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We have some interesting material on Early Liverpool Ju Jutsu
This is the review I posted on Amazon:
Nick Hughes has vast experience, firstly as a Karate-trained doorman, working the hardest nightclubs in Australia; then as a Paratrooper in the French Foreign...
The second volume in the story of Fairbairn and Sykes, follows on from the Shanghai years as covered in!The Legend of W.E. Fairbairn, Gentleman and Warrior: The Shanghai Years. to give a...
Ronnie Colwell started training in Karate in the 1970s, before that he was in Ju Jutsu. I remember when he went to Malaysia to train with Budokan, who had broken away from their Japanese teachers...
Just to inform readers that Working with Warriors is now available in Kindle, from Amazon UK here
Andy,
I don't have a current address for Brian, unfortunately. However, I may be able to help you somewhat with your research. Feel free to contact me at
DenCQB@Yahoo.co.uk
"wonder if another Harry, Harry Benfield will be attending the funeral. "
Unfortunately, Harry Benfield died in April 2009, after a lengthy illness.
Acouple of extremely rare films of W.E. Fairbairn, produced for training the OSS, are now available here http://www.gutterfightingfilms.com/.
These are not the already well known film of WEF working...
Spot on. The biggest difference usually is that those professionals are duty bound to intervene in confrontations, while the citizen isn't. Avoidance and disengagement are essentials in that case....
Very true. There is, however, an area which is largely common to all those professions, and that is situational control. This essential aspect includes Theat Evaluation, Combat Indicators/Avoidance,...
In my opinion, for effective self-protection training it is more important to choose an instructor with real street experience, rather than a specific system.
Eugene,
Glad you like "Working with Warriors" I really wanted to give Terry O'Neill and Gary Spiers the recognition they deserve as awesome fighting men.
Cheers,
Den
You may be interested in the articles here
All the best
Dennis
I hope the following news release is OK to post....
Readers may be interested in the book which has been in the works for some time. Working with Warriors covers Dennis Martin’s training in Karate,...
Hi Harry,
I've exchanged correspondance on this topic with several guys with knowledge of the field of special warfare, and all have severely doubted the truth behind The Sixteen.
For example,...
Jody
There is no handgun training in the UK apart from that done by the military and the police.
There are a number of organizations offering training with pistols and even subguns, but these are...
Phil has a collection of articles, links and a discussion section at the Combatives Community
Cheers,
Den
Just to updaye this thread, the interview mentioned above, which originally appeared in Fighting Arts Magazine, is now online at CQB Services.
Marcus came over to the UK in 2006 and presented an...
There was a vast amount of combatives taught to the allied forces during WW-2, and a great deal of it was, frankly, rubbish.
However, the core material presented by Fairbairn, Sykes, O'Neill was...
If you check the publisher's website here you'll see that they don't send the book overseas, also, only two copies per address.
Cheers,
Den
The long-awaited biography of Fairbairn mentioned above has now been published.
I've posted a review here
I'm sure E-Budo readers will find this book essential reading.
Cheers,
Den
That knife/pistol technique I have seen used by police in South Africa for what the term "House Penetration" (room combat. The knife is held in reverse-grip, and the hands are back-to-back ala...
With sadness I have to report the recent death of Gary Spiers. He died in hospital from pancreatitus, aged 57.
Born in New Zealand Gary worked in Australia, where he trained in Judo, Ju-jutsu,...
Alan,
Hope you enjoy the new column in Combat.
Yes we're planning several WINNING EDGE Courses next year, including a weekend program in Hemel in Spring.
I'll post full details on the forum when...