Size 7" X 10", hardcover, cloth bound with 171 pages. Defendu, first published in 1926 in Shanghai by the North China Daily News & Herald Ltd.: p:191 Fairbairn also designed the lesser known Smatchet, and collaborated on the design of several other combat knife designs. He is perhaps best known for designing the famous Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, or ' Commando' knife, a stilletto-style fighting dagger used by British Special Forces in the Second World War, and featured in his textbook Scientific Self-Defence. Sykes, 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 riot batons, armoured vests, and other equipment. In 1951, he went to Cyprus to train police and in 1952 (and 1956) Fairbairn provided training to the Singapore Police Force's Riot Squad unit, which is now Police Tactical Unit. 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. He developed his own fighting system- Defendu-and taught it to members of that police force in order to reduce officer fatalities. Legion of Merit (Officer grade) at the specific request of OSS-founder "Wild Bill" Donovan.Īfter joining the SMP, he studied boxing, wrestling, savate, Shin no Shinto ryu jujutsu ( Yoshin ryu) from Okada-sensei, Kodokan judo in which he gained a 2nd dan black belt, and then Chinese martial arts.
Army.įor his achievements in training OSS personnel, Fairbairn eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by the end of the war, and received the U.S. Fairbairn again demonstrated unarmed combat, and also his version of "Point Shooting", later adopted and refined by Rex Applegate for use by the U.S. In 1942, Fairbairn appeared, again uncredited, in an OSS training film titled "OSS Training Center", directed by John Ford. This training film was narrated by actor David Niven, who had joined the Commandos early in the war, and was trained by Fairbairn himself. In 1941, he appeared in a training film titled "Unarmed Combat", demonstrating many of the strikes, holds and throws of Defendu, for use by the Home Guard, Commandos, and military services. : p:192 One of his pupils was Raymond Westerling, who fought behind enemy lines in Burma and Indonesia. I teach what is called 'Gutter Fighting.' There's no fair play, no rules except one: kill or be killed," he declared. Fairbairn emphasised the necessity of forgetting any idea of gentlemanly conduct or fighting fair: "Get tough, get down in the gutter, win at all costs. 2 Dutch Troop 10th Inter-Allied Commando forces, along with Ranger candidates in close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques. He trained British, American and Canadian Commandos and No. Fairbairn and Sykes were both commissioned as second lieutenants on 15 July 1940. Together with fellow close-combat instructor Eric Sykes, Fairbairn was commissioned on the General List in 1941. LTC Fairbairn second from the left in third rowĭuring World War II, he was recruited by the British Special Operations Executive as an Army officer, where he was given the nickname "Dangerous Dan". OSS Schools and Training Headquarters Staff, 1945 XMAS Card He also developed numerous firearms training courses and items of police equipment, including a special metal-lined bulletproof vest designed to stop high-velocity bullets from the 7.63x25mm Mauser pistol. : p:191 Fairbairn later created, organised, and trained a special anti-riot squad for the Shanghai police force. Much of his body, arms, legs, torso, even the palms of his hands, were covered with scars from knife wounds from those fights. 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 anti-riot squad. He served in one of the red light districts. Fairbairn served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry starting in 1901, and joined the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907.
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