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[@billyjohnson2495]

I think this is how all martial arts began. The artsy stuff came later.

[@grandygm]

Just remember. In reality the other guy is doing his best not to get hurt and at the same time trying to hurt you as much as he can. That complicates things.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Oh absolutely! I only started doing these videos in lockdown, so trying my best with Mr Bob. But will make videos with people firing back when the plague ends!

[@johngalvin3124]

You're doing just fine..Anything to keep it simple is good teaching.

[@robertthomas3777]

It’s only a book which is all they had at the time, except for direct instruction. He was teaching people to kill who only knew of boxing and wrestling, who were otherwise hardworking and didn’t have the opportunity or exposure to what we so readily haven on tap. The individual strikes are the musical notes. The combinations as flow are the rhythm, tune and music. Love the attire - Harry High Pants and braces. Good presentation.

[@2862Gunny]

Anyone who doesn’t see the continued value of military combatives should read about Dakota Meyer and The Battle of Ganjgol in Afghanistan in 2009. He basically went through every available weapon and ultimately ended up killing a guy with a rock. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Absolutely. Professionals of violence!

[@2862Gunny]

We try, lol. GySgt(Ret) USMC 1992-2012

[@pinslayer4579]

@@2862Gunny Thanks for your service Gunny......

[@junheceta268]

Just found this channel whole researching the Fairbairn Method, which I consider the single best system of H2H Combat ever devised. Excellent material here.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Cheers mate, thank you!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chop combos 1:20 - Why doing combos ? 5:25 - Knife hand + knife combo 6:10 - Knife hand + pen combo 8:30 - Knife hand + blackjack combo 10:05 - Knife hand + torch combo 11:10 - Chin jab combos 11:45 - Brick combos 13:30 - Conclusion

[@Isiguzo.]

I did not search for this it just appeared on my youtube and I love it!!!

[@ericrecano8557]

I have always wanted to know more about the Fairbairn method of combat and it is fascinating how the Fairbairn flow is VERY similar to Kali’s Redondo or Heaven six flow. Very good info-thank u for sharing sir!

[@Gieszkanne]

When it goes for real fighting all martial arts look the same or at least similar.

[@billysweeney9994]

Excuse my French, but your Chin Jab is fucking phenomenal Tommy. Genuinely just sat here and screwed my face up having a "Fuck getting hit with that" reaction.

[@sifublack192]

Absolutely love this! As a combatives instructor myself, this video gave me a ton of ideas, thanks!

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Cheers mate. Good luck! 🤙🥊

[@zyx7478]

This gentleman definitely has flow🏆🥇 Subscribed 👍

[@davidarmstrong1624]

Fairburn states that chops should never be delivered with the palm facing upwards. ''There are two ways in which this blow can be delivered: (a) Downwards, with either hand; (b) Across, with either hand; the blow always being delivered outwards, with the palm of the hand downwards, never on top''. 'Get Tough'.

[@juliodefreitas157]

Awesome video and thank you for sharing your tips. .

[@colmprice6139]

Love the page keep it up 👍

[@sakurabaLP]

Very nice W.E Fairbairn techniques (Defendu) video, bro! Keep u good work!

[@jasonkyler]

Great video. Many moons ago I was trained in a modernized version of Fairbairn's Defendu by a student/contemporary of Carl Cestari by the name of John Kary. Mr. Kary's techniques were developed in accordance with his blindness so they stressed maintaining contact. The practice of flow was an enormous part of his system. Knowing not just how I'm going to act but how the opponent(s) are most likely to react was drilled to no end. At the time I would describe it as a system of lego blocks that can be stacked to fit the circumstance on the fly. Defendu still holds up today and is an incredibly valuable tool to have in one's self-defense toolbox.

[@JudgeD-hc9vw]

Great stuff Sir.

[@nztelecounselling4837]

Great video !

[@MF-on3oq]

Great video. Straightforward common sense. Nothing fancy.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Thanks fella, doing my best to entertain while the world's still plagued!

[@franktower9006]

I guess I have to dive a little deeper into this channel. Great content!

[@paulkirkpatrick605]

Good information basics is best unfortunately we need to train like this the way the uk is going keep up the good work 🇬🇧

[@kleinjahr]

Every thing is a weapon.

[@Bucky1836]

"Dont be afraid to add a knee" dad to me as he demosntrated the flow pn me in my teens 🥴🥴🥴

[@leroymorris6036]

good practical advice

[@Sambalifter]

just stumbled onto this channel, great content!

