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Essential Techniques of Close Combat -part one
Carl Cestari The Self Defense Company The following is an excerpt from “Close Combat - Note for Instructors” by W.E. Fairbairn Unarmed Techniques (For those who have been FOOLISH and caught UNARMED) Technique No. 1 - "Edge of Hand Blows" Made with the fingers and thumb straight out. Strike with little-finger edge of hand. Points of Attack: Forearm bone, wrist, side of neck, one inch below Adam’s apple, back of neck, etc. Technique No. 2 - "Chin-Jab" Strike with the heel of hand in an upward direction. This is a close-in blow and must be given with all possible force in an upward direction. Points of Attack: Up under the chin with the heel of the hand - fingers extended to reach the eyes. Technique No. 3 - "Tigers Claw" The blow travel’s into the eyes and face with a piston-like forward jab. The fingers are bent like a tiger's claw. Keep your weight of body to be behind blow without any "telegraphing" of the intention to strike. This is the most effective hand blow ever worked out. It has the advantage of three inches additional length as compared to a "straight" left punch and can be achieved with lightning like speed. It is a complete answer to any attempt at a frontal attack and permits one to deal effectively with one's opponent before he is really dangerous. Technique No. 4 - "Kicking" Side kick: Turn right foot sideways to the left and kick forward. Make contact on the target’s shin-bone with the outside edge of the sole of the boot. Follow through by transferring the weight of your body from the left to the right foot and smash down with your boot on to the small bones of opponent's foot. Special Note: 1. Any student who thoroughly masters the three hand blows and the method of kicking (no matter what his strength or build may be) will be able to effectively deal with any un-armed opponent. 2. All these methods are ATTACKING, not DEFENSIVE and should be applied in conjunction with each other. Fairbairn’s advice on strategy, tactics and mind-set: "... unfair and unethical methods of fighting in which acts of artifice, force, vehemence, and shock are of major importance and in which all earmarks of the concepts of fair-play and good sportsmanship must be eliminated." Considering the trend in the martial arts, i.e, non-essentials, nonsense, agendas, more nonsense and "pointless" arguments. I feel that presenting the above is a waste of time for the majority of martial arts practitioners and self defense “experts”. However, there are a few that will benefit from it. The truth is, the above few paragraphs gives everything you really need and answers almost any question, IF (and this is big IF) one possesses the true wherewithal to really "get" it. If I sound mildly disgusted, well I am. There is a wealth of REAL knowledge to be discovered here offered by some very serious dedicated men. A lot of the bantering that goes on surrounding real world self defense sounds like a bunch of schoolgirls! I would make a civil statement about "offending" any new members, self defense, martial arts study and combative sport are NOT the same things. Everything you will learn from this day forward is designed to maximize your training efforts with the sole purpose of saving your life. Studying martial arts and training in sport are notable and worthwhile endeavors, I have spent a great portion of my life dedicated to those pursuits. They have a place in real combat, but NOT the place. And along the way we will incorporate some of those training methods to help develop your real world skills. |
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Links to Martial Arts Articles A Brief History Of Martial Arts in the Modern Military Many martial arts are derived from military combatives; the study of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts in warfare. After all, the term "martial art" means "art of warfare." For example, the sport or judo comes from jujutsu, which comes from samurai grappling, which was part of the training Japanese warriors received as preparation for battle. Many weapon-oriented martial arts, such as iado, kendo, kyudo and naganata-do originated in schools of martial techniques for warriors. These weapons, the sword, bow and arrow, and pole arm, were the assault rifles and machine guns of their time--the default weapons of military fighters--and as such were key components in combat training. The Western interest in East Asian Martial arts dates back to the late 19th Century AD, due to the increase in trade between America with China and Japan. Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the martial arts, considering it to be mere performance. Edward William Barton-Wright, a railway engineer who had studied the martial art Jujutsu while working in Japan between 1894–97, was the first man known to have taught Asian martial arts in Europe. He also founded an eclectic martial arts style named Bartitsu which combined jujutsu, judo, boxing, savate and stick fighting. William E. Fairbairn, a Shanghai policeman and at the time a leading Western expert on Asian fighting techniques, was recruited during world War II by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to teach UK, U.S. and Canadian Commando and Ranger forces Jujutsu. The seminal self-defense book Kill or Get Killed was written by Colonel Rex Applegate, who worked closely with Fairbairn to train the "First Special Service," a joint U.S. and Canadian army unit; it became a classic military treatise on hand to hand combat and created the reality based martial art "Defendu." Modern variations that can still trace an authentic lineage to Applegate are very few . The undisputed "father" of Modern close-combat is Carl Cestari who had a direct relationship with both Colonel Applegate and WWII self-defense pioneer Charlie Nelson. In 2006 Carl Cestari was named one of the top 10 "Most Dangerous Men On The Planet" by Black Belt Magazine. Seeing the need to bring these legitimate and proven techniques and method of close-combat back into the Modern world of "hobby" Martial Arts (Karate, Kung Fu, Capoiera, Aikido, etc.) and "sport" Martial Arts (Judo, Brazilian Jui-jitsu, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate fighting , etc.), one of Cestari’s top students, Damian Ross and his instructors have dedicated their lives to teaching, instruction, and spreading the "truth" about Martial Arts, street fighting, self defense, and close combat. This site is the only link to that legacy Please be aware of the following common misspellings as relates to common martial art searches: martial atrs, martial atrs weapons, martial arts spuplies, martial arts eqiupment, martail, marital arts uniforms, amrtial arts supply, amrtial arts books amrtial arts. Copyright © 2008 The Self Defense Company LLC, Complete Self Defense, Carl Cestari, Core Combat Training, World War II hand to hand combat, Street Mixed Martial Arts and The Complete Self Defense Training System are registered to The Self Defense Company All rights reserved.
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