Essential Stick & Cane

Essential Stick & Cane is a collection of more than 200 techniques with the 3-foot stick (the Japanese hanbo) or standard hook-handled cane. (These jointlocks, throws, chokes, escapes, disarms, strikes, rolls, and exercises are shown in Dvds available from the author at www.TomLangMartialArts.com.) The purpose of this Instructor's Manual is not to teach the techniques but to teach how to teach them. It has no photographs of the techniques themselves. Instead, it describes the movements, key points, and the most common mistakes made in practicing each technique. More importantly, it includes chapters on training techniques, principles of movement and leverage, forms of stick fighting around the world, medical implications, and thoughts on self-defense, as well as a bibliography of more than 250 books and Dvds on stick and cane fighting. These chapters provide the background and additional information that make teaching more effective and learning more interesting.