RECOMMENDED CLOSE-COMBAT BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE ON EVERY REAL MAN'S BOOK SHELF...
CHARLES NELSON’S SCHOOL OF SELF-DEFENSE
The Red and Gray Manuals
by Charles Nelson; foreword by Carl Cestari
GET TOUGH by W.E. Fairbairn
DEFENDU by W.E. Fairbairn
HANDS OFF by W.E. Fairbairn
SHOOTING TO LIVE by W.E. Fairbairn and E.A. Sykes
KILL OR GET KILLED by Rex Applegate
THE CLOSE COMBAT FILES OF COL. REX APPLEGATE by Chuck Melson
V-FIVE: HAND TO HAND COMBAT (by Wesley Brown)
COLD STEEL by John Styers
DO or DIE by Lt. COl. A.J. Drexel Biddle
HAND BOOK OF SELF-DEFENSE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
by John Martone
ARWROLOGY by Gordon E. Perrigard M.D.
LETHAL UNARMED COMBAT by Malcolm Harris
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF KNIFE FIGHTING by William L. Cassidy
SELF DEFENSE by Charles C. Nelson (Reviewed by Phil Matthews)
BELOW THE BELT by Bradley Steiner
SUBWAY SURVIVAL by Bradley Steiner
NO SECOND CHANCE by Bradley Steiner
THE DEATH DEALERS MANUAL by Bradley Steiner
KILLER ELITE by Bradley Steiner
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(From The Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia: History, Tradition, Pioneers by Emil Farkas and John Corcoran. 1993)
VIDEOS & DVD:
FUNDAMENTALS OF UNARMED COMBAT (Carl Cestari)
OSS TRAINING (Military Documentary with W.E. Fairbairn & Rex Applegate)
SHOOTING FOR KEEPS (with Rex Applegate)
POINT SHOOTING (OSS Film)