Colonel Rex Applegate has enjoyed an extraordinary career as a world renowned leader on Close Combat techniques, as knife designer, and as the foremost expert on Riot Control. Applegate served in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence, and was a member of the OSS during World War ll. His book “Kill or Get Killed” is the best selling book on unarmed and armed close combat in history. The U.S. Marine Corps has reprinted “Kill or Get Killed” as an official reference training manual, and Applegate’s revolutionary knife fighting and Point Handgun Shooting Techniques are in wide use, earning the unparalleled respect of of virtually everyone in the police shooting and military communities. Applegate is also the winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner Award. His books include Kill or Get Killed, Crowd & Riot Control, Point Shooting, Shooting For Keeps, Scouting and Patrolling - and more!

This is his presentation to police firearms trainers...

Comprehensive image detailing the various areas of the human body which are targeted for baton blows. Colour coded to signify damage/harm potential.

The belt is among the finest of all improvised weapons. It is legal, always readily available, and devastatingly effective. It can be used at ranges from four feet to six inches, it is incredibly quick, and will leave welts or lacerations wherever it hits. Whipped in a blur and swung in a tight figure-8, the belt becomes an intimidating weapon. In skilled hands, it can easily defeat a knife, a club, or multiple unarmed opponents. It is a popular weapon, having been used in streetfights and barroom brawls for decades. It is often pulled in situations where a weapon is required, but drawing a knife or gun might be considered too extreme — while it is possible to kill with a belt, it is difficult to do so accidentally. To observe a beautiful display of beltfighting, you can rent Fist of Legend starring Jet Li (he uses the belt in many of his films).

Fighting with a weapon is always preferable to depending on one’s empty hands. A streetfight is not an athletic competition or a friendly roughhousing match where there are rules to be adhered to and the fight will be stopped before the loser is seriously injured. On the contrary, when you are accosted by a menacing stranger (or group of strangers) on the street, you are fighting for your life, there are no rules, and the loser has a high probability of being maimed or killed. If you find yourself forced into such a situation, you want every conceivable advantage. This document thoroughly covers the art of knife fighting, detailing the many finer points of the art.

Illustrations of various broadsword poses, attacks and defenses.

Browning Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System Manual.

Charlemont Canne and Baton Method, from Larousse Dictionary.

Comprehensive, well illustrated, broad sword or sabre combat guide. Includes illustrations of the many stances, attacks and defenses. Authentic guide from the 18th century

A Manual for Western Archers Combat. Archery involves the use of light draw weight (thirty pound maximum or fifty pounds with special oversize arrows) bows and specially constructed arrows. Special protection is worn to help prevent injuries. It consists of several types of combat, from individual duels between lights to full scale field or woods battles involving both heavies and lights. This complete manual discusses bow selection, arrows, protection, aiming and firing techniques and more.

This manual of the european medeival martial arts covers the many brutal arts including axe-fighting, fencing, broad and short sword and more. It is fully illustrated and very comprehensive.

"The safe use and care of your firearm - your guide to firearm safety."

Hunters want to know if they can shoot 2-3/4" shells in their 3"-chambered gun; what choke works best on lateseason pheasants; how steel shot compares to lead shot; or what the heck “dram equivalent” means? The list goes on and on. So, in response, we thought we’d take some of the most often-asked questions and create a concise, easy-to-understand reference that you can use whenever you need it. And here it is: The Guide to Shotgun Use. If you’re just getting started with a shotgun, it will provide a wealth of information and probably answer just about every question you can dream up. If you’re an experienced shotgunner, you just might find a few bits of information that can make you even more knowledgeable.

Hagakure: Book of the Samurai

This article brings together what is believed to be the most credible information regarding wound ballistics. It cuts through the haze and confusion, and provides common-sense, scientifically supportable, principles by which the effectiveness of law enforcement ammunition may be measured. It is written clearly and concisely. The content is credible and practical. The information contained in this article is not offered as the final word on wound ballistics. It is, however, an important contribution to what should be an ongoing discussion of this most important of issues.

The purpose of this manual is to record the principals and techniques of International Rifle shooting with the primary objective of improving the shooters performance in competition. The techniques and ideas put forth in this manual represent the collective thinking of the United States medal winners of the last World Championships, Pan America and Olimpic Games. These techniques and ideas are not to be taken as the final word or solution to success in international  shooting, but rather the best information presently available to guide the development of the international rifle shooter.

A simple, strait to the point article on avoiding knife attacks and defending oneself against them.

A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE "The Kubotan"

The purpose of this first book of a four book series is to train the student in the methods, principles and techniques of European Medieval Martial Arts, focusing on dagger, grappling and the longsword. This work was originally created to form the basis of the recruit training program for the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts or AEMMA. References for this work include but are not limited to historical documents and treatises such as Fiore dei Liberi, 1410, "Flos Duellatorum", Hans Talhoffer, 1459, "Alte Armatur und Ringkunst" , Hans Talhoffer, 1467, "Fechtbuch aus dem Jahre 1467", Jakob Sutor, 1612, "Künftliches Fechtbuch" The Academy’s mission is to resurrect the combat skills, philosophies, principles of an accomplished European Medieval martial artist and to achieve a state which would be consistent with that of a medieval warrior in both technology and ideal.” The goal of this organization is to resurrect European medieval martial arts to the same level as today’s Asian martial arts schools and academies, and to re-establish medieval combat as a viable 21st century martial art alternative. The objective is to not only achieve realism in the discipline of armoured and un-armoured combat, but also the philosophy and principles that surrounds this form of martial art.

