Defendu is a hybrid martial art developed in the early 20th century by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes for law enforcement and military applications. It combines elements of jujutsu, boxing, wrestling, and other arts to form a practical hand-to-hand combat system. Defendu was developed for the Shanghai Municipal Police and later taught to the Office of Strategic Services and Special Operations Executive during World War II.
Defendu is a hybrid martial art developed in the early 20th century by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes for law enforcement and military applications. It combines elements of jujutsu, boxing, wrestling, and other arts to form a practical hand-to-hand combat system. Defendu was developed for the Shanghai Municipal Police and later taught to the Office of Strategic Services and Special Operations Executive during World War II.
Defendu is a hybrid martial art developed in the early 20th century by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes for law enforcement and military applications. It combines elements of jujutsu, boxing, wrestling, and other arts to form a practical hand-to-hand combat system. Defendu was developed for the Shanghai Municipal Police and later taught to the Office of Strategic Services and Special Operations Executive during World War II.
This article is about the fighting style developed by Fairbairn and Sykes. For Bill Underwoods system, see !efendo. This article needs additional citations for verification. "lease help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2007) !efendu Also known as #utter Fighting, Fairbairns #utter Fighting, The Fairbairn Fighting System, The Fairbairn system, $odern !efendo Focus %clectic Country of origin United &ingdom Creator William %. Fairbairn, %ric '. Sykes Famous practitioners (e) 'pplegate, !ermot $. *"'T* +,eill, !evils Brigade, -an Fleming, Samuel #. Ta)is, Bill Wolfe Parenthood Bo)ing, Wrestling, Savate, .u/utsu, .udo, "akua, #atka Olympic sport ,o Defendu is a modern martial art developed by William %. Fairbairn and %ric '. Sykes prior to World War --. -t is a hand0to0hand combat system based on practical e)perience mi)ed with /u/utsu and bo)ing that was developed to train the Shanghai $unicipal "olice, and was later taught in e)panded form to +ffice of Strategic Services and Special +perations %)ecutive members during World War --. 123