STICK FIGHTING, Techniques of self defence with MATS HJELM

STICK FIGHTING, Techniques of self defence with MATS HJELM

This video covers cane and short-stick self-defence, recorded in Stockholm in June–July 2010. Mats shows all the techniques from the classic 1971 Stick Fighting book by Hatsumi Sōke and Quentin Chambers, drawn mostly from Kukishin-ryū. You can use a cane, sticks of any size, a pencil, a rolled magazine, or anything stick-shaped. The set includes eight basic movements, then defences against fists, kicks, wrist, sleeve and lapel holds, seizure from behind, and stick holds, plus seven immobilisations. Instruction is in English. Tom Lang, author of The Stick and Cane in Close Combat, called it the best hanbō DVD available.

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