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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Not what I had hoped for.:
I really don't know whether this book is a good effort or not. It is written for one more experienced and capable that I in the martial arts. I am 74 but I am not interested in being anyone's victim. I had hoped that I would be able to glean enough useful information to make more feasible the use of my cane as a defensive weapon. Alas, I had already learned on my own the few things that might have been useful to me in this book - and more. As every senior citizen knows, old folk are especially... more info
Raising Cane, a good stick fighting manual:
Raising Cane is how to fight with a cane. In addition, it covers stick fighting from Southeast Asia. The additions to cane fighting are the use of crook on a street cane. It contains drills that useful in learning the fighting techniques. It is a very comprehensive text on cane fighting. I think that a person learning cane can ignore the flashy additions from the Philippines, if desired. Also, I feel that learning them will aid conditioning and increase response options in a real encounter.
raisning cane - the unexpected martial art:
after 25 years of martial arts training including La Canne and Presas Arnis, I found the "Raising Cane" a simple read yet comprehensive manual offering the beginner and advanced student points of interest throughout. I would recommend it to all cross training students of the arts. Possibly real people depicted instead of drawings would draw an easier interpretation of the desired outcome of the prospective move.
Basic Cane Defensive Course:
This is an excellent book for the beginner looking to use a good crook street cane for self-defense. The stick-figure drawings are easy to understand and follow. I use this book for the basics when I can't use my training DVD's from Dr. Joe Robaina at canedokaiusa dot com. Dr. Joe's DVD's are tops.. Still, this Raising Cane book is one of the easier and simplist to use and it works well when all of the electronic gadgets are not available.
