The first rule of fight club: touch grandpa’s cane is risking serious bodily injury. Not because the old man might fall to the sidewalk, a helpless mess. No, reaching for the cane is dangerous because that genteel looking bloke might use it to break your kneecaps.
That’s right. Grandpa might be a student of Cane-Fu–the art of defending ones self with a walking cane. Only these are more than just walking canes. Made of harder woods, with a wider crooks for hooking . . . um, crooks, these specialty fighting sticks are sturdy enough to topple an attacker.
If you have the right training.
Updated 7/22/2009 – in response to a comment from Ted, here is a link to the official source on Cane-Fu.
The article directs me to another
site to “read more” but there is
only a newspaper in Maine. (See below photo of man holding his
cane around someone’s neck, and what is written beneath it.)
At 77, I do indeed want to read more about protecting myself with
my walking stick!
Ted
Ted, In response to your comment, I have posted a new link to a good source on Cane-Fu. Didn’t realize the other one pointed to expired content.
Safe Training!