William E. Fairbairn was a proper English gentleman who emigrated to China in the early 20th Century. He was a police inspector in the fabled Shanghai Municipal Police and served most of that time as a combat training expert. His first writings were on the Asian martial arts and I wish I could find copies of these centuries-old books. I do have an original copy of his shooting book called Shooting to Live with the One-Handed Gun, Co-authored with Eric A. Sykes. This is one of the earliest known books on combat pistol shooting. Interestingly, illustrations in this slim little volume, show a policeman shooting (two-handed) from a stance much like the modern Weaver. The text explains the need to fire in two-round “bursts” in order to achieve the best terminal effect on an opponent.
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