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Cheers fella hope you enjoy

[@heatpump8566]

I’ve had a lot of conflict and my advice is always be sober and aware. Secondly don’t throw a face punch first, gouge the eyes or punch the throat. It shocks the opponent

[@TheSADHU88]

i was thinking about the same, good video!

[@DaveyMulholland]

"into the meat of the face" *subscribes*

[@thomasarillotta6518]

4/18/23 Viewing and learning; loved it!

[@burntbacon7995]

Speed, power, accuracy and opponent is down before he has time to react.

[@Kriegter]

"or a pen" Yeah that one is deadly

[@michaelskasick1560]

Fantastic video! You’ve earned my subscription for sure. Been looking to get more knowledgeable about the Fairbairn system - are there any books for solo study that you’d recommend?

[@onebodyserviceoneshow]

🔥landed🔥

[@felixfedre518]

The pen is mightier than the sword.

[@robertthomas3777]

Or as the Japanese say, ‘… pen and sword in accord…’.

[@davidallen7540]

Good video

[@benwilliams5236]

Remember to dispose of the body in a vat of lye, NOT acid. Otherwise the local constabulary will be around asking questions.

[@sandmanbrian777]

Thanks for taking the time to share these insights. It is a apparently simple transition yet unless explained concisely, as you have done here, the progression is missed.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

You’re most welcome fella

[@martialway100]

People also have to consider, that Fairbairn's techniques were designed for 'warfare'. In civilian life, you have to think of the legal implications, in your respective country & what is considered 'reasonable force'. If you go around stabbing people in the eye, carotid artery/jugular vein, etc., it is very unlikely that a judge will regard that as 'reasonable force', unless someone is trying to kill or potentially rape you, etc.. It would have to be a life threatening scenario, or equally serious situation, such as rape, etc., to justify that extremely violent response. If it's not a life threatening threat and you react like this, you will almost certainly be arrested and potentially sentenced to either murder, or if they are not dead, at the very minimum, grievous bodily harm. It's one thing being able to defend yourself, but an entirely different thing, going to prison for excessive force, in response to an attacker. Something to think about. Reality, is not like the movies, where you can seriously damage and kill people. There are very serious consequences for your actions. Everyone should seriously bear that in mind.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Absolutely. Would advise people to take due care and discretion in what they do, to whom, and why. Most confrontations never ever need to go physical

[@mathunt1130]

Fairburn learnt ba gua zhang, so transition would be a major part of the training.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Oh absolutely. Sadly the transitional elements between things never made it to the books, but you can see him flow so very well on film

[@mathunt1130]

@@TommyMooreww2combatives part of the transitional training has to do with making your spine move your body. It's quick to move your spine and you associate that with your arms and feet.

[@mathunt1130]

@@tatumergo3931 I understand that the judo he learnt didn't work on the streets of Shanghai and he got badly beaten. Then when he learnt baguazhang.

[@mathunt1130]

@@tatumergo3931 In general I would agree with you but I think that chinese martial arts are incredibly refined compared to japanese martial arts.

[@mathunt1130]

@@tatumergo3931 A lot of the internal martial artists show a great deal of skill and a great deal of time to become competent in. Refined in the sends that the entire body movement has to be trained with very specific instructions whereas, with Japanese MA, there is very little or none. It's left up to the practitioner to discover.

[@RexMez]

Great video. If you're a bit shorter (or they are much taller) , and throat strikes are out of reasonable reach, Where's best to aim for first?

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Collarbone is a great shot for an edge of hand blow using ww2 combatives as a shorter guy!

[@robertlehnert4148]

