What does anyone think of Fairbairn and WWII CQC combatives in general? Why don't more people teach these methods? Don't they work? Is it because things need to be wrapped in asian mystique in order to be taken seriously? Thanks.

I think there's been some discussion of this in the Knife Arts forum--you might search for it.

You can also find info on it here. (www.gutterfighting.org)

What does anyone think of Fairbairn and WWII CQC combatives in general? Why don't more people teach these methods? Don't they work? Is it because things need to be wrapped in asian mystique in order to be taken seriously? Thanks.
Hi LC,
There are plenty of people teaching Combatatives, be they 'pure' WW2 H2H or a modern development thereof.

There's probably somebody teaching near you. As RS gave you a very good link to Gutterfighting, you can learn more there.

People like Carl Cestari etc are very well respected not only as CQB practitioners, but also as Martial REsearchers/ Fonts of Knowledge.

Your point about Asian Mystique was spot on.

Thanks for the great link, and I'll do a search in the knife forum. Thanks everybody.

In the Rangers we trained FM21-150, Dec.30,1969 when people were looking. When they weren't we trained Fairbairn Sykes.

Look to http://close-combat-video.com for more info on Carl Cestari, one of the leading authorities on the subject. Mika Soderman and his group in sweden have a good website at www.get-tough.net.