Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.

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An eccentric millionaire and amateur boxer, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. was a pioneer of combatives in the U.S. He started his career as a Marine Corps instructor in bayonet tactics during World War I and became a major proponent of W.E. Fairbairn's Defendu, teaching hand-to-hand combat to Marines and G-men through World War II. This book provides an overview of Biddle's life and his influential combat system, highlighting his unique contributions to military training and self-defense techniques.