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Stick Fighting Combatives
The least of my favorite fighting subjects which is why it is so important to discuss and train in. Stick fighting doesn't have the coolio toys n gadgets of the latest black rifle and is well a stick. It doesn't have to be a special stick it just has to be an object that can be used like a stick.
I don't have anything fancy to train with just 2 each 1 inch thick dowel rods from Lowes cut to 28 inches with the saw blade on my SOG machete. That way when I break them at under $8 I won't cry like I would with the $35- $50 sticks many use. I see them break all the time. I'm also hoping one day to own a set of these so I no longer worry about breakage.
Most people can pick up a stick and swing like a bat but give them two and it becomes a tangled mess shortly rather than a force multiplier. A quick look back in history, to include recently, will show that the masses fought oppression and tyranny many times with mere more than stick and/or common tools and in fact many martial arts evolved from this and yet we overlook it often because we desire other cool toys.
The flow and look of a master ninja doesn't come easily to many including myself that struggled immensely with it however with practice and viewing others I finally got my AHAA moment and it clicked. I'm by no means looking like Bruce Lee in high speed but I can get around. Once I got it figured out I went to training with someone else recently and was immediately chastised for not being able to do it right after spending months learning how LOL. I guess there are different ways of doing things just like guns and trainers.
The moves are used in other fighting as well and this video from Janich breaks it down nicely and shows the value of heaven 6 basic stick moves:
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The least of my favorite fighting subjects which is why it is so important to discuss and train in. Stick fighting doesn't have the coolio toys n gadgets of the latest black rifle and is well a stick. It doesn't have to be a special stick it just has to be an object that can be used like a stick.
I don't have anything fancy to train with just 2 each 1 inch thick dowel rods from Lowes cut to 28 inches with the saw blade on my SOG machete. That way when I break them at under $8 I won't cry like I would with the $35- $50 sticks many use. I see them break all the time. I'm also hoping one day to own a set of these so I no longer worry about breakage.
Most people can pick up a stick and swing like a bat but give them two and it becomes a tangled mess shortly rather than a force multiplier. A quick look back in history, to include recently, will show that the masses fought oppression and tyranny many times with mere more than stick and/or common tools and in fact many martial arts evolved from this and yet we overlook it often because we desire other cool toys.
The flow and look of a master ninja doesn't come easily to many including myself that struggled immensely with it however with practice and viewing others I finally got my AHAA moment and it clicked. I'm by no means looking like Bruce Lee in high speed but I can get around. Once I got it figured out I went to training with someone else recently and was immediately chastised for not being able to do it right after spending months learning how LOL. I guess there are different ways of doing things just like guns and trainers.
The moves are used in other fighting as well and this video from Janich breaks it down nicely and shows the value of heaven 6 basic stick moves:
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