A knife is the first weapon given to a Ninja. He or she learns Tanto-jitsu, knife art. As well as becoming an expert in hand-to-hand combat, a Ninja learns to throw knives, as well as many other objects. But some knives are designed specifically for throwing. With such specialty knives, the Ninja knife throwing expert is particularly dangerous. Normally, a Ninja carries four such throwing knives as well as a combat knife which could be thrown if necessary. Ninja throw knives, primarily, to achieve three goals:

To distract.
To wound.
To kill.

Learn the art of ninja knife throwing. This fully illustrated guide teaches everything there is to know on the art.

In this report I have sought to explore the nature of non-lethal weaponry in the Department of Defense (DOD) as a framework for future actions related to their successful integration into the United States (US) military arsenal. I selected non-lethal weapons (NLWs) as a topic of research with the hope that military planners, developers, and operators alike would benefit from a report on NLWs in three respects: First, as a topical chronology for those familiar with the subject of non-lethality; second, as a means of concise subject indoctrination for newcomers to the field; and third, as a “calibration check” of DOD activities aimed at the advancement of non-lethal weaponry.

THE ensuing lessons on “Old Sword-Play” have been compiled from the works of various author of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; and it has been my intention so to arrange them as to make the antique methods accessible to the student without the labour of searching the pages of books in various languages, many of which are very difficult to procure, and much more so to understand. There are those who affect to ridicule the study of obsolete weapons, alleging that it is of no practical use ; everything, however, is useful to the Art of Fence which tends to create an interest in it, and certain it is that such contests as “Rapier and Dagger,” “Two hand Sword,” or “Broadsword and Handbuckler,” are a very great embellishment to the somewhat monotonous proceedings of the ordinary “assault of arms.” The Combinations will be found extremely useful as forms of “set play” for combats on the dramatic stage. I presuppose that, before turning his attention to the swordsmanship of bygone centuries, our student will have made himself reasonably proficient in the use of the modern arms-the foil and the sabre-under the tuition of some competent master.

Here is the coveted Pistol Marksmanship Training Guide published by the Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia. It is an excellent source of information for the competitive pistol shooter.

Fundamentals Of Pistol Marksmanship
Introduction – Elements Of Pistol Shooting
Chapter I – Attaining A Minimum Arc Of Movement
Chapter II - Sight Alignment
Chapter III – Trigger Control Techniques Of Fire
Chapter IV – Establishing A System
Chapter V - Slow Fire
Chapter VI – Sustained Fire
Chapter VII - Mental Discipline Competitive Physical Fitness
Chapter VIII – Physical Conditioning
Chapter IX - Diet And Health Of The Competitive Pistol Shooter
Chapter X - Effects Of Alcohol, Coffee, Tobacco And Drugs Supplemental Information
Annex II - Optical Properties Of The Eye Relevant To Sighting
Glossary - A Glossary Of Terms Found Within This Manual

Ninja were the Ultimate Warriors of feudal Japan. Cloaked in darkness and secrecy, the Ghost-Soldiers of the Invisible Fist struck fear into the hearts of their enemies and wreaked havoc on those who incurred their wrath. The principles of these occult methods have not changed and apply even today. The principles and forms presented herein are intended for use by a lone individual. Some Ninjitsu ryu (schools) advocate the use of such equipment as shuriken, grapples, shaken, even poisons and firearms. These schools train to use or improvise any weapon that may further the objective of the mission. There is much to be said for this approach, even among the schools that practice invisibility such as the Black Dragon Ryu, Therefore, sections explaining the classical Ninja weapons are included. Yet, study of this Art does not require weapons of any sort.

Sensei (teacher) once said, "A naked man, alone, in an empty room, can practice Ninjitsu." One cannot move quickly and silently when encumbered by various tools. And, if captured, these devices would certainly be confiscated. What is one to do then? Here then are the means to be invisible in the presence of the enemy, to penetrate unseen anywhere, and to pass without leaving a trace. This is the Silent Way of the Mystic-Knights, the Moonlit Path of the Shadow-Warrior,the Invisible Assassins of Feudal Japan, the NINJA.

It must be understood that the new art of self-defence with a walking-stick, herewith introduced for the first time, differs essentially from single-stick or sword-play; for a man may be a champion in the use of sword or single-stick [EN2] and yet be quite unable to put a walking-stick to any effective use as a weapon of defence. The simple and sufficient reason to account for this is that both in single-stick and sword-play a cut is always taken up by the hilt of the weapon, whereas if you attempted to guard a blow with a walking-stick—which has no hilt—in the same way as you would with a sword, the blow would slide down your stick onto your hand and disable you. Therefore, in order to make a stick a real means of self-defence, it has been necessary to devise a system by which one can guard a blow in such a way as to cause it to slide away from the hand instead of toward it, and thus obviate the risk of being disarmed by being hit upon the fingers.
After some fifteen years of hard work, such a system has been devised by a Swiss professor of arms, M. Vigny. [EN3] It has recently been assimilated by me into my system of self-defence called “Bartitsu.”

See above.

A complete guide to shield building, and shield tactics for protesters.

Short chapters on foil fencing, boxing and Cumberland wrestling.

Fighting with the Woodsman's Pal