Hand to Hand Combat In Three Parts Part I (1942)

[@patrickbut-not-a-saint9418]

The instructor here is Lt. Commander Wesley Brown Jr, a former police officer in Evanston, Illinois who also trained members of that force and other police units in close combat techniques he had developed based originally on his experience as as an intercollegiate wrestler (and later wrestling coach) at Northwestern University. You can be assured that Brown knew how to fight, and what worked and did not work in a street altercation. As a Navy Officer during WWII, when not on active duty outside his homeland, he directed both the hand-to-hand combat and survival programmes for the USN. While in charge of the Iowa Naval Pre-Flight Training School Brown says he instructed 10,000 cadets and 500 officers and enlisted men in the techniques in this film not to mention the men he instructed on the West Coast and in the Pacific, as well as writing a book to accompany this film. In a book written after the war he stressed his techniques were not judo, nor ju jitsu, but 'a solid means of rough and tumble fighting' which any trained citizen could use to defend themselves in what he saw even then as an increasingly violent world. Of his techniques in this three-part Navy training film he wrote: 'In this analyses of hand-to-hand combat tactics, basic maneuvers were illustrated as applied to certain specific combat situations. Obviously however, there can be no predetermined procedures to fit all circumstances. You must master the basic techniques so thoroughly as to be able to improvise the best counterattack as required. And such flexibility of adaptation means practice, practice and more practice.'

[@freedomofpeach9790]

Thanks. As a black belt myself it is interesting to see the American martial arts of generations ago. There is also some super bad assed guy that was teaching I believe it was Trench Fighting Techniques to our WWI soldiers. His style was legit and I need to find that film on here again

[@paulyricca3881]

SO

[@paulyricca3881]

@@freedomofpeach9790🚬👴🏿🥃 JON BONE JONES IS BETTER

[@paulw4259]

Thank you.

[@glennrobinson7193]

I like the way it is clearly explained showing techniques SLOWLY. Not like almost all modern self defense videos that wanna impress you with their speed therefore making it hard to see what's going on.

[@fattonyd232]

most of this stuff is useless

[@dashikashi4734]

@@fattonyd232 No shit, this is basically just confidence training. If you're out of ammo and don't have a blade or bludgeon, you should probably retreat.

[@fattonyd232]

@@dashikashi4734 in war I'd say you're correct. There are effective martial arts techniques though, and this is not it

[@dashikashi4734]

@@fattonyd232 Like I said, it's literally just confidence training for commandos during the second world war. Even at that, the Germans never trained in hand to hand so even dubious training would be passable.

[@glennrobinson7193]

@@fattonyd232 Are you the local clown

[@walterjunovich6180]

I wish I knew this stuff in junior high school !!

[@wtfbuddy1]

good video - were their hats glued on - no movement

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

Francois D'eliscu a great fighter a French American. Stepping on the ankle, putting the fingers in the eyes, pinching the throat if grabbed with both hands hands, pushing the hands through the arms of a chokehold - all what he teaches.

[@amramjose]

Good old fashioned combatives.

[@mariebrownbyrd6339]

That’s my Grandpa!!❤️

[@DanielMartins-og2gj]

is it really?

[@patrickbut-not-a-saint9418]

@Marie Brown Byrd he was an amazing man (see my little bio on him above).

[@edstoutenburg3990]

Thsts what my Dad was taught!

[@vickramgoswami2297]

That’s awesome 👏 😎

[@streetsafekravmagafitness4256]

This is a great watch

[@gavinhudson3064]

Very well made.

[@darylfields]

People stop comparing ww2 h2h to modern day mma and brazilian jujitsu these techniques worked 80 year's ago so stop comparing it to 2 guy's rolling around on each other

[@darylfields]

@dvoter786 You talking about Kano jujitsu

[@DarthErdmaennchen23]

You do know that quite a lot of these techniques are based on jiujitsu and even judo? Mostly thanks to Fairbairn who studied eastern martial arts and developed hand to hand manuals during the interwar period, if you do not know him, you should learn about him. The biggest reasons why in sports they are rolling around so much are that lethal and permanently disabling techniques are forbidden (and I hope I don't need to explain why) and the fact that both opponents are highly trained and specialized in only unarmed hand to hand combat while soldiers usually spend there time on training not only hand to hand combat but a lot of other things too. But in the end both fighting styles use the same basic techniques and principles and also do have the same roots.

[@alpha1346]

@byob772 actually it was tought to Army rangers in ww2

[@fattonyd232]

fighting is fighting regardless what Era you live in. standing arm locks don't work, and jabbing with your fingers will only get them broken..

[@royalecrafts6252]

@@fattonyd232 you dont jab with them, sir fairbairn shows exactly how to use them, you grab with them

[@koreanKarate]

Amazing how much of this is found in jiujitsu and karate

[@dylanpersaud8407]

I love seeing the implementation of Judo by our armed forces. It is an extremely effective form of martial arts, especially in a situation where being on the ground could mean instant death, like a warzone.

[@vickramgoswami2297]

Awesome 👏 😎 stuff, I can definitely use this for street fighting.

[@Kcrunchymunch]

avoid altercations in the street, not the place people follow societal rules.

[@ericdavid9321]

I see a definite Catch-as-Catch-Can wrestling influence in several techniques shown in these videos. I'm going to do a breakdown analysis from them, shortly.

[@jamesingebretsen6165]

Most of these techniques will not work if the aggressor is big strong and fast but lower strikes knees to grown eye shots but depends on how good the practioner is

[@JCA-Z]

Love your channel subscribed.

