Self defense with a cane or umbrella… 1901

Self defense with a cane or umbrella… 1901

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From Pearson’s Magazine -January 1901, notes by Ralph Grasso and Joseph Svinth –

Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (PartI):

It must be understood that the new art of self-defence with a walking-stick, herewith introduced for the first time, differs essentially from single-stick or sword-play; for a man may be a champion in the use of sword or single-stick [EN2] and yet be quite unable to put a walking-stick to any effective use as a weapon of defence. The simple and sufficient reason to account for this is that both in single-stick and sword-play a cut is always taken up by the hilt of the weapon, whereas if you attempted to guard a blow with a walking-stick — which has no hilt — in the same way as you would with a sword, the blow would slide down your stick onto your hand and disable you. Therefore, in order to make a stick a real means of self-defence, it has been necessary to devise a system by which one can guard a blow in such a way as to cause it to slide away from the hand instead of toward it, and thus obviate the risk of being disarmed by being hit upon the fingers.

JNC, Barton-Wright, Self Defence with a cane part 1 – [via] Link & more.

2 thoughts on “Self defense with a cane or umbrella… 1901

  1. -soapy- says:

    Careful, in the UK you are likely to be arrested or cautioned for carrying an offensive weapon! Don’t believe me? Here is an even more bizarre one: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=27760&in_page_id=34

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