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In response to a post in some other section here I went googling canes for self-defense. I had imagined you get one that's heavy at the bottom and just whack BG with it, preferably on the side of the neck. But everything I saw seems to point to the opposite, something light and you're supposed to use it in a fancy martial arts style. One cane I saw was described as aluminum and weighing 2 pounds and the comments were saying how heavy it was, one even said 2 lbs is too heavy for the average man.
Discussed this with a male friend who did martial arts for years, he said if I tried the "just whack" method BG would likely be able to grab the cane before it would make contact.
So now I'm totally confused, and have some doubts about whether a cane would make any sense for me for self-defense. Thanks in advance for any light anyone here can shed on this for me.
Discussed this with a male friend who did martial arts for years, he said if I tried the "just whack" method BG would likely be able to grab the cane before it would make contact.
So now I'm totally confused, and have some doubts about whether a cane would make any sense for me for self-defense. Thanks in advance for any light anyone here can shed on this for me.