Self Defense with a Walking Stick

*iris* · 09-02-2006, 10:12 PM

Dunno if any of you have seen this, but I saw it and just had to share.

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

Part I
Part II

By E.W. Barton-Wright
From Pearson’s Magazine, 11 (February 1901), 195-204.

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-02-2006, 11:05 PM

Hmm...A classic staple of www.encyclopedia-obscura.com, alright.

*iris* · 09-02-2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

Hmm...A classic staple of www.encyclopedia-obscura.com, alright.

Interesting site! The links I posted have the full (strange) details though.

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-02-2006, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iris

Interesting site! The links I posted have the full (strange) details though.

Yeah, it is an incredible work, perhaps on par with www.x-entertainment.com in some respects, only that it hasn't been updated in well over a year. Bummer, really...

*Masked Ninja* · 09-04-2006, 12:15 AM

I like how the picture shows two respectable-looking gentlemen in hats and suits duking it out with sticks.

Maybe I'm just weird, but I was amused. Cool links though. I wonder if it's Splinte-sanctioned?

*zkarlette* · 09-04-2006, 12:22 AM

I have never heard from this before.. interesting tho'...makes sence

from now on I'll go out with a walking stick...and a hat..

*Katie* · 09-04-2006, 07:23 AM

hmmm...I never saw anyone use an umbrella, but I guess it would work too...

Anyway, there was a guy that taught martial arts caning in my taekwondo dojang after hours. it's a legitimate weapon with actual hojandos and techniques.

think.....jo staff.

Kid A · 09-04-2006, 11:29 AM

That looks like a mix from karate and modern fencing. I would rather compare it to hanbo, if I'm right the system of hanbo is more like infight and grappling.

*Sewer Bull* · 09-04-2006, 11:37 AM

Fencing with an umbrella is fun.

Too bad no one else in my closest environment understands that.

Kid A · 09-04-2006, 12:11 PM

Not until you pour in the siwucha. :D

*iris* · 09-07-2006, 02:15 PM

Peanut · 09-07-2006, 04:48 PM

That gif just screams damnhooligan.

*cowabunga14* · 09-07-2006, 06:51 PM

That's pretty cool. It reminds of the Stick dude who trained Matt Murdock as a kid.

*Masked Ninja* · 09-08-2006, 01:29 AM

That has to be the best thing ever. Vile knave!

Ra · 09-09-2006, 11:33 PM

*laughs* Oh god...when I first saw the title of this thread, my mind instantly screamed "MASTER SPLINTER!" But watching two respectible looking gentlemen duke it out with a walking stick is just as good. It sort of reminds me of Ju-Jitsu, when you can use your apponent's weapons against them. But back to this...I don't know where, but I've seen this before. I need to remember...

09-02-2006, 10:12 PM	#1
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	Self Defense with a Walking Stick Dunno if any of you have seen this, but I saw it and just had to share. "Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions" Part I Part II By E.W. Barton-Wright From Pearson’s Magazine, 11 (February 1901), 195-204. __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

09-04-2006, 12:22 AM	#6
zkarlette Fashionably late Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,146	I have never heard from this before.. interesting tho'...makes sence from now on I'll go out with a walking stick...and a hat.. __________________ "If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time" E.W

09-04-2006, 07:23 AM	#7
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	hmmm...I never saw anyone use an umbrella, but I guess it would work too... Anyway, there was a guy that taught martial arts caning in my taekwondo dojang after hours. it's a legitimate weapon with actual hojandos and techniques. think.....jo staff. __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

09-04-2006, 11:37 AM	#9
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	Fencing with an umbrella is fun. Too bad no one else in my closest environment understands that. __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

09-07-2006, 02:15 PM	#11
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	__________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

09-02-2006, 11:05 PM	#2
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	Hmm...A classic staple of www.encyclopedia-obscura.com, alright.

09-04-2006, 12:15 AM	#5
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	I like how the picture shows two respectable-looking gentlemen in hats and suits duking it out with sticks. Maybe I'm just weird, but I was amused. Cool links though. I wonder if it's Splinte-sanctioned?

09-04-2006, 11:29 AM	#8
Kid A Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 103	That looks like a mix from karate and modern fencing. I would rather compare it to hanbo, if I'm right the system of hanbo is more like infight and grappling.

09-04-2006, 12:11 PM	#10
Kid A Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 103	Not until you pour in the siwucha. :D

09-07-2006, 04:48 PM	#12
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	That gif just screams damnhooligan.

09-07-2006, 06:51 PM	#13
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	That's pretty cool. It reminds of the Stick dude who trained Matt Murdock as a kid. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?

09-08-2006, 01:29 AM	#14
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	That has to be the best thing ever. Vile knave!

09-09-2006, 11:33 PM	#15
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	laughs Oh god...when I first saw the title of this thread, my mind instantly screamed "MASTER SPLINTER!" But watching two respectible looking gentlemen duke it out with a walking stick is just as good. It sort of reminds me of Ju-Jitsu, when you can use your apponent's weapons against them. But back to this...I don't know where, but I've seen this before. I need to remember... __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."