| Combat Jujitsu is used by US Military Special | | | | H2H combat and is described in detail in a manual |
| Operations Forces and Special Forces of many | | | | for Allied Special Forces titled Get Tough, originally |
| other countries! It is probably the deadliest martial | | | | published in 1942. His system was designed to be |
| art known to man. Others may proclaim their | | | | simple to learn and brutally effective. The |
| system to be the deadliest martial art, but none | | | | techniques presented by Fairbairn are all Jujitsu |
| of them can show any actual PROOF of their | | | | techniques. All you need to do is scan through his |
| effectiveness in real combat. Combat Jujitsu has | | | | training manual to see for yourself. |
| been proven effective time and time again. That | | | | Colonel Rex Applegate (1914-1998) worked in the |
| is why British and American commandos have | | | | US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) where he |
| such a deadly reputation worldwide, and are both | | | | trained allied special forces in close-quarter combat |
| respected and feared by their enemies. | | | | during World War II. In 1943 he wrote Kill or Get |
| | | | Killed, still considered the classic textbook of |
| Regular soldiers, otherwise known as General | | | | Western-style hand-to-hand combat. |
| Purpose Forces (GPF), only receive basic | | | | Applegate developed the techniques outlined in the |
| self-defense skills designed to escape a bad | | | | book during his work with William E. Fairbairn. The |
| situation in case of a weapons malfunction. Most | | | | result of this was the development of what is |
| of what is taught to GPFs will usually result in | | | | widely considered the first scientifically based |
| some sort of struggle with the enemy until an | | | | study of Combat Jujitsu. Applegate's techniques |
| opportunity for escape is created. This sort of | | | | are heavily based on Fairbairn's system, and |
| fighting is slow and is a bad tactic when the | | | | enhanced with feedback from the OSS |
| mission is to get in and out as quickly as possible! | | | | operatives who put his extreme martial arts |
| Spec Ops hand-to-hand techniques need to be as | | | | techniques into action in World War II. In other |
| near instantaneous as possible, no fooling around! | | | | words, these methods are tested and proven! |
| That is why they rely on Combat Jujitsu. | | | | Making Combat Jujitsu, without doubt, the world's |
| Most people think of hand-to-hand (H2H) combat | | | | deadliest martial art! |
| as combat of last resort, such as when your | | | | General Purpose Forces change H2H training based |
| position is overrun by enemy forces. However, | | | | on changing technologies and changing missions, |
| Combat Jujitsu means you intended to engage | | | | such as the recent concept of "peace-keeping". |
| the enemy at close range, and possibly without | | | | Spec Ops, on the other hand, require sticking to |
| using a gun! This is never the intent of 'Regular | | | | the basics! When the enemy is encountered, react |
| Army', only Special Forces would be crazy enough | | | | swiftly and decisively! These tactics have not |
| to do something like that. But they do it all the | | | | changed since the beginning of history, and they |
| time. | | | | never will. |
| If a GI's gun jams he uses self-defense | | | | Techniques must be functional in actual close-in |
| techniques to get out of harm's way. On the | | | | combat. Spec Ops troops may be wearing |
| other hand, Special Ops Forces may knowingly | | | | helmets and flak jackets. They could be armed |
| and willingly enter harm's way without firing a | | | | with M-16s and carrying heavy packs. It would |
| single shot! When the intent is to engage the | | | | make little sense for a soldier thus encumbered to |
| enemy without weapons (guns), as in Silent | | | | try a taekwondo kick to the head of a helmeted |
| Operations, Special Forces Operators rely on | | | | enemy. This is precisely the lesson learned by |
| Combat Jujitsu! The key is always speed, and | | | | armored Samurai four centuries ago, and it is still |
| often silence is essential to maintain the element | | | | relevant today! |
| of surprise. The last thing you want to do is draw | | | | Civilian Instructors |
| unnecessary attention with the commotion of a | | | | Most civilian instructors in Combat Jujitsu train |
| noisy 'fight'. The lightning speed of Combat Jujitsu | | | | police, martial artists or combative sport athletes, |
