This book, by the man who trained them, shows how the British Commandos and the clandestine agents of the British Special Operations Executive and American Office of Strategic Services became expert in hand-to-hand combat. It instructs the reader on how to win such close quarter fights - even against enemies who are bigger, more powerful, and armed. With nothing more than bare hands, this book shows how to put a thug out of action so fast he won't know what hit him."Get Tough" is filled with clear, graphic line drawings which, with the easy-to-follow directions, demonstrate the "Fairbairn System." Fairbairn made a scientific study of every method of armed combat known at the time. He learned the tricks of Chinese "boxing". He was the first foreigner ever admitted to Kokodan Jiu Jutsu University in Tokyo where he was awarded the Black Belt, Second Degree. Combining all the knowledge thus acquired (plus his practical knowledge as a Light Infanteer in the Royal Marines and as a member of the Shanghai police), he developed a system of hand-to-hand combat so brutal and effective that it was not only used to stunning effect against Kung Fu-trained thugs and Japanese infiltrators on the Shanghai waterfront, but it later came to be feared by elite Axis troops.This Heritage Edition of "Get Tough" reproduces the exceptionally rare Australian edition of 1943. The Australian edition was limited to a single printing. It differs from the US market editions of Get Tough as it includes the rifle training chapter as seen in Fairbairn's "All-In Fighting" published in Britain. Exactly the same size and printed on white paper as per the original, this faithful recreation of Get Tough is available for a limited time only.