Defendu’s creator, the late William Ewart Fairbairn, was clearly a man ahead of his time. In fact, Ian Fleming James Bond's creator - was British secret agent. Some movies, such as The Devil's Brigade, Darby's Rangers, Gung-Ho and the early James Bond flicks, were amazingly accurate in their portrayal of defendu techniques.
Back in the 1850s and early 60s - before karate became a household word - defendu fight scenes dominated movies and TV shows.
Because of defendu’s remarkable success through of the war, it was, with many modifications, adopted by the FBI, Secret Service, CIA and military law enforcement agencies worldwide. The name of this combat system is Defendu.
Commando schools in Scotland and Canada trained not only crack out tits such as the Rangers, American - Canadian Special Service Force, Free French and others, but also many of the heroic men and women fighting a secret war of resistance and espionage in Nazi occupied Europe. Taught to, and battle tested by, virtually every Allied special fighting unit, the see tactics proved to military leaders the importance of hand-to-hand combat in modern warfare. The unarmed-combat improvised-weapon knife-fighting tactics of Britain’s World War II Commandos have an impressive history. Facing the others with a grin the instructor calmly asked, “Would anyone else care to try? After a few nervous glances toward their fallen comrade, none of the recruits chose to reply. “Before karate became a household word, defend fight scenes dominated movies and TV shows”. This time a well-placed blow across the solar plexus dropped him to his knees gasping for breath. Dazed but not yet ready to quit, the trainee scrambled to his feet and again moved in. Just before they made contact, the officer grabbed the man's wrists, fell back, thrust both feel into the younger man's stomach and threw him violently overhead. Delighted at the opportunity of putting this scrawny, tough-talking officer in his place, the recruit charged boldly forward. Time was short - they would have to be shown! “You there”, said the instructor, pointing to a large mean-looking young man seated in the first row. Despite his well-prepared introductory lecture, many of the trainees still seemed to have their doubts about the effectiveness of this system of unarmed combat. “Now, if there are no further questions.” The British Commando hand-to-hand combat instructor studied his new group of recruits.