You have to use the WWII CQC techniques as a DEFINITE method and not a hodge podge of techniques. What Fairbairn and Sykes did at Camp X and what Applegate learned and adapted "flowed". By 1944, the low % moves in Fairbairn's GET TOUGH! had been removed from the actual instruction to the OSS, SOE, Commandos, Rangers, etc... I got this from Ralph Grasso, via the old now defunct Battlefield Forum. Your essential texts are Get Tough, Applegate's Kill or Get Killed, and Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting. Styers' Cold Steel I think is also a must, and WEF's Hands Off! Clearly depicts the Tiger Claw, which is not in Get Tough!, but was in his earlier Scientific Self Defense. Old style boxing is the methodology, but you use open hands, knees, elbows, and shod feet to spare your hands from damage. Very unlikely you'll be able to slip on MMA fighter gloves or tactical gloves when things happen suddenly in the street. All the following should be done aggressively, with Forward Drive, Drop Step (Dempsey), body torque, etc... 1. Your straight lead punch is replaced by the Tiger Claw 2. Your "cross punch" can be a Tiger Claw or a Web of Hand (Yoke Hand) to the throat. 3. Uppercuts are replaced by the Chin Jab. Work in a forward knee drive or a stomping Post as circumstances dictate. 4. Rear hooks are turned into Forward Elbow Smash. Lead Hooks can be either a Hooking Tiger Claw or an Elbow Smash. 5. Edge of Hand strikes can be used like a boxing Back Fist against incoming upper body strikes, except with the full intention to hurt and damage the BG's hands and arms. Of course, if the path is open to prime targets in his head, neck, and torso, chop them hard, fast, and repeatedly. WHENEVER you deliver an Elbow Smash, forwards or backwards, an EoH can IMMEADIATELY follow. 6. Once you can comfortably use the hand strikes, use the Boot (AKA Flick Kick or Outside Edge of Boot kick) as an additional lead strike, often to stop a rush, OR as a close in attack with a shin scrape and instep smash. 7. In a close in clinch, apply the inner edge of foot Boot Defense. That, as we say, is a good start.

[@raksh9]

Great comment, lots of useful info and concepts.

[@fuzzylogic33]

Does it not state the reason of not using clenched fists, to not damage the trigger fingers.

[@NormanScyth]

Love your stuff!

[@blindjusticeandcommonsense2786]

Hmm, not sure I would want to do the chin jab with a (half) brick or a rock because of the risk of injury to my own hand. Something that would require some experimentation and testing. But in terms of sketching out the general ideas in my head on this: Chin jab is pushing the load uphill to meet the target. Which may also cause the load to puncture the skin on your own hand when it contacts the enemy's face. Contrast with a downwards blow where the load assists the power of the strike and does not force the load into your hand in the same way on contact. Does that make sense?

[@matthewtemkin4726]

The real key to making this work is to strike him first. Good stuff.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Too right mate. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy. Cobra Kai nailed it first time

[@rockydavis94]

Watching the video right now

[@rossg4788]

In Kali we call this a cycle drill or flow drill.

[@websurfer352]

You need to take into account the way his body would react as you strike him!! If you strike him on the throat with a knife hand he would react by raising his hands to his throat, and that would open up target areas to either side of his torso like his liver and spleen!! If you hit his balls he would react by bending down lowering his head and opening the back of his head or his temples, that would also lower his head to you allowing you to do head manipulations!!

[@Ron4dino]

Thinks ''shit I've got a gun''....where did that come from.... great video

[@aptom3333]

Found your channel after looking for videos on Col. Monsterey's Self Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies. Loads of good stuff on here, glad I stumbled in. The Fairbairn stuff reminds me of learning guitar. The first chords you'd usually learn are C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major, known as the CAGED system. First you have to learn the positions of each chord on the fret board, then you practice switching from C to A. Once you can do that reflexively, you practice C to G. Then you work your way through, until you can flow through any combination in any order. The fun part is when you realise how similar the chord shapes are when you play a bass or a ukulele or a 7 string (or more) guitar.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

Why would you practise switching from C to A? You'll rarely have that sequence, as they're from different keys. C to Am would be more worthwhile. G C D go together A D E go together D G A go together

[@johnbella913]

Would like to see you do a video on the WWI Knuckle Dagger. What say you?

[@tanawinmalisorn2936]

Follow you channel!!

[@TonyqTNT]

Where can I buy your new book Shanghai Street Fighting? Not currently available in the United States.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Hi fella, you can order it via eBay, just search Shanghai School of Streetfighting 🙏🥊

[@truebeliever8605]

What is your book about ?

[@FranboLobo]

It might be worth considering getting an eBook version up on Amazon, that might have a dramatic effect on circulation.

[@mjt106]

👌👌👌

[@johngalvin3124]

Learn something...these moves are a great start...

[@edi9892]

8:46 that's not less lethal, if you crush his throat...

[@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069]

Excellent . The only way to guarantee your mans down

[@aarfdood]

This dude is unassuming but scary.

[@GOLIATHDarce]

Once again, Bad Ass..

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoy!

[@taylorbee4010]

What's mentioned he learned a lot of stuff in Shanghai but the people giv3 proper credit that so much of this is kung Fu? Martial art that gets shit on most of the time that is really actually kind of effective

[@steventhorson4487]

😊

[@taylorbee4010]

I'm really surprised that Bruce Lee didn't know about any of this

[@jackierabinowitz9287]

The physical strength to put a pen in an enemy’s eye is not as important as the heart to do so. Can you address the psychological barriers we must face before utilizing these techniques ?

