Self Defence with a WALKING STICK classes

[timwilky]

When I cut my brothers foot off just above his ankle (yes you read that right), he was in plaster for near on 2 years and had an extra 18" of swing on me with his crutch. Git was vicious and vindictive.

My Grandad has been a master of this art for years.

Can't see why they need training though.

'Raise arm containing walking stick'
'Lower arm containing walking stick onto yobs head as hard as you can'

Originally Posted by timwilky

When I cut my brothers foot off just above his ankle (yes you read that right), he was in plaster for near on 2 years and had an extra 18" of swing on me with his crutch. Git was vicious and vindictive.

I suddenly don't give a damn about the stick-ninjas and want to know about this as it sounds far more interesting...

[timwilky]

What about why he was vicious and vindictive?

Simple, being the eldest lad in the family I was given the responsible jobs like, "make a start on mowing that field". The mower was the old fashioned set of reciprocating forked blades, there was a little jockey wheel on the end. He had come over to tell me the jockey wheel had fallen off but stood to the side whilst I drove past. Unfortunately I did not hear/see him until it was too late.

Fortunately my mother was an ex theatre sister and within a couple of minutes of me getting him back to home, she had applied a tourniquet to halt the bleeding and had him in the car on the way to the local hospital.

They didn't do much but dump him in a blue lights ambulance up to the local big hospital. It was a long time ago. He recovered well as I got through the bone/tendons but the foot was still hanging on and was stitched back.

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Oh yeah, sounds like a recipe for disaster...

Scenario:

Old dude walking along pavement when young (say 13 yr old) scroate tries to rob them:

OUTCOME 1 - Old dude attempts to hit scroate with stick, misses, falls and breaks his hip...

OUTCOME 2 - Old dude attempts to hit scroate with stick, doesn't make a good job, scroate then grabs stick and clobbers old dude with same...

OUTCOME 3 - Old dude whacks scroate with stick, resulting in serious/ life threatening injury..scroates parents complain, old dude gets into muchos trouble for assault with an offensive weapon...

Fair enough, but the only thing that wil have changed is that now the old fella may have a bit of an idea as to the best method to defend himself rather than swinging widly. Personally I'm all for it.

[Viney]

"What I am not trying to do is make grey-haired ninjas

lol, why not, that would be brilliant...now theres an idea for a film

[Viney]

Originally Posted by timwilky

When I cut my brothers foot off just above his ankle (yes you read that right), he was in plaster for near on 2 years and had an extra 18" of swing on me with his crutch. Git was vicious and vindictive.

Do you blame him?

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Viney

Do you blame him?

Yes, he should have been grateful, got him two years away from the penguins feeding us pig swill and telling us to think of the starving babies in Africa as we tried to keep it down.

My youngest brother unfortunately failed once, and they forced him to eat his vomit.

[gruntygiggles]

I love the directions some threads can take...lol.

Tim, I would have blamed your brother too...lol. Glad he recovered and kept his foot though!