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When you think of a cane, do you think of an elderly person walking down the street, using the "stick" as a crutch? When author Octavio Ramos Jr. sees a cane, he sees a hard-hitting self-defense weapon with a crook and horn capable of incapacitating any opponent within a matter of seconds. This book teaches the art of one of the most unexpected self-defense tools ever created. Carried anywhere--into almost any situation--the cane rarely attracts undue attention...until you need it to.
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0 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Was expecting a bit more from this book, a bit basic on one side but on the other it hit the nail on the head.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Nice Introduction
25 Aug 2007
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I was interested in finding some techniques to use with a walking stick when I stumbled on several variations of cane fighting. After some research, I went with this book. I'm not at all disappointed. It very directly and clearly lays down a foundation for using a cane as a fighting weapon. It covers all the basics quite well. The illustrations and directions are informative enough for most of the techniques in the book. I've shown it to my instructors and they were impressed with the material as well. The one shortcoming I found was that the stick figures used to illustrate the techniques couldn't always clearly show what was happening to the cane in the hand. Still, overall a wonderful read providing some great information.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Worthy despite shortcomings
5 Aug 2008
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"Raising Cane" documents the pedestrian and much underestimated art of cane defense. What could be more familiar than a crook-necked cane, or as accessible as 36" of hardwood resting at the ready in your dominant hand? Neither a knife nor gun has this advantage and the cane can be taken almost everywhere by old or young.
Topics covered: Basic terminology, stances, footwork, power strikes, flexibility (redondo) strikes, thrusts, blocks, use of the crook, use of the live(free) hand, fighting scenarios, combinations and flows, disarms, conditioning/weight room work and a section on cane vs. knife. This is an ambitious undertaking in just 176 pages.
My first hours with this text were frustrated by the sometimes confusing illustrations employed to convey technique. I'm not sure if I'm doing the beginning strike series (Cinco Tiros) correctly. No doubt it is a challenging task to portray the dynamics of any martial art with static illustrations. And the style chosen--stick figure drawings viewed from a single vantage point--leave much to be desired. (Many example would benefit from a 2nd point of view.) I simply could not decode some of the drawings, e.g. strong-side high-level strike (p48) and weak-side corkscrew thrust (p50). Both seem impossible as illustrated. In many illustrations there are missing critical frames showing the path the cane should take and the proper orientation of the thumb, thus leaving the reader to guess, fill-in or draw upon previous experience. Some drawings are mislabled (p117) and do not coordinate with text--poor proofing.
RC desparately cries out for a companion demonstration DVD. All is not lost, the author does direct the reader to the Canemasters website where one can find instructional DVDs, which are not inexpensive, as well as a selection of robust canes which put to shame anything else I've been able to find.
A valiant effort but unnecessarily difficult to decode (4.0 stars).
Topics covered: Basic terminology, stances, footwork, power strikes, flexibility (redondo) strikes, thrusts, blocks, use of the crook, use of the live(free) hand, fighting scenarios, combinations and flows, disarms, conditioning/weight room work and a section on cane vs. knife. This is an ambitious undertaking in just 176 pages.
My first hours with this text were frustrated by the sometimes confusing illustrations employed to convey technique. I'm not sure if I'm doing the beginning strike series (Cinco Tiros) correctly. No doubt it is a challenging task to portray the dynamics of any martial art with static illustrations. And the style chosen--stick figure drawings viewed from a single vantage point--leave much to be desired. (Many example would benefit from a 2nd point of view.) I simply could not decode some of the drawings, e.g. strong-side high-level strike (p48) and weak-side corkscrew thrust (p50). Both seem impossible as illustrated. In many illustrations there are missing critical frames showing the path the cane should take and the proper orientation of the thumb, thus leaving the reader to guess, fill-in or draw upon previous experience. Some drawings are mislabled (p117) and do not coordinate with text--poor proofing.
RC desparately cries out for a companion demonstration DVD. All is not lost, the author does direct the reader to the Canemasters website where one can find instructional DVDs, which are not inexpensive, as well as a selection of robust canes which put to shame anything else I've been able to find.
A valiant effort but unnecessarily difficult to decode (4.0 stars).
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great Book!
26 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
As someone who has had to use a cane at different times, I loved it.
I had tried to adapt Escima (stick fighting) as a defensive option when I had to use the cane with not much luck. I feel a little safer and will continue to use the workouts.
Thanks
I had tried to adapt Escima (stick fighting) as a defensive option when I had to use the cane with not much luck. I feel a little safer and will continue to use the workouts.
Thanks
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