Stick fighting is a generic term for any of several martial arts which employ a small staff, cane, cudgel or walking stick as a weapon. Some of the techniques can also be performed with a sturdy umbrella or a sword in its scabbard. Most stick fighting systems are serious combat techniques that were intended to be used if attacked whilst lightly armed, but a few, such as la canne and kendo, are also practiced today as sports similar to fencing. Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Staff used in martial art Staff used in martial art A staff is a large, thick stick or stick-shaped object used to help with walking or as a status symbol or a weapon. ... A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca (rattan), or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as a walking stick or as an instrument of punishment. ... Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra with a club A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all mêlée weapons. ... A walking stick (or two) is a tool used by many people to ease pressure on the legs when walking. ... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... Umbrella An umbrella is a device used for temporary shade or shelter from precipitation. ... A sword (from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swerd lit. ... A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Weapon stubs | Stick fighting | Fencing | Mêlée weapons ... Kendo Kendo (剣道 Kendō, 劍道) is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Epee event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ...

See also

• Egyptian stick fencing
• Zulu stick fighting
• Quarterstaff (English mediaeval)
• Bata (Irish)
• Grand canne (French)
• Hanbo (Japanese)
• Jojutsu (Japanese)
• Bojutsu (Japanese, Okinawan)
• La canne (French modern)
• Eskrima (Filipino)
• Kendo (Japanese)
• Silambam (Hindu)
• Juego del Palo (Canary Islands)

Several types of Egyptian stick fencing were practiced during religious ceremonies, processions, and as sport or game in ancient Egypt. ... Zulu stick fighting is a martial art traditionally practised by teenage Zulu herdboys in South Africa. ... Quarterstaffs in use, from Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891 A quarterstaff is a Medieval English variant of the staff weapon, consisting simply of a long shaft of hardwood, usually oak, hawthorn, hazel or ash. ... Bata is a term for Irish stick fighting. ... French for large stick, grand canne is a European fencing system that uses an approximately 4-foot-long staff. ... The hanbo is a quarterstaff used in martial arts. ... Jojutsu (Japanese:杖術) or Jodo is a Japanese martial art using staves (jo), similar to bojutsu, in defense against the Japanese sword. ... Bojutsu (棒術) is the martial art of using a staff weapon called bo (abbreviation of roku-shaku-bo (six-shaku-staff), a shaku being close to one foot long). ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Weapon stubs | Stick fighting | Fencing | Mêlée weapons ... A collection of training weapons used in an Eskrima class. ... Kendo Kendo (剣道 Kendō, 劍道) is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. ... Silambam Nillaikalakki is just one style of Silambam, a southern-India stick fighting system. ... Maestro Elisio Deniz fences with a young student Juego del Palo or the Game of the Stick is a traditional martial art/folk sport of stick fighting practiced in the Canary Islands. ...

External link

• Self-defence with a Walking-stick... by E.W. Barton-Wright