Defendu/Gutter Fighting (The Complete History of W.E. Fairbairn)
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- The deadliest hand to hand combat system ever develpoed. A detailed history of the man behind the legend, William Fairbairn and the system he created.
Gutter Fighting was the hand to hand combat sytem taught to spies and commandos going behind enemy lines during the second world war. This is the story of how the deadlies combatives system ever develpoed came about and the men who taught it during world war two. ENJOY ;)
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His middle name was Ewart, not Edward 🙂 it blows my mind that techniques he formulated are still in use 100 years later. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it (actually he’d probably say “If it isn’t broke, break it!”). The number of people he trained, who followed his methods, just incredible. Thank you for this.
Not to mention his killer dagger /fightin knife, that is still the standard in tactical knives. Fairbairn is a true bad ass. Cheers
As long as human anatomy remains constant those techniques will remain relevant.
Most practical combat systems are timeless. That's why they are so practical and easy to use , most of those systems consist of basic elements that work in most circumstances. Some of them are too basic ,if you would try it against someone specialized in a certain erea .
The late Mr. Charles Nelson , school of self-defense is also one of those systems that have these basic practical old skool army like techniques.
Look him up 😮he's also an army vet that fought in ww2 and created his own system , he's long gone now sadly .
The human body hasn't changed, what worked 100 years ago will work today .
Ewart - Phonetically pronounced as Ewe-ert. Ewe as you would pronounce Ewe a female sheep. Ewe + ert.
If anyone has the opportunity to see any of his filmed knife fighting demos, I recommend it. His rapid continuous motion is almost magical.
As a student of combatives I find fairbairns story facinating. What a life he lived. Amazing human being.
I studied judo and kickboxing as my father was military police in the 80s and I myself served in the military and got a little bjj practice from my combatives lvl 2 training nothing fancy but functional ya know. Anyways I was studying in on the devil’s brigade and heard of defendu and with my moderately decent martial background I was curious so I purchased the book. I have been studying it for over a year now and incorporated it into what I’ve already studied and I must say it’s beautifully effective. I’ve only been in one fight since learning it and it wasn’t of my own volition. A person at my place of work was arguing with another gentleman and it looked like their was going to be a fight which I would’ve genuinely ignored. Being as it was a fight between men and none of my business. But their was a female employee in the middle attempting to mediate the situation well the bigger gentleman. best described looking like a pissed of Humpty Dumpty charged toward the other man with the female in the middle. So I intervened to protect her. So I ran up to him and quickly preformed a reverse hip toss. He slid back and was not happy got up
And threatened to stab me. I responded attempting to deescalate the situation with hey sir that’s fine but you need to leave before the cops show up to arrest you. Well that pissed him off so he charged throwing multiple wild hooks which I blocked and as he was about to tactical into me I did a parry to his last hook with my elbow stepped in and delivered a quick jab to the throat to stun him. He was coughing while threatening to kill me. I informed him I didn’t want to fight while maintaining a defensive position and after he’d only barely started walking towards me while holding his throat. He flipped me off and walked away. If you disagree with my actions I respect your opinion I just want you to know it was in the heat of the moment and he had about 70lbs on me so to me a throat shot was my best shot. Again however your free to your opinion I just wanted to share mine.
Thank you for your service.
Cool story bro
Respect!! You Did what was Necessary!! The trouble today is People don't Intervene when someone is getting Bullied! Fair Play Brother!! I hope the Lady thanked you! Prolly Not but that guy won't mess with you again!😁👍
@@nevinbrockett1858 Hurrr durrr..."cool story bro." I'm surprised you didn't work in something equally intelligent like "Okay boomer."
Bro be careful people have weapons out there & can't take an L.
The move shown at 7 min 26 seconds is taught to the British police to this very day- albeit in a slightly modified form. After seizing the right hand of the assailant and cupping your right hand in a firm grip over the attackers hand, with your left hand, you form a 'C' shape, with your thumb being the lower half of the 'C'. You then thrust your left hand into the assailants right arm- above the elbow. The with a violent upward circular swing- using your right hand/arm, you throw the opponents arm to YOUR right, whilst simultaneously pushing and rotating the assailant's right arm- using your LEFT hand. This rolls the opponent and you simply take their right arm into a restraint hold. It's devastatingly effective and impossible to resist the momentum of the move. William Ewart Fairbairn was an incredible individual to say the least. His soubriquet amongst the Commando's was, 'Dangerous Dan.' His system of fighting is pure genius- based on continual offence- there are no defensive moves, and also the use of artifice. If you put Bruce Lee up against a proficient WW2 British Commando, in a fight, my money would, without any hesitation be placed on the Commando.
