective unarmed combat book. As the book is in it's original WWII format then the fact it looks a little old... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2004
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Maybe not the best layman's guide to hand to hand combat...
Unlike Jerry Vancook's excellent 'Real world self defence' (Which I have also reviewed on Amazon.co.uk.), 'Get Tough' is a pure 'how to fight' book. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2000
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A fascinating insight.
This little manual provides an excellent guide to simple but effective self defense techniques. However considerable repetitive training would be needed to make the moves fast and... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2000 by greg_coveney@3com.com
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