Some excellent Nancy Wake quotes
She was an SOE agent nicknamed the white mouse by the Germans for her uncanny ability to escape capture. Also one of the few recorded hand to hand combat kills in WW2.
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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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According to many comments you'd think the icepick grip was never used well.......
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Pistol disarm when you happen upon your friend being held up.
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Adding some extra spice to Fairbairns handshake from the gutter fighting films
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This has got to be my favourite moment from my class last weekend 😂, sneaky sneaky sentry eliminations.
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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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Simulating group fighting is always a fun session
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The first beginners course is complete. It was a pleasure to teach and see people enjoying the WW2 material.
Here's to what looks like a very bright future for Battalion Martial Arts.
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Lead instructor Chris had a fantastic opportunity today to shoot some authentic WW2 rifles.
Excellent event put on by the Artists Rifles club which has historic links with 21 SAS.
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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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Combatives were not just taught to soldiers and spies several books were published during the war for civilian self defence as well.
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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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Knife defence from the US Navy V group hand to hand combat book.
This technique is found all over the place in the American WW2 training literature and is also found in some medieval sources I have read.
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Fairbairns hip throw
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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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This is a clip of Fairbairn himself talking about his knife system.
It's in greek with subtitles as it's from training materials sent for use in the Greek civil war.
youtu.be/MWSLXXdg9Bw?...
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Some great T-shirts courtesy of my partner and sister.
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"You are held up with a pistol and ordered to put your hands up. The fact that you have not been shot on sight clearly shows that your opponent wants to take you as a prisoner or is afraid to fire, knowing that it will raise an alarm"
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