With input we believe from the famed William Ewart Fairbairn this is the self defence manual of the Shanghai Municipal... More > Police.

W.E. Fairbairn wrote the classic texts "Get Tough!", "Hands Off!", "Defendu", "Scientific Self Defence" and "Shooting to Live with the One-Hand Gun". He was active during WW2, teaching the British Home Guard, the SOE and the American OSS. A true pioneer in the world of self defence and combatives. < Less

An excellent wrestling book by a WW2 unarmed combat instructor and ex British champion wrestler. George de RELWYSKOW taught... More > unarmed combat to the SOE in the UK and at STS-103 (the famous Camp-X) in Canada. He was an Olympic (1908) wrestling champion and an Aldershot based Army Instructor with the Physical Training Corps in WW1. < Less

This is a WW1 US Infantry authored manual on hand-to-hand fighting.

An excellent American Army WW1 book on unarmed combat penned by A.E. Marriott of Camp Sevier.

An early 20th century Australian book on Ju-Jitsu by Higami Kasatu.

"A full and complete course on every phase of... More > self-defence and physical mastery, covering the entire subject from the easiest holds to the most severe and complicated locks and throws." < Less

A reproduction of an old 1920/30's jiu jitsu booklet by Frank Feldman, formerly member of New York Police cc Department and... More > member of New York Police Reserve. Lieut.

An interesting little item for the Jiu Jitsu collector! < Less

This is a reproduction of the c1915 manual:

THE McLAGLEN SYSTEM OF BAYONET FIGHTING
By CAPTAIN LEOPOLD McLAGLEN - Inventor... More > of the New System of Bayonet Fighting (used by British Troops in the Great War) and jiu-jitsu champion of the world.

Captain McLaglen has instructed some 30,000 Australian and New Zealand troops in his system of bayonet fighting, used with such deadly effect at the Dardanelles. < Less