Customer Review: After reading all the previous pro and con comments, I decided to also review this excellent book. As a life-time student of the martial arts with ranks in Jujitsu, Karate, Judo and Kobudo, as well as a follower and student of reality based systems such as Jim Wagner's and Krav Maga, I found this... more info
Customer Review: This dvd arrived on time and as described. The content is excellent and useful to martial artists as well as people who need a cane to get around. It is thoughtful and clearly demonstrates the technigues for excercise and self defenst
Customer Review: There were some good bits and pieces in here, and may be historically interesting, but was too confusing to be an improvement over other texts from the last half of the nineteenth century. To their credit, the authors understood that awareness of one's surroundings is more important to personal... more info
Customer Review: If you are looking for many advanced Cane techniques this could be a reasonable purchase. If you are looking for beginning moves...yes there are plenty of them. Navigating through them must be done with fast forward. No chapters to choose from. The moves are repeated several times and acted out... more info
Customer Review: This is a great book for those wanting to learn to use the cane for self defense. The techniques work indoors, outdoors and in the street. Read the book and get the DVD to become a master of cane jitsu.
Customer Review: Dr. Hatsumi Sensei brings in a very clear presentation, the ABC of the long stick. But it is not only the photos that are of great value. It is the words that find their place between them, bringing the life wisdom of one of the great leaders of the Martial art world of this era. What is a true... more info
Customer Review: It is very informative in the use of handeling a stick. Walk softly &
wisely and be safe in Christ Jesus care. He's the carer of our soul!!!!
Rev. Ralph Rivera,Jr.
Customer Review: For the non Irish this is a wealth of good honesty history with a look at how the oppressed can fight back.Great writing and some great ways to look at stick fighting (for those that have not stuck together the pages of Black Belt Mag over the last 30+ years.)Really this is a wonderful read by a... more info
Customer Review: The late Michael Echanis accomplished a lot in his short lifetime. He was a professional warrior who managed to write several informative texts on various combat methods. This book deals with how to employ the most common of weapons, the stick. This is not a recreational read but rather a book that... more info
Customer Review: Good basic starter, but you need an experienced person to make it work. I have been able to find a martial arts instructor who teaches stick fighting. Because I am traveling overseas I will carry a cane. Almost no one knows how deadly this stick can be as both a defensive and offensive weapon. I... more info