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4
Stick-Play
 
TO TRACE THE ORIGIN of the “stick-method” of defense and attack would be a mostdifficult task and for this reason its place of invention is left open. Upon close study, however, itproves to employ many systems, some from
kendo,
the Japanese two-handed sword-play, andsome systems from the West Indies. Doubtlessly other systems enter into it, for it is only naturalthat man has known the use of a heavy club since prehistoric times.The use of a stick or club has been perfected through the years (being in official use in theIndia Police), and little thought is required to realize how formidable this weapon can be againstan assailant armed with a knife or when the same weapon is used for general attack and defense.Practice is essential. This treatise covers the simple forms of attacking the nerve-centers(Chapter 6, Volume I) of your assailant, and though these forms can easily be learned andmastered a definite practice is necessary in order to develop skill in the exercises presented here.Do not try to learn the whole method in one day or one week. Start with the practices shownfrom Figure 638 and go through Figure 666, then return to the other forms of attack.Whatever exercises or move you do with your right arm change over and do the same withyour left arm.The stick or club need not be as long as the one here illustrated, though a longer stick willgive you better control for your initial practice.
 
 
 
 
The short police club can then be substituted, or anything that can be gripped at one end andswung in the similar manner. After you have developed some4 skill with the stick, you willagree that even the light walking cane can be a deadly weapon when you know what part of yourassailant to hit or jab.DO NOT grip the stick in such a way that your thumb rest on it, for such a grip will limityour movements. Your thumb should rest on your index finger, and your grip in general shouldbe loose, your last two fingers merely touching the stick.First impress yourself with what a stick can do in the hands of an expert:1. It can cut like a sword, stab like a rapier or foil.2. The stick can guard the man using it, and can be used as a club.Now think about this and try to figure things out for yourself, then go on to the simple buteffective exercises given here.
Using stick against armed or unarmed opponent.
(If the stick or club is heavier at one end,grip it by its lighter end for all the forms that follow.)A powerful attack can be directed against your opponent’s knee or shin if you sink low andswing the stick so that the point strikes the knee (Figures 620 and 621). The same attack, aimedslightly lower, can be directed against his shin (Figure 622).It is important to aim in such a way that no more than the tip of the stick makes the contact,otherwise the effect of striking against those nerve-centers will be lost.In the event that your opponent steps back quickly with his foot and you miss (Figure 623) itis possible to reverse the swing without any loss of time and again strike his
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