Some years ago, the late British MP-Paddy Ashdown, who was a Major in the SBS, was walking in London. A mugger armed with a knife confronted him with the blade and demanded money. Within seconds, Ashdown, who was in his 50's, disarmed and restrained the attacker. He held him in a restraint until the police arrived. In a war scenario, he would simply have snapped his neck. It's brutally effective. My advice to anybody would be- NEVER fight with somebody if you know they are proficient with Fairbairn's system. I knew a former Royal Marine in the police, he had been a member of the RM unarmed combat display team. He wasn't particular big, but he was absolutely NAILS. He was fearless and 100% confident that he could take out ANY opponent in a fight.
I was on a UK based Close Protection course in 2014. We did some training in unarmed combat, and covered dealing with a knife attack. I volunteered to demonstrate a Fairbairn move designed to deal with an offender who comes at you with the knife above their head- intent on striking down on you. That's exactly what the majority of amateurs with a knife will do. If the attacker comes at you with the knife raised in their right hand, you grab their right wrist with your right hand, then wrap your left arm over their right arm by the elbow joint. You then drive their right wrist back towards them, whilst simultaneously driving down HARD with your left hand and arm. This over powers the assailant, who stumbles and falls on their back. After demonstrating it in slow time, I asked for a volunteer. Needless to say, a huge Fijian, Lazaro, who had served in the British Army volunteered. He was 20 stone of muscle, at least 6'4 to my 14.5 stone and 6 foot. Inwardly, I thought, "Oh shit, this could be tricky!" I needn't have worried- Laz really came at me, I went into the move, and he ended up flat on his back on the deck. The course instructor had never seen that move, and he loved it. I took him through it a couple of times and he knew it. That's the beauty of Fairbairn's system- it's EASY to learn and EASY to execute. It doesn't require complex moves or fine muscle control- which go out the window when under stress,
Great video. Col. fairbairn certainly had the ultimate streetfighting experience - and so much more. The respect shown to him through the video was outstanding.
thanks man
Fair bairn was my maternal grandfather.
why do you write his last name in 2' parts it's = fairbairn not fair brairn
Many moons ago I was trained in a modernized version of 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. Defendu still holds up today and is an incredibly valuable tool to have in one's self-defense toolbox.
19:58 Just another point look at this picture. How many medal ribbons has he got. Not many participation awards there. Now look at General Mark milley with a chest full of medals and hasn't got a speck on William Fairburn
What an enjoyable vid on such an incredible man. Thank-you.
Thank You for Keeping this Knowledge Alive for Another Generation
These techniques work, pure and simple. Nothing fancy or crazy, no jumping or flying kicks and other martial arts that just don’t work in the street. Great vid, thank you Peace.
Excellent video!!!
Fantastic history of the hand to hand combat roots.
Excellent video, thank you
Very interesting. Great video
awesome story and thank you for your hard work !!
Thank you so much for the info. I am now following you. I agree that these techniques need to be reinvigorated, not only with the military but with ALL people that need to be prepared.
Fairbairn's Sgt at Camp X was apparently G de Relwyskow the 1908 Olympic wrestler, who had taught the British Army combatives in WW1
fairbairn was never an enlisted rank at camp X by the time he got their he held the rank of major
Great research.Great video
Great video and good tribute
Looking forward to the Applegate and Sykes videos.
Great video. You mentioned Fairbairns "secret" techniques. Got me wondering about the "Rock Crusher." Carl Cestari taught it in his WWII Combatives seminar. Can't find anything on it from any manuals.
There are a lot of techniques that we will never really know if they came from him or not unfortunately. Much of this stuff has been obscured in history
@@gutterfightsecrets Fairnbairn and his student Applegate actually left books detailing their programs. Carl Cestari trained with Brad Steiner who had a relationship with Applegate. Walmsley trained under Steiner, he goes by Whammer79 and sells his courses Canadian Combato. Steiners art is called American Combato and still taught. Clint Sporman was the protégé of Carl and actually got to interview many of the old warriors who used this.
Carl was the very best.
6/15/23 Viewing and enjoying; loved it!
Excellent video. Many thanks. I don't have any heroes, but if I did, Fairbairn would be the one.
