E-Book Resources: Using Melee Weapons

So when I discussed some of the more general sources of info recently, I generally listed some major repositories with the warning that you would need to explore those repositories to find the books and information that might interest you. But I thought I would periodically post more specific links to a collection, library, or specific titles that would be of interest to the prepper/survivalist.

     Today's topic is combat with melee weapons. Some books and articles I came across recently in no particular order:

• Put 'Em Down, Take 'Em Out! (PDF) by Don Pentecost. This book purports to be the author's compilation of knife fighting skills and techniques learned in Folsom Prison. 
• "Fighting With A Tomahawk" (PDF) by Lynn C. Thompson. This article was apparently published in the Fall 1999 Cold Steel Special Projects catalog. 
• Official Kubotan Techniques (PDF) by Takayuki Kubota and John G. Peters, Jr.
• Cold Steel (PDF) by John Styers. This PDF is not a straight up photographic or scanned copy of the book, but appears to have been made from an HTML file with the photographs added. I have a hard copy of the actual book, but I have not made a comparison to see if this PDF has all the text and photographs in the actual book. That said, just scrolling through the PDF it appears to be a complete version of the book. The author, John Styers, put this book together to address deficiencies in hand-to-hand combat as taught to troops during WWII. Thus, it offers simple but effective techniques of unarmed combat, using a knife (employing a proper saber grip), bayonet, and stick fighting. I would definitely recommend this book.
• Combat Conditioning Manual: Jiu Jitsu Defense, Bayonet Defense, Club Defense (PDF) by R.E. Hanley. This 1943 book was a compilation of techniques being taught to U.S. Marines, and intended as a type of textbook for them to review between classes. This book is from the EPDF.PUB site, so unlike other sights where clicking on the link starts the process of download, this one takes you to a page at the website where you have to click a button to download the document, which begins a 30-second countdown. At the end of the countdown you will be presented with a reCaptcha pop-up to confirm that you are, indeed, not a robot. Sometimes you just have to click the checkbox, but at other times you may be asked to select a number of pictures or boxes within a picture that meet some criteria (for instance, click on all the pictures or boxes showing bicycles), after which the download will proceed.
• Kill Or Get Killed (PDF) by Rex Applegate. Largely focused on bare hand combat, it also includes disarming and use of the stick and knife, and covers Applegate's point shooting techniques
• Combat Use Of The Double-Edged Fighting Knife (PDF) by Rex Applegate.
• Knife Handling for Self-Defense (PDF) by George B. Wallace.
• Combat Knife Throwing: A New Approach to Knife Throwing and Knife Fighting (PDF) by Ralph Thorn.
• Knife Throwing Guide (PDF) by Gil Hibben.
• The Advanced Balisong Manual (PDF) by Jeff Imada.
• The Art of Weapons: Armed and Unarmed Self-Defense (PDF) by Marc Tedeschi. A compilation of techniques taken from Eastern martial art systems for using and defense against various hand weapons.
• Close Combat (PDF). This is the 1999 Marine Corps manual (MCRP 3-02B).
• Modern Arnis: The Filipino Art of Stick Fighting (PDF) (DJVU) by Remy Presas.
• Fundamentals of Modern Police Impact Weapons (PDF) by Massad F. Ayoob. Although the focus on police batons, there is discussion of other police weapons such as saps and billy clubs, the Yawara stick, sap gloves and palm saps, and the nunchaku, as well as improvised use of flashlights.
• Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense (PDF) by Masaaki Hatsumi and Quintin Chambers.
• Fencing Steps to Success (PDF) by Elaine Cheris. A basic book on modern sport foil fencing.
• Foil Fencing: The Techniques and Tactics of Modern Foil Fencing (PDF) by John Edward Smith.
• Flexible Weapons (PDF) by John Sanchez. A look at Medieval flails, chain maces, steel whips, etc.
• Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques (PDF) (DJVU) by John Clements. Also briefly discusses pole-arms.
• Renaissance Swordsmanship: The Illustrated Book Of Rapiers And Cut And Thrust Swords And Their Use (PDF) by John Clements.
• Practice Drills for Japanese Swordsmanship (DJVU) by Nicklaus Suino.
• Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai (PDF) by Masaaki Hatsumi.
• Shinkage-Ryu Sword Techniques: Traditional Japanese Martial Arts (Vol. 1) (PDF) by Tadashige Watanabe.
• Spike and Chain Japanese Fighting Arts (PDF) by Charles V. Gruzanski.

And for when you get injured, you can download this PDF of Combat Sports Medicine by Ramin Kordi,  Nicola Maffulli, Randall R. Wroble and W. Angus

Disclaimer: I'm not the author of any of the documents or things linked above and cannot vouch for their accuracy or completeness--use them at your own risk. I am not responsible for the posting or offering of any of the documents or things in the collections and/or libraries and have no control over whether they are posted or taken down.