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In the art of self-defence with a walking-stick, the stick is held in the hand with the thumb overlapping the fingers, and not, as in single-stick or sword-play, with the thumb resting on the blade. The stick is therefore manipulated with the wrist -- and not with the fingers as in sword-play -- and the blows are given by swinging the body on the hips -- and not merely by flips from the elbow. In this way blows can be made so formidable that with an ordinary malacca cane it is possible to sever a man's jugular vein through the collar of his overcoat.

Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (via wood s lot and Leuschke)

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A lot of this is very recognisable from the (tiny smidgen of) jo work we've done in Aikido.

Does this seem familiar:

http://www.well.com/user/pyarrow/ saito/images/69_bw_hips.jpg

?

Tom Hume on August 13, 2003 11:57 AM

Hmm. I suppose they are both effectively the same...

But, "I know Walking Stick Fu" is cooler than "I know Jo Fu."

Unless your name is Jo.

I'm still trying to get around to those quarterstaff lessons I've been offered...

joh on August 13, 2003 04:32 PM

I like this show

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Ce-ce on October 24, 2003 06:01 PM