Thank you for this video
thanks for watching Hans
Fairburn looks like the Hardest Accountant in the World.
lol! 100%
Or like an 80's high school principal that would beat you with a stack of tardy slips lol
14:48 Fairbairn had Great Trigger Discipline way back then! I'm not sure if that was Common Practice back then!??Safety wasn't a Big thing back in the Day, Cars didn't have Seatbelts & Most Motorcyclists didn't wear a Helmet! I just thought it Interesting! He Obviously was a Master of his Craft! I just ordered his Book Today! I think it Will be Needed in Times like this!!
-Cheers🗡️😁 👍🍺🇦🇺
Thanks. Been searching for something like this because of all the bad guys out there. Just in case. God willing never will have to. Loved Fairburn comments about having the high moral ground
This guy IS a legend
Nice!!!
Awsome stuff
We need to thank Mr. Carl Cestari and his group for making this popular.
Tru AF big ups to that crew
Liked the video, but are you doing an episode on the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife?
what would you like to see ?
great!
Not "Herefordshire", Hertfordshire mate. Good video though👍👍
In my mind he's the progenitor of the DFA methodology in the British military mindset which previously was very 'Civilised' and orderly.
Fairbairn’s system forms the basis of the NZ Army’s close combat system - including the NZSAS.
This would make a good, legitimate English martial arts movie instead of Kingsmen or whatever.
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12/27/23 Viewing; loved it!
Thanks for the upload squire me lad. Consider me subbed.
A movie about Fairbairn would be great.
Just a general comment when I was younger (68 now) the knife was known as a Sykes/Fairburn knife. It has changed in recent years
Did you source some of this material from the two part Fairbairn biography from Paul Childs and Peter Robins?
Thank you for the name-drop.
Keep rocking with your videos bro love your stuff
The Royal Marines training back then isn't exactly the same as what they do today.
Excellent documentary but the background music is way too loud.
He was one tough hombre.
Great idea to train people on unarmed combat .but equally important to not strut about looking useful as the idea was to blend in and look like a civilian
How did I end up here? I was looking at leaf guards for my house...
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He set the standard for knife 🔪 fighting 😅he became friends w/ the Pa Kua Chang masters😮which improved his knife skills 😊
Timeless truth, mma is still a sport.
Don't mess with postman Pat.
I believe he was covered in scars. I used to be involved in organized crime etc & Im covered in them. It just goes w/ the territory. If you fight your going to get hit & if you fight w/ knives you will get cut. Be ready for it, just make sure to take the shot in a spit thats not fatal & doesnt take you out the fight.
He always welded a silver fillet on the foresight of his pistols to improve visibility in poor light. This guy was legitimately the real deal. I think the reason his life never made it on screen is because he was just too much of a gentleman for Hollywood. No sex, no car chases, just what kind of a film would it be?
Honestly, bro, you might be right, but this would make such a bad ass movie. I might just have to learn how to write a damn screenplay myself.
i never heard of that bondage in japan.. thanks
Glad I could help🤣
Why does the fact that someone called you an asshole endear you to me? Perhaps ‘cause my dear old departed pappy used to say that to me!
I encountered Applegate's books during the late Seventies and my hitch in the Marines. I even corresponded with Applegate in the Nineties. As for my Fairbairn collection, I have more than a dozen books by and about W. E. Fairbairn.
Do you know if author Donald Hamilton learned his tradecraft from either gentleman?
I do not know. Any interesting conversations with Applegate?
@@gutterfightsecrets If I still have those letters, they're buried about 700 miles away. Applegate and I discussed his point shooting techniques. He came out with videos and books on them before he died in 1998. I had written him earlier because he wrote an article appearing in Soldier of Fortune about the guerrilla war in Mexico, about how it had changed character from promoting world communism (the USSR vanished) to just being narcoterrorists trying to turn a billion bucks.
A major point was that back in WW2 on through the Sixties was that before drawing the pistol, the shooter got a full firing grip to include finger on trigger. That had changed. Now holsters cover trigger guards. Applegate was teaching that handgun combat was hand-to-hand combat to include methods of pistol whipping when the pistol jammed or ran out of ammo--there's references in Kill or Get Killed.
