Cane Training For Seniors.

[arnisador]

Everybody Is 'Cane Fu' Fighting
At Senior Centers, So Watch Out (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121582129325447667.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)

Older People Get Healthful Exercise
And Learn to Wield a Ready Weapon (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121582129325447667.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)



The St. Leonard retirement village here has a whole new way of thinking about recreation: Bingo has made way for cane fighting.

"Down on top of the head and up between the groin!" urges instructor Debra Stewart, of nearby Chung's Academy of Martial Arts, commanding a dozen gray-haired students swinging canes at imaginary attackers. "Stomp him! Dig it in there. Do it hard!"



Many credit the rise of cane fighting to Mark Shuey, a 61-year-old tae kwon do and hapkido expert who owns Cane Masters. Mr. Shuey started studying cane moves in earnest about 10 years ago while practicing hapkido, which incorporates stick fighting at advanced levels. At the time, his father was starting to use a walking stick, and he had heard reports of attacks on seniors who carried canes but didn't know how to use them to fight back. By 2003, the Canadian magazine Martial Arts Experts was calling canes "the weapon you can take anywhere." Cane fighting, also called "combat" cane or "cane fu," has been endorsed by at least eight martial-arts organizations.


The cane has a rich history as a weapon, notably in the U.S. Capitol. A number of 19th-century canings at the Capitol included a brutal 1856 attack on the Senate floor by South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks on abolitionist Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner, who had mocked a relative of Mr. Brooks in a speech. Mr. Sumner was carried away unconscious and bleeding. It took him years to recover.

[arnisador]

Self Defense for Women and Seniors
http://defendyourself101.ca/

The Fighting Cane: armed, elegant and invisible!
http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_truscott_1102.html

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Cane-Fu teaches seniors self-defense (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jg2YjW2L4X_IJyRkSQSA_neoznNwD973O5T02)


At the helm of the class is one of the country's most recognized cane fighters, Mark Shuey, a slight man who, at 62, has hair and skin starting to show signs of age. He has traveled from Lake Tahoe, Nev., to teach this group of 16 how to protect themselves from attackers.

He calls it Cane-Fu.

See also here ('Cane Fu' an effective form of self-defense).

Cane More Than Crutch (http://brandonnews2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/11/br-cane-more-than-crutch/)


"This is a little bit of paradise," he said. "I like the solitude and quietness, and I have fantastic neighbors."
McAlpin moved his business from Reno, Nev., five years ago to serve a growing East Coast market. Cane Masters manufactures wooden canes used in the American Cane System, an internationally recognized martial arts discipline designed to redefine the cane from crutch to self-defense tool.

"The American Cane System is the only martial arts system designed in America that's recognized in Japan," McAlpin said.

[lhommedieu]

That's quite a step up from being "the only martial arts system designed in America to be recognized by Kazakhstan..."

Best,

Steve

[eskrimakaliarnis.com]

Check this out...

This is the "Bio-stick" from Bahad Zu'bu performed by Dalubhasang Guro Romy Cruz. "Bio" meaning "Life" and also represents a walking stick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6BQXDCoFXw

[sjansen]

The video you mentioned was no that impessive, but the other links associated with the art were. I guess you just have to think that most people are not that willing to learn the upper skills. Thank you for the introduction. I will probably need it in the end.

[eskrimakaliarnis.com]

The upper skills aren't shown on you-tube ;)

[sjansen]

That's what I figured. Thank you for clarifying.

[eskrimakaliarnis.com]

No probs.

I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote that so will expand now after reflection. I usually am troubled when people allude to things "..being there really"....

The movements in the video I link earlier are taught right at the start of the Bahad Zu'bu curriculum. Is like to think of "The Bio-stick" as the systems "Wooden Dummy".

I say this because the movements can be replicated when you are working knife and empty hands. Also, the stick can be substituted for an opponent. It's hard to describe but an example is to think of transferring the stick over your head, from the left shoulder to the right. This can also be applied to the same movement applied to an opponents arm.

The basic footwork (Step forward, step back, position) is also contained in the drill. The movements are very basic and can be picked up in a few days. A lot less if you have the "Natural Aptitude" that I lack at times!

Why I like Guro Romy's video is the postitioning of the body behind the stick. How he shifts his weight and torso in such a smooth style. It is very difficult to do that. If you watch some of Guro Romy's other videos you will see these body mechanics when he is working the sticks and blades.

Back to the original point I forgot I uploaded some cane disarms from GM Yuli Romo himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR-3QEDDijc

They start at around the one minute mark.

Simon.

[arnisador]

Back to the original point I forgot I uploaded some cane disarms from GM Yuli Romo himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR-3QEDDijc


Ah, he's working from a walking stick grip?

[eskrimakaliarnis.com]

Yes,

He's working from the tungkod grip. There's probably some experience of Tatang in there as apparently he was fond of carrying a walking stick towards the end of his life and having at his students with it!

[arnisador]

A weapon, not a crutch
Seniors learn to raise canes in self-defense (http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20090722/new_cane_fu22_st.art.htm)


"A lot of people don't realize that you could stop many attacks just by knowing how to swing a cane," Shuey says. "A lot of people say it's just a stick, but it's a great tool to learn to use."

There are about 3,500 Cane Masters International Association students nationwide who are learning Cane-Fu, according to Steve Baker, general manager of Cane Masters. The sponsoring groups pay about $7 to $10 per participant per class

[chris arena]

I've been teaching cane for the past while as a Saturday class. It's been a project in development for about 2 years. I'm having a lot of fun with it and it has been well recieved. Basically a stripped down version of NSI Sibat Long pole and Modern Arnis basic patterns put into largo line applications. Emphasis on striking. Nothing fancy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih8fouOk8jA Applications
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPTF8ybXqQ Form Energy

Chris A.