What is Bill Underwood's Defendo
Defendo, created by Bill Underwood, is the internationally approved “Occidental System of Self-Protection” designed to enable its practitioner to put an immediate end to any physical confrontation, with or without weapons, turning the attacker into the victim.
This is accomplished through joint manipulation, restraints, strikes, grips, leverages and by manipulating the aggressor’s nervous system.
Direct and extremely practical, Mr. Underwood’s techniques have proven themselves through “life and death” combat situations in World Wars I and II and North American Intelligence and Law Enforcement communities.
Training in the UK
Defendo is taught through bi-monthly seminars in Newbury (south) and Leeds (north). It is a very easy but highly effective self protection system.
For details of our seminars, please see our events page.
Defendo Revived
Clive Elliot brought Defendo back to the UK in 2003. It has grown from strength to strength and has been practiced from young to the old.
The system has to be one of the easiest to learn, thus making it suitable to everyone. This is how it was developed to be used by the founder Bill Underwood.
Defendo Compliments other Martial Arts
Defendo concentrates on joint manipulation, joint locking, restraint, pressure points, various chokes and escapes. It is an ideal supplement to other martial arts or as a system of self defence on its own.