This is my first shot at a semi-instructional TikTok, featuring John Styers’ “Out of Line” technique from Cold Steel.

Just trying to bring some of this material to life.

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Last part of Fairbairn's escape from a bear hug.

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Three days to teach your close combat instructors. It's why Fairbairn and Sykes system is so simple

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Stick retention: Get your stick back then make them regret their life choices.

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Fairbairn comments on this escape that you will lose a chunk of hair but probably won't notice

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It was great to be invited to attend a session with Hull University's War Studies students and teachers yesterday evening.

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An Incredibly brave woman who you may not have heard of.

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Simulating group fighting is always a fun session

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A introduction to Fairbairns stick in Tuesdays class

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A handshake gone wrong 😉, the SOE did not play fair! This system is designed to preemptively strike before your target has a chance to defend themselves.

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Somebody is going to have a headache tomorrow

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Introducing Fairbairns knife system in session two of our beginners course

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Students trying out Fairbairns strikes for the first time.

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Chin Jabs at our first ever session.

One of the key points was to grip the pad after the strike which in reality would be to claw the face or to gouge the eyes.

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An excellent first night tonight hopefully one of many to come. Everyone did fantastically and it was great to see so many people enjoying combatives.

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Utilising Fairbairns strikes after controlling the knife hand.

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Sadly Fairbairn and Sykes don't give you much advice for how to defend against a knife attack. Luckily the American army and marine manuals have a few suggestions.

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Tiger claw to the face tends to calm people down 😂

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All ready for teaching disarms in the beginners course.

Disclaimer: these are all made of solid rubber for training purposes.

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Gun disarm gone wrong

Elbow push, clout to the back of the head and pushed out of disarming range.

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You come round the corner to find your friend being held up...... Something, something.......kick them in the testicles!

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Can You Get Fit Training Like a Soldier? Bill Maeda's Journey

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Some great T-shirts courtesy of my partner and sister.

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Having a go at Fairbairns gun disarms.

Disclaimer: all weapons shown are simulated weapons used for training purposes.

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I was told there wasn't enough content to do a weekly WW2 combatives class. I beg to differ 😁

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Edge of hand blows are one of the most ubiquitous techniques in WW2 combatives.

Easy to teach and apply with a lot of power and can be very lethal when targeting the neck and throat

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Fairbairn's Japanese strangle

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First part of a Sentry takedown drill

Blow to the side of the head and grip the nose and mouth while stabbing them in the kidneys.

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Fairbairn's chin jab developed into a grip on the face in a group wrestle

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There are tons of manuscripts looking at both world war 2 and world war 1 approaches to combatives.

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