Defendu is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes. It is a hand to hand combat system based on Jiu Jitsu that was developed to. Defendo and Combato are the same thing unless you mean modern Defendo ala Bill Wolfe. Defendu (Gutterfighting) is Fairbairn's system and one of the best Combat.

Fairbairn Born 28 February 1885,,, Died 20 June 1960 (aged 75), Occupation, Shanghai Municipal Police, Combatives Instructor William Ewart Fairbairn (; 28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Police during the, as well as for the during World War II. He created his own fighting system known as. Notably, this included innovative pistol shooting techniques and the development of the. The television series Secrets of War suggested him as a possible inspiration for Q branch in. Khushwant Singh Jannat Book. Contents • • • • • • • • Military career [ ] Fairbairn served with the starting in 1901, and joined the (SMP) in 1907.

He served in one of the. During his service with the International Police in Shanghai, Fairbairn reportedly engaged in hundreds of street fights in the course of his duties over a twenty-year career, where he organised and headed a special. Much of his body, arms, legs, torso, even the palms of his hands, were covered with scars from knife wounds from those fights.: p:191 Fairbairn later created, organised, and trained a special anti-riot squad for the Shanghai police force. He also developed numerous firearms training courses and police equipment, including a special metal-lined designed to stop high-velocity bullets from the.: p:191 During, he was recruited by the as an, where he was given the nickname 'Dangerous Dan'. Together with fellow close-combat instructor, Fairbairn was commissioned on the in 1941. Fairbairn and Sykes were both commissioned as second lieutenants on 15 July 1940.

He trained British, American and and, along with candidates in close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques. Fairbairn emphasised the necessity of forgetting any idea of conduct or fighting fair: 'Get tough, get down in the gutter, win at all costs. I teach what is called ‘Gutter Fighting.’ There’s no fair play, no rules except one: kill or be killed,” he declared.: p:192 One of his pupils was, who fought behind enemy lines in and. For his achievements in training personnel, Fairbairn eventually rose to the rank of by the end of the war, and received the U.S. (Officer grade) at the specific request of OSS-founder. Martial arts [ ] After joining the SMP, he studied,,, Shin no Shinto ryu () from Okada-sensei [ ], Kodokan in which he gained 2nd degrees black belt, and then.

He developed his own ——and taught it to members of that police force in order to reduce officer fatalities. He described this system as primarily based on his personal experience, which according to police records included some 600 non-training fights, by his retirement at age 55 from the position of Assistant Commissioner in 1940. [ ] In 1951, he went to to train police and in 1952 (and 1956) Fairbairn provided training to the 's Riot Squad unit, which is now. Weapons innovations [ ] Together with, Fairbairn developed innovative pistol shooting techniques and handgun specifications for the SMP which were later disseminated through their book Shooting to Live With the One-Hand Gun (1942), along with various other police innovations such as,, and other equipment.