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​How To Win In Hand-To-Hand Fighting As Taught To The British Commandos And The U.S. Armed Forces. 1943

CONTENTS

BLOWS
01. Edge-of-the-Hand
02. Chin Jab
03. Boot (Side Kick)
3a. Boot Defense
3b. Boot ("Bronco Kick")
​04. Knee

RELEASES
​05. Wrist Hold (1 Hand)
5a. Wrist Hold (2 Hands)
06. Strangle Hold (1 Hand)
6a. Strangle Hold (2 Hand)
07. Bear Hug
      (Front, Over the Arms I)
7a. Bear Hug
      (Front, Over the Arms II)
08. Bear Hug 
      (Front, Arms Free)
09. From a Bear Hug 
      (Back, Over the Arms)
9A. From a Bear Hug 
​      (Back, over the Arms)                alternative release
10. From a Bear Hug
​      (Back, Arms Free)
11. From a Hair Hold
​      (Back)

HOLDS
​12. Thumb Hold  
​13. Sentry Hold 
14. Japanese Strangle Hold
​14a. Front Strangle Hold
15. Handcuff Hold
16. Bent-Arm Hold
17. Head Hold

THROWS
18. Hip Throw
19. Wrist Throw
20. Back Break

MISC. ADVICE
21. Chair and Knife
22. The Match-Box Attack
23. Smacking the Ears
24. The Art of Getting Up                 from the Ground
24A - Getting Up from the               Ground (Backwards)
25. Attack with a Small Stick          or Cane
26. Various Methods of                  Securing a Prisoner
26A - From the Handcuff Hold 26B -"The Grape Vine"
26C - The Chair
26D - A Substitute for                          Handcuffs
27. Break-Aways from                    "Come-Along" Grips
27A - Your Opponent Has               Hold of You
27B - Your Opponent Has               Hold of You

USE OF THE KNIFE
28. Use of the Knife
29. The Smatchet
       (Carrying, Drawing, and           Holding)
29. The Smatchet (Close-in             Blows)
29. The Smatchet (Attacking           Blows) 

DISARMING PISTOLS
30. Disarming an Opponent 
30 A - Disarming from in                     Front I
30 B - Disarming from in                     Front II
30 C - Disarm from Behind I 30 D - Disarm from Behind II
​30 E - Disarming a Third Party

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