This is a real combative enthusiasts book that already has a six star rating and great reviews from Military expert instructors.
Sales are very good and readers are already requesting further books from us.
Time is our enemy with being so busy but in the future we have several more specialist and unique publications including the Applegate-Todd connection that will include the hours of notes taken by Tank directly from Col Applegate on a wide range of combative subjects and topics.
There will also be volume one of Tanks Close Combat Files and a wide and varied range of armed and unarmed combat subjects.
We also have a Phase One Unarmed Offensive and Counter Offensive Assault DVD in the making.
Now back to what the Combative Masters of the 20th Century book includes that has made it a top seller already and seen customers purchasing multiple copies.
This book has chapters on the following experts:
- Colonel Rex Applegate
- Captain W.E (Dan). Fairbairn
- Eric Anthony (Bill) Sykes
- Charles Nelson
- Bill Underwood
- Dermot Pat O’Neill
- A.J. Drexel Biddle
- Brigadier Mike Calvert
- John Styers
- Harry Baldock
- Shocker Shaw
- Captain Ben Mängels
- Lawrence A Jordan
- Ron Evans
- Major John Whipp AM, CSM
- Robbie Robinson
- Leonard Holifield
- Michael Echanis
- Blue Curran
- Steve Mattoon
- Motosada Mori
- John Joyce
- Greg Walker
- Jimmy Page
- Robert K. Spear
- Otto Skorzeny
- Rangi Nicholls
- Gene Fabrikant
- Imrich “Imi” Lichenfeld
- Vasilii Oshchepkov
- Choi Hong Hi
Each chapter includes the basic information readers want and not a lot of space fillers.
It gives dates places details of training and service records as well outlines the individuals association with other expert instructors.
There is also a chapter on the history of European Military close combat and chapters on the International Close Combat Instructors Association, Elite units of the world Murphy’s Laws of Combat and Combat Warfare Philosophy.
There is a copy of a Col Applegate speech and letters from E.A.Sykes to Col Applegate dated 1943.
There are over instructors covered in this book from the past to the present and over seventy photos.
Some of these photos are rare and finish a really unique publication comprising of detailed facts and very interesting pieces of information.
Readers have commented that they had no idea of the long history of military close combat and the list of experts that until now were not common knowledge to the general public.
They also thought that one book with so much information and so many experts covered was true value for money and that they would never have been able to source books on each expert covered.
The included experts range from WW1, WW2 through to the present and come from or instructed the military countries such as New Zealand Australia The United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Japan, Germany, Israel and Korea.
The book is 165 pages and measures 28cm x 21.5cm and covers chapters on the authors Tank Todd and James Webb along with several photos of each of them doing what they love to do including the front cover and back cover photos.
It would be difficult not to be pleased with this truly unique and most informative book that provides so much more than a simple review can reflect.
Interested in Close Combat Training? Todd Group Depots are located throughout New Zealand and at various overseas locations.
For more information on Todd System of Close Combat see the following books, dvds and cds:
- Close Combat Books
The Do's and Don'ts of Close Combat – Tactical C&R – Control and Restraint – No Nonsense Self Defence – Military Close Combat Systems Phase One – Combative Masters Of The 20th Century - Close Combat DVDs
Self Defence of the Elite – 80 Years of Combative Excellence – Primary Option Control & Restraint – Military Unarmed Combat – Phase 1 - Close Combat CDs
Technique To Command – Combative Code of Conduct
