Jon Hancock
Charnock@BigJackBrass I have quite a good book about stick whomping people and Umbrellas get a good chapter, but the abuse of sword cane is fabulous.
"The weapon of an assassin with no value to a man of distinction" etc etc
@Printdevil Star Wars would be greatly improved if the weapon of the Jedi had been a good brolly. An elegant weapon for a more civilised age.
Roger BW 😷@BigJackBrass @Printdevil "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good sword-cane by your side."
@RogerBW @Printdevil Keeps the sun off. Try doing that with a blaster.
Baroness Winter@BaronessWinter @RogerBW @Printdevil https://youtu.be/rsQyyErzrpo
Turns out that in addition to the clips I expected, there's a whole YouTube subgenre of people dishing out a drubbing using an umbrella. Must be a lot of frustrated Walter Mitty commuters out there 😁
Girl uses Umbrella vs 3 Men - MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT SCENE
@BigJackBrass @BaronessWinter @Printdevil I suspect it's much better as a stabbing weapon than as a baton..
@RogerBW @BaronessWinter @Printdevil Ah, then I imagine that you are unfamiliar with the disturbingly real category of mayhem that is the self-defence umbrella. For example:
https://persurvive.com/survival/best-self-defense-umbrella/
Including the exactly-what-it-says-on-the-tin Stunbrella…
@BigJackBrass @BaronessWinter @Printdevil I am reminded of some good advice I heard years ago: "if you bring a weapon to your mugging, and you have not trained thoroughly in fighting with it, you're more injured and the mugger now has a weapon."
@RogerBW @BaronessWinter @Printdevil "Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Gettin' all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough, eh? Oh, oh, oh, oh. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, MY LAD! When you're walking home tonight and some homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come cryin' to ME!"
Neil Hopkins@RogerBW @BigJackBrass @BaronessWinter @Printdevil there are clubs offering practical lessons in Bartitsu #JustSaying
@BigJackBrass @RogerBW @BaronessWinter @Printdevil It’s popular with the Steampunk and Goth communities for obvious reasons !
There are some excellent salons teaching "hitting each other with sticks" here.
I believe they call them primary schools.