THE COMBAT LIBRARY
A selection of publications that in our opion are vital for students of modern combatives and close combat - from the new students to the more experienced exponents - each serves as an excellent reference point or aide memoire.
All-In FightingThe classic 1942 close combat manual | Cold Steel - John StyersJohn Styers authorative work on close combat - including unarmed, bayonet, knife and stick combatives | | Kill or Get KilledColonel Rex Applegate's tome on WW2 combatives | Shooting To LiveFairbairn & Sykes Point Shooting and Pistol Craft material | | Bob Kasper's Individual Close Combat Vol 1 & 2Bob Kasper's definitive work on the tactics of close combat | ArwrologyGordan E Perrigard's book on all out hand to hand fighting | | StreetwiseOne of the best books on the principles of self protection and personal security | Sting of the ScorpionBob Kasper's excellent book on knife combatives | | Gentleman & Warrior: The legend of W.E. FairbairnThe story of combatives instructor William Ewart Fairbairn during his years in the Shanghai Municipal Police. Authored by the late Peter Robins. | Handgun CombativesDave Spaulding's comprehensive study of practical pistolcraft | | Do or Die!The classic text from Marine Corps close combat instructor A.J. Drexel Biddle. | SMP Self Defence ManualThe Shanghai Municpal Police's C&R and self defence manual from 1915. An extremely rare book that shows the beginnings of Fairbairn's Defendu. | | Palestine Police Force - Close Quarter BattleThe original 1943 CQB manual published for the Palestine Police Force. Based on the teachings of Leonard Hector Grant-Taylor, the WW2 point shooting expert. | Combatives for Hard Core Street SurvivalKelly McCann's latest manual on all aspects of his combatives system for self protection | | Street Smarts, Firearms, Personal SecurityA series of articles formulated into a compendium of information on weapons and personal security tactics. Written by Kelly Mccann | Gutterfighting DVDThe Gutterfighting DVD featuring the Fighting Knife and Unarmed movies | | | | |
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