Father of Close Combat : HK01 Hong Kong News Portal 03-2020

[Special Thanks to HK01 Hong Kong News for the honorable mention of IRFS in the March 2020 edition]

An excellent article on the Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife and “Father of Close Combat”-

‘William Fairbairn used to practice a variety of martial arts, and finally merged it into a set of close combat techniques called “Defendu”.  The picture shows the martial arts he demonstrated, which is a Bagua palm technique.’  HK01 News-  Li Kaitai