WWII hand to hand self-defense video

**tigerj61** · Posted On: 2/08/2009 10:11am

remember guys whoever s standing after the fight was better at that time and place .

**tigerj61** · Posted On: 2/08/2009 10:18am

all styles have something to offer what might work well for one person may not for a another like bruce lee said the individual will always be more important than the styie im new to the forum and looking forward to posting and reading thanks tigerj61

**TEA** · Posted On: 2/08/2009 10:31am

Holy thread necro, Batman. Hey, tiger, you do realize that this thread died three years ago after running out of steam, right?

**Wounded Ronin** · Posted On: 2/08/2009 2:54pm

To cite Bruce Lee, no less.

**patfromlogan** · Posted On: 2/09/2009 11:58am

Originally Posted by tigerj61

all styles have something to offer what might work well for one person may not for a another like bruce lee said the individual will always be more important than the styie im new to the forum and looking forward to posting and reading thanks tigerj61

Please read, read, and then read some more.

Then download OpenOffice for free. Then the next time you are tempted to post, paste it in office first and have your spelling checked. Make it easy on the poor reader.

**DarkPhoenix** · Posted On: 2/09/2009 12:48pm

Where is my newbie-be-good stick?

Only be a necromancer to a post when you have something of real value to add.

**twodogs** · Posted On: 8/08/2009 1:31pm

To do with WW2 close combat as in Fairbarn's original and Castari's more up to date similar stuff I assume that most people know about the American guy Captain Chris and his WW2 combat course?

**twodogs** · Posted On: 8/08/2009 1:49pm

Originally Posted by JP

This stuff has been experiencing a revival among the RBSD cats. There are instructors out there offering this stuff like it's revolutionary even now.

Also, not to defend it, but at the time it was being offered to British and American soldiers it was revolutionary even then. Applegate also taught knife combat for WWII, I believe John Styer was one of either his students or helped him develope the knife stuff, but Styer's book "Cold Steel" is still being published and sold. A lot of it seems to be built on western fencing. Lot's of blade forward and lunging riposte style strikes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_combatives

I gotta admit though the clip of them all standing in a line in those masks while throwing palm strikes up reminds me of something you'd see in an 80's music video. Pretty funny.

It does look funny but if you ever get on the wrong end of the 'chin jab' it takes the back of your head straight to the ground at speed.
There is no defence on the way past loss of balance and the normal result is fractured skull to the rear which normally results in a quick death.
It is so powerfull that training with a partner including the chin jab is NOT recommended by any person.
Loses it's laughability a bit now doesn't it.

**crappler** · Posted On: 8/08/2009 2:48pm

This was back when they thought they could wean soldiers from their need for water by denying it. They learned in the Mojave that this was not true and had to bring in air conditioned trucks to save the soldiers who passed out from dehydration.

**thatrugbyguy** · Posted On: 8/08/2009 3:17pm

Originally Posted by twodogs

It does look funny but if you ever get on the wrong end of the 'chin jab' it takes the back of your head straight to the ground at speed.
There is no defence on the way past loss of balance and the normal result is fractured skull to the rear which normally results in a quick death.
It is so powerfull that training with a partner including the chin jab is NOT recommended by any person.
Loses it's laughability a bit now doesn't it.

If do right, no can defend.

Haha, STFU you necroing *****.