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."
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.