@@alancranford3398 That point shooting stuff is really great. IMO it should still be taught to American CCW holding civilians like it is in Isreal
@@gutterfightsecrets I taught myself from books using a cheap BB gun--just like in the book. I used soda cans for aerial targets and the skills transitioned rapidly over to rimfire and centerfire pistols. Some police departments teach point shooting but have to comply with POST pistol qualification courses set at state level--I think it's state level. I was in Kuwait on an anti-terrorism security contract as the contract's armorer and small arms instructor. After conducting remedial training and qualifying the contract's worst shooters, the training manager had me give a short demonstration of point shooting and then run some reactive shooting drills. Before, the security officers would hesitate several seconds before shooting and even with front sight focus at 7 meters would miss one of their five shots. The drill was ten shot each, and at seven meters they were to focus on their targets, raise the pistol from low ready to eye level using a two-hand grip, and shoot two quick shots, the first double action (we had M9 Berettas). On command, decock and return to ready. The drill went off flawlessly--TWEEET---BANG-BANG, a pair of hits. About half the hits were close to center, the other hits were high and might be shoulder or head. Almost there--what shocked the training manager is that these were the poor shots and they shot better focused on the target at 7 meters than they did focused on the front sights. More--their reaction was instant instead of delayed, they had excellent fire control, and the line of six shooters sounded like one gun. The training manager tried but wasn't able to get point shooting added to the training program. What was funny was going out to 100 meters with M9 pistols on M9 targets (our training program only went to 35 meters) and getting 90% hits from prone--but that was a different training manager. Both Kill or Get Killed and the 1942 classic Shooting to live covered longer distance pistol shooting from prone, using both hands, and of course focusing on the front sight with a smooth trigger stroke. Their shooting program went from point shooting at distances of under 20 feet to stable positions (use cover!) out to 50 yards. It was a continuum with different techniques at different distances.
@@alancranford3398 that's cool Alan! IMO this training is the most effective even to this day to get guys from bad to competent really quick. Sounds like you're in agreement. Do you still do anything overseas security work?
Fairbairn.
21:37 Oh, come on. You're hiding something from us!😆
Postman Pat will kick your arse. Never forget.
MEANT TO BE 😊
Lethal techniques of defense
The reason for no movie is because there is no glorification of a Superhero type like a Rambo or other bullshit character.
They love it when a meek Asain has been dis regarded and then has to step from the shadows and rescue
ROUNDEYE from his own fuckup.
When ROUNDEYE already know how to defend self and rescue Asain from runaway water buffalo then not so popular.
So your references are online? Then it must be true!
William Fairbairn was in reality what Frank Dux has falsely claimed to be.
lol tru
Aka TSOI LI HOI FUT Hung GAW.
San Soo.
This distillation of Combat useage is demoed by this Hero of WW2 and the applications of his strikes , his circular rotations leg 1)2 horse leg and feet placements , bent legs aka horse stance s Palms and side edge palms , claws into eyes kick and leg levers foot stomps methods for takedowns using legsweeps and multi directional strikes and sweeps are all descended from this source I mention. Developed over centuries forgand to hand Warfare against the great KHAN , MONGOLIAN Emperor
DURING THE GREAT WALL ,AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF WAREFARE BUILT BY THE MILITARY , NOT MONESTARY MONKS AND MUCH LATER BROUGHT AGAINST THE OCCUPYING JAPANESE and brought to the USA IN THE 1930 S BY
CHEN SIU DEK
and called KUNG FU SAN SOO , BY A STREET FIGHTER OF RENOWN IN BOTH TAISHAN PODONG PROVINCE and then to El Monte Calif.
When looking at how this technique is done the resemblance is without doubt the same methodology .
Many thanks for your introduction to a fasinating indfividual.
It was gross motor skills that are easy to teach and maintain without practice or training.
Grift harder
defendu evolved into modern day krav maga
I don't hear of much attribution by those guys, just lots of self marketing hype.
"no freaking way dude" what sort of dialogue is that? Can't take you seriously. The surfer skateboard tone is off-putting. Sorry.
Note to self...buy ALL of these books asap.
We sell them all on our website ! 😎🤙
Now this is content, thank you. 🫡
Every single one thinks that they are right! And that their the moral ones! He was the outsider. So, you know that the ones he fought,they thought they had the moral cause, also! Lol!
Don't, speak for him, when you have no idea what he's moral compass was! You even said, you are just assuming! He could have been fighting to control and run the under world for all you know!
All this crap doesn't work in a fight I've tried
*eyeroll* Sure it didn't, and so even if true, it MUST be the techniques and not you. Yeah.