AxxNox Combative Sciences has many influences

InfluencesAxxNox Combative Sciences has many influences - both Western and Eastern. In some cases, it may be a technique or a concept. In others, it may be a mentality or a way of thinking that together will make up the whole. The word "Sciences" in the company name reminds us that no one system will ever hold all the answers, so we must keep an open mind, stress test and purge to stay on the cutting edge of progress.

The Military Close Quarter Combat instructors of WW2 the likes of W.E. Fairbain who served as a Constable drill instructor with the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) during at a time when Shanghai, China was considered the most violent city on earth. Fairbain and his noted collaborator Major E.A. Sykes together developed their system of 'Defendu.' 

More then the actual techniques they culled from Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, together they broke through the psychological barriers by distilling martial arts to its base material. This revolutionary breakthrough paved the way for others to come.

Their approach evolved from practical experience.Fairbain trained and organised riot squads for the Shanghai Police and developed what he called 'Gutter Fighting' a system of fighting born out of methods that got real results. Fairbain's methods went on to be taught to British Commandos and Parachute troops during WW2 and became a major influence to the hand-to-hand combat training of the U.S. Marine Corps through Col Rex Applegate.

Another influence for AxxNox comes from one of the best Reality Self-Protection instructors in the world. Veteran ex-doorman and best selling author; Lee Morrison. This man should need no introduction to anyone involved in combatives today. Lee has trained thousands of police, military personal and civilians.

Also, We must mention of a former Major in the U.S.M.C by the name of Kelly McCann. McCann (pseudonym: Jim Grover) is a former US Marine officer and the founder and owner of Crucible Security Specialists located in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Crucible provided high-risk environment training and security services to the US Government and armed forces. Kelly McCann is considered to be a real world operator who knows what works and what doesn't from violent personal experience. His vicious system combines the best elements of combat proven Military Combatives, hardcore street fighting, and McCann's distinctive brutally honest attitude.

Finally Bob Kasper who was an avid practitioner of the martial arts for more than 30 years. A former U.S. Marine Corps military policeman and U.S. Army Reserve cavalry scout, Kasper was a founder and director of the Gung-Ho Chuan Association, a brotherhood of Marine Corps veteran close-combat instructors. He held black belts and instructor ranks in several martial art disciplines. He died in 2006.

The result is an easily learned, exceptionally brutal fighting system that really works.  

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