W.E. Fairbairn's Complete Compendium of Lethal, Unarmed, Hand-to-Hand Combat Methods and Fighting. In Colour

by Major W E Fairbairn and W.E. Fairbairn

Book Overview

The fully illustrated distilled knowledge of W.E. Fairbairn, legendary SOE instructor in unarmed combat, and co-inventor of the Sykes-Fairbairn knife, who learned his deadly skills in 30 years on the Shanghai waterfront. It has been suggested that Fairbairn was the inspiration for Q Branch, in Ian Fleming's fictional books about the British Secret Service agent James Bond.

All 844 images of Fairbairn and his assistants can now for the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783318732
• ISBN13: 9781783318735
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 796 Pages
• Weight: 3.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"