Hi, I have found an article of Capt. W.E. Fairairn. The article tells about him as an Assistant Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police beween 1927 and 1940. He taught hand-to-hand combat to the U.S. Marines during this period and to the British Commandos during WW2. If you use internet and look up Capt W.E. Fairbairn you will find that he also wrote a wook about combat and developing a "Fairairn" knife. The article was sumbitted by e-mail: david.cjolby@lhsc.on.ca Good luck.