Author: Captain W. E. Fairbairn
Publisher: PALADIN PRESS, Dec 2008
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-58160-602-8
Synopsis
The seminal manual on close-quarters combat is finally available in a quality reprint edition. Originally published in 1926; the 1st to present Fairbairn's hard-core system of close-in fighting. Photos; 7x10 inches, 178 pgs.
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Foreward by Kelly McCann
Defendu, William E. Fairbairn's seminal manual on close-quarters combat, is finally available in a quality reprint edition. Originally published in 1926, the book was the first to present Fairbairn's hard-core system of close-in fighting under the name by which it became legendary among practitioners of no-holds-barred self-defense & battlefield skills.
Through Defendu & his other revolutionary books (including Scientific Self-Defence, Get Tough & All-In Fighting), as well as his years spent training members of the Shanghai Municipal Police in the 1930s & elite-unit soldiers during World War II, W.E. Fairbairn probably had more influence on the evolution of practical hand-to-hand combat than any other individual in modern history. As U.S. Marine Corps veteran & CQC expert Kelly McCann writes in the exclusive foreword to Paladin's reprint edition, "W.E. Fairbairn contributed more to the knowledge base of how to kill the enemy in close quarters than perhaps anyone else."
Paladin spent years actively searching for a copy of Defendu through the Internet, out-of-print book outlets, rare-book shops & military book specialists before we found one we could borrow to make this reprint edition possible. So it is with great pride that we add this highly sought volume, with an insightful foreword by best-selling author Kelly McCann to our library of Combat Classic titles.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Captain W.E. Fairbairn taught unarmed combat to the famed British Commandos & 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 & the author of the classics Get Tough & Shooting to Live.
