The best of 50 Years of Army Defensive Techniques In World War 1 & 2 the U.S. Army trained its troops in basic hand-to-hand combat. This book encompasses those techniques and moves as well as those from the Nineties, still being taught today. There are two manuals in this volume, Unarmed Defense for the American Soldier(1942) and Combatives (1992). Both present highly effective methods of hold releases, striking attacks, defense against bayonet attack, and even sentry removal skills. These are time-tested and proven in actual combat throughout the world, in numerous conflicts. Well-illustrated, all moves are demonstrated in a step-by-step manner with instructions for their execution. A 'must have' classic for every martial arts/ self-defense student's library. With over 275 photos and drawings. • Wrist escapes • Body Hold escapes • Defenses against choke holds • Defenses against kicks • Defenses against blows with clubs • Use of the Club • Throws and Take downs • Grappling • Vital targets • Striking Principles • Defense against the Knife • Offensive techniques: Bayonet / Knife • Entrenching Tool • Improvised weapons • Sentry Removal Keywords: self defense,sentry,knife,bayonet,choke hold,combat,improvised weapons

The WW2 1944 Edition This revised 1944 edition is the definitive version of Biddle's classic "Do or Die" manual of individual combat methods. With updated images and content, you will learn battle proven techniques, as taught to the USMC during WWII, for bayonet fighting, knife fighting, empty hand defense, and more. Col. Drexel Biddle was a renowned WWI & WWII hand-to-hand combat instructor...using his wealth of martial training in fencing/swordsmanship, Jiu-jitsu, Defendu, and boxing he outlines and shows the most effective techniques for defending one's self in the extreme moment of combat with a determined enemy. This is a must-have volume for any student of the defensive martial arts.

The Hidden Classic of mid-20th Century Defensive Tactics Originally published in 1951, this little known defensive classic is 'the manual' of Wesley Brown's Defensive Combat system as taught to Naval Aviators during World War 2. After a chance encounter at the Chicago World's Fair, he is recruited as a plain clothes officer to a Chicago police department by Col. Isham Randolph (of the crime-fighting Chicago Secret Six). Wesley rose quickly to become the asst. Director of the police training Traffic Institute at Northwestern University. Here he honed his concepts for defensive tactics suitable for police close quarters encounters with the criminal element. With the outbreak of WW2, he joined the Navy and was assigned to create a new hand-to-hand combat program for the Naval Air Corps. The program was so well received that both the Army, and fledgling O.S.S. patterned their courses after it. This course and the techniques in it are immortalized in the U.S. Navy film, "Hand to Hand Combat in Three Parts" which was both produced and stars Wesley Brown, showing his style of rough-and-tumble moves/counter-moves. An amazing and comprehensive look into early 1930's–40's defensive techniques. It deserves a place on any serious martial arts bookshelf. Topics covered include: - Unarmed Opponents - Armed opponents (Pistol/rifle/knife) - Police club use - Wrist Locks and escapes - Grapples, Chokes / escapes - Vulnerable Areas - Hand Blows - Kicks - Throws / Leg sweeps - Defensive moves for Ladies - Control holds, etc. - Training regimens Keywords: wrestling,rough and tumble,knife,baton,club,choke hold,police, OSS

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