A quick aside here, Morrison's approach here revolves around a methodology originally developed during WW2 by Dermott "Pat' O'Neill. A contemporary of W.E. Fairbairn.
This brief statement below is taken from a longer article that gives a very brief overview of O'Neill and what was referred to at the time as "Kick and Poke Judo".
The system that O'Neill"developed" was born during his time in Shanghai. The late Charlie Nelson related that his introduction to O'Neill's method was through a Sgt. Kelly who learned this method from O'Neill during Kelly's tour of duty in China. Since we know that O'Neill left for Japan in 1938, the "training" between Kelly and O'Neill must have occurred prior to that. So we can presume that the O'Neill method came into its own sometime during the mid 1930's.
Many reference sources containing information on O'Neill's method as recalled by Forcemen of the 1st SSF refer to similar phrases as the one quoted above. Terms like "jab and kick", "gouge and kick", "poke and kick" are constantly used when describing this method.
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