Note that my triangles are generally not as deep as I’d like as my hips were so bad at this stage I could barely stand or walk and had great difficulty lifting. The greater you can elongate from the hip and plant a triangle base the wider your effective field of stroke application. This summer, before the hips freeze up again, I will do a triangle video.

The slash, tactically speaking, is a type of chain amplification which translates best to edged weapons and is most functionally aware of the threat of edged weapons. In terms of stick-fighting the slash s all about stroking through your opponent while moving.

Your mentality should be a punishing one. You are punishing him for opposing you, for attacking, for invading your space.

Know that your stick does not want to go through him, like a blade or a rock. The stick has its inherent vegetable resistance to going through his body; the stick is the vegan of impact weapons. It wants to bounce off of muscle and bone and to fall deeply into pillowy fat. Thus you must force it through. A strong stroke across two inches or more of body is in effect a displacement of flesh forced without a wedge structure [ripping into the thigh, for instance] or it is a double or triple bounce through as you force this stick across a shoulder, rubs, chest or arm.

When wielding stick you must punish the opposition.

The T-stroke combination at the end is something that will be worked on with canes and on the bag extensively I the future as it is a defensive pattern that has consistently frustrated skilled stick-fighters looking to enter, it cannot be neglected for survival.

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