World War II combatives were empty-hand combat techniques taught to allied special forces in World War II by such famous instructors as Rex Applegate or William Ewart Fairbairn.
Further reading
- "Get Tough" by William Ewart Fairbairn
- "Kill or Get Killed" by Rex Applegate
- "Cold Steel" by Styers
- "Jim Grover's Combatives" (video)
- "Jim Grover's Situational Self-Offense"
- Carl Cestari 's videos