Defendu

Defendu

Also known as	Gutter Fighting, Fairbairn's Gutter Fighting, The Fairbairn Fighting System, The Fairbairn system
Focus	Hybrid
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Creator	William E. Fairbairn, Eric A. Sykes
Famous practitioners	Rex Applegate, Dermot M. "PAT" O'Neill, Devil's Brigade, Ian Fleming, Samuel G. Taxis
Parenthood	Jujutsu, Boxing, Wrestling, Savate, Judo, street fighting Chinese martial arts
Olympic sport	No

Close Quarters Combat System (also known as Defendu) is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes prior to World War II. It is a hand-to-hand combat system based on practical experience mixed with Jujutsu and boxing that was developed to train the Shanghai Municipal Police, and was later taught in expanded form to Office of Strategic Services and Special Operations Executive members during World War II.^[1]