Tools vs. Weapons

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Zander said:
In all my travels, have never seen anyone hassled who was carrying/using a cane.
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Yep, thanks to the sheeple on the 9/11 flights, we can't carry a pen knife on a flight anymore, but luckily, we can still carry a nice thick hickory club (cane)... Of course, some of us actually have the scars to show that we need the cane...
 
Archeology?

Been digging around in the NFW tombs, have we?

:D

We actually do have current threads about canes and such.

This one is kind of a museum piece.

 
The OP was my 5th post here. I was active duty infantry at Fort Lewis at the time...
 
FWIW here are a couple things to consider. When flying, or anywhere else you might have to make do.

In your carry on your allowed to bring a reading magazine or two, a couple of rubber bands (wide ones) and have 4 or $5.00 in quarters. You can also have a bandanna.

With out drawing attention you place a line of quarters inside your magazine, roll magazine tightly secure with rubber band. Return magazine to your carry on satchel.
You now have a yawara ready to go.

Large Bandanna, used alone by itself for trapping and redirecting.. Or make a coin purse to keep your spare change together put in center of bandanna secure with rubber band (looks like a tootsie pop with out the stick) you now have a hard hitting Sap.

Carry a regular Bic stick pen, make a sturdy soft tissue stabbing instrument.

A credit card (or type) held securely between thumb and fore-finger make a vicious slashing edge.

Your big heavy weight stainless steel wrist watch makes and effective palm slap, struck behind the ear its good night Irene.
 
Steel Talon said:
Large Bandanna, used alone by itself for trapping and redirecting.. Or make a coin purse to keep your spare change together put in center of bandanna secure with rubber band (looks like a tootsie pop with out the stick) you now have a hard hitting Sap.
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You can also bring a pair of socks with you... Tossing those coins in one of the socks and tying a knot right behind it is a very effective bludgeoning instrument...
 
I've gone to carrying a small pill bottle full of change when I travel now. Makes getting all the change out of my pockets easier as I travel through security, and gives a place to put the extra change when I break bills.

Also is very heavy, and would really hurt the recipient if thrown.
 
Live in the country and often take the little barkers outside and show them how to become house broken--lol. I have an Aluminum rod laying in the traffic circle that is there for a reason. Sometimes I just drop a carry into my jogging pants pocket.
A bud works for public school maintenance. His supervisor issued orders that pocket knifes could not be carried as they could be used as a weapon. Everyone took their screw drivers, hammers, chisels, etc. out of their tool boxes and would call him to bring in a tool to do a job. The order was resinded. Anything can be used as a force multiplier. The lowly Bic pen is a horrible stabbing tool.
 
A lot of my handgun training right now is dryfire and unloaded manipulation. What sorts of home-grown training can I do for unarmed combat?
 
I'm not sure if this is what your asking for? But FWIW...

Training with a partner gives you immediate feedback. Using a correctly built makiwara board to punch will give you instant feedback at contact. Exercises' designed to strengthen your core are critical to unarmed combat.. So is good flexibility.

Targeting (focus striking) moving targets (weak and strong side) accurately are key also. Stretch a taught bungee cord roof to floor slide tennis ball onto bungee before securing. Start striking the ball

Lots and lots of things you can do on your own. Just keep this in mind. There are 3 primary targets of the human body attack and remove one or a combination of the three and the fight is over.

*Ability to see
*Ability to breath
*Ability to stand
 
Any time you are on a hard floor or paved surface there is a deadly weapon right under your feet. This is why you should never let someone put their hands on you in malace, one good punch and they can bounce your skull off it!
 
Steel Tallon said:

Lots and lots of things you can do on your own. Just keep this in mind. There are 3 primary targets of the human body attack and remove one or a combination of the three and the fight is over.

*Ability to see
*Ability to breath
*Ability to stand
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In Tansu we add two more:

The ability to use the hands

and

The ability to think and process information.

The hands and lower arms are primary targets when you have a stick or cane. Put them out of commission and the fight is over. The other prime target is the brain. Land a solid knockout blow and you will have a rag doll on your hands.

I will disagree on one point, the ability to see. Sure a traumatic injury to the eyes will take the fight out of most people but once a good wrestler gets his hands on you he does not need to see. Case in point, I was on the wrestling team in high school and our toughest opponent was always the state school for the blind. My Junior year they beat us in every weight class except one. Gouging someone in the eyes may not end a fight if they already have their hands on you. Some people who are insane, doped up or in a rage can become temporarily immune to pain. I have seen it.
 
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I took the liberty of copying the last few posts into a new thread where that discussion can continue.

This one is being returned to the archives.

 
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