Canes

BadgerFu57 · 07-22-2003, 05:48 PM

Can anyone tell me about using canes in martial arts? I have no experience in FMA, but was just curious.

Tom Yum · 07-22-2003, 05:59 PM

Hapkido and a Korean style called Kuk Sool use a cane, but you have to be a 2nd degree black belt before they teach you.

BB Wolf · 07-25-2003, 11:21 PM

Most FMA's can adapt their stick techniques to a cane, as can many Okinawan and Japanese stylists adapt it to their own stick styles. I do believe "Superfoot"Bill Wallace is marketing a line of "Combat Canes" with videos to go with them. IMHO, the cane is a wonderfully humble, diseptive, and effective weapon. It is considered a sign of disability, which confers upon the carrier a appearance of weakness. If the cane carrier is not, then it is an unpleasant suprise to the attacker. A cane can be carried almost anywhere, even where other possible weapons could not. When I lived in NYC, I had a knee injury that left me first on crutches (a bad idea if you live in NYC for numerous reasons.) Then I switched to a cane. I never had to engage anyone with it, but its presence made a difference in several enounters. I have also heard of varoius stories where some pissed off senior citizen beat the hellout of some hoodlem their grandsins's age with their cane

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07-22-2003, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
BadgerFu57 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 437 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Canes Can anyone tell me about using canes in martial arts? I have no experience in FMA, but was just curious.

07-22-2003, 05:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,221 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hapkido and a Korean style called Kuk Sool use a cane, but you have to be a 2nd degree black belt before they teach you. __________________ The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. Slow is fast; fast is slow. Love it, leave it or fix it.

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07-25-2003, 11:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
BB Wolf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 83 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Most FMA's can adapt their stick techniques to a cane, as can many Okinawan and Japanese stylists adapt it to their own stick styles. I do believe "Superfoot"Bill Wallace is marketing a line of "Combat Canes" with videos to go with them. IMHO, the cane is a wonderfully humble, diseptive, and effective weapon. It is considered a sign of disability, which confers upon the carrier a appearance of weakness. If the cane carrier is not, then it is an unpleasant suprise to the attacker. A cane can be carried almost anywhere, even where other possible weapons could not. When I lived in NYC, I had a knee injury that left me first on crutches (a bad idea if you live in NYC for numerous reasons.) Then I switched to a cane. I never had to engage anyone with it, but its presence made a difference in several enounters. I have also heard of varoius stories where some pissed off senior citizen beat the hellout of some hoodlem their grandsins's age with their cane .

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