| makes it undoubtedly the world's deadliest martial | | | | due to the limited need to learn lethal tactics |
| art! | | | | outside the military. But some may train civilians |
| History of Combat Jujitsu | | | | for private security and self-defense. The very |
| Also known as close combat or close-in combat, | | | | things which make Combat Jujitsu the deadliest |
| hand to hand (H2H) combat is the most ancient | | | | martial art, being that it is well-adapted for military |
| form of fighting known to man. A majority of | | | | training (fast, ease of use, modest physical |
| cultures have their own particular histories related | | | | demands) also make it suitable in many ways for |
| to close combat, and their own methods of | | | | civilian self-defense. |
| practice. However, the ultimate goal of all of them | | | | However, you should be very skeptical of anyone |
| is to dominate the enemy, usually by termination! | | | | who tells you the US Navy SEALs use their |
| There are many varieties practiced throughout | | | | system. |
| the world including various martial arts, boxing, and | | | | The techniques themselves have changed very |
| even wrestling. Past examples include the gladiator | | | | little over the last fifty years. They have been |
| spectacles of ancient Rome and medieval | | | | proven effective, so why mess with a good |
| tournament events such as jousting. | | | | thing? Besides, there are only a certain number of |
| To be victorious in combat requires speed and | | | | ways to kill someone with your bare hands. No |
| power. Those who study the Art of War have | | | | one has yet to come up with anything better. So |
| always looked for quicker, more efficient methods | | | | be very skeptical of anyone who says, or implies, |
| by which to dispatch their enemies. Military | | | | they taught the SEALS or any other Special |
| organizations looked to the effectiveness of | | | | Operations Forces how to do Combat Jujitsu |
| Japanese H2H methods and there found exactly | | | | techniques. |
| what they were looking for. It was refined and | | | | No one since Fairbairn and Applegate have been |
| adapted for modern warfare, and the ultimate | | | | able to improve on the world's deadliest martial |
| result is Combat Jujitsu. | | | | art. But, many civilian "instructors" just outright lie |
| Weapons and tactics change with new | | | | about teaching Navy SEALs (Green Beret, etc.) |
| technology, but even with major technological | | | | their techniques. Most have never seen a harbor |
| changes such as the initially crude uses of | | | | seal, much less a real Navy SEAL! Others |
| gunpowder, all the way up to the invention of the | | | | "misrepresent" their program by saying they |
| machine gun, hand-to-hand fighting methods, | | | | taught their "methods" to so-and-so & |
| including small arms and bayonet, remain central | | | | such-and-such Special Forces. Beware of people |
| to modern military training. Hand-to-hand tactics | | | | making such claims! |
| designed specifically for modern Special Operations | | | | As warfare continues to evolve, high-tech |
| was largely codified by Major William E. Fairbairn | | | | weaponry will reduce the need for H2H (the |
| and Colonel Rex Applegate during World War II. | | | | enemy will be destroyed long before contact is |
| William Ewart Fairbairn (1885-1960) was a soldier, | | | | ever made). However, it will never be completely |
| police officer, and exponent of hand-to-hand | | | | eliminated, and it is important to continue to train |
| combat methods for allied special forces in World | | | | and improve. There will be slight improvements in |
| War II. He served with the Royal Marine Light | | | | techniques, and changes may be made due to |
| Infantry starting in 1901. After joining the | | | | changing missions. But the core techniques of |
| Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907, he studied | | | | Combat Jujitsu will always remain. Why? |
| Jujitsu and then Chinese martial arts. He | | | | It has been proven in combat, so why take |
| developed his own training system and taught his | | | | chances with unproven theory? The only answer |
| method to members of that police force in order | | | | is to rely on the extreme martial arts techniques |
| to reduce officer fatalities. | | | | of Combat Jujitsu, the deadliest martial art known |
| The militarized version of Fairbairn's system is the | | | | to man! |
| basis for all US Military Special Operations Forces | | | | |