Stick Fighting

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TScott

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I own and am head instructor at a Shaolin Kempo school.
We run through our 'club defense' regime
once a cycle..others are knives, punches, grabs, forms, guns.
This month we are in clubs, and I got a 1970 book on stick fighting printed in Japan, and I am in total AWE.
I had no idea that there was so much that couldbe done with a stick ( Jo staff??)
The ability to control; the opponent on the ground, and by crossing the body twice
( my own analysis) or over one part and under another amazed me...
Where do I go from here??
I live in the quite proper and somewhat stuffy midwest, and there are no kali, arnis,
or any other good phillipino style schools to be seen.
I intend to teach myself as much as possible, but being one who instructs in the MA, I know that i will need some help for the subtlties....(sp?)
thanks all

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Every man dies, not every man truly lives
 
WOW, I haven't heard of anything in Omaha, I would check the Filipino Instructor's directory here on the net and also the thread here which lists the links to the other FMA forums. You might want to query on those forums.

I was suprised to discover how many schools/instructors operated in my home state of CT that I didn't think existed so there might be someone that you are unaware of.
 
Thanks!...I'll keep you posted here on what I find or dont..

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Every man dies, not every man truly lives
 
Hello,
I am interested in the title of the book you are referring to, was this the one presented by Soke Hatsumi? It is a fine book on classical Kukishinden ryu Hanbojutsu techniques. Most if not all of the techniques also apply very well with a regular Filipino training baton.
Keep in touch
Steve
 
That is the very book...
I found it on Ebay and luckily it is in superb condition.
It will take me a while to absorb all that Soke Hatsumi has put in the book, but it really looks to be very worthwhile...

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Every man dies, not every man truly lives
 
Hello Again,
Sorry it has taken me awhile to post. Soke Hatsumi's book "Stick Fighting" is great! It has a great deal of traditional Japanese applications for the "hanbo"(half staff), also you will enjoy the edo koppo techniques also found in it. As with all techniques contained within the Bujinkan Budo taijutsu method, the techniques are just the beginning. The "henka"(variations) are too numerous to mention, and that is where the hanbo comes to life. I have been practicing Budo Taijutsu for 12 years now, and the hanbo is one of my favorite weapons.
Steve
 
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