[@Mr75044]

Jackie Kill or be Killed... what more do you need... these brave men destroyed the nazi war machine.

[@iamAwesomo1994]

oy you got a loicense for them?!

[@bell1095]

Why not blinding out the attacker for some minutes by a super-flash ?

[@johndowney8007]

Bui jee

[@glennrobinson7193]

One technique alone may not work. Correct. If it's the reverse edge of hand to side of neck it's very likely to knock him out. Of course I wouldn't count on it working, but look at CCTV footage, there you can find guys going out cold with only having received very light strikes to side of neck.

[@briansheeran4185]

Can you show any links of those?

[@jjs3890]

I was one of the idiots that insisted on having it tried on me. When I woke up I had a much better understanding on how it work and how to use it. Lol

[@englishteacherx]

Love your channel but remember it's really important to discuss the legality of knives (and other weapons) in your jurisdiction. Your chances of being arrested for carrying an lillegal knife are higher than needing to use it in most cities.

[@ppixilation]

I don't know if you could get away with this in the UK - the police told me, at a time when I was being threatened in the street, that I was only allowed to hit an attacker once, lightly, and then I had to run away...Otherwise I would be prosecuted....Of course my feeling is that if someone attacks me, then I want to disable them in whatever way I can, but there's a big risk in law

[@davelovespot5116]

Good stuff but I would rather know know real mma or even boxing. I feel a clean jab is way more effective then a chop to the neck.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

I box and love boxing too. There’s all sorts of toys in the toy box for people to play with. My personal go-to is a tight right hook (southpaw), but there’s lots to enjoy in ww2 combatives too 👍

[@philiphexter8618]

Using bricks - when I was 4 I was being picked on by a bigger, older boy. I asked my dad to "tell him", but told me to be a man and sort it myself. Cheers dad, I thought, then a light-bulb moment - wait outside the boy's door with a brick in my hand, and smack him in the head when he came out. So I did! And he was out cold, lying in a pool of blood. Oops. Luckily I was too young to be prosecuted.

[@maxstrengthholistics]

Is the Fairbairn system taught in the military today?

[@mdub2000]

yeah is it?

[@jjs3890]

Check “Defendu” it is a collaboration of Fairbain, Sykes, O’Neil and was thought to WWII military. All these methods on this video are part of it.

[@TommyMooreww2combatives]

It’s not but elements naturally can be seen indirectly. But if Britain ever developed an official close combat system I’d love this to be part of it

[@maxstrengthholistics]

@@TommyMooreww2combatives I'm surprised Fairbairn-Sykes's work wasn't making a comeback during the krav maga craze.

[@carloparisi9945]

--- delete pun attempt gone wrong

[@lilalali6753]

You would be surprised by a Hun. I am one from Hungary.

[@carloparisi9945]

@@lilalali6753 wasn't it a nick used for wermacht soldiers or was it Jerry instead? Sounds like I misspoke, sorry.

[@lilalali6753]

@@carloparisi9945 no need to delete anything. It is correct, the Germans were called Huns by Antant forces. They are, but they do not know it any more, especially since they fancy beeing Aria. Great king Atilla, the Hun organised them to fight against the bloody Roman Empire and included them in his empire. They mention Atilla in their heroic story called Edda. But the real Huns (Scitihans) are the Hungarians. Polish are also from the family of Scithans, but they lost their language. Same thing with Bulgarians... ---- As of fighting, Systema is another level.

[@Master-AGN]

Flow is nice fun to practice, however you’re missing one point, people rely on flow because they can’t take their opponent out with one strike. However, when you’re in combat it gets harder to hit your target. So that’s a self-defeating process. You’re not sparring you’re trying to kill a person. Conversely, if you learn to punch from your feet up, using the whole momentum and your muscular force you will likely knock the opponent out and or damage the opponent severely. However 1 strike training is boring. It’s repetitive. So which is a better use of your training time? From my own example, I had this guy telling me how great his kung fu was…

[@Master-AGN]

I said him you float like a butterfly and most probably sting like one too. He took umbrage and challenge me. And he did. And he crumpled like a cheap suit with one fully body heavy strike. Now for all the modern boys out there this was 30 years ago when the police never bothered with the boys enjoying rough play. So don’t say you’re calling BS when the only flight you have ever had is with your mumsy over not cleaning up your used kleenex.

[@kingelmoxleyi-j-l-s-atrump9912]

None of this shit works in real life