[@Boots25]

Excellent

[@Скорпион-б6ъ]

😮Какое классное раритетное видеопособие по рукопашке!👍👍👍

[@joellucky4799]

Excellent instruction! Most of this would work if things got real!

[@brucegrit8928]

His book is even better.

[@conormcauley7710]

Whats the name of his book

[@BruceGrit]

​@@conormcauley7710Hand to hand combat v-5 series.

[@vik12D]

"Backward flip with foot to stomach"? Couldn't say Tomoe Nage at the time I guess lol.

[@jonahmaddox2885]

Do anyone still think these tactics still work?

[@henryc7548]

People have to understand the difference between martial arts and combatives, combatives are like emergency first aid training, can be taught in a 1- 4 weeks makes a complete beginner no longer a complete beginner, in the case of combatives they can also make a man who has sportive skills more well rounded, since men in these days grew up fighting and rough housing much more than today, you could teach them a set of 10 tricks, and they could incorporate those with their developed instincts and basic techniques and become more well rounded fighters. Martial arts are different, and when studied will always win, unfortunately with most martial arts, teaching men for less than a few months can be counter productive, as they begin to focus on skills that they can't competently use, and tend to lose the unthinking skills they already possessed. So yes these skills still work, a chop to the throat still works, a stomp on the foot still works. I can attest that those throws work. But learned in this manner they won't help you win against real martial artists, and they won't do much if you don't have the proper base for them.

[@patrickcollins1855]

Good stuff

[@rubycone7924]

So thats what uncle talked about😁😇

[@rogerlabarr8578]

Thanks!

[@eliotquintana9802]

History of country US 🇺🇸

[@clayjones9907]

One other Onservation.A Friend of mine Wrestled Greco Roman Style in College.He Was Good Enough to be Invited to Wrestle in Poland.this was late 70's early 80's time frame.He Came back and he told me America is the Only Country in the World where Wrestling is taught as just a Sport.The Rest of the World ,Wrestling is taught as a Martial Art adapted to Sport.Why is that? Is that Why our HomeGrown utterly Lethal Catch as Catch Can Wrestling was Banned,Watered Down,Neutered? I am 65,and had my Eyes Open since I was a Teen Aged,This was not by accident.

[@cliffordwong2284]

All these chops remind me of defendu

[@peartree8338]

Same source. Thank Shanghai for it's "colorful" residents during the early 20th century. 😉

[@patrickbut-not-a-saint9418]

@@peartree8338 Respectfully, not exactly. Wesley Brown Jr. who is shown here didn't serve with Fairbairn and O'Neill in the SMP though he was a police office in Illinois and trained cops in combatives before the war based on his own system developed from wrestling (but which included other 'rough and tumble' fighting techniques).

[@peartree8338]

@@patrickbut-not-a-saint9418 so catch-wrestling? Damn that's interesting.

[@patrickbut-not-a-saint9418]

@@peartree8338 as a base yes, apparently. He was an outstanding collegiate wrestler in fairness - probably one of the best in the country - but in his book written in 1951 he states he made a study of the efficacy of various ways to subdue attackers while working as a tour guide/security guard at the World's Fair. Seemingly his success at this led to him being recruited as a cop and then training other officers in Chicago in such techniques. His book has all sorts of throws, punches and kicks not shown here. He would have been a formidable opponent.

[@doniedonie4999]

Simple but so afective

[@michaeljohnson4204]

You are not supposed to wrestle with a guy trying to kill you but kill him first. Everything being taught is to counter an attack not to kill the enemy, use your head and headbutt him or use your hand to throw a Phoenix punch to his temple, don't take your time with him every second counts, kill and dispose of the body, no way that you can be effective leaving telltale details like blood or body parts in the open.

[@AntoniOrszykowski]

Shame they do not make that compulsory at schools as bullies could go to hell. Instead very often they keep PE quite unattractive. If you master those basics you could become quite bad ass. I also like how he does not show off like some modern instructors or those MMA people.

[@clayjones9907]

In America Just before and After we had an American Martial Art,Called Catch as Catch Can Wrestling.Even to this Day,I would Challenge BJJ,to Find What Few People who have been taught and still teach that and get on the Mat and see that there is Truly nothing New under the Sun.C,as C can just effective now as then.Combine Boxing with that and thats a very formidable M.A.

[@markgarvan1823]

Surpose self defence hasnt changed much

[@matthewmakuch274]

All the basic mechanics are still the same though Last of a Dying Breed

[@motonegros]

James Bond approves !

[@I22-g2t]

Old skl

[@sunstorm4436]

A lot of those situations are unrealistic. Who’s gonna run up & bear hug you around the waist?

[@Noswiatel]

Someone untrained. But yes, you are correct.

[@michaeljohnson4204]

You don't grab an opponents throat from behind with your hands, you put a stranglehold on with your forearm and other hand locked on his head and jump back to separate his vertebrae and kill him quick without him having a countermeasure and then dispose of the body, most dead bodies void themselves at death, so dispose of it with a stink in mind and of course the deterioration over time causes it to stink too but you will be long gone hopefully before that starts after Rigor mortis sets in and bloating and bacterial changes begin.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

The Navy's the baddest forces. Marines were items force of Navy.Now there's SEALS. The Navy has its own air force too.

[@lee4171]

In reality, these moves are more effective than most of the fancy shit being shown today.